j-archive-3791-D-2001-02-12

LITERATURE

200

'Polish-born Jerzy Kosinski wrote all of his novels, including "Being There" in this, his adopted language'

English

400

'She based the characters of Anne & Robert in her novel "The Mandarins" on herself & Jean-Paul Sartre'

Simone de Beauvoir

600

'It's the native country of Flora Nwapa, who wrote "This is Lagos, and Other Stories"'

Nigeria

800

'The original Italian title of this Umberto Eco novel is "Il Nome Della Rosa"'

"The Name of the Rose"

1000

'In 2000 Turkish author Andrew Mango published a new biography of this founder of modern Turkey'

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

TROPICANA

200

'This popular tropical fruit was named for its resemblance to a pine cone'

Pineapple

400

'This tropical island has roads linking Port Antonio, Montego Bay & Kingston'

Jamaica

600

'It's the name for the parallel at 23 degrees 27 minutes south latitude'

Tropic of Capricorn

800

'Large tropical rain forest regions include the Amazon & one centered on this 2,900-mile-long African river'

Congo

1000

'The largest country in the world entirely in the tropics is this Asian nation made up of over 13,700 islands'

Indonesia

OPERA

200

'Characters in this Bizet opera include a toreador, a gypsy girl & cigarette factory girls'

Carmen

400

'This Austrian composer didn't complete his operas "Adrast" & "Sakuntala"; he left a symphony "unfinished", too'

Franz Schubert

600

'In Offenbach's "Orphee aux Enfers", Orpheus goes to Hades to retrieve this woman, his cheatin' wife'

Eurydice

800

'Verdi's "Falstaff" is based on Shakespeare's "Henry IV" plays & this Shakespeare comedy'

The Merry Wives of Windsor

1000

'A comic opera by Strauss based on an incident from his marriage, or a short orchestral piece played between scenes'

Intermezzo

20th CENTURY WOMEN

200

'In 1968 this widow of a U.S. president married Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis'

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

400

'Less than a week after Princess Diana died, the world mourned the death of this beloved nun in India'

Mother Teresa

600

'Previous jobs on her resume would include research chemist, lawyer & prime minister of Great Britain'

Margaret Thatcher

800

'Italian lawmaker Alessandra Mussolini is the granddaughter of Benito Mussolini & the niece of this famous actress'

Sophia Loren

1000

'In 1988 this Karachi-born woman became the first female to head a modern Islamic country'

Benazir Bhutto

ART & ARTISTS

200

'"Red Vineyard at Arles" was possibly the only painting this Dutchman sold during his lifetime'

Vincent Van Gogh

400

'A famous Rembrandt painting shows "Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of" this ancient poet'

Homer

600

'He depicted a poppy field in a hollow near Giverny in the painting seen here'

Claude Monet

800

'Appropriately, one of this painter's views of Toledo can be seen at his museum in Toledo, Spain'

El Greco

1000

'He's the great 16th century German artist seen here in a self-portrait'

Albrecht Durer