Geography
Colorific
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First Novels
Elvis Film Roles
100
Its inner and outer regions are separated by the Gobi Desert
Mongolia
100
This color precedes "lady" & "Cadillac" & also the word "elephants" in a "Dumbo" song
pink
100
The millionth U.S. soldier to die in battle since Lexington in 1775 was killed in this war on September 4, 1951
the Korean War
100
With the publication of "Jaws", he was called "The most successful first novelist in literary history"
Peter Benchley
100
1964:
Race car driver Lucky Jackson, who gets a job as a waiter in a casino
Viva Las Vegas
200
This second-largest island has an area of about 306,000 square miles & is shaped like a huge bird
New Guinea
200
The OED says this color refers to a man of "Nordic type" & can be spelled with no "E" when referencing men
blond
200
Joakim Lehmkuhl, who made timing mechanisms for WWII bombs, introduced this watch line in 1950
Timex
200
Ken Kesey's work in the mental ward of a V.A. hospital provided background for this novel
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
200
1957:
Vince Everett, who serves time for manslaughter
Jailhouse Rock
300
Maracaibo is the second-largest city in this country
Venezuela
300
The Federal government uses it to indicate a "high" risk of terrorist attack
orange
300
Introduced in 1957, this car model from Ford was not embraced by the car-buying public
Edsel
300
She wrote "White House Pets" & a biography of her father before turning to fiction with "Murder in the White House"
Margaret Truman
300
1961:
Chad Gates, son of a pineapple mogul
Blue Hawaii
400
This island's Cape Morris Jesup is about 500 miles from the North Pole
Greenland
400
JFK Jr. & Ted Turner both graduated from this Providence university
Brown
400
Sadly, this Italian liner sank on the night of July 25, 1956
the Andrea Doria
400
We've checked the facts & it's true, Jay McInerney shot to fame with this first novel about living life in NYC's fast lane
Bright Lights, Big City
400
1960:
Army specialist Tulsa McLean, who's been stationed in West Germany
G. I. Blues
500
This peninsula seen here lies between the Bering Sea & the Sea of Okhotsk
the Kamchatka Peninsula
500
These rules got their name from the paper color they were printed on in New Haven Colony in the 17th century
blue laws
500
On January 27, 1951 the U.S. began atomic bomb tests in this state
Nevada
500
Larry McMurtry took the title of this first novel from William Butler Yeats' famous epitaph
Horseman, Pass By
500
1969:
Dr. John Carpenter, who works with Sister Michelle (Mary Tyler Moore)
Change of Habit