j-archive-4041-D-2002-03-11

CARMEN

200

'It's the capital city where "Carmen" composer Georges Bizet was born in 1838'

Paris

400

'This Spanish member of the "Three Tenors" played the soldier Don Jose in a 1984 film version of "Carmen"'

Plácido Domingo

600

'Inspired by "Carmen", this Oscar Hammerstein musical features black characters & ends outside a boxing arena'

Carmen Jones

800

'In Act II the handsome Escamillo enters to the "song" named for these bullfighters'

the toreadors

1000

'In 1947 at age 17, this "bubbly" star made her opera debut in "Carmen" as the Spanish gypsy Frasquita'

Beverly Sills

INITIAL REACTIONS

200

'Go to a B&B, bed & breakfast, for a little R&R, which stands for this'

rest & recreation (also would accept rehabilitation, recuperation)

400

'Abbreviated FT in Basketball, it's done about 15 ft., feet, from the basket'

free throw

600

'It's an IFO, as opposed to a UFO'

an identified flying object

800

'That is right, it's the abbreviation from the Latin for "that is"'

i.e.

1000

'Type of product on which you'll find an ISBN'

a book

SAN DIEGO

200

'Ryan Airlines of San Diego built this man's plane "The Spirit of St. Louis"'

(Charles) Lindbergh

400

'It's the correct pronunciation of the area of San Diego spelled L-A J-O-L-L-A'

"la HOY-ah"

600

'One of the world's largest, it occupies 100 acres in San Diego's Balboa Park'

a zoo

800

'Most of the fresh water used by San Diego is supplied by this "stately" river'

the Colorado (River)

1000

'This missionary dedicated the first of 9 California missions in San Diego in 1769'

Father Junipero Serra

WHERE IN THE WORLD IS...?

200

'The Great Sphinx'

Egypt

400

'The Great Victoria Desert'

Australia

600

'Great Slave Lake'

Canada

800

'The Blue Grotto'

Italy

1000

'The Blue Mosque'

Turkey

OBJETS D'ART

200

'4-letter term for the type of work seen here--whether successful or not'

a bust

400

'Surprisingly, the name of this type of painting isn't from minimus, "small", but from minium, a red lead pigment'

a miniature

600

'The item held by Oscar winners is usually referred to as this diminutive word'

a statuette

800

'The Bayeux Tapestry is an example of this, a general term for needlework that decorates fabric with thread'

embroidery

1000

'The late Matisse work seen here shows the technique he called "drawing with" these tools'

scissors