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BLACK HISTORY MONTH

200

'Melville said this abolitionist who was hanged in Charlestown, Va. in 1859 was "the meteor of the war"'

John Brown

400

'Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color line in 1947 when he was signed by this team'

the Dodgers

600

'Harlem had one of these literary & cultural rebirths in the '20s & '30s'

renaissance

800

'Edward & Burghardt were the middle names of this organizer of the NAACP'

(W.E.B.) Du Bois

1000

'In 1957 Martin Luther King helped establish this religious organization, the SCLC'

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

BALLS

200

'To start your golf round, put your ball up on one of these little pegs'

a tee

400

'Kermit the Frog's eyeballs were originally made of these light sports balls'

ping pong balls

600

'A target ball called a "pallino" is thrown first in this Italian ball game'

bocce

800

'In racquetball, the ball must strike the front wall before hitting this'

the ground (or the floor)

1000

'The ball & bat used in this sport are seen here'

cricket

THE JEFFERSON ADMINISTRATION

200

'In April 1803 Napoleon renounced this territory in America "with the greatest regret"; so we bought it'

the Louisiana Territory

400

'In 1807, after a trip up the Hudson, he wrote, "The power of propelling boats by steam is now fully proved"'

(Robert) Fulton

600

'On July 12, 1808 this large city's Missouri Gazette became the first newspaper published west of the Mississippi'

St. Louis

800

'In 1807 Jefferson tried to have this man, his first vice president, convicted of treason'

Aaron Burr

1000

'In 1805 U.S. Marines stormed the shores of this Barbary state at Derna, helping to end the raids on American ships'

Tripoli

IT'S RAINING "MN"

200

'Catch the flue here, where fire goes up in smoke'

a chimney

400

'If you're sleepless in Seattle you're suffering from this malady'

insomnia

600

''Tis this season (of the year)'

autumn

800

'6-letter word meaning mirthless, sober, or grave'

solemn

1000

'Please don't forget this word, from the Greek for "oblivion"'

amnesia

FIRSTS

200

'The Scott brothers sold rolls of this in 1890; 2-ply came later'

toilet paper

400

'Marie Antoinette is credited with introducing these rolls to France'

croissants

600

'Event at which Jesus performed his first miracle, providing enough wine for a feast'

the wedding at Cana

800

'The first meeting of this international assembly convened November 15, 1920'

the League of Nations

1000

'On December 7, 1787, Delaware became the 1st state to do this'

ratify the U.S. Constitution