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FAMOUS MOUNTS

200

'You can take it for granite that this South Dakota landmark has four 60' heads carved into it'

Mount Rushmore

400

'Between 1823 & 1831 the artist Hokusai created a series of 36 views of this'

Mount Fuji

600

'Noah was probably the first to climb down this mount without first climbing up it'

Mount Ararat

800

'George Vancouver named this NW peak after a British rear admiral, not for the local weather'

Mount Ranier

1000

'Until June 1991 this Philippine landmark had been inactive for about 600 years'

Mount Pinatubo

HISTORY

200

'As a result of the Six-Day War of 1967, this Middle East canal remained closed until 1975'

Suez Canal

400

'It was the last Indian empire in Mexico & Central America'

Aztecs

600

'England's first encounter with this fleet occurred off Plymouth July 31, 1588'

The Spanish Armada

800

'In 1863 Prince William of Denmark ascended this country's throne as King George I'

Greece

1000

'This treaty that created the European Union is named for the Dutch city where it was drawn up in 1991'

Maastricht

ONE-HIT WONDERS

200

'In the 1975 Morris Albert hit this 2-letter word is repeated 3 times after "Feelings"'

"Wo....wo"

400

'Breaker, Breaker, Good Buddy! This song by C.W. McCall topped the charts in 1976'

"Convoy"

600

'Before reaching No. 1 with "Eve of Destruction", he sang lead on the New Christy Minstrels' "Green, Green"'

Barry McGuire

800

'No. 1 for 6 weeks, the song heard here was this duo's only Top 40 hit:

"In the year 2525, if man is still alive..."'

Zager & Evans

1000

'1955's "Earth Angel" was the only earthly hit for this ornithological quartet'

The Penguins

GOD-LIKE ADJECTIVES

200

'Quick & shrewd, like the messenger of the Roman gods'

Mercurial

400

'The passionate type of love favored by the Greek god of love'

Erotic

600

'It describes a task that takes a lot of effort, like the labors of a demigod strongman'

Herculean

800

'Jovial means jolly, like those under the astrological influence of this planet'

Jupiter

1000

'As virginal as the followers of the Roman goddess of the hearth'

Vestal

WRITERS NAMED WILLIAM

200

'He was baptized in the parish church of Stratford-On-Avon April 26, 1564'

William Shakespeare

400

'"A Rose For Emily" is a well-known short story by this author of "The Sound And The Fury"'

William Faulkner

600

'In 1996 this "Exorcist" author published "Demons Five, Exorcists Nothing: A Fable"'

William Peter Blatty

800

'His newspaper column "On Language" is syndicated around the world'

William Safire

1000

'In 1990's "Darkness Visible", this "Sophie's Choice" author wrote of his struggle with depression'

William Styron