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2-LETTER WORDS

200

'Before the grand jury, Bill Clinton said, "It depends on...your definition of" this word'

Is

400

'In the "Little House" books, it's what Laura Ingalls calls her father'

Pa

600

'In tennis it's "In" when the server has game point, "Out" when the receiver does'

Ad

800

'This Yiddishism means "So?" or "Well?"'

Nu

1000

'20th century style of art represented here'

Op Art

1820s AMERICA

200

'The first illustrations of his "Birds of America" were printed in 1827'

John James Audubon

400

'"Be it ever so humble", John Howard Payne wrote this song with a 3-word title for the 1823 opera "Clari"'

"Home, Sweet Home"

600

'This art of sculpting with whale bone was popular in the 1820s'

Scrimshaw

800

'On 12/12/1822 the U.S. recognized the independence of this nation ruled by emperor Agustin de Iturbide'

Mexico

1000

'This famous keelboatman was probably killed near the mouth of the Yellowstone River in 1823'

Mike Fink

CAPITAL CITY UNIVERSITIES

200

'Georgetown University'

Washington, D.C.

400

'University of Westminster'

London

600

'Jawaharlal Nehru University'

New Delhi

800

'Keio University'

Tokyo

1000

'Kim Il Sung University'

Pyongyang, North Korea

PICTUIRE THE PONTIFFS

200

'In June 1999 he made a return visit to his homeland'

Pope John Paul II

400

'This pope who called for a Vatican council was beatified in 2000'

Pope John XXIII

600

'He was a cardinal for 5 years and a pope for considerably less time'

Pope John Paul I

800

'This pope's actions, or lack thereof during World War II, have been the subject of controversy'

Pope Pius XII

1000

'Before this man, seen here, became pope, he served as the Archbishop of Milan'

Pope Paul VI

FRENCH WHINES

200

'I will just scream if one more tourist asks me how to get to zis Paris cathedral on the Ile de la Cite'

Notre Dame

400

'Sacre bleu! My aspirateur, one of these "inhaling" household appliances, is on ze fritz again!'

Vacuum cleaner

600

'It is an artistic tragedy that zis American director & star of ze "Bellboy" has not made any recent films'

Jerry Lewis

800

'Een ze American restaurant, I cannot believe it's not beurre, which translates as zis'

Butter

1000

'Modern politicians? Poo! Bring back zis general who became premier in 1958 & president in 1959'

Charles de Gaulle