j-archive-3517-D-1999-12-14

SCIENCE & NATURE

200

'This striped mammal reportedly can fire 6 shots of its foul spray before having to "resupply"'

Skunk

400

'Some members of the genus Aedes of this insect transmit yellow fever'

Mosquito

600

'The Jacobson's organ at the roof of this legless reptile's mouth is used with its tongue to detect odors'

Snake

800

'This innermost & larger of Mars' 2 moons orbits the planet every 7.65 hours'

Phobos

1000

'A magnetic field is measured in units called gauss or this after a real "coil" guy'

Nikola Tesla

FURNITURE

200

'In Asia this hollow-stemmed plant is grown in a form to prebend it for use in furniture'

Bamboo

400

'A removable section of a tabletop; when it's hinged, it's a "drop"'

Leaf

600

'Lacquer & tortoise shell were featured in this style of the 1920s'

Art Deco

800

'Jean-Pierre Rampal can tell you it's the term for the shallow channels cut into a column'

Fluting

1000

'He designed furniture for Federal Hall in New York as well as the basic layout of Washington, D.C.'

Pierre L\'Enfant

HOMETOWNS

200

'Ingrid Bergman'

Stockholm

400

'Niels Bohr'

Copenhagen

600

'Jose Marti'

Havana

800

'Daphne DuMaurier'

London

1000

'Jorge Luis Borges'

Buenos Aires

KILLER MUSICALS

200

'A stray bullet ends the life of Eponine in this epic musical (don't "Mis" it!)'

"Les Miserables"

400

'This "demon barber" had his victims baked into pies (no one could accuse him of good taste)'

"Sweeney Todd"

600

'Sting starred as the vile Macheath in a 1989 revival of this Weill musical'

"The Threepenny Opera"

800

'Billy Bigelow kills himself after a botched hold-up in this Rodgers & Hammerstein classic'

"Carousel"

1000

'"Chronicle of A Death Foretold", which begins with a murder, is based on a novel by this Colombian author'

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Y1K

200

'Finished around 1000 A.D., "The Pillow Book" of Sei Shonagon is one of this country's literary masterpieces'

Japan

400

'Circa 1000 Polynesian migrants reach New Zealand where they settle & become this ethnic group'

Maoris

600

'By a vote of its parliament, the Althing, this island country adopts Christianity'

Iceland

800

'In retaliation for Viking raids, this "Unready" king of England attacks Norse areas of the Isle of Man'

Ethelred

1000

'With the crowning of King Boleslaw, this central European nation is recognized as an independent state'

Poland