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THE SHAW FESTIVAL

200

'The Shaw Festival runs from April through Nov. in the picturesque town of Niagara-on-the-Lake in this Canadian province'

Ontario

400

'The Shaw's landmark version of this Orwellian epic encompassed the whole town & even featured flying helicopters'

1984

600

'In 2005 audiences were on "The Razor's Edge" of their seats watching "The Constant Wife" by this author'

Somerset Maugham

800

'Dana Donnelly found salvation--the Salvation Army, that is--in the title role of this "Major" Shaw play in 2005'

Major Barbara

1000

'The 2005 season saw the return of "Happy End", with songs by Kurt Weill & this "Mother Courage" funmeister'

Bertolt Brecht

BOYS IN THE BAND

200

'Larry Mullen, Jr.,
Adam Clayton,
The Edge,
Bono'

U2

400

'Nick Rhodes,
Andy, John & Roger Taylor,
Simon Le Bon'

Duran Duran

600

'John Paul Jones,
John Bonham,
Jimmy Page,
Robert Plant'

Led Zeppelin

800

'Peter Buck,
Mike Mills,
Bill Berry,
Michael Stipe'

R.E.M.

1000

'Phil Collen,
Rick Allen,
Rick Savage,
Joe Elliott'

Def Leppard

ON THE BATTLEFIELD

200

'(Jon of the Clue Crew shows a map on a screen.) At Hastings, the Normans literally had an uphill battle to reach and defeat this king who held the high ground'

King Harold

400

'In this WWII Russian battle, troops were ordered, "Not a step back" by the man for whom the city was named'

Stalingrad

600

'(Jon of the Clue Crew shows a map on a monitor.) A landing by Australian and New Zealand forces was driven back by future Turkish leader Ataturk in this WWI battle'

Gallipoli

800

'The Charge of the Light Brigade at this 1854 battle may have been due to the hubris of cavalryman Louis Nolan'

Balaclava

1000

'(Jon shows a map on a monitor.) In 1879 at Isandlwana, a maneuver called "Horns of the Beast" allowed this African group to get close enough to overrun the British'

the Zulu

MR. JOHNSON

200

'You'll find this man's presidential library at the University of Texas in Austin'

Lyndon Johnson

400

'An attempt on this man's life was part of the Lincoln assassination plot'

Andrew Johnson

600

'Pietro Mennea's record of 19.72 seconds in the 200-m. dash stood from 1979 until this American broke it in 1996'

Michael Johnson

800

'In 1908 he became the first black heavyweight boxing champ when he KO'd Tommy Burns'

Jack Johnson

1000

'This founder & publisher of Ebony received a 1996 Presidential Medal of Freedom'

John H. Johnson

PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION

200

'A sample of the explosive work of this innovative American is seen here'

Jackson Pollock

400

'His 1960s works include "I Know How You Must Feel, Brad!" & "As I Opened Fire..."'

Roy Lichtenstein

600

'Also the title of a 2003 film, it's the famous work from around 1665 seen here'

The Girl with a Pearl Earring

800

'This Dutchman's peculiar point-of-view played out in works like the one seen here'

M.C. Escher

1000

'Like so many of his paintings, his "Son of Man" features a man in a bowler hat'

Magritte