j-archive-2358-D-1994-11-30

20th CENTURY OPERAS

200

'Concepcion's lovers hid inside clocks in this "Bolero" composer's opera "L'heure espangnole"'

Ravel

400

'"The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore" is a satirical opera by this man who created Amahl'

(Gian Carlo) Menotti

600

'He wrote the music for "Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny"; Brecht wrote the libretto'

Kurt Weill

800

'This Swede's 1907 play "The Ghost Sonata" inspired a 1984 chamber opera by Aribert Reimann'

Strindberg

1000

'"The Burning Fiery Furnace" is a Biblical opera by this composer of "Billy Budd"'

Benjamin Britten

1909

200

'This ex-pres.'s account of his African hunting trip appeared in Scribner's Magazine, netting him $50,000'

Teddy Roosevelt

400

'In November this site was chosen as the USA's principal naval base in the Pacific'

Pearl Harbor

600

'On December 26, 1909 this sculptor of "The Bronco Buster" died at age 48'

Frederic Remington

800

'During the year this Austrian psychiatrist gave a series of lectures at Clark University in Massachusetts'

Sigmund Freud

1000

'This French premier stepped down after a furious July 20 debate in the Chamber of Deputies'

Georges Clemenceau

CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY

200

'Achilles died after one of these weapons wounded him in the heel'

an arrow

400

'Demeter sometimes rides around in one of these vehicles pulled by dragons'

a chariot

600

'These 3 goddesses who control human destinies are also called the Moirai'

the Fates

800

'Urania is usually described as the muse of this science'

astronomy

1000

'Some say this underworld canine has serpents entwined around his multiple necks'

Cerberus

POLITICIANS

200

'In June 1969 this California governor gave the eulogy at the funeral of actor Robert Taylor'

Ronald Reagan

400

'In the 1950s this current Massachusetts senator was an end on the Harvard football team'

(Ted) Kennedy

600

'This sponsor of the Erie Canal served as NYC mayor prior to becoming governor of N.Y. in 1817'

DeWitt Clinton

800

'1 of the 2 Ohio governors elected president of the U.S. in the late 19th century'

William McKinley (or Rutherford B. Hayes)

1000

'Although he won the popular & electoral votes in 1824, the House chose John Quincy Adams as president'

Andrew Jackson

NOVELS & NOVELISTS

200

'Many of the letters in this epistolary Alice Walker novel are written by Celie to God'

The Color Purple

400

'He wrote a play called "Clevinger's Trial", based on Chapter 8 of his novel "Catch-22"'

(Joseph) Heller

600

'The hero of this Morris L. West novel is a Ukrainian who becomes pope'

The Shoes of the Fisherman

800

'"Bodily Harm" & "The Handmaid's Tale" are 2 of this Canadian's feminist novels'

Margaret Atwood

1000

'Savonarola & Machiavelli are characters in George Eliot's "Romola", set in the 1490s in this city'

Florence