It comes from Animals
European History
"ISM"s
The Room where it Happens
City Nicknames
200
These 4-letter soft feathers are used to stuff pillows
Down
200
In the Kalmar War of 1611-1613, Denmark beat up on this rival to the north
Sweden
200
Classes at Columbia University's school of this include sports reporting & magazine writing
Journalism
200
It's where the sub-zero goes
Kitchen
200
Hyderabad, India is known as the "City of" these marine gemstones
Pearls
400
Used in lotions, lanolin generally comes from the body grease of these shearable creatures
Sheep
400
In England Lord Hardwicke's Act of 1753 banned this informal type of marriage without civil or religious ceremony
Common Law
400
Term for the ideas, theories and methods named for the man seen here
Marxism
400
Indoor games like 20 Questions are named for it
Parlor
400
Moscow has been called "The Forty Forties" referring to the estimated 1,600 of these, many with golden domes
Churches
600
Seth Boyden never got a patent for the process to manufacture the "patent" type of this
Leather
600
German King Henry VII invaded Rome in 1312 & while he was there, picked up this title
Holy Roman Emperor
600
Britannica says this "both reached its peak & began its decline" during a series of televised hearings in 1954
McCarthyism
600
West Wing crisis center since 1961
Situation Room
600
The resilient Porto, Portugal is called the "Cidade Invicta", or this city
Invisible City
800
This alliterative type of bristle used in brushes comes from a wild pig relative
Boar Bristle
800
Meaning "hammer", it was the byname of Frankish king Charles, who hammered a Muslim army at the 732 Battle of Tours
Martel
800
From a Greek word for "pleasure", it's the belief that pleasure is the highest good
Hedonism
800
Highlights for children has been called "that ubiquitous magazine" there
Waiting Room
800
As heard at the start of the song "Molly Malone", "Fair City" is a nickname for this world capital
Dublin
1000
The red pigment carmine comes from cochineal, this type of animal
Beetle / Insects
1000
Helped by Lord Byron, in 1830 it became the first of the Ottoman Empire's subject nations to achieve independence
Greece
1000
In New York City the Gray Panthers organization's mission statement is "activism and advocacy against" this
Ageism
1000
A sleeveless garment + 2 letters; it's where clergy dress
Vestry
1000
The nickname "The Tiger City" for this 4-letter capital may date back to a poem by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Oslo