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DONALD TRUMP

200

'A noted germophobe, Trump said, "I think" this form of greeting "is barbaric... you catch the flu"'

handshaking

400

'Trump owned the N.J. Generals, a team that featured Doug Flutie & Herschel Walker, in this league'

the USFL

600

'This Trump family minister & author of "The Power of Positive Thinking" performed the Donald's marriage to Ivana'

Norman Vincent Peale

800

'Heavily in debt in '91, Trump spotted a beggar & said to this woman, wife No. 2, "He's worth $900 million more than I am"'

Marla Maples

1000

'The Donald graduated first in his class from this school of finance at U.Penn. in 1968'

Wharton

ENDS IN "EE"

200

'In Mississippi there's a town called Coldwater as well as a "Hot" this beverage'

coffee

400

'A piece to cover your pate'

toupée

600

'It's the celebration of a special anniversary, perhaps the "diamond" one'

jubilee

800

'Native American Indians inhabited this Georgia swamp as early as 2500 B.C.'

the Okefenokee

1000

'In his 12-volume "A Study of History", he traced the rise & fall of 26 civilizations'

(Arnold) Toynbee

MEN OF SCIENCE

200

'In 1933 he joined the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J.; he became a U.S. citizen in 1940'

Albert Einstein

400

'In 1589 he became a professor of mathematics at the U. of Pisa; in 1592 he moved on the U. of Padua'

Galileo

600

'The director of St. Petersburg's Institute of Experimental Medicine until his 1936 death; his name ring a bell?'

(Ivan) Pavlov

800

'This French physicist wasn't the pits with his 1851 "pendulum" that demonstrated the Earth's rotation'

Foucault

1000

'This British biologist & model maker who partnered with James Watson passed away on July 29, 2004'

(Francis) Crick

Fill in theHistory Blank

200

British king who has 6 wives: Henry ___

VIII

400

Adopted July 4, 1776: The ___ of ____

The declaration of independence

600

Old name for Russia & 14 Other

republics until 1991: The ___ Union

Soviet

800

Centuries-long Iberian prosecution of

heretics: The Spanish ____ 

Inquisition

1000

Deadly period of the French revolution:

The ___ of terror 

Reign

YOU'RE FIRED!

200

'An ad agency fired this eventual "Happiest Place on Earth" creator, citing a "singular lack of drawing ability"'

Walt Disney

400

'Bob Lemon, Gene Michael & Lou Piniella were each fired twice by him; we won't get into the Billy Martin saga'

George Steinbrenner

600

'Old soldiers never die, They get canned, like this general famously was on April 11, 1951'

Douglas MacArthur

800

'In 1978 Handy Dan Hardware axed Arthur Blank-- but he did okay, co-founding this chain in Atlanta'

Home Depot

1000

'In 1781 Hieronymus Colloredo, Archbishop of Austria, fired this musician with a literal boot in the rump'

Mozart