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NAME THAT PLANET
BE A SPORT
TEEN QUEENS
THE OLD TESTAMENT
LANGUAGE LAB
200
'Christian Huygens wrote about this planet's rings way back in 1659'
Saturn
200
'An early version of this water sport had players riding on barrels painted to look like horses'
water polo
200
'At 15 Lady Jane Grey was imprisoned in this fortress when accused of treason by Mary Tudor'
the Tower of London
200
'While fleeing the destruction of Sodom, Lot's wife "looked back from behind him, and she became" this'
a pillar of salt
200
'Most languages of Western Europe get their words for "read" & "write" from this language's legere & scribere'
Latin
400
'Instrument-laden rovers landed on this planet in 2004'
Mars
400
'This 5-sport Olympic event had its origins in the activities of a military dispatch rider in enemy territory'
pentathlon
400
'18 when she became queen in 1837, she reigned for 63 years'
Victoria
400
'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands at the head of a massive supine statue at Giza, Egypt.) Many believe Ramses the Great, whose colossal statue rests here, was the pharaoh to whom Moses said "Let my people go" in this book of the Bible'
Exodus
400
'Hochdeutsch is the modern standard form of this language'
German
600
'The Great Red Spot on this planet is actually a giant storm'
Jupiter
600
'This Olympic sport is said to date from 12th century Holland, where frozen canals were used as courses'
speed skating
600
'Wilhelmina of this country reigned as a teen after the last male in the house of Orange-Nassau died in 1890'
the Netherlands
600
'David gave this son & successor advice & plans for building the temple in Jerusalem'
Solomon
600
'The Pinyin system for writing this language in the English alphabet was officially adopted Jan. 1, 1979'
Chinese
800
'A year on this planet is only 88 days long'
Mercury
800
'This sport was invented in England by modifying a dining room table; the ball was made of rubber or cork'
Ping-Pong
800
'In 1615 14-year-old Anne married Louis XIII & was later accused of treason by this cardinal'
Richelieu
800
'When this man's brother said that he was still alive, his father Jacob's "heart fainted, for he believed them not"'
Joseph
800
'In French, "Hier Henri m'aimait", "Yesterday Henry loved me", is an example of this "flawed" past tense'
imperfect
1000
'With Pluto demoted, this is now the outermost planet'
Neptune
1000
'In 1895 at a YMCA, this indoor sport was developed for businessmen who found basketball too vigorous'
volleyball
1000
'In 1343 Joanna was a teen queen of a kingdom with the name of this large port city near Pompeii'
Naples
1000
'This heroine for whom a Bible book is named was married to King Ahasuerus of Persia'
Esther
1000
'Douglas Hyde, aka An Craoibhin Aoibhinn, fought to preserve this language & founded a league of the same name'
Gaelic