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CULTURE CLUB

200

'Also called Shrove Tuesday, this holiday first came to Louisiana in 1699 via French explorers'

Mardi Gras

400

'The Prose Edda, a 13th c. work from Snorri Sturluson, is a cultural masterpiece of this island nation'

Iceland

600

'A male Muslim who completes the pilgrimage to this city can be called Hajji; a female can be addressed as Hajjah'

Mecca

800

'Batik, a method of waxing & dyeing cloth, is part of the culture of this fourth-most populous nation'

Indonesia

1000

'Belgian composer Peter Benoit initiated the movement for a representative music of this culture'

the Flemish culture

THE CLASH

200

'Revolution was in the air when clashes began on April 19, 1775 in these 2 New England towns'

Lexington & Concord

400

'At the Battle of Belleau Wood during this war, Marine Dan Day yelled out, "Come on...! Do you want to live forever?"'

World War I

600

'Site of a 2003 battleground for U.S. soldiers, a tomb in this country's city of Najaf is a major Shiite shrine'

Iraq

800

'Admiral Nelson won this decisive 1805 naval battle but paid for the victory with his life'

the Battle of Trafalgar

1000

'World War II's Battle of the Coral Sea was the first naval battle that used only these'

airplanes

BRITISH BANDS

200

'He was the androgynous lead singer of Culture Club'

Boy George

400

'Yes got a big break in 1968, opening for this Clapton group at its London farewell concert'

Cream

600

'The Clash had its biggest hit with this song that says, "Drop your bombs between the minarets"'

"Rock The Casbah"

800

'The genesis of Genesis included this man singing lead; he left for the "big time" as a solo artist'

Peter Gabriel

1000

'Bananarama had a hit with this song, appropriately enough, in the mean, hot days of August 1984'

"Cruel Summer"

YES

200

'When you say "yes" in Italian & Spanish it sounds like this English letter'

C

400

'In this language, yes is still a 3-letter word, but all the letters are vowels'

French

600

'Zip-a-dee-doo! When in Moscow, say "yes" in Russian like this'

da

800

'In German & Dutch, "yes" is 2 letters long & starts with this consonant'

J

1000

'It sounds like you're saying hello, but this is how you say "yes" in Japanese'

hai

BANANARAMA

200

'A banana seat is something you would most likely find on one of these'

a bicycle

400

'This fruit company pleaded guilty to paying off terrorist groups in Colombia via its subsidiary, Banadex'

Chiquita

600

'"Daylight come and me wan' go home" is the last line of this song, also known as "Day-O"'

"The Banana Boat Song"

800

'Amid a theme of adventure, the first catalogs from this company sported drawings of flight jackets & gurkha shorts'

Banana Republic

1000

'This author introduced the Glass family in his 1948 short story "A Perfect Day for Bananafish"'

J.D. Salinger