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FOREIGN AUTHORS

200

'This author of "Around the World in Eighty Days" also wrote librettos for operettas'

Jules Verne

400

'Nikos Kazantzakis continued the adventures of this Homeric hero in a 33,333-line sequel'

Odysseus

600

'After his return to Russia in 1994, this former dissident was given his own TV talk show'

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

800

'Although he spent most of his life in Prague, Franz Kafka spoke & wrote in this language'

German

1000

'Most of Nadine Gordimer's novels including "July's People" are set in this country where she grew up'

South Africa

SPORTS

200

'On July 9, 1922 this future movie Tarzan became the first to swim the 100-meter freestyle in under a minute'

Johnny Weissmuller

400

'Kim Zmeskal & Shannon Miller are the only U.S. women to win the all-around title at these world championships'

Gymnastics

600

'Of the four Grand Slam golf tournaments, it's the only one played outside the U.S.'

British Open

800

'With a capacity of 63,000, this San Francisco ballpark is the National League's largest'

Candlestick Park

1000

'The first to win this Patriots' Day event was John McDermott in 1897'

Boston Marathon

19th CENTURY AMERICA

200

'In May of 1873 the Post Office issued postcards with postage of this value'

One cent

400

'In February of 1895 the U.S. reserves of this were down to a dangerously low $41 million dollars'

Gold

600

'In 1804, this vice president ran for governor of New York, and lost'

Aaron Burr

800

'Davy Crockett was in this city March 6, 1836'

San Antonio (site of the Alamo)

1000

'During an 1840 speaking tour in England, he persuaded thousands to emigrate to Nauvoo, Illinois'

Brigham Young

"O" & "OS"

200

'Synonym for antonym'

Opposite

400

'Dog school'

obedience

600

'This Egyptian god's many burial places were considered sacred ground'

Osiris

800

'In 451 these Teutonic tribesmen joined with Attila in his expedition against Gaul'

Ostrogoths

1000

'The two Greek letters that fit this category'

Omega & Omicron

FISH

200

'The rainbow variety of this fish is part of the same genus as the Atlantic salmon'

Trout

400

'These snakelike fish constitute the order Anguilliformes'

Eels

600

'Farming of the channel species of this fish is a rapidly growing business in the southern U.S.'

Catfish

800

'These aggressive aquarium fish are native to Thailand's clear but weedy waters'

Fighting fish

1000

'This fish is called a
muskie for short'

muskellunge