INDIA
NATIONAL AIRLINES
WORD ORIGINS
PEOPLE
COMPOSERS
100

Cumin, coriander, turmeric & other spices make up this generic Indian seasoning

curry

100

El Al

the Israeli airline

100

Esquire columnist Bob Greene is credited for this word for young urban professionals

a yuppie

100

After she fled, 500 imported black brassieres were found in this foreign 1st lady's closet

Imelda Marcos

100

Contrary to what he sang, Barry Manilow didn't write this 1976 #1 hit; Bruce Johnston did

"I Write The Songs"

200

This term for the rainy season comes from the wind that brings the rain

the monsoon

200

China Airlines

Taiwan

200

Ancient Greeks named these animals "arktos" though they never saw the white ones in the Arctic

bears

200

This "Lois Lane" was born so far north her birth certificate is in Eskimo & English

Margot Kidder

200

Of Johann, Richard, or Levi, the Strauss who composed "Der Rosenkavalier"

Richard

300

While India & Pakistan have been disputing this region, China's grabbed part of it

Kashmir

300

Iberia

the airline of Spain

300

A sweet syrupy drink associated with American South, from Persian "gul", rose, and "ab", water

a mint julep

300

Her American great-grandma was disinherited for marrying an Englishman; she became princess doing the same

Princess Di

300

Today you might have to give his "Mother Goose" a "G" rating &, because of Bo, his "Bolero" an "X"

Maurice Ravel

400

In 1972, this outcast group formed the "Oppressed-Panthers", modeled after U.S. Black Panthers

the Untouchables

400

Aeroflot

the Soviet Union's airline

400

From the Latin "cuneus" meaning wedge-shaped, since early forms of these "pocket items" were

coins

400

This "Colbys" star used to model nude for $1.25 an hour "plus a cup of coffee & a cookie"

Charlton Heston

400

He's said "The Coronation of Spring" is closer to his original meaning than "Rite of Spring"


Stravinsky

500

Baptized members of this religion who cut their hair are considered renegades

the Sikhs

500

SABENA

Belgium

500

The Latin word meaning "curl of hair" is descriptive name of this high, wispy type of cloud

cirrus

500

The "Center for the Strange" predicted this ex-president will write an erotic best seller

Richard Nixon

500

Paul Simon said it was "the only new song that made it into 'The Graduate'"


"Mrs. Robinson"