Poetic Women
Historical Quotes
Around The Arctic Circle
10-Letter Words
In The "Zone"
400

In 1949 Elizabeth Bishop was named chair of poetry at this D.C. library, the oldest federal cultural institution

The Library Of Congress

400

When told of a new theory, this Macedonian wept, "when the number of worlds is infinite, I have not conquered one"

Alexander The Great

400

This nation has the greatest amount of land territory within the Arctic Circle

Russia

400

Steal someone's ideas & pass them off as your own

Plagiarize

400

This 10-mile wide strip of land in Central America was under U.S. jurisdiction from 1903 to 1979

The (Panama) Canal Zone

800

In 1993 she became the second poet to recite an original work at a presidential inauguration


**DAILY DOUBLE**

Maya Angelou

800

One quote from him is "we must now set about building a proletarian socialist state in Russia

Lenin

800

2/3 of this island, or more than 550,000 square miles, lies in the arctic

Greenland

800

This one for the movie "Burlesque" features 8 songs by Christina Aguilear & 2 by Cher

a Soundtrack

800

An MTV show was titled this, where you don't want to be if you're trying to start a romance

The Friend Zone

1200

Her 26th "Portuguese" sonnet ends, "Because God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame"

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

1200

This former slave once told Frederick Douglass that in all her journeys she "never lost a single passenger"

Harriet Tubman

1200

Named for a 17th century British explorer, this country's Baffin Island is about the size of Spain

Canada

1200

A person who studies earthquakes and seismic waves

A Seismologist

1200

This neutral area of ground between hostile forces in North Korea serves to prevent refugees from escaping the country


**DAILY DOUBLE**

Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)

1600

This American's earliest poem, "Awake Ye Muses Nine, Sing Me A Strain Divine", dates to Valentine week 1850

Emily Dickinson

1600

In one of his notebooks Leonardo da Vinci wrote that this family "created and destroyed me"

The Medicis

1600

Arctic territory under the red, white & blue includes the northernmost "point" of Alaska & The United States

Point Barrow

1600

It's a beauty product such as nair that removes unwanted hair

A Depilatory

1600

Martin Landau had 3 hours to find a hidden bomb in "The Jeopardy Room", a 1964 episode of this series

The Twilight Zone

2000

Known for her novel "Little Women" she published poetry under the name Flora Fairfield

Louisa May Alcott

2000

This 19th century "Iron Chancellor" predicted a European war started by some "foolish thing in the Balkans"

Bismarck

2000

The northernmost permanent settlement in the world, Ny-Ă…lesund, is located on this Norwegian archipelago.

Svalbard

2000

This branch if Zoology studies insects & related bugs like ticks & mites

Entomology

2000

This zone is between 23 1/2 degrees North % South latitude; Is it hot there?

The Tropical Zone