j-archive-2816-D-1996-11-25

ASTRONOMY

200

'These objects with comas & tails can be named for up to 3 independent co-discoverers'

comets

400

'Of the 9 planets, only Mars & Venus can appear brighter in the sky than this largest one'

Jupiter

600

'This famous nebula is the remnant of a supernova observed in 1054'

the Crab Nebula

800

'This is defined as the position in a satellite's orbit when it's most distant from the Earth'

apogee

1000

'This 16th C. Flemish cartographer also made a star globe showing the constellations'

Gerard Mercator

EUROPEAN HISTORY

200

'On April 21, 1967, Col. Georgios Papadopolous engineered a military takeover of this Balkan nation'

Greece

400

'Surrounded by Italy, this small country on Mt. Titano was once under the protection of the papacy'

San Marino

600

'In 1571 this Spanish king's forces helped defeat the Turks at Lepanto'

Phillip II

800

'In 1969 this country's Communist Party replaced leader Alexander Dubcek because of his liberal reforms'

Czechoslovakia

1000

'In 1980, striking workers at this Gdansk shipyard demanded the right to form a trade union'

the Lenin Shipyard (Lech Walesa)

REMBRANDT

200

'"Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer" was purchased in 1961 by the friends of this New York City museum'

Metropolitan Museum of Art

400

'This large painting with a "nocturnal" name lost some of its left side when cut down in 1715'

"The Night Watch"

600

'"The Jewish Bride" & "The Cyndics" are in this Amsterdam museum'

The Rijksmuseum

800

'In Rembrandt's time, his reputation for this type of art was greater than for painting'

etching

1000

'In 1632-33, Rembrandt painted 2 Passion scenes for Prince Frederick Henrik of this ruling house'

Orange

AWARDS

200

'In 1971, Pearl Hall's Pecan Surprise Bars won the grand prize in this biennial contest'

the Pillsbury Bake-Off

400

'This first American in Earth orbit was given the National Geographic Society's Hubbard Medal in 1962'

John Glenn

600

'This international music competition began in Moscow in 1958 with prizes for piano & violin'

the Tchaikovsky Competition

800

'David Broder & George Will have won Pulitzer Prizes for Commentary while with this newspaper'

The Washington Post

1000

'In 1976, this Connecticut governor was named "Woman of the Year" by Ladies' Home Journal'

Ella Grasso

CORPORATE AMERICA

200

'In the 1970s, its ads called it "The Great American Shoe Store"'

Kinney Shoes

400

'In 1984 this American company introduced its first minivan'

Chrysler

600

'Intuit's Checkbook program; it was first worked out in a dorm at Stanford in 1983'

Quicken

800

'These brothers, William & Andrew, became known as "Trade" & "Mark", the words under their pictures on the box'

the Smith Brothers

1000

'This man whose company built the Flamingo & Sahara hotels in Las Vegas opened his first Sun City in 1960'

Del Webb