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EARLY AMERICA

200

'The British took New Netherland & New Amsterdam from the Dutch in 1664 & renamed them both this'

New York

400

'Carpenters in this colony's city of Savannah went on strike in 1746 for better working conditions'

Georgia

600

'The second of these legislatures drew up the Articles of Confederation'

the Continental Congress

800

'For "traducing the ministers", Anne Hutchinson was among the first to be "banned in" this capital'

Boston

1000

'This alliterative name was given to the 1644 union of 4 Rhode Island towns'

Providence Plantations

FAMILY-FRIENDLY MUSICALS

200

'One of Marie Osmond's "favorite things" was playing Maria von Trapp in a national tour of this musical'

The Sound of Music

400

'In "You're AaGood Man, Charlie Brown", this kid famous for his security blanket sings "My Blanket And Me"'

Linus

600

'Chip is a chip off the old teapot in this musical based on a Disney film'

Beauty and the Beast

800

'This Mark Twain tale about a rich kid & a poor kid who trade places inspired a musical that opened off Broadway in 2002'

The Prince and the Pauper

1000

'This fictional girl known for her red braids that stick out & her unusual legwear has her own "pip" of a musical'

Pippi Longstocking

A BILLION REASONS

200

'Since 1909 his head has appeared on billions & billions of pennies'

Lincoln

400

'According to its website, this chain serves more than a billion "finger lickin' good" chicken dinners annually'

Kentucky Fried Chicken

600

'Forbes magazine has estimated that this comic book boy is "worth" $24.7 billion'

Richie Rich

800

'The only event the Time Almanac has listed under 4.5 billion B.C. is this "formed"'

Earth

1000

'This eccentric billionaire formed an aircraft company in 1934 to design racers'

Howard Hughes

PENN. NAMES

200

'In 1730 he became sole owner of the Pennsylvania Gazette; he also printed it & wrote much of it himself'

Benjamin Franklin

400

'Born in Philadelphia in 1901, she would later graduate from Barnard & spend some time in Samoa'

Margaret Mead

600

'After the White House, he retired to his Lancaster estate, where he died a bachelor in 1868'

James Buchanan

800

'Over 15 years, he created more than 200 paintings & drawings of his Chadds Ford neighbor Helga Testorf'

(Andrew) Wyeth

1000

'Before he was "in control" as Secretary of State, he was senior military adviser to Henry Kissinger'

Alexander Haig

MISSING BODY PARTS

200

'This assassin's 3rd, 4th & 5th vertebrae aren't in a Baltimore cemetery; they're at the National Museum of Health & Medicine'

John Wilkes Booth

400

'An American urologist is said to own a very important part of this French leader who died on May 5, 1821'

Napoleon

600

'This lord protector's body was once buried in Westminster Abbey; it's believed his head is buried in Cambridge'

Oliver Cromwell

800

'General Lee said, "He has lost his left arm" (which was buried in Ellwood, Virginia) "but I have lost my right arm"'

Stonewall Jackson

1000

'P.T. Barnum didn't have this actress' leg to stand on when she refused his $10,000 offer for it'

Sarah Bernhardt