j-archive-3855-D-2001-05-11

U.S. PRESIDENTS

200

'He was the only U.S. president to die in the 18th century'

George Washington

400

'This former general was the first Republican to serve 2 full terms as president'

Ulysses S. Grant

600

'This Mexican War hero & winning 1848 candidate had never voted for president before'

Zachary Taylor

800

'In 1950 he threatened a music critic who had unkind words for daughter Margaret's singing'

Harry S. Truman

1000

'His 1791 marriage to Rachel Robards was invalid, so they had to do it all over again on January 17, 1794'

Andrew Jackson

BROADWAY TEENS

200

'[clue missing because of technical glitch]'

Anne Frank

400

'Brooke Shields & Lucy Lawless played Rizzo in the '90s revival of this rockin' high school musical'

Grease

600

'R&B sensation Stephanie Mills was a teenager when she eased on down the road in this role in "The Wiz"'

Dorothy

800

'The Jets & the Sharks are teenage gangs in this 1957 musical that features the song "Tonight"'

West Side Story

1000

'Zaneeta Shinn, a character in this musical, is the teenage daughter of the mayor of River City'

The Music Man

YOUTH IN ASIA

200

'Like voters in the USA, young women seeking to compete in the Miss Thailand contest must be at least this age'

18

400

'The 100-member Asian Youth Orchestra recently played to rave reviews in this South Korean capital'

Seoul

600

'Young actors like Rani Mukherjee perform in movies in "Bollywood" in this populous Asian country'

India

800

'With songs like "Fly Away", rock star Cui Jian is one of the leading pop musicians from this Asian country'

China

1000

'With a 6-wicket victory over Nepal, Bangladesh recently retained the Asian youth championship in this sport'

cricket

SCIENCE GUYS

200

'Not even a wheelchair & voice synthesizer can stop him from unlocking the secrets of the universe'

Stephen Hawking

400

'In 1610 this Italian made his biggest discovery: the 4 largest moons of Jupiter'

Galileo

600

'This "Father of Genetics" is the subject of the biography "The Monk in the Garden"'

Gregor Mendel

800

'At the Pantheon in Paris in 1851, he demonstrated the Earth's rotation using his famous pendulum'

Michel Foucault

1000

'He was doing research on influenza when he accidentally discovered penicillin'

Alexander Fleming

CORPORATE SPORTS VENUES

200

'Chicago's United Center & Salt Lake City's Delta Center are named for this type of business'

airlines

400

'This Disney-owned baseball team plays at Anaheim's Edison International Field'

Anaheim Angels

600

'This team that won a championship in 2001 plays in PSINet Stadiun'

Baltimore Ravens

800

'Now that this city's Civic Arena is the Mellon Arena, its citizens can be full of Mellon pride'

Pittsburgh

1000

'3-letter corporate name that's on the Indianapolis venue seen here'

RCA Dome