j-archive-4528-D-2004-04-21

HUGHS & CRIES

200

'"The M. stands for Marston, not mammary; hey, that was bunny, I mean funny!"'

Hugh M. Hefner

400

'"Where there's a Will role, you'll find me; I played a Will in 'Notting Hill' & in 'About a Boy'!"'

Hugh Grant

600

'"I was Curly in a TV version of 'Oklahoma!' Ok, I'm also Wolverine in 'X-Men'"'

Hugh Jackman

800

'"I hosted 'Concentration' a lot longer than Trebek did!"'

Hugh Downs

1000

'"In a 1994 TV movie I was back playing Wyatt Earp, a role I did back in the '50s!"'

Hugh O\'Brian

TOO MUCH TIME ON THEIR HANDS

200

'Someone counted 25,216 of these on a swan'

feathers

400

'In a children's game, Rob Krueger won $5,000 CDN in October 2003 when his "Paper" covered this move by his opponent'

Rock

600

'Orange County, Florida has banned its employees from wearing more than 3 pairs of these (& no tongue studs)'

earrings

800

'In December 2003 Joe Horn was fined $30,000 by the NFL for using one of these after making a touchdown'

cell phone

1000

'It took 5 days in 2003 for India to beat Australia in its first test match victory in Australia in this sport in 22 years'

cricket

B.C.'n YOU

200

'The legendary emperor Shen Nung has sometimes been "stuck" with the invention of this healing practice'

acupuncture

400

'About 400 B.C. the Persians began knitting these & some of the patterns are still popular today'

carpets

600

'About 600 B.C. this poet of Lesbos put on quite a show; while reciting her poetry she'd strum a lyre'

Sappho

800

'Work began circa 2000 B.C. on the Palace at Knossos on this island; centuries later it was still going -- oy, contractors'

Crete

1000

'In the 12th century B.C. these people of Mexico were carving out colossal heads like the one seen here'

the Olmecs

POPE-ULARITY CONTEST

200

'16th century pope Julius III appointed Palestrina choirmaster at this basilica'

St. Peter\'s

400

'It's the last decade in which there wasn't a pope with John or Paul in his name'

the 1940s

600

'What goes around comes around for these letters from a pope, like "Pacem in Terris"'

encyclicals

800

'On this date around 735, Pope Gregory III dedicated a chapel in the Vatican to all saints'

November 1

1000

'In 1592 the standard version of this Latin Bible was issued under the reign of Clement VIII'

the Vulgate Bible

FILING CHAPTER 11

200

'In its Chapter 11 "Phileas Fogg secures a curious means of conveyance at a fabulous price"'

Around the World in Eighty Days

400

'Chapter 11 of this book begins, "At the appointed time I returned to Miss Havisham's"'

Great Expectations

600

'"The Plot Thickens" is the title of Chapter 11 of this fact-based 1844 tale by Alexander Dumas'

The Three Musketeers

800

'"During the summer the packing houses were in full activity again", begins Chapter 11 of this 1906 work'

The Jungle

1000

'"Charles had more respect for Adam after he knew about the prison", begins this Steinbeck work's Chapter 11'

East of Eden