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OLD BOOKS

200

'Virgil's "Aeneid" tells the story of the founder of this city'

Rome

400

'This compilation of ancient Jewish teachings contains the Mishnah & the Gemara'

the Talmud

600

'Composed in Old English between 700 & 750, this epic was originally untitled, then later named for its Scandinavian hero'

Beowulf

800

'"The Epic of Gilgamesh" is an old heroic text from this region whose name means "between rivers"'

Mesopotamia

1000

'A collection of 11th & 12th century epigrammatic quatrains is "The Rubaiyat" of this Persian poet & astronomer'

Omar Khayyam

SPANISH VERBS

200

'Around siesta time, dormir, meaning this, is the operative verb'

to sleep

400

'Escribir means to do this; you'll have to do it during Final Jeopardy!'

to write

600

'Cambiar means this, something you might have to do to a tire, a diaper or to money'

to change

800

'Most people just want to vivir, this'

to live

1000

'Pensar means to do this; people who do it well enough may go into a "tank"'

to think

THINGS TO DO IN THE USA

200

'This Missouri town invites visitors to explore the caves from Mark Twain's books'

Hannibal

400

'Head to the Willamette Valley to see the Belknap Covered Bridge in this state'

Oregon

600

'Going up! in this NYC skyscraper whose designer, William Lamb, was inspired by a pencil standing point-up'

the Empire State Building

800

'At the mouth of Cape Fear is Old Baldy Lighthouse, this state's oldest standing lighthouse, built in 1817'

North Carolina

1000

'In Wyoming you can camp in the shadow of this tower, the USA's first national monument'

Devils Tower

THE TOTAL NUMBER

200

'Cellos in a string quartet'

1

400

'Maximum individual score in a single game of tenpin bowling'

300

600

'Events in a heptathlon'

7

800

'Lines in a Shakespearean sonnet'

14

1000

'Hours in a standard week'

168

THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY

200

'(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, IL.) Though it wasn't in original drafts of the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln ad-libbed this 2-word phrase--later added to the Pledge of Allegiance--& added it to copies like this one, which he wrote out later'

under God

400

'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, IL.) On September 15th, 1858, in Jonesboro, Illinois, Abraham Lincoln used these notes to organize his thoughts in the third of his seven debates with this sitting U.S. senator'

(Stephen) Douglas

600

'(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, IL.) Lincoln signed many important documents in his executive office, including this, which he called "the central act of my administration and the great event of the 19th century"'

the Emancipation Proclamation

800

'(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, IL.) On February 5, 1862, the President & Mrs. Lincoln continually left a party to be by the bedside of this 11-year-old son, who died two weeks later--the only child of a president to actually die in the White House'

Willie

1000

'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, IL.) The story goes that the dying Lincoln was cradled by Laura Keene, the star of this play that Lincoln fatally attended, leaving his blood on a piece of her dress'

Our American Cousin