Religion
In the "Zone"
Leather
A History Lesson
Early 21st Century Films
400

In the Roman Catholic Church, the first of the 7 sacraments you go through is this ceremony

baptism

400

A cheesy, meaty Italian turnover

calzone

400

This term for the pelt of a cow or horse used to make leather sounds like you're trying to conceal it

a hide

400

Continent where the kingdom of New Granada was founded in the 16th century

South America

400

In the documentary "An Inconvenient Truth", he mentions the South Atlantic had its first hurricane in 2004

Al Gore

800

The man seen here is the 14th person to be known by this title

the Dalai Lama

800

Created by electrical discharges in the air, it causes that distinctive odor after a thunderstorm

ozone

800

Used on leather, this type of soap is named for an equestrian item

saddle soap

800

Under the Congress of this city, 1814-15, Denmark was forced to give Norway to Sweden

Vienna

800

A boxer named Adonis follows in his dad's footsteps & has a Rocky road in this 2015 film

Adonis

1200

It's the common name for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

mormons

1200

Ironically, Seth Boyden never legally protected his process to make the high-gloss leather with this name

patent
1200

He led the 6,000-mile Long March from 1934 to 1935 & had to abandon 2 of his kids along the way

Mao 

1200

In 2005 moviegoers met Emma Thompson in the guise of this magical nanny

Nanny McPhee

1600

In Judaism, this sacred scroll is handwritten & kept inside a special ark

The Torah

1600

Cordovan leather, used in making shoes, is named for a city in this country where it was developed

Spain

1600

In 1934 Augusto Cesar Sandino was assassinated by this Central American country's National Guard

Nicaragua

1600

 Julia Child could whip up a navarin of lamb for lunch but Meryl Streep eats young actresses for breakfast as she does in this 2009 film co-starring Amy Adams

Julie & Julia

2000

"The Way" to spell this ancient Asian religion & philosophy?--with a "T" or a "D"

Daoism

2000

Stephen King novel & movie title

The Dead Zone

2000

This type of soft leather is named for a European mountain goat antelope whose skin was used in cleaning & shining

chamois

2000

No. 47 of these from 1517 reads, "Christians are to be taught that the buying of pardons is a matter of free will"

The 95 Theses (of Martin Luther)

2000

Film in which Bruce Willis is sent back in time to be killed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, his younger self

Looper