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FRENCH NOVELISTS

200

'"Within A Budding Grove", the 2nd part of his "Remembrance of Things Past", won the Goncourt Literary Prize'

Marcel Proust

400

'This story of a courtesan who sacrifices her happiness for a lover's good was Dumas Fils' first novel'

"Camille"

600

'She collaborated on 4 novels with husband Henri Gauthier-Villars before writing "Gigi"'

Collette

800

'This Algerian-born novelist's "The Stranger" is based on his essay "The Myth of Sisyphus"'

Albert Camus

1000

'This master of short stories like "Ball Of Fat" also wrote 6 novels'

Guy de Maupassant

THE 1970s

200

'On July 1, 1971 the 182-year-old Post Office Department was reorganized into this corporation'

USPS (United States Postal Service)

400

'On Christmas Day 1974, a cyclone damaged 90% of the buildings in this country's city of Darwin'

Australia

600

'To avoid default, the House of Representatives reset this to a temporary $830 billion on April 2, 1979'

The Ceiling on the National Debt

800

'The trustees of this union's $1.4-billion pension fund resigned in 1977 under charges of mismanagement'

Teamsters

1000

'In 1978 these 2 South American countries almost went to war over 3 islands in the Beagle Channel'

Argentina & Chile

MUSIC

200

'This "Puff The Magic Dragon" trio split up in 1970 & re-formed in 1978'

Peter, Paul & Mary

400

'In 1893 Francisco Fanciulli succeeded this man as leader of the U.S. Marine Band'

John Philip Sousa

600

'This song associated with Yale was popularized by Yale alumnus Rudy Vallee'

"The Whiffenpoof Song"

800

'Popular operettas he wrote in the 1920s include "The Desert Song" & "The Student Prince"'

Sigmund Romberg

1000

'Tenor sax man Tex Beneke sang on this orchestra leader's hit "Chattanooga Choo Choo"'

Glenn Miller

WORLD FACTS

200

'All distances in Spain are measured from kilometer 0 on the Puerta Del Sol in this capital city'

Madrid

400

'Cuernavaca is the capital of this North American country's state of Morelos'

Mexico

600

'A large statue of Christ The Redeemer looks down on this city on Guanabara Bay'

Rio de Janeiro

800

'This country is home to the University of Bergen & the University of Trondheim'

Norway

1000

'Curacao lies in the southern Caribbean, about 40 miles north of this South American country'

Venezuela

ANIMALS

200

'With hind legs reaching up to 10 inches, it's the largest frog in the U.S.'

Bullfrog

400

'This cobra killer was introduced into the Western Hemisphere to kill rats but has done more harm to birds'

Mongoose

600

'Species of this mammal living in South America include 6-banded, 3-banded & giant'

Armadillo

800

'The name of this primate confined to Madagascar & the Comoros is from the Latin for "nocturnal spirits"'

Lemur

1000

'The macabou type of this bird may have a wingspan greater than 9 feet'

Stork