Classic Literature
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Nursery Rhyme
Nursery Rhyme
Early TV
100
In Charles Dickens' timeless classic, A Christmas Carol, Scrooge is visited by this number of ghosts.
Four
100
Gas _______ Mitt
Oven
100
A photograph taken by Sam Shere, May 6, 1937.
The Hindenburg Disaster
100
One for the master
And one for the dame,
And one for the little boy
Who lives down the lane.
Baa Baa Black Sheep
100
This was an American western television series that aired on ABC from 1949 to 1957, about a masked hero and his Native American companion Tonto.
The Lone Ranger
200
This, the shortest of Shakespeare's tragedies, dramatizes the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power.
Macbeth
200
Bar _______ Opera
Soap
200
This photograph, taken by Dorothea Lange in 1936, has come to represent the struggle of farmers during this period of American history.
The Great Depression
200
He called for his pipe,
And he called for his bowl,
And he called for his fiddlers three.
Old King Cole
200
This original television variety show ran on CBS from 1948 to 1971 and was ranked #15 in TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time in 2002, and #35 in TV Guide's 60 Best Series of All Time in 2013.
The Ed Sullivan Show
300
It is on this island that Gulliver finds a race of tiny people in Gulliver's Travels, written by Jonathan Swift and first published in 1726.
Lilliput
300
Red _______ Bag
Carpet
300
This photo, taken on October 21, 1967, by Bernie Boston, shows protester George Harris placing a carnation into the barrel of a soldier's M14 rifle during a march in protest of this war.
The Vietnam War
300
He put in his thumb,
And pulled out a plum,
And said, "What a good boy am I!"
Little Jack Horner
300
This was a popular and long-running hidden camera reality television series. Though versions of the show appeared until 2014, it was originally created and produced by Allen Funt in 1948.
Candid Camera
400
This beloved children's story by Richard Adams and first published in 1962, tells the adventures of Fiver, his brother, Hazel, and their friends, BigWig, Holly, Pipkin and Silver.
Watership Down
400
Pound _______ Post
Sign
400
This black-and-white photograph was taken on September 20, 1932, of eleven ironworkers eating lunch on a steel beam 850 feet above the ground in this New York borough.
Manhattan
400
She gave them some broth without any bread;
Then whipped them all soundly and put them to bed.
There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe
400
This children's puppet show, broadcast from 1947 to 1957, was completely unscripted, every episode being entirely ad-libbed, and showcased the talents of Burr Tillstrom and Fran Allison.
Kukla, Fran and Olie
500
In this Oscar Wilde novel, first published in 1890, the main character sells his soul so that a painting of himself ages and fades with the years, while his youth and beauty endures.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
500
Royal _______ Cheese
Blue
500
James Stanfield took this picture of Dr. Zbigniew Religa in 1987 following this ground-breaking, 23-hour surgery, the first in the world.
Heart Transplant
500
When the pie was opened
The birds began to sing;
Wasn't that a dainty dish,
To set before the king.
Sing a Song of Sixpence
500
Also known as Jane Wyman Presents, this American anthology drama series ran on NBC from 1949 to 1958, and was the first successful filmed series on American television.
Fireside Theater