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AROUND ASIA

200

'In area, it's the largest country that's entirely in Asia'

China

400

'Many medieval structures remain in Esfahan, which became capital of this country in 1598 under Shah Abbas'

Iran

600

'In South Korea, Pagoda & Seoul Grand are these, also the name of over 3 million people'

Parks

800

'Eel is a culinary specialty of this third-largest Japanese city, site of the 1970 World's Fair'

Osaka

1000

'The winding course of Turkey's Buyuk Menderes River gives us this English word'

Meander

ARCHAEOLOGY

200

'Surfacing in 1999, the "Angel Scroll" is either a hoax or part of these Jewish writings discovered in 1947'

Dead Sea Scrolls

400

'What might be the earliest example of a phonetic alphabet was found in this African country in December 1999'

Egypt

600

'Some yarn found on Baffin Island suggests these people visited there in the 13th century'

Vikings (Norse)

800

'Anthropologists now argue over the gender of this famous Australopithecene once accepted as female'

Lucy

1000

'In 1996 New Mexico wildfires damaged ruins of this tribe the Navajo called "The Ancient Ones"'

Anasazi

HORSE SENSE

200

'This alliterative plaything is a horse's head on a stick'

Hobby horse

400

'The horse is the state animal of this state, home to Schering-Plough & Bayonne'

New Jersey

600

'A horse born December 31, 1998 became a yearling on this date'

January 1, 1999

800

'It was the 1975 Tony Award winner for best play'

Equus

1000

'In 1948 the public was let in to see the horses painted in the walls of this French cave'

Lascaux

NAME THE TV SHOW

200

'(ticking stopwatch)'

60 Minutes

400

'"Na Nu, Na Nu"'

Mork And Mindy

600

'"Ugly Naked Guy's laying kitchen tile, eww!"'

Friends

800

'"No soup for you!"'

Seinfeld

1000

'"I'm coming, Elizabeth, I'm coming!"'

Sanford And Son

"RED", "WHITE" & "BLUE"

200

'Clara Barton is "The Mother Of" this organization'

Red Cross

400

'It describes a crime such as embezzlement committed by a person in business or government'

White collar

600

'Sean Penn & Nick Nolte were among the soldiers at Guadalcanal in this 1998 war film'

The Thin Red Line

800

'This lefty & former Oakland A ended his pitching career in 1986 with a 209-161 record & a 3.27 ERA'

Vida Blue

1000

'"Holy" district in London's east end that's infamous as the scene of Jack the Ripper's murders'

Whitechapel