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ARCHAEOLOGY

200

'Schliemann felt this city's 2nd settlement was the one of Homer's epics; now it seems to be the 7th'

Troy

400

'Cire perdue or "lost wax", a process of casting figures, was developed during this age'

the Bronze Age

600

'Common dating techniques are carbon-14, counting tree rings & analyzing grains of this'

pollen

800

'This term covers anything made by man, from a needle to a pyramid'

artifact

1000

'Sir Leonard Woolley is known for his excavations of this Sumerian city with a very short name'

Ur

U.S. HISTORY

200

'In 1885 the Post Office began this service that sent mail more quickly for an extra fee'

special delivery

400

'In 1913 the 16th Amendment was ratified, authorizing a tax on this'

income

600

'In 1790 Philadelphia replaced this city as the new capital of the U.S.'

New York City

800

'During an 1832 expedition, Lake Itasca was discovered to be the source of this river'

the Mississippi

1000

'2 of the 4 men upon whom the new rank of 5-star general was conferred in 1944'

(2 of) MacArthur, Eisenhower, Marshall, Hap Arnold

WOMEN AUTHORS

200

'Susan Strasberg tells about her friendship with this woman in her book "Marilyn and Me"'

Marilyn Monroe

400

'After writing about "Hollywood Wives", she turned her eye on "Hollywood Husbands"'

Jackie Collins

600

'"The Tale of the Body Thief" is this author's fourth & latest novel about the vampire Lestat'

Anne Rice

800

'From 1949-1956 this "Princess Daisy" author was a fashion editor for Good Housekeeping'

Judith Krantz

1000

'On a 1987 trip to China, this author of "The Joy Luck Club" met 2 of her half-sisters for the first time'

Amy Tan

BROADWAY MUSICALS

200

'Dogpatch is almost hit by an atom bomb in this 1956 musical'

Li\'l Abner

400

'In 1952 Cloris Leachman briefly starred as Ensign Nellie Forbush in this musical'

South Pacific

600

'The musical revue "Five Guys Named" this was inspired by jazzman Louis Jordan, not by the 3 Stooges'

Moe

800

'"Un Violon sur le Toit" was a French version of this Broadway smash'

Fiddler on the Roof

1000

'Michael J. Pollard played teenager Hugo Peabody in this musical about a rock star who gets drafted'

Bye Bye Birdie

MEN OF LETTER

200

'He's credited with establishing the world's largest fingerprint file'

J. Edgar Hoover

400

'For directing the Watergate burglary, he got a sentence of 2 1/2 to 8 years but served only 32 months'

E. Howard Hunt

600

'In 1957 he was named Burma's permanent representative to the U.N.'

U Thant

800

'His rescue of 2 EDS employees from a prison in Iran was the subject of Ken Follett's "On Wings of Eagles"'

H. Ross Perot

1000

'This lawyer once said, "criminal law has made me a rebel by profession"'

F. Lee Bailey