j-archive-3525-D-1999-12-24

DECEMBER 24

200

'This great tenor's last appearance at the Met was December 24, 1920; his first was in 1903'

Enrico Caruso

400

'On December 24, 1988 she was nominated for the post of Secretary of Labor'

Elizabeth Dole

600

'Opera debuts on Christmas Eve include "Aida" in 1871 in Cairo & this Menotti opera in 1951 on TV'

"Amahl and the Night Visitors"

800

'On Christmas Eve in 1988 this group found itself with a No. 1 hit, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn"'

Poison

1000

'This north African Mediterranean nation was granted its independence from Italy December 24, 1951'

Libya

BEFORE THEY WERE ROCKS

200

'Dead vegetation built up in layers forms peat, which next forms this organic rock'

Coal

400

'This molten substance can surface as lava, or cool & harden into igneous rock'

Magma

600

'A lot of one-celled organisms died to create this British landmark seen here:'

The White Cliffs of Dover

800

'Sandstone is made of sand, which is made up mostly of this mineral'

Quartz

1000

'A type of rock made of pebbles cemented together, or a corporation with divisions in several industries'

Conglomerate

WORLD HISTORY

200

'This country's Shang dynasty arose in the 1700s B.C. along the Yellow River'

China

400

'This explorer sailed to North America on 3 different ships: the Hopewell, Half Moon & Discovery'

Henry Hudson

600

'In June 1955 the Argentine navy staged an unsuccessful revolt against this dictator'

Juan Peron

800

'Among those to reach this fabled African outpost in the 19th century were Rene Caillie & Gordon Laing'

Timbuktu

1000

'The Cuban Missile Crisis & the 1967 Arab-Israeli War occurred while he served as U.N. Secretary-General'

U Thant

AUTHORS' PEN NAMES

200

'Karen Christence Blixen-Finecke'

Isak Dinesen

400

'David John Moore Cornwell'

John le Carre

600

'Charles Lutwidge Dodgson'

Lewis Carroll

800

'William Sydney Porter'

O. Henry

1000

'Frederic Dannay & Manfred B. Lee'

Ellery Queen

"RED" & "GREEN"

200

'On St. Patrick's Day, many restaurants serve up this dish, straight out of a Dr. Seuss book'

Green eggs and ham

400

'On its first voyage in 1971, this group protested nuclear testing in the Aleutian Islands'

Greenpeace

600

'On the cover of their 1988 "Abbey Road EP", they're wearing little else than strategically placed socks'

Red Hot Chili Peppers

800

'Garibaldi's followers, or what they wore'

Redshirts

1000

'Readers got their first taste of Hannibal Lecter in this 1981 Thomas Harris novel'

"Red Dragon"