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CANADIAN HISTORY

200

'In 1949 Canada joined the United States & 10 other nations to form this military alliance'

NATO

400

'Between 1913 & 1932 Canada dug a new & deeper version of the Welland Canal that connects these 2 Great Lakes'

Erie & Ontario

600

'On July 3, 1608 this Frenchman landed at what would become the City of Quebec'

(Samuel de) Champlain

800

'The 1947 discovery of oil in a field at Leduc in this prairie province launched a Canadian oil boom'

Alberta

1000

'The Dominion of Canada was formed in 1867; this transplanted Scot became the country's first prime minister'

(John A.) MacDonald

MTV VIDEO OF THE YEAR ARTISTS

200

'1988:
"Need You Tonight/Meditate"'

INXS

400

'2009:
"Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"'

Beyonce

600

'1984:
"You Might Think"'

The Cars

800

'2004:
"Hey Ya!"'

OutKast

1000

'1993:
"Jeremy"'

Pearl Jam

CALCULATING THE MEASUREMENTS

200

'16 short tons minus 13 short tons leaves you this many pounds'

6,000 (3 tons, 2,000 per)

400

'Fahrenheit boiling point of water times Celsius freezing point of water'

0

600

'Number of quarts in 2 gallons divided by the number of pints in 2 quarts'

2 (8 divided by 4)

800

'Square inches in a square foot plus square feet in a square yard'

153

1000

'Feet in a fathom plus feet in a mile'

5,286

BALLET

200

'Maria Tallchief played the sugarplum fairy in a 1954 New York City ballet performance of this classic'

The Nutcracker

400

'This wooden rail attached to the wall of a ballet studio is used by the dancers for support during exercises'

a barre

600

'Born Margaret Hookham in England, she made her professional debut in 1934 at the age of 15'

Margot Fonteyn

800

'Onstage this late Soviet defector often partnered Maya Plisetskaya; offstage, Jacqueline Bisset'

Alexander Godunov

1000

'When "Le Pavillon d'Armide" premiered in 1907, Vaslav Nijinsky played the slave & she played Armide'

Anna Pavlova

GIMME AN "H"

200

'Proverbially, "he who" does this "is lost"'

hesitates

400

'A house of shelter for pilgrims, or a homelike facility that provides care for the terminally ill'

a hospice

600

'From 1823 to 1838 it was one of the 5 countries that made up the United Provinces of Central America'

Honduras

800

'In Egyptian myth this deity & son of Osiris is usually depicted as having the head of a falcon'

Horus

1000

'Anglers & crafters, not just surgeons, use this instrument, whose name means "blood stop"'

a hemostat