Poutpourri
American History
Animals
Potent Potables
Mythology
200

According to the nursery rhyme, it's when "the cradles will rock"

When the wind blows

200

In 1620 pilgrims established this colony, the first permanent English settlement in New England

Plymouth

200

All but one of the domesticated breeds of this animal are derived from the mallard

Duck

200

The two main styles of this liquor are Dutch & London dry

Gin

200

This leader of the Argonauts was raised by the centaur Chiron

Jason

400

In 2010 it became the first Scandinavian band to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

ABBA

400

Remarkably, there were more than 60 survivors when this Zeppelin crashed in New Jersey in 1937

the Hindenburg

400

This pigeon relative is named for its sad cooing sound

Mourning dove

400

Vodka, triple sec & lime juice go into this drink named for a suicide pilot

A kamikaze

400

This god of shepherds & flocks is depicted with a reed pipe

Pan

600

Workers using radium to make these glow at an Orange, N.J. factory had resulting health problems

Watch faces (or watch dials)

600

This "King of the Wild Frontier" once claimed to have killed 105 bears during a few months in 1825

Davy Crockett

600

Only gorillas & these other primates walk on their knuckles

Chimpanzees

600

"It's another" one of these orange juice cocktails that's mentioned in the title of an Eagles hit

Tequila Sunrise

600

Sleipnir was this Norse god's 8-legged stallion

Odin

800

Scary--in 1991 the N.Y. Supreme Court ruled that a home buyer could void the sale as he hadn't known the house was this

Haunted

800

In 1824 Andrew Jackson received more popular & electoral votes, but the House declared this man president

John Quincy Adams

800

This "demonic" marsupial is extinct from the Aussie mainland but still lives close by

Tasmanian devil

800

It's usually made with bourbon, sugar, mint, and crushed ice

A mint julep

800

Not a bad gig: Omacatl was the god of joy, festvity & happiness in the pantheon of these people

the Aztecs

1000

To combat scurvy on his voyages, Captain Cook used this briny shredded cabbage as well as lime juice

Sauerkraut

1000

John Smith was among the early members on the Council of Seven that governed this Virginia colony

Jamestown

1000

The name of this raptor comes from a word meaning "to grasp"

Hawk

1000

A 7 & 7 cocktail gets its name from these two ingredients

Seagram's 7 & 7 Up

1000

This daughter of Priam was given the gift of prophecy, then cursed so she was never believed

Cassandra