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WORLD HISTORY

200

'In 1071 the Seljuk Turks, who practiced this religion, defeated the Byzantine Army at the Battle of Manzikert'

Islam

400

'This King of Aragon freed the Catalan Serfs in 1486 & captured Granada in 1492'

King Ferdinand

600

'Now in Poland, in 1361 this shipbuilding city became a member of the Hanseatic League'

Gdansk

800

'Around 2500 B.C. the Harappan Civilization sprung up around this river in Pakistan & nothwestern India'

the Indus

1000

'An economic crisis forced this Indonesian leader to resign on May 21, 1998, ending 32 years of autocratic rule'

Suharto

CATS & DOGS

200

'Siamese kittens develop their full adult color within a few months but are born mostly this color'

white

400

'The Bombay cat, a cross between a Burmese & a Black American shorthair, originated in this largest KY. city'

Louisville

600

'In England, this cat breed was once known as a "foreign blue"'

a Russian blue

800

'This dog that derives its name from a place on the eastern shore of the Adriatic is also called a coach dog'

Dalmatian

1000

'Corgis come in 2 breeds:
Cardigan
Welsh Corgi &
this one'

Pembrook

"ORANGE" YOU GLAD

200

'Infamous herbicide of 1960s wartime Indochina'

Agent Orange

400

'Prominent among Protestants in northern Ireland, the Orange Order was formed in 1795 to honor this monarch'

William of Orange

600

'Dystopian Anthony Burgess novel of punks & pathology'

A Clockwork Orange

800

'In the British children's rhyme, the pair that are said by "the bells of St. Clement's"'

oranges and lemons

1000

'Sherlock Holmes solves a mystery involving the KKK & sailing ships in "The Case of" these'

"The Five Orange Pips"

FILL IN THE BOOK TITLE

200

1749:

"Tom ____",

by Henry Fielding

 Jones

400

1895:

"____ the

Obscure",

by Thomas Hardy

Jude 

600

1925:

"An American

____",

by

Theodore Dreiser

 Tragedy

800

1922:

"The Beautiful

and ____",

by F. Scott

Fitzgerald

 Damned

1000

1860:

"The Mill on the

____",

by George Eliot

 Floss

SITCOM QUOTES

200

'"2, 4, 6, 8 /
Homer's crime was very great /
'Great' meaning large or immense /
We use it in the pejorative sense"'

The Simpsons

400

'"My name is George. I'm unemployed and I live with my parents"'

Seinfeld

600

'"You don't take relationship advice from Karen. You get advice on, I don't know, what wine goes with mood stabilizers"'

Will & Grace

800

'"The Opera Guild's annual football tournament...
Well, I'm the quarterback"'

Frasier

1000

'"You have reached the transmitting signal for the big giant head. All big giant circuits are busy...please stay on the line"'

Third Rock From The Sun