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CAPT. COOK

200

'In early 1774 Cook came within 300 miles of discovering this continent'

Antarctica

400

'Because of the affability of the natives, Cook named the islands now known as Tonga this'

The Friendly Islands

600

'The strait between this country's 2 main islands was named after someone Cook knew....himself'

New Zealand

800

'Cook was in this island group when he was killed on Valentine's Day in 1779'

Hawaii/Sandwich Islands

1000

'In 1768 Cook set off to Tahiti with a group of scientists to observe the transit of this planet'

Venus

POETRY

200

'"My little horse must think it queer to stop without a farmhouse near"'

Robert Frost

400

'"The best laid schemes o' mice & men gang aft a-gley"'

Robert Burns

600

'"In the world of mules there are no rules"'

Ogden Nash

800

'"Water, water everywhere nor any drop to drink"'

Samuel Taylor Coleridge ("The Rime of the Ancient Mariner")

1000

'"I met a traveler from an antique land who said: Two vast & trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert"'

Percy Shelley

FISH FRY!

200

'"Joy of Cooking" says dogfish is a classic part of this British staple dish served with vinegar'

Fish and chips

400

'The "lemon" type of this flatfish is called that even before it's cooked in citrus juice'

Sole

600

'If your pasta overwhelms the taste of this fish, you'd say "The penne is mightier than" it'

The swordfish

800

'If you fried this fish up for the same-named hero of an opera, he might say it was the "Bess" he ever had'

Porgy

1000

'The source of the finest caviar, this fish is also good to fillet & saute'

Sturgeon

"DAY"S OF WRATH

200

'Start praying now; it's the day at the end of the world when God settles accounts'

Judgment Day

400

'Known as hump day, this day of the week is named for the Norse god of war'

Wednesday

600

'Al Pacino angrily bursts into a New York bank in this 1975 film about hostage-taking'

"Dog Day Afternoon"

800

'It was the beginning of the end for the Nazis on this "designated" day'

D-Day

1000

'This 1983 ABC TV movie provoked angry debate with its depiction of nuclear devastation'

"The Day After"

WATERFALLS

200

'Goat Island separates it into Horseshoe Falls & American Falls'

Niagara Falls

400

'At 3,110

South Africa

600

'Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Moriarty went over these Swiss falls; only Holmes survived'

Reichenbach Falls

800

'It lies on Auyan-Tepui Mountain in Venezuela'

Angel Falls

1000

'The Khone Cataract on this river in Laos discharges the largest volume of water of any falls'

Mekong River