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HISTORIC NAMES

200

'This author of "The Prince" was made head of Florence's second chancery & led many foreign missions'

Niccolo Machiavelli

400

'On August 21, 1983 he was murdered at Manila Airport while protected by government troops'

Benigno Aquino

600

'In 1740 he bought a London building, The Foundry, to serve as headquarters for his Methodist societies'

John Wesley

800

'In 1935 Germany officially re-established its air force under this future Reichsmarschall'

Hermann Goering

1000

'Known as one of the "Seven Wise Men of Greece", he modified the severe laws of Draco into a new code'

Solon

EDUCATION

200

'Past giants in this university's job include Harvard's James Conant, who served from 1933 to 1953'

President

400

'California's Proposition 227 of 1998 opposed this type of education/este tipo de educacion'

Bilingual

600

'British term for schools like Eton that are actually what Americans would call private'

Public school

800

'An ordinary, average, everyday school, or one that trains teachers'

Normal school

1000

'This "channel" beamed into 12,000 schools includes 10 minutes of news & 2 of commercials'

Channel One

MUSICALS

200

'The songs "Circle of Life" & "Hakuna Matata" frame the first act of this show'

"The Lion King"

400

'This 1977 film was the basis for a 1998 London musical starring Adam Garcia as Tony Manero'

"Saturday Night Fever"

600

'(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):
"(Hi, I'm Carol Burnett) I made my Broadway debut in this musical based on a fairytale"'

"Once Upon A Mattress"

800

'"Man of La Mancha" begins with this author arriving at a Spanish prison'

Cervantes

1000

'In 1998 this "colorful" costume musical based on Baroness Orczy's novel received 3 Tony nominations'

"The Scarlet Pimpernel"

POETIC LICENSE

200

'Late in his life, he was involved with at least 3 women but wedding bells tolled "Nevermore"'

Edgar Allan Poe

400

'Lady Caroline Lamb, a married lover of this lord, called him "mad, bad and dangerous to know"'

Lord Byron

600

'He did "Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" but died at age 39 after years of hard drinking & debauchery'

Dylan Thomas

800

'This Scot's affair with a servant lass named Elizabeth produced a child in 1785'

Robert Burns

1000

'His first wife, Harriet, was pregnant when he ran off with teenager Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin'

Percy Shelley

STOCK SYMBOLS

200

'CPB is the symbol for this maker of alphabet soup'

Campbell\'s

400

'This securities firm feels secure with MER'

Merrill Lynch

600

'You may call your broker on a FONCARD from this long-distance company, FON'

Sprint

800

'Its symbol is VO, a brand of Canadian whisky'

Seagrams

1000

'This storage container maker is stored under RBD'

Rubbermaid