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C'EST CHEESE!

200

'Americans refer to Emmentaler as this'

Swiss cheese

400

'King Christian IX is a cheese from this country'

Denmark

600

'This best-known Greek cheese is pickled in a brine solution'

Feta

800

'At the Congress of Vienna, in a contest instigated by Talleyrand, this French cheese won the title "Le Roi du Fromage"'

Brie

1000

'This blue-veined cheese made from ewes' milk was a favorite of Charlemagne's'

Roquefort

KEEP YOUR SHIRT ON!

200

'He's the strange visitor from another planet who inspired the shirt seen here'

Superman

400

'A game played on horseback shares its name with this style of shirt seen here'

polo

600

'Say "Hello" to this Hawaiian shirt seen here:'

Aloha shirt

800

'It's the fighting force represented by the shirt seen here'

Marines

1000

'From an old Welsh word for sackcloth, it's the nappy shirt fabric seen here'

flannel

MEDICAL HISTORY

200

'The Anti-Vacks were doctors opposed to this Edward Jenner anti-smallpox method'

vaccination

400

'S. Weir Mitchell invented the rest cure, pioneered post-trauma research & analyzed this U.S. snake's venom'

rattlesnake

600

'In the 17th C. Thomas Wharton realized there are endocrine as well as exocrine types of these'

glands

800

'If Pierre Bretonneau's name for this disease had stuck, we'd talk about Dothienenteritis Mary'

typhoid

1000

'Tissue grown for study, known by this "high-toned" name, began with the work of Ross Harrison'

culture

NAME THE HITMAKERS

200

'1997:
"My Heart Will Go On"'

Celine Dion

400

'1994:
"Can You Feel the Love Tonight?"'

Elton John

600

'1998:
"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"'

Aerosmith

800

'1992:
"This Used To Be My Playground"'

Madonna

1000

'1995:
"Wonderwall"'

Oasis

REMEMBER THE '90s

200

'In January 1991 Operation Desert Shield was renamed this'

Operation Desert Storm

400

'He told Oprah in 1993 that he had a rare skin disease & was in love with Brooke Shields'

Michael Jackson

600

'Liz met Larry, who became husband number 7 (or is it 8?) in 1991, in this complex'

Betty Ford Center

800

'By November 1998, 63 million Americans had this service, many using Startacs to access it'

cellular telephone service

1000

'He carried Kerri Strug up to the medal stand at the '96 Olympics'

Bela Karolyi