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WORLD HISTORY
NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES
LANGUAGES
WEIGHTS & MEASURES
200
'A flat surface on which outdoor advertisements are posted'
a billboard
200
'The Geneva Accords of 1954 split this SE Asian country in 2 at 17 degrees North latitude'
Vietnam
200
'She's on the cover of every issue of O Magazine (it is her magazine, after all)'
Oprah Winfrey
200
'The official languages of Wales are Welsh & this'
English
200
'It's 9.46 trillion kilometers, give or take a few kilometers'
a light year
400
'He has a riddle contest with Gollum in "The Hobbit"'
Bilbo
400
'In 73 B.C. this Thracian gladiator began a 2-year slave revolt against Roman rule'
Spartacus
400
'2 of the top 4 U.S. papers by circulation have this 5-letter word in their names'
Times
400
'Related to Italian, it has about 5 million speakers in S. Italy & on a large Mediterranean island'
Sicilian
400
'Founded in 1875, the International Bureau of Weights & Measures is headquartered in Sevres near this capital'
Paris
600
'"Bluesy" city of Southern Mississippi on the Gulf of Mexico'
Biloxi
600
'Called the "Sick Man of Europe" in the early 20th century, this empire collapsed just after WWI'
the Ottoman Empire
600
'In 1945 John Johnson launched this monthly, which he considered the black equivalent of Life magazine'
Ebony magazine
600
'World Book says that only about 350 Gaulish words have become part of this modern language'
French
600
'Circles, thermometers & college grads are marked by the number of these they have'
degrees
800
'It's the capital of Spain's Vizcaya province'
Bilbao
800
'During World War II, this queen of the Netherlands headed her government-in-exile from London'
Wilhelmina
800
'By their names, it's the frequency of the News in Dayton & the Mail in London'
daily
800
'This language spoken in Reykjavik is also called Islenska'
Icelandic
800
'One magnum of champagne equals this many standard bottles'
2
1000
'A high amount of this bile pigment can produce jaundice'
bilirubin
1000
'In 1923 France & Belgium occupied this German industrial region named for a Rhine tributary'
the Ruhr
1000
'This alternative music magazine was founded by Bob Guccione Jr. in 1985'
Spin
1000
'The Chinese in Hong Kong & Macao mainly speak this Chinese dialect'
Cantonese
1000
'One weight still used from the old apothecaries' system is this ounce'
a troy ounce