j-archive-2832-J-1996-12-17

OKLAHOMANS

200

'Signing him out of high school, you might say the Yankees grabbed him right in "The Mick" of time'

Mickey Mantle

400

'This male heartthrob who first gained notice in "Thelma & Louise" was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma'

Brad Pitt

600

'(AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE):
Country star heard here in a song played simultaneously across the nation April 19, 1996:
"I've been sayin' you'll never change things, & no matter what you do it's still the same thing..."'

Garth Brooks (played on the anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing)

800

'This senior senator from New York spent the first 6 months of his life in Oklahoma'

Daniel Patrick Moynihan

WORLD HISTORY

200

'This country's King Louis IV was nicknamed "Louis From Overseas" because he was raised in England'

France

400

'William Laud, an archbishop of this who opposed the Puritans, was beheaded on Tower Hill in 1645'

Canterbury

600

'The first of this Mongol conqueror's many wives was Borte, to whom he was betrothed as a child'

Genghis Khan

800

'Born in 12 A.D., this cruel & unbalanced Roman emperor was a great-grandson of Mark Antony'

Caligula

500

'The Portuguese captured Muscat, now the capital of this sultanate, c. 1508 but were driven out in 1650'

Oman

GUINNESS RECORDS

200

'This country leads the world in the number of divorces & the number of psychiatrists'

U.S.A.

400

'The most valuable painting is this 30.5" by 20.9" da Vinci masterpiece'

Mona Lisa

600

'With 7 movies in the all-time Top 10, he's the world's most successful director'

Steven Spielberg

800

'The fastest dancer in this style is Solero De Jerez, who attained 16 heel taps per second in 1967'

Flamenco

500

'This Microsoft co-founder became the youngest U.S. billionaire at age 31'

Bill Gates

MUSEUMS

200

'A Dover, Delaware museum depicts the history of this early phonograph'

Victrola

400

'One of the largest natural history museums in the world, this NYC facility has over 40 exhibition halls'

American Museum of Natural History

600

'The National Atomic Museum is located at Kirtland Air Force Base near this largest New Mexico city'

Albuquerque

800

'City where you'd find the Stedelijk & Van Gogh Museums'

Amsterdam

500

'This eastern Minnesota city is home to the Lake Superior Museum of Transportation'

Duluth

BIRDS

200

'Julius Caesar used them to carry the news of his victory in Gaul back to Rome'

Carrier Pigeons

400

'Other woodpeckers will take advantage of the drink holes drilled by these yellow-bellied birds'

Sapsuckers

600

'This ruby-throated bird has one of the highest metabolisms of warm-blooded vertebrates'

Hummingbird

800

'There are Nashville & Tennessee species of this bird whose name is a synonym for singer'

Warbler

500

'This tallest of North American wading birds has a 5-foot-long windpipe that produces quite a sound'

Whooping Crane