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WORLD WAR I

200

'Naively, World War I was dubbed "The War To End All" these'

Wars

400

'Breaking a long stalemate in the fighting, this country entered the war in April 1917'

the United States

600

'This variety of coat, seen here, bears the name of front-line fortifications used in World War I'

trench coat

800

'Kaiser Wilhelm II was this country's leader during the war'

Germany

1000

'In asking for a declaration of war in 1917, Pres. Wilson said, "The world must be made safe for" this'

democracy

LANGUAGES

200

'Finland has 3 national languages: Finnish & this one spoken by its neighbor'

Swedish

400

'(Jeff Probst, host of Survivor, gives the clue from Vanuatu.) The Ni-Vanuatu speak a pidgin language called Bislama. You might tell a local, "Me no talk-talk Bislama", which means this'

I don\'t speak Bislama

600

'Wu & Hakka are among the many dialect groups of this language'

Chinese

800

'Although Spanish is based on Latin, many of its words come from this language of the Moors'

Arabic

1000

'Portuguese is spoken by more than 150 million people; 80% of them live in this country'

Brazil

CLASSIC SONGS

200

'Around 1831 Samuel Francis Smith wrote new lyrics to the following & called it this'

"My Country, \'Tis Of Thee"

400

'This song with a 3-word Scottish name may keep you up late one night a year'

"Auld Lang Syne"

600

'A lack of swimming skills might lead you to sing this song'

"My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean"

800

'This Civil War song was penned by an American feminist & peace advocate'

"The Battle Hymn Of The Republic"

1000

'This famous song of Naples is heard here'

"O Sole Mio"

3-LETTER ANATOMY

200

'Don't give the principal any of this mouth part that's used to form words'

lip

400

'God took this body part from Adam to make woman'

a rib

600

'Anyone cool knows this is a person's haunch'

hip

800

'You'll find this body part at the center of a hurricane'

an eye

1000

'Listen to Mark Antony, who might borrow one from a friend, Roman, or countryman'

an ear

HANDY TECHNOLOGY

200

'The Nomad Jukebox Zen Xtra is a device which plays music in this alphanumeric format'

MP3

400

'"N-Gage" with this company's cell phone, wihch is also a portable game'

Nokia

600

'You can feel your way around a game using the Dualshock controller for this video game console'

PlayStation

800

'This company that sells Dimension computers now sells a GPS system for the Axim PDAs'

Dell

1000

'With its Ofoto online service & Easyshare cameras, you'll never have to develop this company's film'

Kodak