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LITERARY ALLUSIONS

200

'This object from Arthurian & Christian legend has come to mean the object of any difficult quest'

the Holy Grail

400

'A type of nonsexual love is named for this Greek philosopher who discussed it in his "Symposium"'

platonic (or Plato)

600

'This term for an idyllic place can be checked out in the James Hilton work "Lost Horizon"'

Shangri-La

800

'Jonathan Swift created Lilliputians; this author created Munchkins'

(Frank) Baum

1000

'"The shot heard round the world" was first heard in this man's "Concord Hymn"'

Ralph Waldo Emerson

CLIMBING

200

'Alpinism is European climbing; Andinismo refersto climbing on this continent'

South America

400

'Face and crack climbing are two types of this popular activity seen here'

rock climbing

600

'In "Vertical Limit" Robin Tunney is menaced by this high-altitude condition of fluid leaking into the lungs'

pulmonary edema

800

'This fastener seen here gets its name from its original use of clipping a carbine rifle to a band'

carabiner

1000

'Also meaning to stop an action, in climbing it means to secure another person with a rope'

to belay

JUST PLANE GEOMETRY

200

'In the 3rd century B.C., this "Father of geometry" taught at the Museum, an institute in Alexandria, Egypt'

Euclid

400

'A straight angle has this many degrees'

180

600

'The sum of the squares of the lengths of the legs of a right triangle is equal to the square of the length of this'

the hypotenuse

800

'The word geometry means to "measure" this'

the world, the earth (the land)

1000

'To make this figure, put a looped string around 2 tacks, place a pencil tight against the string & draw'

an ellipse

THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR

200

'"Mister Roberts",
"She Wore a Yellow Ribbon",
"Stagecoach"'

(John) Ford

400

'"The Milagro Beanfield War",
"Quiz Show",
"The Legend of Bagger Vance"'

Robert Redford

600

'"Hobson's Choice",
"Oliver Twist",
"Lawrence of Arabia"'

David Lean

800

'"Z",
"State of Siege",
"Missing"'

Costa-Gavras

1000

'"Woman with a Past",
"The Peacemaker",
"Deep Impact"'

Mimi Leder

SAINTS

200

'In the 7th century Isidore was bishop of this city, not barber of it'

Seville

400

'Saint Augustine's mom, she's also a saint, as well as an L.A. boulevard that Sheryl Crow sang about'

Santa Monica

600

'In 1918 padre Pio, who reportedly could levitate, became the first priest in centuries to receive these "wounds"'

stigmata

800

'During his reign St. Pius X revised this Latin version of the Bible'

St. Jerome\'s or the Vulgate

1000

'Saint Fursey's visions were recorded by this venerable saint'

Bede