j-archive-3597-J-2000-04-04

ENGLISH LIT

200

'Gulliver's first of 4 voyages was to this land of tiny people'

Lilliput

400

'A 1719 work by Daniel Defoe told of "The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of" this man, "of York, Mariner"'

Robinson Crusoe

600

'He had been totally blind for 13 years when he completed "Paradise Lost" in 1665'

John Milton

800

'This poet said he wrote, "In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure dome decree" in an opium-induced sleep'

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

1000

'On this fictional Sir Thomas More island, the interests of the individual are subordinate to those of society'

Utopia

WIDE WORLD OF TRIVIA

200

'The first victim of this excavated mummy's curse may have been Lord Carnavon, a sponsor of the expedition'

King Tut

400

'Also known as the "Bush", it's the Aussie term for the remote, rural areas of Australia'

Outback

600

'The lowest surface road in the world is more than 1,290 feet below sea level in this country'

Israel

800

'When top Crayola Crayon maker Emerson Moser retired after 37 years, he revealed he suffered from this affliction'

Colorblind

1000

'Home to the Temple of Buddha's Tooth, this Sri Lankan city's name sounds like it might cause a cavity in it'

Kandy

GRIDIRON GREATS

200

'This "team" was first selected in 1889 & Yale's Pudge Heffelfinger made it the first 3 years'

All-American Team

400

'(Hi, I'm Curtis Conway of the Chicago Bears) I joined the Bears in 1993, so I just missed the pleasure of playing with this legendary coach'

Mike Ditka

600

'Scandinavians Jan Stenerud & Morten Andersen have excelled in the NFL at this position'

Placekicker

800

'(Hi, I'm tight end Freddie Jones of the San Diego Chargers) I hope to join this Chargers 1980s tight end in the Pro Football Hall of Fame'

Kellen Winslow

1000

'Alan Page of this team's Purple People Eaters defense is now a state supreme court justice'

Minnesota Vikings

THE PLANETS

200

'In July 1998 Japan launched Nozomi; it's set to reach this "Red Planet" in 2003'

Mars

400

'They are the 2 planets closest to our sun'

Mercury & Venus

600

'A 25-year-long telescope search for it ended with its discovery in 1930'

Pluto

800

'Photos published in June 1999 show its largest moon, Titan, may have liquid seas'

Saturn

1000

'Interplanetary distances are measured in AUs, which are these'

Astronomical units

WHEN ANIMALS ATTACK

200

'This bear, the ursus Maritimus, sometimes preys on humans'

Polar bear

400

'When defending its family, the silverback of this primate is potentially the most dangerous'

Gorilla

600

'Guinness reports that sharks can detect 1 part of this in 100 million parts of water'

Blood

800

'Birds known to have attacked humans include cassowaries, mute swans & these largest African birds'

Ostriches

1000

'In 1981 numerous people were killed by these creatures when an overloaded boat capsized while docking in Brazil'

Pirahnas