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EPIGRAPHS

200

'"If they give you ruled paper, write the other way" is the epigraph to this classic by Ray Bradbury'

Fahrenheit 451

400

'"The heart is half a prophet", Philip Roth's epigraph to "Goodbye, Columbus", is a proverb from this language'

Yiddish

600

'The epigraph of this Willa Cather novel about life on the Nebraska prairies is "Those fields, colored by various grain!"'

O Pioneers!

800

'The 2-word epigraph to his "Howards End": "Only connect"."'

Forster

1000

'For "The Razor's Edge", he chose the apt "The sharp edge of a razor is difficult to pass over"'

Somerset Maugham

FROM THE FRENCH

200

'Ironically, shopping options for women who wear these sizes, French for "small", are shrinking'

petite

400

'This egg dish that's often fat & fluffy has a name derived from a middle French word for "knife blade"'

an omelet

600

'This collective term for fowl innards often found in gravy is from an Old French word for a game stew'

giblets

800

'The world of high fashion & high society may be called the "beau" this, literally French for "fine world"'

monde

1000

'Antiquers know this French term for "Chinese-style" furniture such as 18th c. Chinese Chippendale'

chinoiserie (chinois accepted)

GODS AROUND US

200

'In his oath one of these pledges that "On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to God & my country"'

A Boy Scout

400

'The likeness of God used in this 1975 Monty Python comedy is a picture of British cricket star W.G. Grace'

(Monty Python and) The Holy Grail

600

'A deaf student becomes involved with a speech teacher in this Tony-winning play by Mark Medoff'

Children of a Lesser God

800

'The song "Day By Day" is from this 1970s musical'

Godspell

1000

'On January 1 in Ancient Rome, citizens gave each other small coins with an image of this god on them'

Janus

"D" MEN OF HISTORY

200

'In 1581 this world-circumnavigating sailor was made the mayor of Plymouth, England'

Sir Francis Drake

400

'Tsangyang Gyatso, the sixth man to hold this title, died mysteriously in 1706'

the Dalai Lama

600

'This man who lost the 1948 presidential election was referred to as "the little man on the wedding cake"'

(Thomas) Dewey

800

'This U.S. mayor who died in 1976 was called the "last of the big-city bosses"'

(Richard) Daley

1000

'The topic of the paper he gave to the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society in 1794 was color blindness'

John Dalton

ACTORS' DIRECTORIAL DEBUTS

200

'"Dances With Wolves"
(1990)'

Kevin Costner

400

'"Star Trek III:
The Search For Spock"
(1984)'

Leonard Nimoy

600

'"Paradise Alley"
(1978)'

Sylvester Stallone

800

'"A Bronx Tale"
(1993)'

(Robert) De Niro

1000

'"Antwone Fisher"
(2002)'

Denzel Washington