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WORLD OF RELIGION

200

'In February 1988, after confessing on live TV to be a sinner, this preacher stepped down from the pulpit'

Jimmy Swaggart

400

'Asgard was home to the Norse gods & this most famous palace'

Valhalla

600

'After riots by his opponents, St. Paul was arrested & taken to this city where he's believed to have been executed'

Rome

800

'In voodoo ritual, a houngan is a male one of these; a mambo, female'

Priest/priestess

1000

'This man who began his gospel with Jesus & John the Baptist in the wilderness is symbolized by a lion'

Mark

EXPLORERS

200

'In 1909 Roald Amundsen set his hopes on being here first, then found out Peary had beaten him to it'

North Pole

400

'It was John C. Fremont who gave the entrance to San Francisco's bay this name'

Golden Gate

600

'After serving as governor of Puerto Rico, he was given permission to look for a certain fountain'

Ponce de Leon

800

'When Ferdinand Magellan set out to circle the globe for Spain, he had renounced his citizenship of this country'

Portugal

1000

'The first Japanese possession the U.S. took in WWII was Kwajalein, an island in the group named for this explorer'

John Marshall

"F" WORDS

200

'From the French for "promise" or "trust", it's one's bride-to-be'

Fiancee

400

'Derived from Japanese, it's a cotton-filled mattress used on the floor or on a frame; it also makes a nice sofa'

Futon

600

'In 1957 Strom Thurmond engaged in one for 24 hours & 18 minutes, speaking against a civil rights bill'

Filibuster

800

'It's the body of an airplane minus the wings, the tail & the engines'

Fuselage

1000

'It's the proper term for a tightrope walker in a circus'

Funambulist

SPORTS NICKNAMES

200

'A nightmare for opposing teams, the Rockets' Hakeem Olajuwon sports this nickname'

"The Dream"

400

'Better-known name of mammoth billiards master Rudolf Wanderone'

Minnesota Fats

600

'One of the rhyming nicknames of the 2-sport Mr. Sanders'

"Prime Time" or "Neon Deion"

800

'Houston Oiler Billy Johnson's colorful nickname'

"White Shoes"

1000

'Golf's Craig Stadler has been tagged with this marine mammal nickname'

"The Walrus"

ARTSY TYPES

200

'George Cruikshank did classic illustrations of these brothers' fairy tales when they appeared in English'

Grimm brothers

400

'Best known for her images of the Southwest, she was born in Wisconsin in November 1887'

Georgia O\'Keeffe

600

'Fragonard was an 18th C. exponent of this style whose name is related to barocco, Italian for "Baroque"'

Rococo

800

'This "elder" painter whose work is seen here only lived into his 40s'

Pieter Bruegel

1000

'Change one letter in van Dyck to get the name of this master of 15th century Flemish art'

Jan van Eyck