j-archive-3255-D-1998-10-30

LET'S VISIT AUSTRIA

200

'Preferring to go where the rain turns to snow, he wintered in Schruns while writing "The Sun Also Rises"'

Ernest Hemingway

400

'Capital of Tyrol, it has hosted 2 Winter Olympics'

Innsbruck

600

'This English king was held prisoner in 1193 in a castle above Durnstein, Austria'

Richard the Lionhearted (on his way back from one of the Crusades)

CREATION STORIES

200

'Scholars link Egyptian creation myths to the sun apparently fertilizing this river's slime'

the Nile

400

'According to the King James Version, God's first words quoted in the book of Genesis'

"Let there be light"

600

'In some Native American myths, this animal helps a deity create the world, with no help from the Acme Co.'

a coyote

400

'Africa's Fulani people, who are cattle herders, say everything came from a drop of this'

milk

500

'To the ancient Greeks, it was a void from which Nyx & Erebus emerged; in English it's a disordered mess'

chaos

TURNING 40 IN '98

200

'This pitcher's "Orel" history continued in '98 with a new team, the Giants'

Orel Hershiser

400

'In 1998 she turned 40 & played a 40-year-old in "How Stella Got Her Groove Back"'

Angela Bassett

600

'(Hi, I'm Franklin Diaz-Chang, an astronaut on board the Space Shuttle Discovery.) Oct. 1, 1998 is the 40th birthday of this government agency'

NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

400

'A short called "Frankenweenie" helped launch the career of this "Edward Scissorhands" director'

Tim Burton

500

'Damon, Marlon & Kim's big brother, he turned 40 on June 8'

Keenan Ivory Wayans

HERBS & SPICES

200

'Though derived from the same plant as opium, these seeds are non-narcotic'

poppyseeds

400

'The scientific name of this herb is Mentha piperita'

peppermint

600

'This aromatic leaf, used to flavor meat, soups & stews, comes from a laurel tree'

a bay leaf

400

'During the Middle Ages, merchants who adulterated this expensive yellow spice were burnt at the stake'

saffron

500

'Referring to their shape, these fragrant buds take their name from the Latin word for "nail"'

cloves

PIANO KEYS

200

'It's the only letter in "piano" that corresponds to a piano key'

A

400

'Of the 2 types of piano keys in a Paul McCartney-Stevie Wonder hit, it's what G-flat is'

ebony

600

'A 6-string guitar has 2 strings tuned to this note, each corresponding to a piano key'

E

400

'They're adjacent on the keyboard as well as in an abbreviation for a popular format of recorded music'

C & D

500

'It's the key the French call "Le do du milieu du piano"'

middle C