Potpourri
Sets of 3
Novels / Authors
Architecture
Astronomy
100

The French writer know for his "Tales of Mother Goose" collection.

Charles Perrault

100

The 3 stages of the art of logical debate worked out by philosopher George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel.

Thesis

Antithesis

Synthesis

100

Little Women

Little Men

Louisa May Alcott

100

A hill that overlooks the city of Athens, Greece.  The ruins of ancient buildings are on top of this hill.

Acropolis

100

The galaxy closest to the Milky Way galaxy, about 2.2 million light years away from Earth.

Andromeda galaxy

200

According to Greek tradition, what were the 3 dramatic unities that a play was required to have?

Unity of time

Unity of place

Unity of action

200

His 3 Laws of Planetary Motion gave him the title 'father of modern astronomy'.

Johannes Kepler

200

Alice in Wonderland

Through the Looking-Glass

Lewis Carroll

200

A magnificent palace in Granada, Spain.  It was built in the 1200-1300's by the Moors, Muslims from North Africa.

Alhambra

200

A constellation that resembles a cup with a long handle for dipping.  The direction north can be determined by the following the 2 stars on the far end of the bowl of the dipper.

Big Dipper

300

In Ernest Lawrence Thayer's poem "Casey at the Bat" name the line following:

"And somewhere men are laughing and somewhere children shout, but there is no joy in Mudville...

Mighty Casey has struck out!

300

The 3 Musketeers from the novel by Alexandre Dumas...

Athos

Porthos

Aramis

300

Pride and Prejudice

Sense and Sensibility

Jane Austen

300

Nickname for the bell in the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament in London, England.

Big Ben

300

An object that usually circles the sun in an extremely long orbit.

Comet

400

John 11:35, the Bible's shortest verse, describes the reaction of Jesus to the burial of...

Lazarus

400

The 3 ages of Giambattista Vico's Historical Cycle...

Theocratic (Age of the gods / God)

Aristocratic (Age of Heroes)

Democratic (Age of Men)

400

Don Quixote

Miguel de Cervantes

400

Spans the East River between Manhattan and Brooklyn in New York City.  Built in the late 1800's, it was one of the longest bridges in the world.

Brooklyn Bridge

400

Largest planet in the solar system and 5th major planet from the sun.

Jupiter

500

The ancient city Heinrich Schliemann (Sh-lee-men), German businessman turned amateur archaeologist, discovered and excavated.

Troy

500

Gifts of the 3 Magi...

Gold

Frankincense

Myrrh

500

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

500

A large stadium where competitions were held in Ancient Rome.  Its ruins are still standing. 

Colosseum

500

The most distant celestial objects that can be seen from earth.

Quasars