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ROME
DEAF POETRY
6 FEET, UNDER
IT'S NOT T.V.
DEADWOOD
200
'Site of many a great soccer match, Rome's Sports Palace was originally built for this 1960 event'
the Olympics
200
'After his deafness had set in, British poet Algernon Swinburne wrote criticism of this "Tyger Tyger" poet'
William Blake
200
'Louisiana's legal code is based on a code developed by this 5'6" European, also known as "The Corsican"'
Napoleon
200
'Kafka & Camus both contracted this lung disease in the early 1900s'
T.B.
200
'Common 6-letter name for the No. 1 wood in golf'
a driver
400
'Rome lies on both banks of this river, 15 miles east of the Tyrrhenian Sea'
the Tiber
400
'This author of "A Modest Proposal" & several satirical poems was deafened due to Meniere's disease'
(Jonathan) Swift
400
'By the age of 10, this 2'1" young man had already visited President Polk & the queen of Spain'
Tom Thumb
400
'Give us this wide receiver's initials, & you've got his nickname'
T.O. (Terrell Owens)
400
'Mahogany wood is popular in making furniture, as it's strong, won't rot & resists these insects of the order Isoptera'
termites
600
'Built during the 1400s, Rome's fabulous Venezia Palace served as this man's headquarters in the '20s & '30s'
Mussolini
600
'Deaf poet Henry Lawson of this country published "Children of the Bush" in 1902'
Australia
600
'At 5'4" tall, he's the shortest president'
James Madison
600
'Postal abbreviation for the state that's been nicknamed "The Sagebrush State" & "Battle Born State"'
NV
600
'Used to build the temple of Jerusalem around 1000 B.C., these trees are also a symbol of Lebanon'
cedar
800
'The headliner at the San Silvestro in Rome's Capite Church is the reputed head of this saint; bring it to me!'
John the Baptist
800
'Deaf poet Ronsard's poem to this season says, "The rose which but this morning did disclose her gown of crimson"'
spring
800
'This "Rape of the Lock" poet was struck with a childhood illness that never allowed him to grow over 4'6"'
Pope
800
'In 1964 Tanganyika & Zanzibar merged to form the country that now has this 2-letter Internet domain'
.tz (for Tanzania)
800
'The weapons called shinai which are used in the martial art of kendo are primarily made of this'
bamboo
1000
'Collective numeric name for the Roman features known as the Aventine, the Caelian & 5 others'
the seven hills of Rome
1000
'Deafness didn't stop Joachim du Bellay's 115 poems, styled after this Italian for whom a style of sonnet is named'
Petrarch
1000
'This king of the Franks with a diminutive title was the son of Charles Martel'
Pepin the Short
1000
'First 2 initials of the author of a series of novels about a butler named Jeeves'
P.G. (Wodehouse)
1000
'The reddish wood of this member of the rose family is used by cabinet makers; the nut, by candy bar makers'
almond