Show:
THE HISTORY OF JANUARY
THE AGE OF RAISIN
TITLE LOVERS
"C" PLUS
EXPLORERS
200
'On Jan. 10, 1956 Elvis recorded his first million-selling record, about this title establishment'
"Heartbreak Hotel"
200
'The logo of this raisin brand is seen here'
Sun-Maid
200
'In Shakespeare:
Troilus & her'
Cressida
200
'The name of this ribbed material often used for pants was once thought to come from the French for "king's cord"'
Corduroy
200
'Martin Frobisher twice sailed to the Arctic looking for this, but only found the fool's type'
Gold
400
'Spain ceded these south Atlantic islands to Great Britain January 22, 1771'
Falkland (or Malvinas) Islands
400
'Raisin is the French word for this'
Grape
400
'In '50s film:
Pat & him'
Mike
400
'The 3 pigments in these optic cells enable us to distinguish scores of colors'
Cones
400
'La Salle, exploring Lake Ontario around 1670, heard the roar of this feature but didn't bother to go look'
Niagara Falls
600
'After leading a military coup on Jan. 25, 1971, he made himself president of Uganda'
Idi Amin
600
'A classic raisin cookie is made with & named for this rolled grain'
Oatmeal
600
'In the painting seen here:
Venus & him'
Adonis
600
'Matthew Bourne's version of this fairy tale ballet, set in London during WWII, has an RAF pilot as the prince'
"Cinderella"
600
'In 1610 he thought the huge North American bay now named for him was the Pacific Ocean'
Henry Hudson
800
'Following his assassination, this mystic's body was recovered from St. Petersburg's Neva River on Jan. 1, 1917'
Rasputin
800
'This California city is the "Raisin Center of the World"'
Fresno
800
'In a musical:
Mack (Sennett) & this actress'
Mabel (Norman)
800
'This green pigment is necessary for plants to carry out photosynthesis'
Chlorophyll
800
'This captain discovered the Great Barrier Reef the hard way, by running the Endeavour onto it'
Captain James Cook
1000
'Due to foreign policy differences with the Reagan administration, she resigned as U.N. ambassador Jan. 30, 1985'
Jeane Kirkpatrick
1000
'Similar to raisins, this dried fruit is named for Corinth, where it was produced in ancient times'
Currants
1000
'In Sir Philip Sidney's sonnets:
Astrophel & her'
Stella
1000
'Hamlet says to this character, "Thou incestous, murderous, damned Dane, drink off this potion"'
Claudius
1000
'In 1521 Juan Sebastian del Cano took over for this slain captain & made a historic Indian Ocean crossing'
Ferdinand Magellan