j-archive-1206-D-1989-11-27

IN THE NEWS

200

'Thanks to perestroika, lawyers in this country have created an advocacy assn., like a bar assn.'

Russia/Soviet Union

400

'In 1989 a warehouse in Nebraska was destroyed by a flood of this sugar by-product'

Molasses

600

'This Olympic runner who won 3 gold medals in 1988 retired recently to pursue writing & acting'

Florence Griffith-Joyner

800

'One newspaper after another is fleeing this London street as banks & insurance COs move in'

Fleet Street

1000

'A jug of oil used to anoint kings of ancient Judah was recently found at Qumran near this body of water'

Dead Sea

NEW YORK CITY

200

'This president, born just off Broadway, was the subject of the Broadway musical "Teddy & Alice"'

Theodore Roosevelt

400

'New York City has 3 of these systems: the IND, the BMT & the narrow-gauge IRT'

Subways

600

'This national newspaper, based in New York, has the largest circulation in the U.S.'

The Wall Street Journal

800

'Residents of this most populous borough sued, saying they were underrepresented in the city government'

Brooklyn

1000

'(VIDEO Daily Double):
One of New York's oldest skyscrapers; its name is derived from its shape'

Flat Iron Building

AUTHORS

200

'Roman Polanski's film "Tess" was based on his novel "Tess of the D' Urbervilles"'

Thomas Hardy

400

'This Civil War historian won a Pulitzer prize & a nat'l book award for 1953's "A Stillness at Appomattox"'

Bruce Catton

600

'A Waltham, Mass. university is named for this Supreme Court justice & author of 1914's "Other People's Money"'

Louis Brandeis

800

'"The Power of Myth" is a book based on his conversations on PBS with Joseph Campbell'

Bill Moyers

1000

'"The Human Mind" & "Man Against Himself" were written by this Topeka, Kansas psychiatrist'

Karl Menninger

JAZZ

200

'Trumpet player John Birks Gillespie is better known by this nickname'

"Dizzy"

400

'For 36 years this black "Hello, Dolly!" star has been married to jazz drummer Louis Bellson'

Pearl Bailey

600

'In 1976 this guitarist's "Breezin' " LP became the 1st record by a jazz musician to go platinum'

George Benson

800

'In 1975 this big band leader's album, "Thundering Herd", won a Grammy'

Woody Herman

1000

'Benny Goodman's original quartet included drummer Gene Krupa, pianist Teddy Wilson & this vibraphonist'

Lionel Hampton

AMERICAN HISTORY

200

'The Philadelphia Centennial Exposition celebrated the 100th anniversary of this document'

Declaration of Independence

400

'On March 27, 1964, North America's most intense recorded earthquake, an 8.4, hit this state'

Alaska

600

'1 of 3 men who, under the name "Publius", wrote "The Federalist" essays urging ratification of the Constitution'

Madison, Hamilton, & Jay

800

'Just before WWII this British king & his queen Elizabeth became the 1st British monarchs to visit the U.S.'

George VI

1000

'In 1982 Central High School was made a national landmark in memory of 1957 events there'

Little Rock, AR