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OUR FOUNDING FATHERS

200

'In early April 1775 William Dawes, Samuel Prescott & this man rode to warn Patriots to move military stores from Concord'

Paul Revere

400

'3 years after writing the Declaration of Independence, he succeeded Patrick Henry as Virginia governor'

(Thomas) Jefferson

600

'On 7/3/76 he wrote to his wife Abigail that the colonies "are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states"'

John Adams

800

'In 1724, at the age of 18, he left Philadelphia for England to train as a printer; he stayed there 2 years'

(Benjamin) Franklin

1000

'In "Public Good", this pamphleteer called for Virginia to cede land needed to form a strong central government'

(Thomas) Paine

COLLEGE TEAM NICKNAMES

200

'UC Berkeley's teams are known as the golden these, & there's one on the state flag'

a bear (or Bears)

400

'Pepperdine's nickname is this, & some lap not too far away from the campus'

Waves

600

'This word describing Penn State's Lions comes from an Algonquian term meaning "single mountain"'

Nittany

800

'The University of Texas at Arlington uses this nickname shared by the NBA team closest to them'

Mavericks

1000

'This University of Idaho nickname is from an old Germanic tribe whose name has come to mean troublemakers'

Vandals

NOW THAT'S EXPENSIVE!

200

'A Louis XVI one of these that showed phases of the moon as well as the seconds & minutes sold in 1999 for $3 million'

a clock

400

'Some of this early Rock & Roll singer's hair (maybe his sideburns?) sold in 2002 for $115,120'

Elvis Presley

600

'In 2001, an anonymous buyer paid more than $6 million for a 1623 "first folio" of this English author's plays'

(William) Shakespeare

800

'In 2000 a set of books about these critters "Of America" by John James Audubon sold at auction for $8.8 million'

birds

1000

'The world's most valuable one of these instruments is one made by Antonio Stradivari in 1716 worth $18 million'

a violin

THE LARGEST IN AREA

200

'Mexico,
United States,
Canada'

Canada

400

'Pakistan,
India,
Bangladesh'

India

600

'Saudi Arabia,
Oman,
Yemen'

Saudi Arabia

800

'Spain,
Germany,
France'

France

1000

'Libya,
Egypt,
Tunisia'

Libya

THEY USED TO BE CHEERLEADERS

200

'She probably wrote about her cheerleading days at Katy High School in Texas in her own diary, not Bridget Jones's'

(Renée) Zellweger

400

'This ex-Eastern Regional High cheerleader must have let out a cheer when she became Regis Philbin's co-host'

Kelly Ripa

600

'Mandy Moore spent years as a cheerleader before playing one in this "Regal" Anne Hathaway film of 2001'

The Princess Diaries

800

'These 2 stars of "Desperate Housewives" were high school cheerleaders
(Hint: they're both brunettes)'

Eva Longoria and Teri Hatcher

1000

'Two bits, four bits, six bits, a dollar. If you know this Phillips Academy cheerleader, stand up and holler!'

George W. Bush