ASTRONOMY
HEAVENLY BODIES
STARS ON THE MAP
We're talking about capital cities here
VENUS
SONS
"MOON"s
100

On Valentine's Day 2000, the Near spacecraft is due to begin orbiting this asteroid named for the Greek god of love

Eros

100

This fox from "Melrose Place" has joined Michael J. on "Spin City"

Heather Locklear

100

Located on the Thames River, it's been Europe's largest city since around 1700

London

100

This lovely letter-turner got her turn at playing Venus in the 1988 TV movie "Goddess of Love"

Vanna White

100

This actor's dad James Broderick played the dad on TV's "Family"

Matthew Broderick

100

In this 1987 film, Cher is engaged to marry an older man, Danny Aiello, but falls in love with Nicolas Cage

Moonstruck

200

One of the more impressive meteor showers comes in December from this constellation of the twins

Gemini

200

Now in her second year as "Jesse", she was Kelly Bundy for 11 seasons

Christina Applegate

200

According to tradition, tossing a coin into this city's Trevi Fountain ensures a return visit

Rome

200

In 1999 she & her sister Serena aced the women's doubles final at the French Open

Venus Williams

200

Former president Bush must be proud -- his sons George W. & Jeb govern these 2 states

Texas & Florida

200

This Jackie Gleason series began as a sketch on Dumont's "Cavalcade of Stars" in the '50s

The Honeymooners

300

In 1994 fragments of Shoemaker-Levy 9 struck this planet, creating a plume over 1,000 miles high

Jupiter

300

Albert Brooks cast her as "The Muse"

Sharon Stone

300

This Costa Rican capital's international airport is named for 19th century hero Juan Santamaria

San Jose

300

In 1986 this female trio put "Venus" on top of the music charts

Bananarama

300

His disappearance made headlines March 2, 1932

The Lindbergh baby

300

In the card game Hearts, taking all 13 hearts & the queen of spades is known as this

shooting the moon

400

The solar observatory at Kitt Peak in this Southwestern state focuses on spectroscopy

Arizona

400

She was the first VJ to appear on both MTV & MTV Latino

Daisy Fuentes

400

In the 1980s Nicolae Ceausescu built this city's Palace of the People

Bucharest, Romania

400

Before residing at the Louvre, this famous Greek statue belonged to Louis XVIII

Venus de Milo

400

This famous son gave his name to a Dearborn, Michigan high school & a car flop of the 1950s

Edsel Ford

400

In 1971 this Who drummer appeared as a nun in Frank Zappa's film "200 Motels"

Keith Moon

500

According to one of this German's laws of motion, planets travel faster when they are closer to the sun

Johannes Kepler

500

A TV Guide "You Sexy Thing!" poll pitted Jeri Ryan of "Star Trek: Voyager" against this show's Peta Wilson

La Femme Nikita

500

Sucre is Bolivia's judicial capital; this is the administrative capital

La Paz

500

It's John Gray's 1992 megaseller on relationships & the differences between the sexes

Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus

500

In 2 Samuel David laments for him, "My son, my son...would God I had died for thee"

Absalom

500

The French title of this 1865 Jules Verne classic is "De la Terre a la Lune"

From the Earth to the Moon