A TIME OF WAR
FIRST NAMES IN THE DICTIONARY
ONE-NAMED AUTHORS
A VISIT TO PRAGUE
LET'S GET SERIOUS
OLIVIER AWARD WINNERS
Final Jeopardy
200
Herodotus wrote that the long run associated with this battle was actually from Athens to Sparta to ask for aid
Battle of Marathon
200
A young male horse, or a gunmaker
Colt
200
In the 18th century he wrote numerous novellas including "Zadig" & "Candide"
Voltaire
200
U Fleku in Prague is this type of pub, having been making suds on the premises since 1499
a brewery
200
In a 2008 superhero film, this character naturally asks, "Why so serious?"
the Joker
200
Known to moviegoers as Gandalf the Grey, he's won several Olivier Awards, including one as Richard III
Ian McKellen
200
NO. 1 POP HITS
A 1987 remake of this 1959 hit was the first song with all Spanish lyrics to hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100
400
The DMZ conflict of the late 1960s is sometimes referred to as the "Second" this
Korean War
400
It follows witch & precedes nut
hazel
400
German poet Novalis pioneered this passionate literary movement & died young of TB in 1801
Romanticism
400
A "Good King" in Christmas song, this martyred prince was interred in 932 A.D. in what's now part of Prague Castle
Wenceslas
400
More serious than a correction, in print journalism this 10-letter word is the act of "taking back" a story
retraction
400
This actress, seen here, has received the most individual Olivier Awards--8 awards over 40 years
Judi Dench
400
A 1987 remake of this 1959 hit was the first song with all Spanish lyrics to hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100
"La Bamba"
600
The Battle of Adwa in 1896 was fought between Italy & this Horn of Africa country
Ethiopia
600
An old song says "A pretty girl is like" this, a pleasing tune
a melody
600
Captain Haddock is the companion & Snowy is the dog of this teenage journalist created by the Belgian cartoonist Hergé
Tintin
600
One of many statues on Charles Bridge is of this prophet, a contemporary of Jesus who urged repentance
John the Baptist
600
In the 1700s, opera was dominated by 2 major forms: the more prestigious opera seria & opera this, Italian for comic opera
buffa
600
In 2010 Rachel Weisz & Ruth Wilson won for playing these 2 sisters in "A Streetcar Named Desire"
Blanche & Stella
800
The Natchez people were nearly wiped out by the French garrison at Fort Rosalie, now the site of Natchez in this state
Mississippi
800
A translucent yellowish fossil resin
amber
800
"Frogs" & "Wealth" are one-word titles from this one-name master of ancient Greek comedy
Aristophanes
800
In 1348 Charles IV of this "sacred" empire founded Charles University--go Chuck U.!--in Prague, his capital
the Holy Roman Empire
800
Hepatitis C can lead to this other serious "C" disease, permanent scarring & hardening of the liver
cirrhosis
800
Dolores Umbridge in the "Harry Potter" films, Imelda Staunton has won several Oliviers, including as Mama Rose in this musical
Gypsy
1000
After capturing Germans during the WWI campaign of Cambrai, several Canadians got this U.K. military honor created in 1856
the Victoria Cross
1000
A female donkey, or an early spinning machine
jenny
1000
In "The Red & the Black" by this French author, a young man must choose between life in the army & life in the church
Stendhal
1000
The final resting place of this writer who died in 1924 is in Prague's New Jewish Cemetery
Kafka
1000
This playwright said the lonely, secluded life of Norway forces everyone there to become serious & introspective
Ibsen
1000
In 1979 Barry Humphries won for playing his alter ego, this saucy dame
Dame Edna