Book Tour
Collectors Edition
From Page to Screen
A Date in History
Massive Structures
100

Forks, Washington is the setting for this saga that you can really sink your teeth into

The Twilight Saga

100

Feel free to ring in if you know that this object was featured on the first Forever stamps, issued in 2007

The Liberty Bell

100

"Over a period of several weeks, the competitors must fight to the death. The last tribute standing wins" in this novel [and movie]

The Hunger Games

100

The Gregorian one of these replaced the Julian one in 1582 & moved the date forward 10 days to catch things up

a calendar

100

A long barrier, it runs for miles & miles through places like Beijing & Gansu

The Great Wall of China

200

The Grinch stole Christmas from this little town

Whoville

200

One of these collectibles, "Action No. 1", sold in 2011 for $2.16 million

Comic book

200

This 2006 film based on a Y.A. book by Thomas Rockwell has Billy "Wormboy" Forrester agreeing to ingest 10 squiggly wigglies

How to Eat Fried Worms

200

On this date each year moments of silence are observed in New York City at 8:46 & 9:03 A.M.

September 11th

200

These are named Khufu, Khafre & Menkaure, to correspond to the pharaohs whom they were built to honor

the Pyramids

300

A town near Hogwarts in the "Harry Potter" franchise; it should be familiar to theme park fans

Hogsmeade

300

A 2024 proof silver dollar coin minted in Philly features this abolitionist, long considered for our $20 bill

Harriet Tubman

300

Winston Groom's book was the basis of this film about a man running through history, & that's all I have to say about that

Forrest Gump

300

Referred to as "Black Tuesday", it's the date in 1929 that saw the final collapse of the stock market

October 29th

300

During the 1963 March on Washington, King gave his "I Have a Dream" speech from the steps of this monument

The Lincoln Memorial

400

This is the land where most Hobbits live in Middle-earth

The Shire

400

Topps Magazine (1990-1993) was a quarterly [magazine] devoted to collecting these

Baseball cards

400

This Spielberg Holocaust film was based on a book by Thomas Keneally

Schindler's List

400

The radio message Marconi transmitted overseas March 27, 1899 was in this code

morse

400

Natural Bridge, Virginia is home to an exact foam replica of this circular landmark on an English plain

Stonehenge

500

The old money & new money Long Island neighborhoods in this novel are East Egg & West Egg

The Great Gatsby

500

In 1968 car sales took off when Mattel introduced these miniature speedsters

Hot Wheels

500

He bested the 7 evil exes to win Ramona's heart on page & screen

Scott Pilgrim

500

FDR called December 7, 1941 "a date which will" do this

live in infamy

500

Nashville is nicknamed "the Athens of the South" & fittingly features a full-scale replica of this Athenian temple

The Parthenon