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Oh, What a Knight
100

Enjoy a glass-bottom boat ride at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park near Key Largo in this state

Florida

100

First name of young Mr. Fowl, whose adventures include "The Time Paradox" & "The Lost Colony"

Artemis

100

This system of linking Internet documents contains cross-references so you can jump easily between them; it's the HT in HTML

hypertext

100

It initially left England August 15, 1620 along with another ship, the Speedwell

The Mayflower

100

In Arthurian legend, pure knight & grail finder Galahad was the son of this not-so-pure knight

Lancelot

200

Dating from about 1730, Stratford Hall was the birthplace of Robert E. Lee in this state

Virginia

200

This Gregory Maguire novel that inspired a musical is the biography of a certain Witch of the West

Wicked

200

It's the underlying or implicit meaning of a literary work

subtext

200

A luxurious, ill-fated ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage after hitting an iceberg.

The Titanic

200

In the fourth crusade, this Christian capital, now Istanbul, was plundered by Christian knights

Constantinople

300

Check out Nassau Hall, the U.S. capitol in 1783, located at Princeton Univ. in this state

New Jersey

300

This F. Scott Fitzgerald novel explores the opulent and tragic pursuit of the American Dream through an enigmatic millionaire during the 1920s. 

The Great Gatsby

300

People quoted as saying horrifying things often protest that their words were taken out of this

context

300

During the War of 1812, this frigate earned its nickname Old Ironsides; it's also the name of one of the America's most treasured documents

The Constitution

300

In the "Song of Roland", this code asked knights "to keep faith" & "to fight for the welfare of all"

the code of chivalry (or the chivalric code)

400

This state's Seashore Trolley Museum near Kennebunkport is one of the world's largest electric railway museums

Maine

400

A survival novel by Gary Paulsen that chronicles a boy's journey to stay alive in the wilderness after a plane crash, relying on his resourcefulness and a single tool.

Hatchet

400

A 2007 government report was titled "Turn the Page: Making College" these "More Affordable"

textbooks

400

Tragically, in December 1941 this battleship sank in less than 9 minutes, with 1,177 of her crew; it's also the name of a US state (the 3rd one if you are listing them in alphabetical order)

The Arizona

400

In 1226 the Teutonic Knights demanded & received this area, later the dominant state in Germany

Prussia

500

The development of nuclear energy is featured at Los Alamos' Bradbury Science Museum in this state; no lead vest is required

New Mexico

500

An epic poem by Homer that follows the perilous and long journey of a hero trying to return home after the Trojan War.

The Odyssey

500

This is an ostensible reason put forward to conceal a true purpose or object

pretext

500

In the most famous mutiny in history, Fletcher Christian & his mates seized control of this ship in 1789

The Bounty

500

Amadis of Gaul & Don Quixote are examples of this kind of knight who wanders in search of adventure

knights-errant