j-archive-2780-D-1996-10-04

WOMEN'S FIRSTS

200

'In 1995 Roberta Cooper Ramo became the 1st female president of this legal association'

the American Bar Association

400

'Now cohost of "20/20", in 1976 she became the 1st woman to co-anchor the network evening news'

Barbara Walters

600

'In 1988 she became the 1st woman to head the government of a modern Muslim state'

(Benazir) Bhutto

800

'This 16th century queen was the 1st woman to play golf'

Mary, Queen of Scots

1000

'She became the 1st woman elected to Congress in 1916, before most women could even vote'

Jeannette Rankin

BILL CLINTON

200

'Bill Clinton met Hillary Rodham while both were attending this law school'

Yale

400

'While the GOP convention was taking place in California, President Clinton was vacationing in this state'

Wyoming

600

'At the 1988 Democratic Convention, Clinton gave the nominating speech for this candidate'

Dukakis

800

'Prior to being elected Arkansas Governor in 1978, Clinton held this state office'

attorney general

1000

'Clinton was born in this Arkansas hamlet in 1946 but grew up in Hot Springs'

Hope

THE CONGO RIVER

200

'In length the Congo is second in Africa to this river'

the Nile

400

'In the 1870s this British explorer & journalist traveled the entire length of the Congo'

Stanley

600

'This "Heart of Darkness" author lived his dream of commanding a steamboat up the Congo'

(Joseph) Conrad

800

'We presume you know the cataracts on the lower Congo are named for this man'

Livingstone

1000

'Name given by the Portuguese to the Congo River & still used for much of it today'

the Zaire

POETS & POETRY

200

'Longfellow's poem about this patriot begins, "Listen, my children, and you shall hear..."'

Paul Revere

400

'According to tradition, Clement Clark Moore wrote this holiday classic for his own children in 1822'

"The Night Before Christmas"

600

'William Blake asked of this wild animal, "Did he who made the lamb make thee?"'

The Tyger

800

'He concluded "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" with "The Epitaph"; how appropriate'

(Thomas) Grey

1000

'He dedicated "The Rape of the Lock" to Mrs. Arabella Fremor'

(Alexander) Pope

FOREIGN CURRENCY

200

'This German currency was once a unit of weight, equaling about 8 ounces'

the Mark

400

'In 1833 Greece chose this basic unit of currency to replace the phoenix'

the drachma

600

'This Israeli currency originated with the Babylonians'

the shekel

800

'Eritrea uses the birr as its basic unit of currency, as does this country which it broke away from in 1993'

Ethiopia

1000

'The currency of Ecuador & Bolivia's official capital were both named for this man'

Antonio José de Sucre