International Organizations
Cast Members in the Reboot
The Writer's Strike
April 20th in History
Final Jeopardy
100
African nations that are members of OPEC include Nigeria & this one that borders the Mediterranean Sea & Egypt
What is Libya?
100
No Lone Star on this show: Jordana Brewster as Elena & Josh Henderson as John Ross Ewing III
What is Dallas?
100
Charles Dickens went to Lancashire to observe a strike in the industry of this plant fiber & wrote an 1854 article about it
What is cotton?
100
Oh my! This American actor, best known for his time in the Star Trek series, and Allegiance, the Broadway musical loosely based on his childhood was born this day in 1937 in Los Angeles
Who George Takei (rhymes with gay)?
100
ANIMATION: Phil Vischer, creator of this show, originally had a candy bar as the lead until his wife nudged him in a healthier direction
What are Veggie Tales?
200
Dealing less with local programs than the World Bank, this fund with 190 member nations works to stabilize exchange rates
What is the IMF (International Monetary Fund)?
200
From a Norman Lear sitcom: Isabella Gomez & Rita Moreno
What is One Day at a Time?
200
Jack Kelly's nonfiction book "The Edge of Anarchy" is about the 1894 strike against this man's railroad car company
Who was Pullman?
200
On this day in 1999, two teens would kill 13 people and injure 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School in this state
What is Colorado?
200
20TH CENTURY HISTORY: After the Vietnam War, Vietnam got bogged down in a campaign against this leader whom it managed to overthrow in 1979
Who was Pol Pot?
300
We do "declare" that members of the Brussels-based WCO, or World this Organization, deal with 98% of all trade
What is Customs?
300
A princely reboot: Jabari Banks as Will & Cassandra Freeman as Aunt Viv (hint: the name is not the same)
What is Bel-Air?
300
Jurgis' journey through capitalism & exploitation takes him from worker to strikebreaker in this Upton Sinclair novel
What is The Jungle?
300
This American soul singer and songwriter ("Endless Love"; "Dance With My Father") was born this day in 1951 in Manhattan (d. 2005)
Who was Luther Vandross?
300
BOOK & MOVIE TITLE REFERENCES: The title of this 2001 book, also a 2003 film, forms a partial border between Boston, Chelsea, Medford & Everett
What is Mystic River?
400
Founded in 1831 to support the conquest of Algeria, this organization requires members to use assumed names
What is the French Foreign Legion?
400
Chisme on the Upper East Side: Whitney Peak & Savannah Lee Smith
What is Gossip Girl?
400
Ken Kesey's "Sometimes a Great Notion" concerns a timber strike in Wakonda--not in Africa but in this state, Kesey's home
What was Oregon?
400
On this day in 2010 this drilling rig explodes, killing 11 and causing the rig to sink, causing a massive oil discharge into the Gulf of Mexico and an environmental disaster (2 words)
What is Deepwater Horizon?
400
U.S. STAMPS: This Roman numeral appeared on stamps in a 2022 series for the 50th anniversary of an anti-discrimination law
What is IX?
500
The U.S. refused to pay reparations to Nicaragua, run by this party, in 1986, as the Intl. Court of Justice has no enforcement powers
Who are the Sandinistas?
500
Set in L.A. during the Great Depression: Chris Chalk as Paul Drake & Matthew Rhys as the title lawyer
What is Perry Mason?
500
The striking miners have the sympathy of this French realist author in his 1885 novel "Germinal"
Who was Emile Zola?
500
The first test of this revolutionary process was done this day in 1862 by Frenchmen Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard - it would save millions of lives
What is pasteurization?
500
FAMOUS WOMEN: In 1983, 20 years after her famous first, she was honored on a one-ruble coin
Who was Valentina Tereshkova?