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THE 2nd MILLENNIUM

200

'The too-short 63-year lifespan of Rembrandt van Rijn was all in this century'

the 17th century

400

'The Boston Tea Party tea dumpers were dressed up as these'

Indians

600

'Later First Lady, she was sent to finishing school in England in 1899, shortly before her uncle became president'

Eleanor Roosevelt

800

'Lasting only 12 years, it billed itself ordinally as the successor to the Holy Roman Empire & German Empire of 1871-1918'

the Third Reich

1000

'In 1798 Malthus published an essay arguing that population will always grow faster than this essential'

food

VOCABULARY

200

'A scarf for your neck, or a sound-deadener for your car'

a muffler

400

'This 6-letter test checks the acidity or alkalinity of a solution'

litmus

600

'Meaning destiny, this word is from Sanskrit for "deed"; let's see if yours is good, man'

karma

800

'It means occurring every 6 years'

hexennial

1000

'To withdraw from a case as a judge to avoid any semblance of bias'

recuse

RECENT NONFICTION

200

'Stacy Schiff wrote a much-lauded 2010 biography of this Egyptian queen'

Cleopatra

400

'Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen have written a series of books called this food "for the Soul"'

Chicken Soup

600

'"Golden Rules", by this "Project Runway" mentor, is subtitled "Life's Little Lessons for Making it Work"'

Tim Gunn

800

'This singer won a National Book Award for "Just Kids", about her relationship with Robert Mapplethorpe'

Patti Smith

1000

'This New York Times food writer gives 2,000 recipes in the 10th anniversary edition of "How to Cook Everything"'

Mark Bittman

THINGS

200

'This state floral emblem of Oklahoma gets a lot of press around Christmas'

mistletoe

400

'Historians believe the face of this 66'-high landmark represents King Khafre, but we're pretty sure the king had a nose'

the Sphinx

600

'In rhyme, this type of footstool is a great place to enjoy curds and whey'

a tuffet

800

'An imaginary line extends north from the 2 stars at the front of the "cup" of this star group and points to Polaris'

the Big Dipper

1000

'Harry Brearley's 1913 try at an alloy that would better resist erosion in gun barrels led to this type of steel'

stainless steel

BITS

200

'From this duo's classic routine: "Who's on first?" "Yes." "I mean the fellow's name." "Who." "The guy on first." "Who"'

Abbott and Costello

400

'By George! He noted, "Football is concerned with downs...baseball is concerned with ups! Who's up? Are you up? I'm not up!"'

George Carlin

600

'This deadpan comic: "Last week the candle factory burned down. Everyone...stood around and sang 'Happy Birthday'"'

(Steven) Wright

800

'This cross-dressing comic from Britain, on Stonehenge: "No one's built a henge like that...since"'

Eddie Izzard

1000

'Mitch Hedberg: "I saw a wino eating" these fruit items. "I was like, dude, you have to wait"'

grapes