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HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES

200

'In 1723, 120 years before Christmas cards, decorated writing paper was sold for lovers to use on this holiday'

Valentine\'s Day

400

'You could also call it Woodchuck Day'

Groundhog Day

600

'In 1953 the folks in Emporia, Kansas renamed Armistice Day this; a year later Congress made it official'

Veterans Day

800

'A bill signed in 1968 made it a federal public holiday on the second Monday in October'

Columbus Day

1000

'Matthew Maguire, a machinist, & Peter J. McGuire, a union founder, are credited with creating this holiday'

Labor Day

SCHOOL'S OUT!

200

'This summer I might try to hike this scenic trail that runs about 2,100 miles from Maine to Georgia'

Appalachian Trail

400

'Before my job interview, I'd better polish up & type up this document, from the French for "summarize"'

Resume

600

'I'm working on Dad's old Saab so I can drive it, & I just learned it's a car from this country'

Sweden

800

'With classes in this field next term, on the break I'm reading books by Meisner & Stanislavsky'

Acting

1000

'Let's go! I'm heading to this popular spring break city in Florida that's home to "Bike Week"'

Daytona Beach

REALLY BIG

200

'While everything is really big in Texas, this state still beats it in total area'

Alaska

400

'The largest predatory fish, this shark averages 1100-1700 pounds & has some set of jaws'

Great white shark

600

'An integral part of a carillon, they may be over 10 feet wide & weigh 20 short tons'

Bells

800

'Spain's "El Gordo" is the richest prize offered by one of these in the world; in 1997 it reached $261 million'

Lottery

1000

'With a net capacity of 1,380 MW, the single largest one of these is the Ignalina station in Lithuania'

Nuclear reactor

TRANSLATION

200

'Charles Schulz' work has been issued in Japan as "Wakkateruno Charlie Brown" & "Soratobu" this dog'

Snoopy

400

'English readers & Disney viewers know Hugo's "Notre-Dame de Paris" by this title'

"The Hunchback of Notre Dame"

600

'The scriptures of this religion were translated from gold plates by Joseph Smith'

Mormon

800

'This romantic poet who died at 25 wrote a sonnet praising George Chapman's Homer translation'

John Keats

1000

'Andre Brink, one of this country's finest novelists, has translated Lewis Carroll into Afrikaans'

South Africa

AFRICAN-AMERICANS

200

'In 1964 he became the first black American to be named Time's "Man of the Year"'

Martin Luther King Jr.

400

'Pop star-turned-sitcom ("Moesha") star seen here'

Brandy

600

'He served 24 years on the Supreme Court before retiring in 1991'

Thurgood Marshall

800

'Seen here, he's now in his 17th year with a hit TV series ("60 Minutes")'

Ed Bradley

1000

'This author traced his "Roots" back several generations to an African called "Kinte"'

Alex Haley