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SCIENCE

200

'This thermometer developer discovered that the boiling point of a liquid varies with atmospheric pressure'

Fahrenheit

400

'Of the noble gases, this one has the lowest atomic weight'

helium

600

'From 1838 to 1841 this naturalist was Secretary of the Geological Society of London'

Darwin

800

'This 2-letter-named moon of Jupiter is the most volcanically active body in the solar system'

Io

1000

'Kelp is an especially rich source of this halogen'

iodine

I'M GIVIN' YA PEARLS!

200

'This South American soccer great was known as Perola Negra, "The Black Pearl"'

Pelé

400

'Pearl White became an international film star in 1914 by playing the title role in "The Perils of" this woman'

Pauline

600

'Scarlett Johansson poses for Jan Vermeer in this 2003 film'

Girl with a Pearl Earring

800

'Known as "The Pearl", he helped lead the New York Knicks to the NBA championship in 1973'

Earl Monroe

1000

'This 1970 film showed the bombing of Pearl Harbor from both sides--Japanese & American'

Tora! Tora! Tora!

WHO WAS PRESIDENT WHEN...

200

'...the first female Supreme Court justice took the bench'

Reagan

400

'...Jesse Owens won 4 Olympic gold medals'

FDR

600

'...the Communist People's Republic of China was founded'

Truman

800

'...the Russian Revolution toppled Czar Nicholas II'

Woodrow Wilson

1000

'...Napoleon became First Consul & began rule as dictator of France'

John Adams

RANKS & TITLES

200

'An adult volunteer in charge of a Girl Scout troop is called this--take me to yours!'

a leader

400

'Chicago's Francis George is among the few U.S. archbishops also to be this (since February 1998)'

a cardinal

600

'Marc Grossman didn't feel it was beneath him to take the job of this for Political Affairs in the State Department'

Undersecretary

800

'London police ranks range from commissioner down to this'

constable

1000

'In the U.S. Navy, if you rise above your petty officer concerns, you can become this "officer" rated W-1 to W-4'

warrant officer

BULLY FOR ENGLAND!

200

'This neighborhood in Merton is famous as the home of the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club'

Wimbledon

400

'You might say these 5th century invaders who gave the country its name took over England by degrees'

the Angles

600

'As its name suggests, this body of water separates the Emerald Isle from England'

the Irish Sea

800

'In '50s England these tough "boys" dressed in a style reminiscent of Edward VII's time'

the Teddy Boys

1000

'This "dark" resort with a pleasure beach claims to be Britain's most popular holiday destination'

Blackpool