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100
Hooray! Dan Castellaneta's wild 1-man stage show named for this artist doesn't have "a single ear reference"
Who is Vincent Van Gogh?
100
A 1997 Supreme Court decision permitting civil lawsuits against a sitting president was a result of Clinton v. her
Who is Paula Jones?
100
Known in ancient times as Berytus, this Middle Eastern seaport is now a world capital
What is Beirut?
100
"Gone with the Wind"
What is Georgia?
100
"The Canterbury _____ of a Wayside Inn"
What are Tales?
200
The 100th birthday of this New England city's Symphony Hall inspired the line "A plain home with a sense of place"
What is Boston?
200
Though he was twice accused of murder, we still have a "Whole Lotta Love" for this Scot-born U.S. Navy hero
Who is John Paul Jones?
200
A great temple was built at Ur to honor Nannar, the Sumerian god of this heavenly body
What is the moon?
200
"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
What is Missouri?
200
"The Old Man and the _____ Around Us"
What is Sea?
300
"As if St. Thomas Church were not making enough good music with its own choir", this abbey's choir visited in Oct. 2000
What is Westminster Abbey?
300
Though not a sci-fi author, he wrote about an "invisible hand" in the marketplace in 1776
Who is Adam Smith?
300
Euripides' satyr play "The Cyclops" satirizes an episode from book 9 of this Homeric work
What is The Odyssey?
300
"The Sound and the Fury"
What is Mississippi?
300
"A Tale of Two _____ of the Plain"
What are Cities?
400
The Chamber Music Society of this "Center" put the Times "in a millennial mood" with a "Thousand Years of Love"
What is Lincoln Center?
400
In 1928 he became the first Roman Catholic nominated for president by a major party
Who is Al Smith?
400
A type of this potent potable made from barley was the favorite beverage of ancient Egypt
What is beer?
400
"East of Eden"
What is California?
400
"A Room with a _____ From the Bridge"
What is View?
500
Gore Vidal told the Times that JFK gave him one of the lines he used in this 1960 play, revived on Broadway in 2000
What is "The Best Man?"
500
In 1624 he wrote "The Generall Historie of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles"
Who is John Smith?
500
The Harappan civilization is another name for the ancient civilization of this Asian river valley
What is Indus River Valley?
500
"The Jungle"
What is Illinois?
500
"Tales of a Fourth Grade _____ Lasts Forever"
What is Nothing?