| THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY, MAN |
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| Until introducing coinage around 570 B.C., Athens used this trading method, from French for "exchange" |
Barter
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| Members of this monkey group seen here don't have thumbs, nor do they have eight legs |
a spider monkey
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| In 1827 he enlisted in the Army under the pseudonym Edgar A. Perry |
Edgar Allan Poe
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| The style called techno evolved in this U.S. city about 20 years after Motown was born there |
Detroit
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| Spiro T. Agnew |
Richard M. Nixon
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| In a car, do it at the speed of freeway traffic; in word processing, use it with form letters & labels |
(C: What is drive?)
Merge
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| In 1204 the Crusaders took this Byzantine city; in 1453 the Turks did |
Constantinople
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| This type of monkey is a loudmouth |
(Claire: What is a hyena?)
a howler monkey
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| He wrote the poetic line "Then he climbed to the tower of the Old North Church" |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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| Electronic music master Moby is a descendant of this creator of Moby Dick |
Herman Melville
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| Harry Truman |
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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| Times Roman is a typeface, Italic is a style, 12-point is a size & Times Roman Italic 12-point is this |
Font
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| After Judah refused to pay taxes in 602 B.C., this Babylonian king took over the kingdom |
(G: Who was Hammurabi?)
Nebuchadnezzar
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| This monkey is named after an order of hooded Catholic monks |
Capuchin
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| This "Mending Wall" poet & his wife, Elinor, were co-valedictorians at Lawrence High School in Massachusetts |
Robert Frost
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| Ace remixers Tom Rowlands & Ed Simons were the Dust Brothers before becoming these "Brothers" |
(C: Who are the Blues Brothers?)
Chemical Brothers
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| Henry A. Wallace |
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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| From Latin for "to run", it runs blinking around the screen to show where the next character goes |
Cursor
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| The city of Palenque flourished from 600 to 900 during this North American civilization's classic era |
Mayans
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| The coast is clear for this ape that's really a monkey |
(Grace: What is [**]?) (Alex: We will accept that.)
a Barbary ape (or a Gibraltar ape)
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| This Percy Shelley work begins with the title character bound to a precipice |
"Prometheus Unbound"
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| "Firestarter" & "Breathe" are hit singles by this band that emerged from the British rave scene |
Prodigy
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| John Nance Garner |
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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| Term for the printer or margins your computer is set for unless you tell it otherwise |
Default
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| In 1480 Ivan III announced Russia's independence from these peoples |
(Andrew: Who are the Tartars?) (Alex: The Tartars, the Mongols, the Golden Horde...all acceptable.)
Mongols/Tartars/Golden Horde
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| Pick up the pieces with this research species |
a Rhesus monkey
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| In 1809 he took his seat in the House of Lords & began 2 years of travel in Portugal, Spain & Greece |
Lord Byron
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| In the '90s, this British band heard here got into the "head" of U.S. audiences |
(Grace: What is Garbage?)
Portishead
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| Alben W. Barkley |
Harry Truman
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| 5-letter term for any single keystroke that carries out a series of commands |
Macro
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