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HISTORIC AMERICA

200

'Issued after the battle of Antietam, this document took effect January 1, 1863'

Emancipation Proclamation

400

'Thousands of pioneers followed this "stately" trail through Nebraska to the northwest in the mid-1800s'

Oregon Trail

600

'Charles Thompson signed the Declaration of Independence on this date, 1 of only 2 to do so'

July 4, 1776

800

'A philanthropist & heir with this last name began restoring Williamsburg, Virginia in 1926'

John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

1000

'In 1821 Spain transferred control of Florida to the U.S. in this "City of Five Flags"'

Pensacola

MILITARY MATTERS

200

'It's what the abbreviation POW/MIA stands for'

Prisoner of War/Missing in Action

400

'The Air Force's basic unit, it's subordinate to a group & consists of 2 or more flights'

Squadron

600

'With its advanced detection systems, the Boeing E-3A Sentry seen here is usually known by this acronym'

AWACS

800

'(Hi, I'm David James Elliott of "JAG") Abbreviated UCMJ, this "uniform" standard covers the law in the armed forces'

Uniform Code of Military Justice

1000

'Major Esterhazy was probably the real spy for the Germans in this French "affair" that began in 1894'

Dreyfus Affair

SHAKESPEARE

200

'When Mercutio is mortally wounded in this play, he puns, "Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man"'

Romeo and Juliet

400

'Meryl Streep & Raul Julia starred onstage in this comedy in 1978, 11 years after the Taylor & Burton film'

Taming of the Shrew

600

'This king's fool tells him, "I am better than thou art now; I am a fool, thou art nothing"'

King Lear

800

'It's Falstaff's first name'

(Sir) John

1000

'The maiden name of Shakespeare's mother, or the forest where he set much of "As You Like It"'

Arden

"SING" & "DANCE"

200

'This classic continues, "Come on with the rain, I've a smile on my face"'

"Singin\' in the Rain"

400

'In a Lerner & Loewe song, this title lyric is followed by "And still have begged for more"'

"I Could Have Danced All Night"

600

'In 1973 the Carpenters asked listeners to do this, "Make it simple to last your whole life long"'

"Sing"

800

'This Rodgers & Hammerstein song asks, "On a bright cloud of music shall we fly?"'

"Shall We Dance"

1000

'Ironically, Fred & Ginger sang this song in the 1935 movie "Roberta"'

"I Won\'t Dance"

FIX THE PROVERB

200

'All's swell that bends Nell'

All\'s well that ends well

400

'If the show hits, clear it'

If the shoe fits, wear it

600

'Out of suit, off of mound'

Out of sight, out of mind

800

'A shepherd can't change his cots'

A leopard can\'t change its spots

1000

'Jerk of all grades & messer of nine'

Jack of all trades & master of none