j-archive-4194-J-2002-11-21

POETS & POETRY

200

'This hero went "Forth upon the Gitche Gumee...with his fishing-line of cedar" to catch a sturgeon'

Hiawatha

400

'He wrote his 1914 poem "Chicago" while working as a newspaper writer in that city'

Carl Sandburg

600

'For writing the pamphlet "The Necessity of Atheism", this "Ode to the West Wind" poet was expelled from Oxford'

Percy Shelley

800

'The first line of this poem is "Sing, goddess, the anger of Peleus's son Achilles"'

"The Iliad"

1000

'In 1899 this Irish poet & dramatist co-founded the Irish literary theatre, which later became the Abbey Theatre'

William Butler Yeats

ORIGINAL CRAYOLA COLORS

200

'If you were jealous of someone's pack of crayons, you'd be this "with envy"'

green

400

'Before tan was added in 1949, this was the only 3-letter color in the box'

red

600

'Color for the belly of your sapsucker or a caution card in soccer'

yellow

800

'These 2 common eye colors are the school colors of Tufts University'

brown & blue

1000

'More recently it's been burnt, outrageous & sunset; back in 1903 it was just this'

orange

MOVIE MAGIC

200

'A pair of magic ruby slippers is at the center of this classic 1939 film'

The Wizard of Oz

400

'Harry Potter's teachers include Madam Hooch, who teaches flying on one of these'

broom

600

'The Mages, an elite group of magic users, rule the empire of Izmer in this 2000 film based on a role-playing game'

Dungeons & Dragons

800

'Distinctive actor seen here as 1954's "The Mad Magician"'

Vincent Price

1000

'In a 1998 film, Nicole Kidman & this "Miss Congeniality" star are sisters with a gift for "Practical Magic"'

Sandra Bullock

TAKE A LETTER

200

'In comic books, a series of this letter is used to represent a person snoring'

Z

400

'In religious writing, this symbol of the Greek letter chi represents Christ'

X

600

'This letter paired with "H" at the end of a word sometimes results in an "F" sound'

P

800

'In German, it usually has the sound that English gives to the letter before it in the alphabet'

W

1000

'Used chiefly in poetic or religious invocations, it's an interjection expressing strong emotion'

O

WATCH OUT FOR ALLIGATORS!

200

'While an alligator has about 80 of these at any one time, they wear down & are eventually replaced'

teeth

400

'On this largest Louisiana city's seal, the alligator represents the city's marshes & swamps'

New Orleans

600

'The Alligator River of Australia actually contains these related reptiles, not alligators'

crocodiles

800

'This "Alligator State" made the alligator its official state reptile in 1987'

Florida

1000

'The alligator snapper isn't an alligator but one of these reptiles'

turtle