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The original author’s last story about this detective was “The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place”
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Sherlock Holmes
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DETECTIVE FICTION |
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A shark named Bruce is a member of Fish-Eaters Anonymous in this favorite from 2003
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Finding Nemo
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ANIMATED MOVIES |
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From 1920 to 1946 this Swiss city served as the seat of the League of Nations
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Geneva
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THE 20th CENTURY |
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A cousin of this telegraph & code inventor set up the famous Pebble Beach golf course
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Samuel Morse
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SAM I AM |
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You win in this game by getting the rope with a sphere attached wrapped completely around the pole
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tetherball
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TOYS & GAMES |
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OGRE
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(Al) Gore
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SCRAMBLED VEEPS |
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In “The Big Sleep” he says, “I’m 33 years old, went to college once & can still speak English if there’s any demand for it”
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Marlowe
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DETECTIVE FICTION |
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This co-star of “Nash Bridges” returned in “The Lion King 1” as the voice of Bonzai the hyena
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Cheech Marin
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ANIMATED MOVIES |
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On April 18, 1983 a terrorist bomb at the U.S. embassy in this mideastern capital killed 63, including 17 Americans
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Beirut
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THE 20th CENTURY |
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Samuel Chase, Samuel Nelson, Samuel Miller & Samuel Blatchford all served on this august body
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the Supreme Court
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SAM I AM |
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Now called this, it was introduced around 1928 as Hop Ching checkers
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Chinese checkers
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TOYS & GAMES |
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WE NAG
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(Spiro) Agnew
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SCRAMBLED VEEPS |
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In the April 1841 Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine, this editor published his new detective story
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Poe
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DETECTIVE FICTION |
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(Hi, I’m Clay Aiken.) For my movie song on “American Idol” I sang “Somewhere Out There” from this animated film
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An American Tail
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ANIMATED MOVIES |
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In 1981 this labor union was outlawed in Poland; 8 years later it was legalized
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Solidarity
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THE 20th CENTURY |
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This man who had just a cameo in 1990’s “The Return of Superfly” became “Shaft” in 2000
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Samuel L. Jackson
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SAM I AM |
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Mattel has set this classic boxing toy in a video game “arena”
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Rock \'Em Sock \'Em Robots
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TOYS & GAMES |
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LEMON AD
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(Walter) Mondale
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SCRAMBLED VEEPS |
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She also created the detectives Tuppence & Tommy Beresford
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Agatha Christie
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DETECTIVE FICTION |
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Ray Romano, John Leguizamo & Denis Leary voiced the “sub-zero heroes” in this 2002 flick
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Ice Age
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ANIMATED MOVIES |
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In May 1954 President Eisenhower signed a bill authorizing the construction of this North American waterway
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St. Lawrence Seaway
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THE 20th CENTURY |
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During this 1846-48 war, the U.S. Army bought 1,000 of Samuel Colt’s revolvers
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Mexican War
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SAM I AM |
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The name of this game that uses 144 small tiles comes from a word meaning “sparrows”
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Mah Jongg
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TOYS & GAMES |
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FLOCK REELER
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(Nelson) Rockefeller
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SCRAMBLED VEEPS |
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“A Taste for Death” is one of P.D. James’ novels about this Scotland Yard detective and published poet
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Adam Dalgliesh
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DETECTIVE FICTION |
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Former “SCTV” siblings Rick Moranis & Dave Thomas voiced moose siblings in this animal adventure
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Brother Bear
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ANIMATED MOVIES |
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Unable to run for a third term as Pres. of Serbia, he made himself Pres. of Yugoslavia on July 23, 1997
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Slobodan Milosevic
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THE 20th CENTURY |
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In 1865 this man set John Wilkes Booth’s broken leg
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Samuel Mudd
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SAM I AM |
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The piece you try to capture in Stratego has one of these on it
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a flag
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TOYS & GAMES |
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CLAW ALE
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(Henry A.) Wallace
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SCRAMBLED VEEPS |
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In 1672 Giovanni Cassini determined the distance from the Earth to this, creating a new measuring unit, the Au
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the sun
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ASTRONOMY |
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This magazine’s website says it’s “more than a magazine to Black America… it’s a way of life”
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Ebony
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MAGAZINES & NEWSPAPERS |
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Guernsey
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England
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THAT'S OUR ISLAND!!! |
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If your birthday is on September 24, you’re on this of the sign of Libra
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the cusp
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4-LETTER WORDS |
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The $ may have originated as PS, an abbreviation for this other monetary unit
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the peso
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@$&! |
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In 1679 Danish astronomer Ole Romer was the first to figure out the speed of this
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light
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ASTRONOMY |
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2-word term for the peak listening period when rush hour commuters are in their cars
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drive time
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RADIO |
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In 2004 this magazine’s website featured a remote camera to watch the migrating sandhill cranes in Nebraska
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National Geographic
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MAGAZINES & NEWSPAPERS |
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Baffin Island
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Canada
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THAT'S OUR ISLAND!!! |
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4-letter Italian term for the boss of a crime syndicate
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a capo
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4-LETTER WORDS |
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The artist Chryssa is noted for her light art &s; done in tubes of this gas
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neon
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@$&! |
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Term for the astronomical event that heralds the beginning of summer
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the solstice
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ASTRONOMY |
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Casey Kasem created the long distance one of these & is heardherereading one:"This letter comes from a teenager in Washington, D.C. who learned that it's better to give than receive. Here's what she writes: 'Dear Casey...'"
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a dedication
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RADIO |
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The USA’s 2 top-selling magazines are Reader’s Digest & TV Guide; this “Better” magazine comes in third
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Better Homes and Gardens
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MAGAZINES & NEWSPAPERS |
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Corfu
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Greece
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THAT'S OUR ISLAND!!! |
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It’s in dictionaries as the sound a small object makes dropping into water, sometimes without a splash
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plop
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4-LETTER WORDS |
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew demonstrates at a chalkboard.) For the way it curls, Germans call our @ sign the Affinschwanz or this part of a monkey
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the tail
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@$&! |
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To an astronomer UMa is an abbreviation for this constellation
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Ursa Major
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ASTRONOMY |
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Iman is a model; this I-Man is this radio personality
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Don Imus
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RADIO |
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In March 2004 Arnold Schwarzenegger became executive editor of the magazine called Muscle & this
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Fitness
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MAGAZINES & NEWSPAPERS |
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The Canary Islands
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Spain
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THAT'S OUR ISLAND!!! |
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This problem that sounds like what a coyote does at night could threaten a golfer’s career
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the yips
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4-LETTER WORDS |
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The name of this company, whose symbol is seenhere, consists of 3-letters plus an &
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AT&T;
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@$&! |
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A large crater on Saturn’s moon Mimas is named for the British astronomer who discovered the moon in 1789
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William Herschel
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ASTRONOMY |
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The 2 words that followed “Lux” in a program beginning in 1936 that re-created plays & movies
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Radio Theater
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RADIO |
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This largest newspaper chain owns the Des Moines Register & about 100 other papers
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Gannett
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MAGAZINES & NEWSPAPERS |
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Bimini
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Bahamas
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THAT'S OUR ISLAND!!! |
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The dying cowboy in “Streets of Laredo” wants 6 pretty girls to bear this
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his pall
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4-LETTER WORDS |
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(Cheryl of the Clue Crew quizzes us from the chalkboard, which reads, "10 gal. of paint @ $2.50 per qt.") It’s the total price in dollars for the shipment I'velisted
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$100
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@$&! |
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'In November 2000, Pope John Paul II proclaimed this 16th century Englishman as the patron saint of politicians')
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Sir Thomas More
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PATRON SAINTS |
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Head to this state's peach festival in For Valley if you want to help make the world's largest peach cobbler
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Georgia
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PITS BURG |
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This title character of classic children's stories lived in Africa until he met the man with the yellow hat
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Curious George
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MONKEY BUSINESS |
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From the AP: a man from Natchez in this state stole $100 from a teller but left his parole I.D. on the counter
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Mississippi
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THAT'S SO RANDOM! |
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President McKinley is assassinated
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the 20th century
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NAME THAT CENTURY |
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The 3 leaves on the shamrock associated with this holiday are said to represent the Holy Trinity
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St. Patrick\'s Day
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HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES |
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If you want a life in the theatre, perhaps you should get a B.F.A. degree, B.F.A. standing for this
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Bachelor\'s of Fine Arts
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GET A DEGREE |
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Any pilgrimage to find the best olives will lead you through Kalamata in this country
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Greece
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PITS BURG |
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Ben & Jerry's Chunky Monkey is this flavor ice cream with fudge chunks & walnuts
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banana
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MONKEY BUSINESS |
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His 1978 run for congress was a bust; his first public service would have to wait until 1994, as Texas' governor
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George W. Bush
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THAT'S SO RANDOM! |
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The Pilgrims arrive in Massachusetts
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the 17th century
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NAME THAT CENTURY |
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The third Sunday in June, it didn't become official until signed into law in 1972
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Father\'s Day
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HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES |
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If you have an M.Ed. degree you're a master of this
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education
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GET A DEGREE |
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This country's Murcia & Valencia regions produce many of the world's apricots
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Spain
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PITS BURG |
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The Powerpuff Girls battle this megalomaniacal monkey with a rhyming name
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Mojo Jojo
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MONKEY BUSINESS |
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It's prohibited by the 5th Amendment, but you'll be facing it in the next round
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double jeopardy
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THAT'S SO RANDOM! |
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Gutenberg invents his printing press
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the 15th century
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NAME THAT CENTURY |
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Mexico's Cinco de Mayo celebrates its victory over this country's troops at Puebla in 1862
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France
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HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES |
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It's the degree you hold if your mom introduces you as "my son, the M.B.A."
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a Masters of Business Administration
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GET A DEGREE |
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76 years old, the original Hass avocado tree died in 2002 in La Habra Heights in this state
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California
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PITS BURG |
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Assume the role of aspiring pirate Guybrush Threepwood in the video game "The Curse of" this place
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Monkey Island
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MONKEY BUSINESS |
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"Han then, Freddy: look wh' y' gowin', deah" is the flower girl's first line in this Shaw play
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Pygmalion
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THAT'S SO RANDOM! |
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Cortez conquers in the Incas in Mexico
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the 16th century
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NAME THAT CENTURY |
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The name of this Jewish holy day means "beginning of the year"
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Rosh Hashanah
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HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES |
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You go to the DMV to get your driver's license; you go to a D.V.M. because she's a licensed doctor of this
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veterinary medicine
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GET A DEGREE |
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In 1852 cherries were planted on Old Mission Peninsula in this Midwest state; it now grows 75% of the tart type
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Michigan
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PITS BURG |
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Julius the Monkey, seen here, is the mascot of this brand
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Paul Frank
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MONKEY BUSINESS |
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(I'm Ashleigh Banfield.) "Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses", said this Algonquin Round Table member
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Dorothy Parker
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THAT'S SO RANDOM! |
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The black death kills one-third of Europe
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the 14th century
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NAME THAT CENTURY |
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On July 24 several South American countries celebrate the 1783 birth of this man
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Simon Bolivar
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HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES |
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Check it out! B.L.S. is a bachelor of this
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library science
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GET A DEGREE |
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This classic by Stephen Crane is subtitled "An Episode of the American Civil War"
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The Red Badge of Courage
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AMERICAN LITERATURE |
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In 1993 Penn State became the 11th member of this conference, which didn't change its name
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the Big Ten
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL |
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Visits to its colleges, like Christ Church & Merton, are restricted--scholars at work!
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Oxford
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MERRIE OLDE ENGLAND |
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Law school grad; Parliament, 1983; youngest Prime Minister in almost 200 years, 1997
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Tony Blair
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RESUMS OF WORLD LEADERS |
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Some bands still put music out on vinyl, but most use polycarbonate, the material of these
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compact discs
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BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMSITRY |
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Spanish for father
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padre
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THESE WORDS ARE INJEOPARDY! |
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Books by this Nobel Prize winner include "Love", "Beloved" & "Tar Baby"
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Toni Morrison
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AMERICAN LITERATURE |
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In 2001 this Utah school named its stadium for LaVell Edwards, its coach for 29 years
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Brigham Young University
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL |
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The Tudor mansion at Knole has 52 staircases (1 for each week in the year) & this many rooms
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365
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MERRIE OLDE ENGLAND |
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Law school grad; KGB operative, 1975 to 1991; President, 1999
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(Valdimir) Putin
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RESUMS OF WORLD LEADERS |
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New products from this company that used the "Better living..." slogan include fusion dye printer ink
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duPont
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BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMSITRY |
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Prepared & available for use
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ready
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THESE WORDS ARE INJEOPARDY! |
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This Willa Cather novel is divided into 5 books, the first being "The Shimerdas"
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My Antonia
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AMERICAN LITERATURE |
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This legendary Notre Dame coach (1918-1930) leads all coaches in career winning percentage with .881
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Knute Rockne
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL |
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(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from under the boughs of a riverside willow in England.) Holy Trinity Church, where Shakespeare was baptized and buried, stands on the banks of this English this river
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Avon
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MERRIE OLDE ENGLAND |
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B.S. from Egyptian Military Academy; air base commander, 1964; V.P, 1975 to 1981; president, 1981
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(Hosni) Mubarak
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RESUMS OF WORLD LEADERS |
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In the 1960s, linear alkyl benzene became the main ingredient in detergents because it has this eco-quality
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it\'s biodegradable
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BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMSITRY |
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Quarry, like mice for owls
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prey
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THESE WORDS ARE INJEOPARDY! |
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This first novel by Bernard Malamud is considered one of the best baseball books of all time
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The Natural
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AMERICAN LITERATURE |
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This bowl game has been held in Jacksonville, Florida since January 1, 1946
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the Gator Bowl
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL |
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The ceremony of Riding the Bounds in Berwick, Northumberland began as defense against raiders from this nation
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Scotland
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MERRIE OLDE ENGLAND |
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Business degree, Universidad Iberoamericana; route supervisor for Coca-Cola; President, 2000
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(Vicente) Fox
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RESUMS OF WORLD LEADERS |
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The tingle on your tongue from drinking soda comes from the release of protons from this compound
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carbon dioxide
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BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMSITRY |
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"Lucia di Lammermoor", for example
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opera
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THESE WORDS ARE INJEOPARDY! |
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Hemingway's epigraph to this novel includes a Biblical passage that begins, "One generation passeth away..."
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The Sun Also Rises
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AMERICAN LITERATURE |
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In 1999 this Virginia Tech quarterback led all Division 1-A quarterbacks in passing efficiency
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Michael Vick
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL |
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The 1644 battlefield of Marston this, a type of gloomy field, is mentioned in a Bronte novel
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Moor
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MERRIE OLDE ENGLAND |
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Political science degree; Mujahideen arms & money purveyor, 1980s; Transitional Head of State, 2001
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Hamid Karzai
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RESUMS OF WORLD LEADERS |
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A narrow tube, or the type of "action" that explains how tall trees bring moisture up from the roots
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capillary
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BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMSITRY |
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Last name of the "Saturday Night Live" announcer who was the voice of "Jeopardy!" when Art Fleming hosted
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Pardo
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THESE WORDS ARE INJEOPARDY! |
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'2-word alternate name for 0 degrees longitude')
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Prime Meridian
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ON THE GLOBE |
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In 1945 he became the oldest veep to succeed to the presidency upon the death of a president
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Harry Truman
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20th CENTURY POLITICIANS |
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Jim Hawkins
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Treasure Island
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LOOK WHO'S TALKING |
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He later went back to Mellencamp, but under this name his album "American Fool" was No. 1 in 1982
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John Cougar
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CAT PEOPLE |
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Benjamin Franklin encouraged this pamphleteer's 1774 move from England to America
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Thomas Paine
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THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION |
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This cylindrical kitchen tool is useful for making pie crusts, or for keeping wayward husbands in line
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a rolling pin
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"ROCK" & "ROLL" |
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One can be "tetched" in this body part
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the head
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YOU CAN LOOK IT UP |
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In November 1910 he was elected governor of New Jersey; 2 years later he was elected president
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Woodrow Wilson
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20th CENTURY POLITICIANS |
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Jake Barnes
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The Sun Also Rises
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LOOK WHO'S TALKING |
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It's the name of King John's crusading older brother
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Richard the Lionhearted
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CAT PEOPLE |
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On June 14, 1777, he was given command of the Sloop Ranger
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John Paul Jones
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THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION |
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Their exploits included a quest for the "Kurwood Derby" & the discovery of upsadaisium, a new mineral
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Rocky & Bullwinkle
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"ROCK" & "ROLL" |
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A "bombilation" is this type of sound often heard near beehives
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buzzing
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YOU CAN LOOK IT UP |
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After a 19% showing in 1992, this presidential candidate could only muster 8 1/2% of the vote in 1996
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Ross Perot
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20th CENTURY POLITICIANS |
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Jing-Mei Woo, Rose Hsu Jordan, Waverly Jong, Lena St. Clair & their mothers
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The Joy Luck Club
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LOOK WHO'S TALKING |
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Role shared by Eartha Kitt on TV & Michelle Pfeiffer on the big screen
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Catwoman
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CAT PEOPLE |
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It's been said that about 1/3 of all British troops in the colonies were these German mercenaries
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Hessians
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THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION |
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For an incredible 50 years, 1926-76, he illustrated the official Boy Scout calendar
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Norman Rockwell
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"ROCK" & "ROLL" |
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An "avuncular" person behaves in a way that reminds one of this relative
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an uncle
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YOU CAN LOOK IT UP |
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This Texan served a record 17 years as Speaker of the House between 1940 & 1961
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Sam Rayburn
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20th CENTURY POLITICIANS |
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Humbert Humbert
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Lolita
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LOOK WHO'S TALKING |
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Amanda Blake played this saloon owner on "Gunsmoke" for 19 seasons
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Miss Kitty
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CAT PEOPLE |
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The Boston Port Act was one of these laws passed by England to retaliate for the Boston Tea Party
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Intolerable Acts
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THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION |
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In 1986, Austrian-born Falco topped the charts withthissong about another Austrian:
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"Rock Me Amadeus"
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"ROCK" & "ROLL" |
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A "monoglot" only knows one of these
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a language
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YOU CAN LOOK IT UP |
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Known as "Battling Bob", he represented Wisconsin in the U.S. Senate from 1906 to 1925
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Bob LaFollette
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20th CENTURY POLITICIANS |
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Sal Paradise
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On the Road
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LOOK WHO'S TALKING |
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This character describes herself as the title animal in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"
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Maggie the Cat
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CAT PEOPLE |
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On Dec. 10, 1778 this New York attorney was chosen president of the Continental Congress
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John Jay
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THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION |
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George Carlin's feature debut & Doris Day's last starring role were in the 1968 film "With Six You Get" this
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Eggroll
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"ROCK" & "ROLL" |
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When a joke causes people to "cachinnate", they're doing this too loudly
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laughing
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YOU CAN LOOK IT UP |
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Found in Central & South American forests, the spider monkey hangs from trees by this type of tail
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prehensile
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WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE |
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This "Pieta" artist was born in Caprese, a village in Tuscany, in 1475
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Michelangelo (Buonarroti)
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INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS |
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In 1962, his pop version of "I Can't Stop Loving You" was the No. 1 single of the year
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Ray Charles
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LOVE SONGS |
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Few were surprised when Julia Roberts split from this singer after 21 months of marriage
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Lyle Lovett
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CUPID GOOFED |
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Jesus was still dripping from this event when a voice from heaven called him "my beloved Son"
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baptism
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HE SAID |
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In 1997, as her daughter left for Stanford, she wondered "why I ever agreed to let her skip third grade"
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Hillary Rodham Clinton
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SHE SAID |
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These smallest apes spend most of their lives, including mating & giving birth, in trees
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gibbons
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WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE |
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This Dutchman's 1660s painting of "The Jewish Bride" is in the Rijksmuseum
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Rembrandt
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INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS |
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Hit in which Sinatra sang, "Love was just a glance away, a warm embracing dance away" ...dooby dooby do
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"Strangers In The Night"
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LOVE SONGS |
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Unhappy in his marriage, he loved his wife's sister & memorialized her in "Oliver Twist"
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Charles Dickens
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CUPID GOOFED |
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After his name was changed to Israel, God still called him this, to tell him to go down to Egypt
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Jacob
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HE SAID |
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Ironically, Marianne Moore began a poem about this literary form, "I, Too, Dislike It"
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poetry
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SHE SAID |
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This banded mammal can be seen in the Southern U.S. & in The Clash's "Rock The Casbah" video
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the armadillo
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WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE |
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He painted the scandalous picture seen here:
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Edouard Manet
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INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS |
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Henry Mancini topped the pop charts just once, with this movie theme heardhere:
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"Love Theme From Romeo & Juliet"
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LOVE SONGS |
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One of the things she asked Tom to return in their ugly divorce was her Emmy award
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Roseanne Barr
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CUPID GOOFED |
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In Eden the Lord told Adam he would return to this & told the serpent he would eat it
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dirt (or dust or earth or soil)
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HE SAID |
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In 1776 she wrote to husband John, "Remember the ladies, and be more generous....to them than your ancestors"
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Abigail Adams
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SHE SAID |
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The wild horned aoudad, or Barbary sheep, lives in the Aures & these northern African mountains
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the Atlas Mountains
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WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE |
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The name of his 1896 painting "No Te Aha Oe Riri" means "Why Are You Angry"?
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Paul Gauguin
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INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS |
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In 1986 Whitney Houston found this title lyric is "easy to achieve"
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"The Greatest Love Of All"
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LOVE SONGS |
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In 1762 after Peter III threatened divorce, this wife deposed him & became empress of Russia
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Catherine the Great
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CUPID GOOFED |
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God told Joshua, "Make thee sharp knives" & do this to the male Israelites "A second time"
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circumcise them
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HE SAID |
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"One is not born a woman, one becomes one", this Frenchwoman wrote in "The Second Sex"
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Simone de Beauvoir
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SHE SAID |
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Resembling the antelope, this animal named for its forked horns is the fastest in the Western Hemisphere
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the pronghorn
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WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE |
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This Belgian surrealist painted a 1957 mural called "La Fee Ignorante" -- "The Ignorant Elf"
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Rene Magritte
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INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS |
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They're "an institute you can't disparage. Ask the local gentry, and they will say it's element'ry"
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"Love And Marriage"
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LOVE SONGS |
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To end his marriage in 1877, this Russian composer tried to catch a lethal case of pneumonia
|
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
|
CUPID GOOFED |
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In 1 Kings 19 God tells him "Anoint Hazael", but he doesn't tell him to visit homes during the Seder
|
Elijah
|
HE SAID |
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This British novelist & essayist thought human character changed "on or about December 1910"
|
Virginia Woolf
|
SHE SAID |
|
'City where Goethe & Nietzsche died & a republic & a breed of dog were born')
|
Weimar (Weimar Republic & Weimaraner dog)
|
EUROPEAN CITIES |
|
Business partner Jacob Davis added the rivets to the pocket corners of this man's pants
|
Levi Strauss
|
INVENTORS & INVENTIONS |
|
In 1589 Boris Godunov got this country's Orthodox Church recognized as an independent patriarchate
|
Russia
|
HISTORY |
|
On this series, Crystal Bernard plays Helen, an airport lunch counter operator & cellist
|
Wings
|
TV & FILM CELLISTS |
|
The Grune Woche, one of Germany's largest agricultural fairs, takes place in this capital city.
|
Berlin
|
ANNUAL EVENTS |
|
It begins, "It looked extremely rocky for the Mudville Nine that day"
|
"Casey at the Bat"
|
POETS & POETRY |
|
Newspaper publisher Britt Reid fights crime as this "Green" hero
|
the Green Hornet
|
BUG NAMES |
|
It's said he added a wire comb to his cotton gin at the suggestion of Catherine Greene, a widow
|
Eli Whitney
|
INVENTORS & INVENTIONS |
|
When he went to Europe in 1971, he became the first reigning Japanese monarch to travel abroad
|
Hirohito
|
HISTORY |
|
In Ghostbusters she played the cellist who fell for, or rather levitated for, Bill Murray
|
(Sigourney) Weaver
|
TV & FILM CELLISTS |
|
Albany, Georgia has an annual festival devoted to this nut, a type of hickory
|
the pecan
|
ANNUAL EVENTS |
|
His poem, "Highland Mary", was inspired by Mary Campbell, to whom he was engaged
|
Burns
|
POETS & POETRY |
|
A googly is a deceptive delivery by the bowler in this sport
|
cricket
|
BUG NAMES |
|
During World War I he directed the wireless service of Italy's army
|
Marconi
|
INVENTORS & INVENTIONS |
|
In 1942 he replaced Gandhi as leader of India's National Congress Party
|
Nehru
|
HISTORY |
|
In The Living Daylights he played the Bond who formed a bond with Czech cellist Maryam d'Abo
|
(Timothy) Dalton
|
TV & FILM CELLISTS |
|
An Urbanna, Virginia festival devoted to this bivalve serves it in every conceivable fashion.
|
oysters
|
ANNUAL EVENTS |
|
He included an unflattering description of himself in one of "The Canterbury Tales"
|
Chaucer
|
POETS & POETRY |
|
This producer brought together "Our Gang", those cute little rascals
|
(Hal) Roach
|
BUG NAMES |
|
In 1959 Jack Kilby & Robert Noyce applied for patents on the first integrated ones of these
|
a circuit
|
INVENTORS & INVENTIONS |
|
In 1973 Menachem Begin helped form this Israeli political party, a merger of several smaller parties
|
Likud
|
HISTORY |
|
Tannis Vallely played the cello-playing honors student on this Howard Hesseman series
|
the Head of the Class
|
TV & FILM CELLISTS |
|
Gering, Nebraska's 4-day celebration of this pioneer trail features an old settler's reunion and parades
|
the Oregon Trail
|
ANNUAL EVENTS |
|
In 1823 Shelley was buried in the same Rome cemetery where this poet had been buried 2 years earlier
|
Keats
|
POETS & POETRY |
|
In 1982 he had a hit single, "Goody Two Shoes", & a hit album, "Friend or Foe"
|
Adam Ant
|
BUG NAMES |
|
The sensation of the 1893 Chicago Exposition rose 250' & was named for its inventor
|
the Ferris Wheel
|
INVENTORS & INVENTIONS |
|
Great Britain gained most of Eastern Canada from France as a result of this war
|
the French & Indian War
|
HISTORY |
|
Buddy Sorrell was the character who played the cello on this comedy series
|
The Dick Van Dyke Show
|
TV & FILM CELLISTS |
|
This country sets aside June 15 to honor its Dannebrog, the oldest national flag in the world
|
Denmark
|
ANNUAL EVENTS |
|
This British poet of "Gunga Din" penned the phrase "East is East, and West is West"
|
(Rudyard) Kipling
|
POETS & POETRY |
|
Last name of the "Back to the Future" movie character seenhere
|
McFly
|
BUG NAMES |
|
In 1784 the king considered having this torn down; in July 1789, the people did so on their own
|
le Bastille
|
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION |
|
Kangaroo Paw, an unusual-looking wildflower, is native to this country
|
Australia
|
NATURE |
|
In 1985 this performer bought ATV, owner of much of the Beatles' catalogue, for over $40 million
|
Michael Jackson
|
POP MUSIC |
|
This state leads the U.S. in number of registered automobiles with over 17 million
|
California
|
TRANSPORTATION |
|
Kiribati's largest island is named for this ho-ho holiday
|
Christmas Island
|
ISLANDS |
|
When this Shakespearean theater was rebuilt after a 1613 fire, tile replaced thatch on its roof
|
the Globe Theatre
|
THEATRE |
|
On July 11, 1789, Lafayette proposed to the Assembly a first draft of the declaration of these
|
the rights of man
|
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION |
|
This hybrid offspring of a male donkey & a mare is usually sterile
|
a mule
|
NATURE |
|
The "Acid Queen" costume she wore in "Tommy" is now in Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
|
Tina Turner
|
POP MUSIC |
|
Air in this tunnel between NYC & Jersey City comes from giant fans in 4 10-story towers
|
the Holland Tunnel
|
TRANSPORTATION |
|
It's separated from the "toe" of Italy by the Strait of Messina
|
Sicily
|
ISLANDS |
|
The drama theatre, 1 of 4 auditoriums in this Sydney structure, is used for plays
|
the Sydney Opera House
|
THEATRE |
|
Written by Rouget de Lisle as "Chant de guerre pour l'armee du Rhin", it's now known as this anthem
|
La Marseillaise
|
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION |
|
This hot, dry Saharan wind whose name comes from Arabic for "East" can bring rain to southern Europe
|
Sirocco
|
NATURE |
|
"Great Balls of Fire!" In 1968 he played Iago in "Catch My Soul", a rock musical version of "Othello".
|
Jerry Lee Lewis
|
POP MUSIC |
|
This state capital has a Wiley Post Airport as well as a Will Rogers Airport
|
Oklahoma City
|
TRANSPORTATION |
|
Yell, Mainland, and Fetlar are among these islands famous for their ponies
|
the Shetlands
|
ISLANDS |
|
Uta Hagen was the first to play Martha in this playwright's"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
|
Albee
|
THEATRE |
|
Running from July 19 to August 17, this month was so hot... you could cook a lobster on the sidewalk
|
Thermidor
|
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION |
|
The dried leaves of the purple foxglove are used to produce this heart stimulant
|
digitalis
|
NATURE |
|
Her 1986 No. 1 hit "That's What Friends Are For" was credited to her "and Friends"
|
Dionne Warwick
|
POP MUSIC |
|
This series of canals allows transportations and commerce between Lakes Superior & Huron
|
the Sault Ste. Marie Canals
|
TRANSPORTATION |
|
It lies 25 miles south of Barbuda
|
Antigua
|
ISLANDS |
|
2 of Wilkie Collins' plays were performed at a theatre in this "Great Expectations" author's home
|
(Charles) Dickens
|
THEATRE |
|
1790's new tricolor flag replaced one with this floral symbol
|
the fleur-de-lis
|
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION |
|
Most of these birds belong to the genus cygnus
|
swans
|
NATURE |
|
She refused a 1990 Grammy for best alternative performance for "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got"
|
(Sinead) O\'Connor
|
POP MUSIC |
|
This city's Logan International Airport is about 180 miles closer to Europe than New York City is
|
Boston
|
TRANSPORTATION |
|
In the West Indies, Dominica lies between Guadeloupe & this French island
|
Martinique
|
ISLANDS |
|
Lady Gregory organized foreign tours of this Dublin theater company from 1911 to 1913
|
the Abbey Theatre
|
THEATRE |
|
'The northernmost country in Africa, it\'s much smaller than the countries that border it')
|
Tunisia
|
AFRICAN COUNTRIES |
|
Slang for a large amount, it's also the past tense of "slay"
|
Slew
|
WORDS |
|
This Scottish discoverer of the Victoria Falls was "found" by Henry Stanley in November 1871
|
Dr. David Livingstone
|
AFRICAN HISTORY |
|
Superstition says that to ensure good luck a bride must wear these 4 items
|
"Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue"
|
WEDDINGS |
|
She's won 4 "Best Supporting Actress In A Comedy" Emmys as Carla on "Cheers"
|
Rhea Perlman
|
TV "P"EOPLE |
|
The first bobsled races were held in this mountainous country
|
Switzerland
|
SPORTS |
|
On Dec. 25, 1492, his ship the Santa Maria was wrecked off Hispaniola
|
Christopher Columbus
|
DECEMBER 25TH |
|
It's a small harpsichord or piano, not a small spinning wheel
|
Spinet
|
WORDS |
|
In 1895 this British diamond king had a colony named for himself
|
Sir Cecil Rhodes (Rhodesia)
|
AFRICAN HISTORY |
|
A bride's principal attendant
|
Maid/Matron of Honor
|
WEDDINGS |
|
For 25 years this director of the St. Louis Zoo hosted "Mutual Of Omaha's Wild Kingdom"
|
Marlon Perkins
|
TV "P"EOPLE |
|
In 1910 the Intercollegiate Athletic Association changed its name to this
|
NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association)
|
SPORTS |
|
In 1950 Scottish nationalists stole the 336 lb. Stone of Scone from this British coronation site
|
Westminster Abbey
|
DECEMBER 25TH |
|
It can be a merry adventure, a harmless prank or a bird
|
Lark
|
WORDS |
|
To protect against piracy in the 18th century, the U.S. made payoffs to this group of north African states
|
Barbary States/Coast
|
AFRICAN HISTORY |
|
At Japanese weddings the bride & groom seal their union with sips of this alcoholic beverage
|
Sake
|
WEDDINGS |
|
He was a panelist on "To Tell The Truth" for 9 years; now he's George Utley on "Newhart"
|
Tom Poston
|
TV "P"EOPLE |
|
A 5 iron is a mashie, a 9 iron is a niblick & this is a mashie niblick
|
7 Iron
|
SPORTS |
|
On Dec. 25, 1868 this president pardoned "All who....participated in the late rebellion"
|
Andrew Johnson
|
DECEMBER 25TH |
|
This word for a form of Japanese dance-drama isn't negative, it means "talent"
|
Noh
|
WORDS |
|
In 1975 this country's colony of Angola became the last European colony to gain independence
|
Portugal
|
AFRICAN HISTORY |
|
Child attendant who carries a pillow in the procession
|
Ring Bearer
|
WEDDINGS |
|
She was "The Girl from U.N.C.L.E."
|
Stefanie Powers
|
TV "P"EOPLE |
|
Devised by Owen Patrick Smith, this sport was legalized in Florida in 1931
|
Greyhound/dog racing
|
SPORTS |
|
He was crowned on December 25th in the year 800
|
Charlemagne
|
DECEMBER 25TH |
|
Type of bag carried by soldiers or sailors, or a simple song
|
Ditty
|
WORDS |
|
This dynasty ruled Egypt from 323 B.C. until the suicide death of Cleopatra in 30 B.C.
|
Ptolemys
|
AFRICAN HISTORY |
|
These notices of intent to marry in the Catholic Church are published to make sure each party is free
|
Banns
|
WEDDINGS |
|
This brother & sister played a brother & sister on "The Donna Reed Show"
|
Paul & Patty Petersen
|
TV "P"EOPLE |
|
Australian Rules, American & Association describe sports that are all named this
|
Football
|
SPORTS |
|
In 1777 British explorer James Cook discovered this island
|
Christmas Island
|
DECEMBER 25TH |
|
Locusts are short-horned or short-antennaed varieties of these
|
Grasshoppers
|
SCIENCE & NATURE |
|
Canada's Ontario province shares the Thousand Islands with this U.S. state
|
New York
|
THE 50 STATES |
|
Completes the John le Carre title "Tinker, Tailor,..."
|
Soldier, Spy
|
SPY NOVELS |
|
Noted with a dot on the score, it's the opposite of legato
|
Staccato
|
CLASSICAL MUSIC |
|
One proverb says, "6 hours" of this "for a man, 7 for a woman & 8 for a fool"
|
Sleep
|
PROVERBS |
|
In ancient China & in classical antiquity, this accessory was made of polished metal, not glass
|
Mirror
|
ANTIQUES |
|
Developed by astronomer A.E. Douglass, dendrochronology determines age in this way
|
Counting tree rings
|
SCIENCE & NATURE |
|
The 3 states represented in the name of the city of Texarkana
|
Arkansas, Louisiana & Texas
|
THE 50 STATES |
|
"Marco Polo If You Can" is one of this "National Review" founder's forays into spy novels
|
William F. Buckley
|
SPY NOVELS |
|
English title of Paul Dukas' symphonic piece "L' Apprenti Sorcier"
|
"The Sorcerer\'s Apprentice"
|
CLASSICAL MUSIC |
|
William Congreve coined the oft-misquoted proverb, "Music has charms to soothe" a "savage" one
|
Breast
|
PROVERBS |
|
They were first called "Fashion Babies", but until the 19th C. many of them looked like adults
|
Dolls
|
ANTIQUES |
|
Each December the Paul Bunyan Sled Dog Races are held in Bemidji in this northern state
|
Minnesota
|
THE 50 STATES |
|
His most recent bestseller is "The Icarus Agenda", published in 1988
|
Robert Ludlum
|
SPY NOVELS |
|
(AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE):Most people know its first 4 notes; these are its last notes:
|
Beethoven\'s "Fifth Symphony"
|
CLASSICAL MUSIC |
|
"Blessed is he who expects" this, "for he shall never be disappointed"
|
Nothing
|
PROVERBS |
|
In medieval armor, the part of the body protected by the "Pauldron" or "Epauliere"
|
Shoulder
|
ANTIQUES |
|
Einstein's famous equation states energy equals mass times this squared
|
the speed of light
|
SCIENCE & NATURE |
|
The Amana Colonies in this state are known for the manufacturing of refrigerators & other appliances
|
Iowa
|
THE 50 STATES |
|
He wrote "The Odessa File" & "The Fourth Protocol" as well as "The Day of the Jackal"
|
Frederick Forsythe
|
SPY NOVELS |
|
Stalin's death the next day pushed this "Peter & The Wolf" composer's obit off the front page
|
Sergei Prokofiev
|
CLASSICAL MUSIC |
|
"The hand that" does this "is the hand that rules the world"
|
Rocks the Cradle
|
PROVERBS |
|
One of the older types of cooking vessels, it figures importantly in Act IV of "Macbeth"
|
Cauldron
|
ANTIQUES |
|
When swinging a rock on a string in a circle, this force pulls the rock inward
|
Centrifugal
|
SCIENCE & NATURE |
|
Bordering on Kentucky, this easternmost of the 12 midwestern states also has a bluegrass region
|
Ohio
|
THE 50 STATES |
|
Singular pseudonym of Rodney Whitaker, who authored 2 "Sanction" books, "Loo" & "Eiger"
|
Trevanian
|
SPY NOVELS |
|
Friml gave us the "Donkey Serenade", but he gave us the whole "Carnival Of Animals"
|
Camille Saint-Saens
|
CLASSICAL MUSIC |
|
"They that sow the wind shall reap" this
|
The whirlwind
|
PROVERBS |
|
The name of this chair is said to have come about when George III ordered some made for his castle
|
Windsor Chair
|
ANTIQUES |
|
'This president was the last surviving signer of the U.S. Constitution')
|
James Madison
|
U.S. PRESIDENTS |
|
This country occupies all of the peninsula known as Asia Minor
|
Turkey
|
MEDITERRANEAN GEOGRAPHY |
|
Jason Robards played this Washington Post editor in "All the President's Men"
|
Ben Bradley
|
JOURNALISTS |
|
This fruit that's named for a bird looks like a brown egg that's covered with fuzz
|
a kiwi
|
FRUIT |
|
In February 1998 the World Wide Web Consortium gave its imprimatur to this text format
|
XML
|
"X" RATED |
|
This TV shrink's toughest case was the unbelievably neurotic Elliott Carlin
|
Bob Hartley (Bob Newhart accepted)
|
20th CENTURY POP CULTURE |
|
Appointed in 1994, this justice from Massachusetts was the last to join the court in the 20th century
|
Breyer
|
THE SUPREMES |
|
This Sicilian volcano's height varies between major eruptions; in some instances by several hundred feet
|
Etna
|
MEDITERRANEAN GEOGRAPHY |
|
This son of a "60 Minutes" correspondent was at ABC News for 15 years before joining Fox News in 2003
|
Chris Wallace
|
JOURNALISTS |
|
A sweet cherry is named for this Washington State landmark
|
Mt. Rainier
|
FRUIT |
|
The horizontal number line in a Cartesian plane coordinate system
|
thex-axis
|
"X" RATED |
|
"Lord knows I can't change", says this Lynyrd Skynyrd anthem often requested at rock shows
|
"Free Bird"
|
20th CENTURY POP CULTURE |
|
This "colorful" justice appointed in 1937 was an ardent New Deal supporter
|
(Hugo) Black
|
THE SUPREMES |
|
The name of this North African city means "three cities" & refers to the ancient cities of Oea, Sabrata & Leptis Major
|
Tripoli
|
MEDITERRANEAN GEOGRAPHY |
|
"A Mighty Heart" is a 2003 biography of this slain Wall Street Journal reporter by his widow, Mariane
|
(Daniel) Pearl
|
JOURNALISTS |
|
It's the most important fruit export of Costa Rica & Honduras
|
bananas
|
FRUIT |
|
Before testing the Enterprise & flying on the STS-2 shuttle mission, Joe Engle piloted this craft into space 3 times
|
the X-15
|
"X" RATED |
|
The Shmoos in this Al Capp comic strip could be made into food, clothing or anything else you liked
|
Li\'l Abner
|
20th CENTURY POP CULTURE |
|
Though appointed by Nixon in 1969, this chief justice ruled that Nixon had no absolute right to privacy while in office
|
Warren Burger
|
THE SUPREMES |
|
The largest of Spain's Balearic Islands, it's known as the "Pearl of the Mediterranean"
|
Majorca
|
MEDITERRANEAN GEOGRAPHY |
|
This Pulitzer winner gained fame reporting on My Lai & has written on Iraq for the New Yorker
|
(Seymour) Hersh
|
JOURNALISTS |
|
The name of this Pacific island fruit of the genus Artocarpus implies that it's starchy
|
breadfruit
|
FRUIT |
|
This "Great" Persian King ruled from approximately 486-465 B.C.
|
Xerxes
|
"X" RATED |
|
On radio this Hammett hero ended each episode's case summary to Effie with "Period. End of report"
|
Sam Spade
|
20th CENTURY POP CULTURE |
|
Justice Harlan was named for this earlier justice & served nearly as long, 1877-1911
|
John Marshall
|
THE SUPREMES |
|
This southern Greek peninsula was once called Morea, or "mulberry", for its mulberry-leaf shape
|
the Peloponnesus
|
MEDITERRANEAN GEOGRAPHY |
|
Michael Kinsley is the founding editor of this "rocking" online publication
|
Slate
|
JOURNALISTS |
|
This Japanese apple was created in part from the Ralls Janet, an antique apple that dates back to Thomas Jefferson
|
the Fuji
|
FRUIT |
|
Bellamy, Hauteval & Hottinguer were the real last names of the men involved in this late 1790s U.S. diplomatic "afffair"
|
the XYZ Affair
|
"X" RATED |
|
He's the 3 named character actor seenherein a 1930s film classic"Well, congratulations on your engagement, Miss Seton. You're not getting very much, but I'm sure you can improve him."
|
Edward Everett Horton
|
20th CENTURY POP CULTURE |
|
In 1919 he stated the concept of "clear & present danger" as the only basis for limiting free speech
|
Oliver Wendell Holmes
|
THE SUPREMES |
|
Ashley Wilkes says of him, "Arrogant devil, isn't he? He looks like one of the Borgias"
|
Rhett Butler
|
NOVEL CHARACTERS |
|
Part of a house that comes before "community" in a term for a commuter suburb
|
bedroom
|
COMMUNITIES |
|
The integral symbol seenhere, created by Leibniz, is a stylized "S" standing for this word
|
sum
|
MATH SYMBOLS |
|
India's prime minister is the leader of a parliamentary system modeled after that of this country
|
the United Kingdom
|
THE PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA |
|
It's quite logical that this branch of knowledge is from the Greek for "lover of knowledge"
|
philosophy
|
FROM THE GREEK |
|
This 1897 title character crawls down the wall of his castle face down, with his cloak spreading out like wings
|
Dracula
|
NOVEL CHARACTERS |
|
The chemistry (& torture) between Mel & Gary Busey's henchman was electric in this 1987 megahit
|
Lethal Weapon
|
MEL GIBSON: TORTURED THESPIAN |
|
Dan Bern sings, "It's" this type of town, "like Hershey, Pennsylvania... like Akron, Ohio"
|
a company town
|
COMMUNITIES |
|
Instead of a decimal point, the French use this common punctuation mark
|
a comma
|
MATH SYMBOLS |
|
The prime minister's official residence is found at No. 7 Race Course Road in this city
|
New Delhi
|
THE PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA |
|
Aptly enough, this word for a sports participant is from the Greek for "one who contends for a prize"
|
athlete
|
FROM THE GREEK |
|
The heroine of this 1722 novel is born in Newgate Prison, where her mother is incarcerated
|
Moll Flanders
|
NOVEL CHARACTERS |
|
Mad Mel's lashed to a pack animal & sent into the desert after a battle in this 1985 title structure
|
Thunderdome
|
MEL GIBSON: TORTURED THESPIAN |
|
If the roads are bad near this type of small South African village, traffic might slow to one of these
|
a kraal
|
COMMUNITIES |
|
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue standing at a chalkboard.) When you've used parentheses & brackets, it's time forthese
|
braces
|
MATH SYMBOLS |
|
This third-generation Indian prime minister was once called "Mr. Clean" for his fight against corruption
|
Rajiv Gandhi
|
THE PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA |
|
I exclaimed this when I found this Greek word for "I've found it" in the dictionary
|
Eureka
|
FROM THE GREEK |
|
In Chapter 1 of a Theodore Dreiser novel, this naive 18-year-old heroine meets--uh-oh!--a traveling salesman
|
Sister Carrie
|
NOVEL CHARACTERS |
|
Capt. Picard, no! Patrick Stewart water-tortures Mel in this 1997 pic, though without use of a grassy knoll
|
Conspiracy Theory
|
MEL GIBSON: TORTURED THESPIAN |
|
Anatevka in "Fiddler on the Roof" is this, a Yiddish word for a small Jewish village
|
a shtetl
|
COMMUNITIES |
|
An arrow with a dot at the non-pointed end indicates this, also a male first name
|
a ray
|
MATH SYMBOLS |
|
The first non-Hindu Prime Minister of India, current PM Manmohan Singh, is a member of this faith
|
Sikhism
|
THE PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA |
|
From the Greek "kuanos", meaning dark blue, it's a color used in printing & photography
|
cyan
|
FROM THE GREEK |
|
Eustacia Vye's wild passion for Damon Wildeve leads to tragedy in this Thomas Hardy novel
|
The Return of the Native
|
NOVEL CHARACTERS |
|
"Revenge" isn't quite the right word for this '99 pic where, when it comes to Mel's torture, let's say "The toes knows"
|
Payback
|
MEL GIBSON: TORTURED THESPIAN |
|
Frenchman's Bend is this title type of town in a 1940 William Faulkner work
|
a hamlet
|
COMMUNITIES |
|
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue standing at a chalkboard.) This "extreme" symbol indicates a square root; when used with araised 3, a cube root
|
a radical
|
MATH SYMBOLS |
|
While in prison in the 1920s, he wrote "Glimpses of World History", a series of letters to his daughter
|
(Jawaharlal) Nehru
|
THE PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA |
|
Omigod! One of the top names for girls in the 1980s, it's from the Greek Theophania, "manifestation of God"
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Tiffany
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FROM THE GREEK |
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'Number of Canadian provinces that border the Great Lakes')
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1
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THE MAP OF NORTH AMERICA |
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In botany it's the term used for the liquid in the stems & roots of plants & trees
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Sap
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"S"CIENCE |
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On Sept. 30, 1927 Washington's Tom Zachary threw the pitch that became this man's 60th homer of the season
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Babe Ruth
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THE ROARING '20S |
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The American version of the British "Johnny Newcome"
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"Johnny-come-lately"
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CLICHES |
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Some Biblical scholars believe it was an orange or a quince -- or possibly an apricot
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The Forbidden Fruit
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THE BIBLE |
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As president of the Senate, on Jan. 4, 1989 he announced to Congress that George Bush won the election
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George Bush
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GOVERNMENT |
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Eric Knight died while serving in WWII, just 4 years after writing the story of this collie
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Lassie
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CHILDREN'S LITERATURE |
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This bacterium is responsible for many infections including strep throat & scarlet fever
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Streptococcus
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"S"CIENCE |
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H.L. Mencken said his chief feat "was to sleep more than any other president"
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Calvin Coolidge
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THE ROARING '20S |
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Term for something that's different or unusual, not on the well-worn path
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"Off the beaten path"
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CLICHES |
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Governor of Judea who asked Jesus, "Art thou the king of the Jews?"
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Pontius Pilate
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THE BIBLE |
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Incumbent David Durenberger defeated Hubert Humphrey III in this state's 1988 Senate race
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Minnesota
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GOVERNMENT |
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Name shared by the 3 billy goats who met up with the wicked old troll
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Gruff
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CHILDREN'S LITERATURE |
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The smallest of all constellations is Crux, also known by this name
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Southern Cross
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"S"CIENCE |
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Among this jazz bandleader's recorded hits were "King Porter Stomp" & "The Jelly Roll Blues"
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Jelly Roll Morton
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THE ROARING '20S |
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A person or thing that comes at the end of a list but is nonetheless important
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"Last, but not least"
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CLICHES |
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A ladder reaching to heaven appeared to him in a dream
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Jacob
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THE BIBLE |
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The first Speaker of the House, Frederick Muhlenberg, was a member of this party
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Federalist
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GOVERNMENT |
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His stories include "Brer Mink Holds His Breath" & "Brer Buzzard & The Tombstone"
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Uncle Remus/Joel Chandler Harris
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CHILDREN'S LITERATURE |
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From the Greek for "earthquake writer", this instrument records any Earth movement
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Seismograph
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"S"CIENCE |
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A flapper was a girl & a flivver one of these
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Automobile (Model T)
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THE ROARING '20S |
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Phrase meaning "Wish me luck", from the old superstition of making the sign of the cross to ward off evil
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"Keep your fingers crossed"
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CLICHES |
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God first appeared to Moses in this form
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Burning Bush
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THE BIBLE |
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He was Wyoming's U.S. representative & GOP House Whip when he was nominated for Sec'y of Defense
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Dick Cheney
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GOVERNMENT |
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Willie Wonka owned the world's most famous one
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Chocolate Factory
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CHILDREN'S LITERATURE |
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This bluish glow is sometimes seen at the tips of tall objects during thunderstorms
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St. Elmo\'s Fire
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"S"CIENCE |
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Pop psychologist Emile Coue promoted the motto, "Every day, in every way, I am" doing this
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"Getting better & better"
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THE ROARING '20S |
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From a magician's trick, it means to accomplish the unexpected or find a surprising solution
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"Pull a rabbit out of a hat"
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CLICHES |
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The first verse of the book of Proverbs attributes its authorship to this man
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Solomon
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THE BIBLE |
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The Rockefeller who's a Senator from West Virginia
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Jay Rockefeller
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GOVERNMENT |
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The profession of Nancy Drew's father
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Lawyer
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CHILDREN'S LITERATURE |
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In a 1956 speech, he said, "Whether or not you like it, history is on our side. We will bury you."
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Nikita Khrushchev
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HISTORIC QUOTES |
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Tom Hanks got the starring role in this "huge" film after Robert De Niro turned it down
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"Big"
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ACTORS & THEIR ROLES |
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Hadrian's Wall is in England; Hadrian's Tomb is in this city
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Rome
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WORLD CITIES |
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Departments of this media magazine include "Soaps", "Grapevine" & "Videocassette Report"
|
TV Guide
|
MAGAZINES |
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This "Threepenny Opera" composer studied with Engelbert Humperdinck -- the composer, not the singer
|
Kurt Weill
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COMPOSERS |
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Emmissions of nitrogen & sulfur oxides into the air cause this, endangering fish & aquatic life
|
Acid Rain
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THE ENVIRONMENT |
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Alfred E. Smith said, "All the ills of democracy can be cured by more" of this
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Democracy
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HISTORIC QUOTES |
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The great 19th C. actor Edwin Booth was most famous for playing this Shakespearean role
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Hamlet
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ACTORS & THEIR ROLES |
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The chief port in Australia's Northern Territory; it was named after a naturalist on the Beagle
|
Darwin
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WORLD CITIES |
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This magazine, the first undergraduate humor magazine in the U.S., was begun at Harvard in 1876
|
Harvard Lampoon
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MAGAZINES |
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Great Broadway composer who wrote the music for the documentary series "Victory At Sea"
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Richard Rodgers
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COMPOSERS |
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In 1985 French military advisors at Auckland, New Zealand sank this group's vessel, the Rainbow Warrior
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Greenpeace
|
THE ENVIRONMENT |
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This great Prussian king is credited with saying, "An army, like a serpent, travels on its belly"
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Frederick the Great
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HISTORIC QUOTES |
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(AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE):"Dallas" actor heard here singing in a 1953 movie musical:"Where is the light that's lit by land? Where is it now?"
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Howard Keel
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ACTORS & THEIR ROLES |
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The 1759 British victory on the Plains of Abraham at this city helped them conquer Canada
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Quebec City
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WORLD CITIES |
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In addition to Penthouse, Bob Guccione owns this magazine of science & futurism
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Omni
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MAGAZINES |
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Borodin, the illegitimate son of a Russian prince, died before finishing his opera about this prince
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Prince Igor
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COMPOSERS |
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This device added to a car's exhaust system eliminates much of the pollution produced by gas combustion
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Catalytic Converter
|
THE ENVIRONMENT |
|
Asked after the Constitutional Convention "What have we got?", he replied "A republic, if you can keep it"
|
Benjamin Franklin
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HISTORIC QUOTES |
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He was the first actor to win an Oscar & a Tony for the same role, for "Cyrano de Bergerac"
|
Jose Ferrer
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ACTORS & THEIR ROLES |
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It's the only city on St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands
|
Charlotte Amalie
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WORLD CITIES |
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In 1981 Budget Dir. Stockman's criticism of the Reagan administration was published in this monthly
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The Atlantic Monthly
|
MAGAZINES |
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Rossini called this composer of "Gaite Parisienne" "Our little Mozart of the Champs-Elysees"
|
Jacques Offenbach
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COMPOSERS |
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It's said various medical problems have resulted from toxins dumped in this part of Niagara Falls, N.Y.
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Love Canal
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THE ENVIRONMENT |
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When Napoleon said "England is a nation of shopkeepers", he was quoting this economist
|
Adam Smith
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HISTORIC QUOTES |
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He was Ingrid Bergman's leading man in her 1st American film, "Intermezzo"
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Leslie Howard
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ACTORS & THEIR ROLES |
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This city is the eastern terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railway & home to the Soviet Pacific fleet
|
Vladivostok
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WORLD CITIES |
|
Since 1912 this federation of businesses has published its own monthly magazine, Nation's Business
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U.S./National Chamber of Commerce
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MAGAZINES |
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Trained as an engineer, this Hungarian composed the operettas "The Desert Song" & "The New Moon"
|
Sigmund Romberg
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COMPOSERS |
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In 1978 the U.S. banned use of these, called CFCs for short, as propellants in most spray cans
|
Chloroflourocarbons
|
THE ENVIRONMENT |
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This planet's atmosphere is 99% nitrogen & oxygen
|
Earth
|
THE UNIVERSE |
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Diaphanous or sheer, as in clothing, or flimsy & obvious, as in a lie
|
Transparent
|
11-LETTER WORDS |
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The name of this meat is from the Latin "venatus", hunt
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Venison
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FOOD FACTS |
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Though he's had 5 no-hitters & the most career strikeouts of any pitcher, he's never won the Cy Young Award
|
Nolan Ryan
|
BASEBALL |
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As the master of ceremonies, this actor was the only one to reprise his stage role in 1972's "Cabaret"
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Joel Grey
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MOVIE MUSICALS |
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Elizabeth I reportedly whitened this with a mixture of eggshell, poppy seeds, borax & lead
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Her Complexion
|
DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME |
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It wasn't until 1959 that the "far side" of this body was seen
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The Moon
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THE UNIVERSE |
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Breathing in & out
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Respiration
|
11-LETTER WORDS |
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Known botanically as "citrullus lanatus", this huge fruit grows on vines as long as 15 ft.
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Watermelon
|
FOOD FACTS |
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The "Black Sox" team that threw the 1919 World Series lost to this Ohio team
|
Cincinnati Reds
|
BASEBALL |
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Actor who sang "If I Only Had The Nerve" & "If I Were King Of The Forest" in "The Wizard Of Oz"
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Bert Lahr
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MOVIE MUSICALS |
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Houdini was famous for hanging upside-down wearing one of these restrictive overgarments
|
Straitjacket
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DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME |
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William Herschel thought he saw these around Uranus in 1787; in 1977 they were really seen
|
Rings
|
THE UNIVERSE |
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The scientific study of birds
|
Ornithology
|
11-LETTER WORDS |
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Veal cutlets dipped in bread crumbs & cheese, then fried & covered with tomato sauce
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Veal Parmigiana
|
FOOD FACTS |
|
In Los Angeles, the Dodgers have had only these 2 managers
|
Walter Alston & Tommy Lasorda
|
BASEBALL |
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The only Ginger Rogers-Fred Astaire film for which these 2 brothers wrote songs was 1937's "Shall We Dance"
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George & Ira Gershwin
|
MOVIE MUSICALS |
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You have to have permission to do this in a barrel since someone died doing it in 1951
|
Going over Niagara Falls
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DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME |
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It's known for its prominences which are clouds, tubes & tongues of gasses
|
The Sun
|
THE UNIVERSE |
|
A fashion or fad maker
|
Trendsetter
|
11-LETTER WORDS |
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German sausage named for the crackling sound the skin of the sausage makes when bitten into
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Knockwurst
|
FOOD FACTS |
|
In 1961 owner Calvin Griffith moved this team to Minneapolis where it became the Minnesota Twins
|
Washington Senators
|
BASEBALL |
|
This actress who played Mary Stone on "The Donna Reed Show" was the only 1 to co-star in 3 Elvis films
|
Shelly Fabares
|
MOVIE MUSICALS |
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Icarus could have told you it's not a good idea to fly if your wings are held together with this
|
Wax
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DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME |
|
British weight system based on a pound equal to 453.59 grams or 16 ounces
|
Avoirdupois
|
11-LETTER WORDS |
|
The Atlantic variety of this popular fish is the largest of all flatfish
|
Halibut
|
FOOD FACTS |
|
In 1972 owner Bob Short moved this team to Arlington, TX . where it became the Texas Rangers
|
Washington Senators
|
BASEBALL |
|
This Russian composer was portrayed by Jean-Pierre Aumont in 1947's "Song Of Scheherazade"
|
Rimsky-Korsakov
|
MOVIE MUSICALS |
|
This late, great circus star once performed an act with 40 -- count 'em, 40 -- lions & tigers
|
Clyde Beatty
|
DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME |
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The name of this musical form probably came from the Latin "matricale", meaning in the mother tongue
|
Madrigal
|
THE RENAISSANCE |
|
She got into the advice business before her twin sister, Dear Abby
|
Ann Landers
|
PEOPLE |
|
Britannica defines it as "any plant growing where it is not wanted"
|
Weed
|
PLANTS |
|
In 1987 Molly Yard replaced Eleanor Smeal as president of this organization
|
National Organization for Women (NOW)
|
ORGANIZATIONS |
|
The U.S. borders these 3 oceans
|
Arctic, Atlantic & Pacific
|
U.S. GEOGRAPHY |
|
Terence, a Roman poet-playwright who lived in the second century B.C., said, "Charity begins" here
|
At Home
|
LITERARY QUOTES |
|
The ruthless Cesare Borgia was the model for this book by Machiavelli
|
"The Prince"
|
THE RENAISSANCE |
|
Evicted from his Oregon ashram, he now lives in Bombay & is called "Zorba The Buddha"
|
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
|
PEOPLE |
|
A member of the sundew family, it requires about 10 days to fully digest an insect
|
Venus Flytrap
|
PLANTS |
|
Int'l club that "promotes putting off until later those things that needn't be done today"
|
Procrastinator\'s Club
|
ORGANIZATIONS |
|
There's a national park on the island of St. John in this U.S. possession
|
U.S. Virgin Islands
|
U.S. GEOGRAPHY |
|
Robert Louis Stevenson said, "Marriage is ..... a field of battle, and not a bed of" these
|
Roses
|
LITERARY QUOTES |
|
In his notebooks this Renaissance artist claimed, "The Medici created and destroyed me"
|
Leonardo Da Vinci
|
THE RENAISSANCE |
|
Herbert Ross, who directed the film "Steel Magnolias", is married to this sister of Jackie Onassis
|
Lee Radziwill
|
PEOPLE |
|
Plant whose twigs are used for dowsing & whose leaves & bark are used to make an astringent
|
Witch Hazel
|
PLANTS |
|
One must be a member of this fraternal group in order to belong to the Shriners
|
Masons
|
ORGANIZATIONS |
|
North Dakota has its Devils Lake & Wyoming its Devils one of these
|
Devils Tower
|
U.S. GEOGRAPHY |
|
In "A Study in Scarlet" this author called London "that great cesspool"
|
Arthur Conan Doyle
|
LITERARY QUOTES |
|
Plays were either comedies, tragedies or these love tales about woodland goddesses & shepherds
|
Pastorals
|
THE RENAISSANCE |
|
William J. McCarthy is president of this union
|
Teamsters
|
PEOPLE |
|
Name for a low, enclosed bed covered with glass or plastic for starting plants before the season
|
Cold Frame
|
PLANTS |
|
Arm of Al-Anon that's specifically for young people between the ages of 12 & 20
|
Al-Ateen
|
ORGANIZATIONS |
|
The Raritan is the longest river wholly within this state
|
New Jersey
|
U.S. GEOGRAPHY |
|
Poet who wrote, "The woods are lovely, dark & deep, but I have promises to keep..."
|
Robert Frost
|
LITERARY QUOTES |
|
Boccaccio work narrated by 3 men & 7 women fleeing the plague in Florence
|
"The Decameron"
|
THE RENAISSANCE |
|
This historian & former Librarian of Congress was teaching history at Harvard while studying law at Yale
|
Daniel Boorstein
|
PEOPLE |
|
This climbing tropical shrub was named for a French South Seas explorer
|
Bouganvillea
|
PLANTS |
|
Social welfare organization founded in the 19th century, whose bimonthly publication is "The War Cry"
|
The Salvation Army
|
ORGANIZATIONS |
|
One of the largest of these shallow channels in the U.S. is the Bartholomew in N. Louisiana
|
Bayou
|
U.S. GEOGRAPHY |
|
"Always do right." he wrote; "This will gratify some people and astonish the rest"
|
Mark Twain
|
LITERARY QUOTES |
|
'The world\'s most populous democracy')
|
India
|
COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD |
|
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the beginning of the Freedom Trail.) The first strokes of the two-and-a-half mile Freedom Trail's line were painted in 1951 at this public park that dates back to the 1630s
|
Boston Common
|
ALONG BOSTON'S FREEDOM TRAIL |
|
In Billy Joel's "___ Man"
|
piano
|
NAME THE INSTRUMENT |
|
As you might expect, the Reuters Foundation sets up training programs for those in this field
|
journalism
|
A SOLID FOUNDATION |
|
A 1982 play by this man is set among the Jerome family of Brighton Beach in 1937
|
Neil Simon
|
THE THEATAH |
|
The second-most reported cause of occupational injury is from this pollution caused by jackhammers & music
|
sound pollution (or noise pollution)
|
POLLUTION |
|
A carpet for a calico
|
a cat mat
|
BEASTLY RHYME TIME |
|
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from outside the Old South Meeting House.) Here at Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773, Samuel Adams gave a coded signal that began this protest event
|
the Boston Tea Party
|
ALONG BOSTON'S FREEDOM TRAIL |
|
In Wynonna's "Girls With ___"
|
guitars
|
NAME THE INSTRUMENT |
|
In 2004 the Starbright Foundation for sick kids merged, sensibly enough, with this foundation
|
the Starlight Foundation
|
A SOLID FOUNDATION |
|
The plays of Franz Grillparzer, called this country's greatest dramatist, include "Family Strife In Hapsburg"
|
Austria
|
THE THEATAH |
|
(Hi, I'm Christie Whitman.) As EPA head, I helped create a program to reduce diesel exhaust for these vehicles; children will breathe easier
|
school buses
|
POLLUTION |
|
It's what the mallard acquired when he found a 4-leaf clover
|
duck luck
|
BEASTLY RHYME TIME |
|
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from inside the Old North Church.) On April 18, 1775 North Church sexton Robert Newmanclimbedinto thesteepleto use the code famously known by this 9-word phrase
|
one if by land and two if by sea
|
ALONG BOSTON'S FREEDOM TRAIL |
|
In Bruce Hornsby's "___ Rain"
|
mandolin
|
NAME THE INSTRUMENT |
|
In 1914 the USA's first community foundation was set up in this Ohio city, then the nation's 6th largest
|
Cleveland
|
A SOLID FOUNDATION |
|
Ralph "Mike Hammer" Meeker & John C. "Mr. Cellophane" Reilly have played this role made famous by Brando
|
Stanley Kowalski
|
THE THEATAH |
|
The American Lung Association's list of cities with the worst particle air pollutuion is topped by 3 in this state
|
California
|
POLLUTION |
|
Hard-to-wash-out mark that a large wading bird left on your clothing
|
a crane stain
|
BEASTLY RHYME TIME |
|
(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands in front of the U.S.S.Constitution.) The material that gave the U.S.S. Constitution this famous nickname islive oak from Georgia
|
"Old Ironsides"
|
ALONG BOSTON'S FREEDOM TRAIL |
|
In Linda Ronstadt's "Different ___"
|
drum
|
NAME THE INSTRUMENT |
|
It was launched in 1936 with car company stock, but its $10 billion portfolio no longer includes that stock
|
the Ford Foundation
|
A SOLID FOUNDATION |
|
Aeschylus' play named for this king, Clytemnestra's husband, opens at his palace in Argos
|
Agamemnon
|
THE THEATAH |
|
From the Greek for "heat", this type of water pollution kills fish when hot water is dumped into a lake
|
thermal
|
POLLUTION |
|
Type of paint for your dromedary
|
camel enamel
|
BEASTLY RHYME TIME |
|
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Freedom Trail.) Begun in 1795, it's the building behind me that Oliver Wendell Holmes called the "hub of the solar system"
|
the Bulfinch State House
|
ALONG BOSTON'S FREEDOM TRAIL |
|
In the Byrds' "Mr. ___ Man"
|
tambourine
|
NAME THE INSTRUMENT |
|
The breast cancer foundation named for this victim of the disease holds the "Race for the Cure"
|
Susan Komen
|
A SOLID FOUNDATION |
|
Jack Absolute & Bob Acres, both vying for Lydia Languish's hand, are the title characters of this Sheridan play
|
The Rivals
|
THE THEATAH |
|
TCDD is a type of this toxic industrial byproduct used in Agent Orange
|
dioxin
|
POLLUTION |
|
Someone who guides or ministers to a big spotted feline
|
a leopard shepherd
|
BEASTLY RHYME TIME |
|
Hydroplane races & water carnivals highlight Seafair, held annually on Lake Washington near this largest Wash. city
|
Seattle
|
WASHINGTON STATE |
|
An extra playing card in a deck often used as a wild card
|
Joker
|
ALSO ABATMANVILLAIN |
|
On Sept. 21, 1792 the monarchy was abolished; 4 months later, this king was guillotined
|
Louis XVI
|
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION |
|
London Street named for a 17th C. diplomat; the Prime Minister Lives on it
|
Downing
|
EPONYMOUS |
|
On "M*A*S*H", this character used a great wardrobe to try & get out of the Army on a Section 8
|
Max Klinger
|
I, MAX |
|
Grandmotherly drag is just the thing for FBI agent Martin Lawrence in this 2000 film
|
Big Momma\'s House
|
UP ON THE "BIG" SCREEN |
|
With more than 50,000 employees in Washington, this aerospace company is one of the state's largest employers
|
Boeing
|
WASHINGTON STATE |
|
Neurotoxic crawler who's hard on her mates
|
Black Widow
|
ALSO ABATMANVILLAIN |
|
German poet Max Schneckenburger was famous for his 1840 poem about a watch on this river
|
the Rhine
|
I, MAX |
|
In this "of 1938" Bob Hope introduced "Thanks For The Memory"
|
The Big Broadcast
|
UP ON THE "BIG" SCREEN |
|
Whidbey Island is the largest of several islands in this inlet
|
Puget Sound
|
WASHINGTON STATE |
|
Antarctic krill-eater
|
The Penguin
|
ALSO ABATMANVILLAIN |
|
The Jacobins used the assassination of this editor of L'ami du Peuple as an excuse to begin the Reign of Terror
|
(Jean-Paul) Marat
|
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION |
|
He's the "big dada" whose work is seenhere
|
Max Ernst
|
I, MAX |
|
Paul Reubens' 2 big movies of 1985 & 1988
|
Pee-wee\'s Big Adventure&Big Top Pee-wee
|
UP ON THE "BIG" SCREEN |
|
The completion of the Grand Coulee dam in 1942 created the artificial lake named for this president
|
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
|
WASHINGTON STATE |
|
Itchy cashew relative
|
Poison Ivy
|
ALSO ABATMANVILLAIN |
|
This document approved on August 27, 1789 proclaimed that "Men are born and remain free and equal in rights"
|
The Declaration of the Rights of Man
|
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION |
|
The hypnotist villian in the 1894 novel "Trilby" gave us this word for one who controls another with evil intent
|
svengali
|
EPONYMOUS |
|
This Vietnam vet has been head of the Veterans Administration & a senator from Georgia
|
(Max) Cleland
|
I, MAX |
|
1989 gave us 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon as a Hollywood wannabe in this film
|
The Big Picture
|
UP ON THE "BIG" SCREEN |
|
In 1977 this former head of the Atomic Energy Commission became Washington's first woman governor
|
(Dixy Lee) Ray
|
WASHINGTON STATE |
|
His mask is in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo
|
King Tut
|
ALSO ABATMANVILLAIN |
|
On June 20, 1789 assembly members took an oath at this sports venue not to separate until there was a new constitution
|
the tennis court
|
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION |
|
In 1880 this British land agent in Ireland refused to lower his rents; as a result, he was isolated by protesters
|
Charles Boycott
|
EPONYMOUS |
|
Best known as the friend who refused to destroy Kafka's works, he wrote a historical novel on Tycho Brahe
|
Max Brod
|
I, MAX |
|
In 1958 Gregory Peck took on Burl Ives over water rights in the Old West in this oater
|
The Big Country
|
UP ON THE "BIG" SCREEN |
|
'This character studied medicine, "knowing it would be useful in long voyages"')
|
Gulliver
|
18th CENTURY LITERATURE |
|
Thisget-wellcardwas sent by second graders to David Vetter, known as this boy kept in a plastic isolation unit
|
The Boy in the Bubble
|
FROM THE VAULTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN |
|
This "colorful" 1967 Van Morrison song made the presidential cut
|
"Brown Eyed Girl"
|
ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S iPOD |
|
This term can refer to an American born in the 1950s, a certain ex-NFL QB, or a male kangaroo
|
boomer
|
MARSUPIALS |
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The top 22 of these fortune-telling cards are known as the major arcana
|
tarot cards
|
22 |
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20th century year in which America celebrated the tercentennial of the Pilgrims' landing at Plymouth
|
1920
|
YEARS |
|
A stoutly made safe in which valuables are deposited
|
a strongbox
|
STILL GOING "STRONG" |
|
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.) Starting in 1960, people whose hearts beat too slowly could have a Medtronic one oftheseimplanted; the Smithsonian has an early one
|
a pacemaker
|
FROM THE VAULTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN |
|
Pres. Bush enjoys this John Fogerty song on his iPod that might remind him of his days as a baseball team owner
|
"Centerfield"
|
ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S iPOD |
|
You can see why kangaroos are classified as macropodents, referring to the size ofthese
|
their feet
|
MARSUPIALS |
|
This alphabet is made up of 22 letters including Yud & Bet
|
the Hebrew
|
22 |
|
It's the year the small step seenherewas taken
|
1969
|
YEARS |
|
To use physical force or coercion against someone
|
to strong-arm
|
STILL GOING "STRONG" |
|
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.) This inventor used adevicethat transmits a signal to a receiver to look for thebulletin President Garfield's body
|
Alexander Graham Bell
|
FROM THE VAULTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN |
|
"Danger Zone" by this singer might be more apt than his "Alive 'n' Kickin'" on Bush's iPod
|
(Kenny) Loggins
|
ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S iPOD |
|
The marsupial represented by the most species is this New World beast, with the Virginia species the largest
|
the opossum
|
MARSUPIALS |
|
He was just 22 in 1962 when he won golf's U.S. Open
|
(Jack) Nicklaus
|
22 |
|
U.S. troops hit the beaches of Normandy in this year
|
1944
|
YEARS |
|
A bridge-playing term, or a particular field in which someone has talent
|
a strong suit
|
STILL GOING "STRONG" |
|
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.)Thisis part of the 1848 gold shipment shown to this president; he gave a report to Congress that kicked the Gold Rush into gear
|
James K. Polk
|
FROM THE VAULTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN |
|
"The House Is Rockin'" by this Texas blues guitarist keeps the Prez rockin' through his jogging & biking
|
Stevie Ray Vaughan
|
ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S iPOD |
|
Named partly for its temper, it's extinct on the Australian mainland but endures on an island
|
the Tasmanian devil
|
MARSUPIALS |
|
In 1975 Junko Tabei became the first woman to scale Everest, 22 years after this New Zealander did it
|
Edmund Hillary
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22 |
|
Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia all fell to the Communists in this year
|
1975
|
YEARS |
|
It can be a place of refuge or an area dominated by a group
|
a stronghold
|
STILL GOING "STRONG" |
|
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.)Thisbit of mold played its part in history when this London scientist noticed it destroying a bacterial sample
|
(Alexander) Fleming
|
FROM THE VAULTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN |
|
Several songs by this country music legend appear on the first iPod, including "He Stopped Loving Her Today"
|
George Jones
|
ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S iPOD |
|
Common and hairy-nosed are types of this creature that looks like a Down Under woodchuck
|
wombat
|
MARSUPIALS |
|
Begun in 1887 to raise funds for 22 different agencies, the Charity Organization Society is known as this today
|
the United Way
|
22 |
|
In this year Senator Henry Clay pushed for a compromise in his last big speech before the Senate
|
1850
|
YEARS |
|
One of the fundamental interactions between elementary particles binding them to a nucleus
|
strong force (strong forces accepted)
|
STILL GOING "STRONG" |
|
A 1972 earthquake destroyed most of the downtown area of this Nicaraguan capital
|
Managua
|
WORLD CAPITALS |
|
He's got drive & loves the green
|
Tiger Woods
|
CELEBRITY LOGOS |
|
I like it, Chuck; an orphan overcomes the odds, dig the "Bill & Nancy" angle... do it as a musical? Are you nuts?!
|
Oliver Twist
|
DICKENS HEARS FROM HOLLYWOOD |
|
A must-have for the preppy look: this short-sleeve collared shirt, particularly one of the brand of the same name
|
polo
|
FASHION |
|
The first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, he was also involved in an early political sex scandal
|
Alexander Hamilton
|
WHO THE "H" ARE YOU? |
|
Superman's cub reporter pal admits to fathering Mary-Kate & Ashley & they become known as the...
|
Jimmy Olsen twins
|
BEFORE & AFTER |
|
This capital is surrounded by, but is not part of, the Flemish region of Brabant
|
Brussels
|
WORLD CAPITALS |
|
Thisathlete gets a kick out of Madrid
|
(David) Beckham
|
CELEBRITY LOGOS |
|
More orphans?! & this book's start, "My father's family name being Pirrip"... not exactly "Call me Ishmael", Chuck!
|
Great Expectations
|
DICKENS HEARS FROM HOLLYWOOD |
|
This sneaker brand was introduced by the U.S. Rubber Co. in 1916
|
Keds
|
FASHION |
|
In 1991 "The Star-Spangled Banner" entered the Billboard Top 40 for the first time, sung by her
|
Whitney Houston
|
WHO THE "H" ARE YOU? |
|
A House majority leader goes ga-ga over Dylan's "big brass bed" occupant & earns the nickname...
|
Tom DeLay Lady Lay
|
BEFORE & AFTER |
|
Until 1924 this Mongolian capital was called Urga
|
Ulan Bator
|
WORLD CAPITALS |
|
Thisyoung gun drives the No. 8 car
|
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
|
CELEBRITY LOGOS |
|
This Italian craftsman who died in 1960 titled his autobiography "Shoemaker of Dreams"
|
Ferragamo
|
FASHION |
|
He appointed former President William Howard Taft to the Supreme Court
|
Harding
|
WHO THE "H" ARE YOU? |
|
Goldie Hawn title character is promoted to Prime Minster under Victoria & becomes...
|
Private Benjamin Disraeli
|
BEFORE & AFTER |
|
(Christiane Amanpour of CNN delivers the clue.) In 1992 I reported from the shores of this African capital when the U.S. military launched Operation: Restore Hope
|
Mogadishu
|
WORLD CAPITALS |
|
Thisrapper changed nicknames, but kept the same initials
|
Puff Daddy
|
CELEBRITY LOGOS |
|
Uncle Ralph's OK... nice alliterative title for this... but Wackford Squeers is now Ford Sears; we get 2 product placements for 1!
|
Nicholas Nickleby
|
DICKENS HEARS FROM HOLLYWOOD |
|
The name of this garment is the French word for "breeches"
|
culottes
|
FASHION |
|
He's the troubled prodigy whose story is told in the 1996 film "Shine"
|
(David) Helfgott
|
WHO THE "H" ARE YOU? |
|
Lady tennis legend is grouchy with the press & gets compared to an arthropod with delicious legs as...
|
Billie Jean King Crab
|
BEFORE & AFTER |
|
It's the home of Belarusian State University
|
Minsk
|
WORLD CAPITALS |
|
Beforehejoined the NBA in 2003, his mother took out a loan to buy him a Hummer
|
LeBron James
|
CELEBRITY LOGOS |
|
Last name of French design team Marithe & Francois, known for their streetwear
|
Girbaud
|
FASHION |
|
This Japanese-American professor of linguistics was a California senator from 1977 to 1983
|
S.I. Hayakawa
|
WHO THE "H" ARE YOU? |
|
'70s Jim Hutton TV detective goes on '50s Jack Bailey TV weeper & is mortified to be named...
|
Ellery Queen for a Day
|
BEFORE & AFTER |
|
'This man who became a ruler in April 2005 is the great-nephew of the 1926 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama')
|
Prince Albert II of Monaco
|
EUROPEAN RULERS |
|
In 1777 this land, later a state, was named in honor of the Green Mountain Boys
|
Vermont
|
18TH CENTURY AMERICA |
|
This talk show queen sometimes seats people at the Eccentric Restaurant in Chicago -- she's a co-owner
|
Oprah Winfrey
|
CELEBRITIES |
|
The common U.S. coin that's named for the metal it contains
|
Nickel
|
MONEY |
|
In India, ghee, which is a clarified form of this, is widely used in cooking
|
Butter
|
FOOD |
|
"Ev'ry morning, ev'ry evening, ain't we got" this
|
Fun
|
SING-ALONG SONGS |
|
The March Hare had one of these with a dormouse in it, not a tempest
|
Teapot
|
FILE UNDER "T" |
|
Term for the American colonists who supported the Redcoats during the revolution
|
Tories/Loyalists
|
18TH CENTURY AMERICA |
|
Shelley Duvall, exec. producer of "Nightmare Classics", says she was named for this nightmarish authoress
|
Mary Shelley
|
CELEBRITIES |
|
Taxpayers will have to share the burden of bailing out more than 500 of these insolvent institutions
|
Savings & Loans
|
MONEY |
|
Be quiet little dog, & I'll feed you these deep fried concoctions made of corn meal
|
Hush Puppies
|
FOOD |
|
"When you're smiling, the whole world" does this
|
Smiles with you
|
SING-ALONG SONGS |
|
It's the name of a national monument in the Salt River Valley in Arizona, kimosabe
|
Tonto National Monument
|
FILE UNDER "T" |
|
In 1776, with a membership of 5 students, it became the 1st social fraternity at a U.S. college
|
Phi Beta Kappa
|
18TH CENTURY AMERICA |
|
This author of "Hollywood Wives" said, "People don't believe it, but everything I write is true!"
|
Jackie Collins
|
CELEBRITIES |
|
The lowest rate of interest on bank loans at any given time, it's offered to preferred borrowers
|
Prime Rate
|
MONEY |
|
Flavor of the jelly or sauce that's a common accompaniment to roast lamb
|
Mint
|
FOOD |
|
"Nicknack paddywhack, give a dog a bone", he "came rolling home"
|
This old man
|
SING-ALONG SONGS |
|
Type of drum played by a piper's son
|
Tom-Tom
|
FILE UNDER "T" |
|
Year in which Thomas Jefferson wrote to James Madison, "France will be quiet this year"
|
1789
|
18TH CENTURY AMERICA |
|
Arnold Schwarzenegger was born in this country
|
Austria
|
CELEBRITIES |
|
Established December 23, 1913, it's the central bank of the U.S.
|
Federal Reserve Bank
|
MONEY |
|
Color of the beans you'd find in a feijoada, the national dish of Brazil
|
Black
|
FOOD |
|
Casey would waltz with this girl "and the band played on"
|
the Strawberry Blonde
|
SING-ALONG SONGS |
|
This line lies 23 degrees 27 minutes north of the Equator
|
Tropic of Cancer
|
FILE UNDER "T" |
|
Known for their simple furniture, this sect came to the U.S. from England in 1774, led by "Mother Ann" Lee
|
Shakers
|
18TH CENTURY AMERICA |
|
Dionne Warwick co-wrote this TV show's theme song, "Champagne Wishes & Caviar Dreams"
|
"Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous"
|
CELEBRITIES |
|
Scene on the reverse of the Jefferson $2 bill
|
Signing of the Declaration of Independence
|
MONEY |
|
Islanders who live in this group are called Fuegians
|
Tierra Del Fuego
|
FILE UNDER "T" |
|
Uriah Heep is the 'umble clerk who embezzles from Mr. Wickfield in this Dickens novel
|
"David Copperfield"
|
ENGLISH LIT |
|
The ring-necked species of this bird was introduced into Oregon from China in the 1880s
|
Pheasant
|
BIRDS |
|
Conservationists estimate almost 90% of Indiana was once covered by these, now less than 20% is
|
Forests/Trees
|
INDIANA |
|
If your soil is too heavy or sandy, you can add this moss to improve its texture
|
Peat Moss
|
GARDENING |
|
This terrifying czar died on March 18, 1584 while playing a game of chess
|
Ivan The Terrible
|
NOTORIOUS |
|
When he said, "I coulda been a contender!" in "On The Waterfront", he was referring to this sport
|
Boxing
|
MARLON BRANDO |
|
His 1st major novel was the autobiographical "Sons & Lovers"
|
D.H. Lawrence
|
ENGLISH LIT |
|
(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):Though these members of the parrot family rarely learn to talk, they can perform stunts:
|
Cockatoos
|
BIRDS |
|
Indiana, not Pennsylvania, ranks 1st in the U.S. in the production of this alloy
|
Steel
|
INDIANA |
|
Organic fertilizer that can be made by layering plant matter, soil & lime
|
Compost
|
GARDENING |
|
This had just become a federal prison when Al Capone was transferred there in 1934
|
Alcatraz
|
NOTORIOUS |
|
Brando starred in the last film this silent screen legend directed, 1967's "A Countess From Hong Kong"
|
Charles Chaplin
|
MARLON BRANDO |
|
When Lord Petre cut off a bit of Arabella Fremor's hair, it inspired this poem by Alexander Pope
|
"The Rape of the Lock"
|
ENGLISH LIT |
|
This process usually includes taking oil from a gland at the base of the tail & applying it to the feathers
|
Preening
|
BIRDS |
|
City that's located on the southernmost point along the St. Joseph River
|
South Bend
|
INDIANA |
|
A self-contained indoor garden consisting of small plants grown in a covered glass container
|
Terrarium
|
GARDENING |
|
Dona Marina, who was this man's mistress & interpreter, has been called the betrayer of the Aztecs
|
Hernando Cortez
|
NOTORIOUS |
|
Yes, he did stuff his cheeks for this 1972 film; he wore a special mouthpiece, too
|
"The Godfather"
|
MARLON BRANDO |
|
The Reader's Encyclopedia says his best-known novel is "The Way of All Flesh"
|
Samuel Butler
|
ENGLISH LIT |
|
Because these baby birds feed from their parents' pouches, some think they're drinking blood
|
Pelicans
|
BIRDS |
|
19th century president who grew to manhood in southern Indiana
|
Abraham Lincoln
|
INDIANA |
|
They were gunned down near Gibsland, Louisiana on May 23, 1934
|
Bonnie Parker & Clyde Barrow
|
NOTORIOUS |
|
Brando's bravura performance in this brutish role made him a Broadway star in 1947
|
Stanley Kowalski ("A Streetcar Named Desire")
|
MARLON BRANDO |
|
The 1812 publication of "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" made this poet an immediate sensation
|
Lord Byron
|
ENGLISH LIT |
|
Before the metal-tipped pen, the standard writing instrument was a feather from this bird
|
a goose
|
BIRDS |
|
The highest point in Indianapolis is at the Crown Hill Cemetery grave of this Indiana poet
|
James Whitcomb Riley
|
INDIANA |
|
Haiti's "Papa Doc" Duvalier's dreaded secret police force
|
Tonton Macoute
|
NOTORIOUS |
|
He took a gamble & made his musical debut in this 1955 film, & he did his own singing, too
|
"Guys And Dolls"
|
MARLON BRANDO |
|
'The only state that\'s home to 2 Ivy League schools')
|
New York (Columbia, in NYC & Cornell, in Ithaca)
|
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES |
|
It was the big event in London September 2-5, 1666
|
the Great Fire
|
REMEMBER SEPTEMBER? |
|
Please, no mumbling when I tell you it's an abnormal sound in a person's heartbeat
|
a murmur
|
DOUBLE TALK |
|
This variety of collie is named for its origin near the region between England & Scotland
|
border collie
|
YOU AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A HOUND DOG |
|
It wasn't the barber who took a little off the top ofthisEnglish king
|
Charles I
|
THE KING |
|
On Sept. 14, 1812 French troops occupied this capital city & found it almost deserted
|
Moscow
|
REMEMBER SEPTEMBER? |
|
The first VP ever to succeed a resigning president & the actor who piloted the Millennium Falcon
|
Gerald & Harrison Ford
|
UNLIKELY PRESIDENTIAL SIBLINGS |
|
Here's your "Q": This Mesoam. god created a tornado that wiped out man, except for those he changed into monkeys
|
Quetzalcoatl
|
MYTHELLANEOUS |
|
Using a hot sauce called harissa, Tunisians spice up this steamed semolina dish
|
couscous
|
DOUBLE TALK |
|
These 2 hounds whose names begin with the same letter are said by the AKC to have the keenest sense of smell
|
bloodhound & basset hound
|
YOU AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A HOUND DOG |
|
Once more,thisLancastrian breached his greatest success around 1415
|
Henry V
|
THE KING |
|
In September 1988 this city hosted the Summer Olympics
|
Seoul
|
REMEMBER SEPTEMBER? |
|
He Tippecanoed into the White House in 1841; she won our hearts in "Lord of the Rings"
|
John & Liv Tyler
|
UNLIKELY PRESIDENTIAL SIBLINGS |
|
In Norse mythology, the Norns are 3 sisters who made one of these for every life
|
a thread
|
MYTHELLANEOUS |
|
Many parts of Africa are uninhabitable due to this fly that spreads African sleeping sickness
|
the tsetse fly
|
DOUBLE TALK |
|
This name of a popular hunting dog means "swift" in Russian
|
borzoi
|
YOU AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A HOUND DOG |
|
ThisEnglish king is seen here with his Prime Minister
|
George VI
|
THE KING |
|
As Prime Minister of Israel, he signed the Camp David accords in September 1978
|
Begin
|
REMEMBER SEPTEMBER? |
|
The "Plains" folk governor & the long-imprisoned boxer
|
Jimmy & Rubin Carter
|
UNLIKELY PRESIDENTIAL SIBLINGS |
|
This mythical king of Sparta was Agamemnon's brother & Helen of Troy's husband
|
Meneleus
|
MYTHELLANEOUS |
|
Traitorous WWII broadcaster William Joyce was better known as Lord this
|
Lord Haw-Haw
|
DOUBLE TALK |
|
Nicknamed the "coach dog", it probably earned its name during the Balkan wars of 1912 & 1913 in Croatia
|
a dalmatian
|
YOU AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A HOUND DOG |
|
Sadly, this Tudor king didn't live to be much older than he looks in the depiction seenhere
|
Edward VI
|
THE KING |
|
In February 1991 he formed Haiti's first democratic government; in September he was ousted by a coup
|
Aristide
|
REMEMBER SEPTEMBER? |
|
Reconstruction ends in the South during his term & he constructs the voice of Chef Jerome McElroy for "South Park"
|
Rutherford & Isaac Hayes
|
UNLIKELY PRESIDENTIAL SIBLINGS |
|
The son of the sun god, Cuchulain was a great hero of the myths & legends of this country
|
Ireland
|
MYTHELLANEOUS |
|
(Jon of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) Just like the word "gong", the word forthisgong of Chinese origin is derived from thesoundit makes
|
a tam-tam
|
DOUBLE TALK |
|
Similar to but larger than a beagle, this breed shares its name with a type of hawk & a type of British jet fighter
|
the harrier
|
YOU AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A HOUND DOG |
|
In 1714, the Brits toldthisking to "come on over"
|
George I
|
THE KING |
|
Like a teenager or the Moon, matter may go through one of these states, such as liquid or gas
|
phases
|
PHYSICS |
|
Things don't end well for Faye Dunaway as this 1967 title character
|
Bonnie (Parker)
|
MY FEAR LADY |
|
We wonder if trolls guard the Saab design center in Trollhattan in this country
|
Sweden
|
AROUND THE WORLD |
|
Eggs, diced ham, green pepper & onion
|
a Western Omelet
|
BEST "WESTERN" |
|
The extract of this spice is made by percolating alcohol & water through the chopped, cured orchid beans
|
vanilla
|
LET'S SPICE IT UP A BIT |
|
Sir Richard Burton translated this Hindu love manual into English around 1883
|
theKama Sutra
|
LITERARY EROTICA |
|
Pure water's density is approximately 1 gram per cubic centimeter, & its "specific" this is also 1
|
gravity
|
PHYSICS |
|
Glenn Close chillingly warned Michael Douglas"I'm not gonna be ignored"in this 1987 film
|
Fatal Attraction
|
MY FEAR LADY |
|
(Survivor's Jeff Probst delivers the clue from Palau.) Palau has a lake named for these gelatinous creatures which, believe me, do not taste good spread on toast
|
jellyfish
|
AROUND THE WORLD |
|
One of the original 11 companies listed when the New York Stock Exchange was created in 1884
|
Western Union
|
BEST "WESTERN" |
|
This spice, Zingiber officinale, was used during the Middle Ages against the plague because it caused sweating
|
ginger
|
LET'S SPICE IT UP A BIT |
|
This former talk show host helped us all out by writing "Sex for Dummies"
|
Dr. Ruth
|
LITERARY EROTICA |
|
A machine developed by Sidney James measures slippery surfaces' COF, coefficient of this
|
friction
|
PHYSICS |
|
Cloris Leachman brought the fearsomeFrau Blucherto life in this 1974 comedy
|
Young Frankenstein
|
MY FEAR LADY |
|
Guys in armor must feel at home in this section of London that's home to Harrods
|
Knightsbridge
|
AROUND THE WORLD |
|
Its capital is Perth
|
Western Australia
|
BEST "WESTERN" |
|
In the 16th century the Sinhalese king in Ceylon paid the Portuguese annual tributes of 240,000 lb. of this quill spice
|
cinnamon
|
LET'S SPICE IT UP A BIT |
|
Pauline Reage is credited as the once-anonymous author of this steamy "Story"
|
Story of O
|
LITERARY EROTICA |
|
(Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the science lab.) Of the three colors I havehere, it's the one with the highest degree of saturation
|
blue
|
PHYSICS |
|
As Annie Wilkes, Kathy Bates sets podiatry back about 1,000 years in this 1990 film
|
Misery
|
MY FEAR LADY |
|
When in Vienna, sample some of this torte that's so famous it was the subject of a 1965 lawsuit
|
Sachertorte
|
AROUND THE WORLD |
|
It's directly below the Al-Aqsa mosque complex in Jerusalem
|
the Western Wall
|
BEST "WESTERN" |
|
Hungarian chemist Albert Szent-Gyorgyi was the first to isolate vitamin C from the pods of this spice
|
paprika
|
LET'S SPICE IT UP A BIT |
|
She penned the racy bestsellers "Delta of Venus" & "Henry and June"
|
(Anais) Nin
|
LITERARY EROTICA |
|
We wash our hands of this Scotswoman, played on film by Jeanette Nolan in 1948 & on TV by Judi Dench in 1978
|
Lady Macbeth
|
MY FEAR LADY |
|
The tallest bridge in the Caribbean is the Queen Juliana Bridge in this capital of Curacao
|
Willemstad
|
AROUND THE WORLD |
|
It's the state bird of Kansas & Nebraska
|
Western Meadowlark
|
BEST "WESTERN" |
|
This spice gives American-style mustard its bright yellow color
|
turmeric
|
LET'S SPICE IT UP A BIT |
|
Perhaps due in part to the amoral rakishness of his advice book "The Art of Love", he was banned from ancient Rome
|
Ovid
|
LITERARY EROTICA |
|
Dye
|
染
|
Beim Eier-FÄRBEN nimmt man NEUN Teile WASSER und ein Teil HOLZ-Färbemittel. |
|
In 1811 the first of these to ply the Ohio River was built in Pittsburgh--the New Orleans, named for where it was headed
|
a steamboat
|
PITTSTORY |
|
This show that debuted in '02 has cursing by mom, dad, son & daughter, & dogs that aren't housebroken
|
The Osbournes
|
NONMUSICAL MTV |
|
This animal's horns, seenhere, are made entirely of keratin, a fibrous hair protein
|
the rhinoceros
|
HORNED ANIMALS |
|
He was a Teke, a Tau Kappa Epsilon, & founded a hotel chain, but you probably just know him as Paris' great-granddad
|
Conrad Hilton
|
FRATERNITY SUIT |
|
Ogden Nash said these people were "Tinglish"
|
the English
|
POETRY |
|
…that means of secondary importance:A. ancillaryB. fiduciaryC. habilimentaryD. pecuniary
|
ancillary
|
WHAT'S THAT WORD...? |
|
It's the geographically appropriate name of the Pittsburgh landmark seenhereon Feb. 11, 2001
|
Three Rivers Stadium
|
PITTSTORY |
|
On "Newlyweds", Nick Lachey had to explain to her that Chicken of the Sea is actually fish
|
Jessica Simpson
|
NONMUSICAL MTV |
|
Though closely related to sheep, this animal has a beard & its horns are not spirally twisted
|
a goat
|
HORNED ANIMALS |
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Nike founder Phil Knight went tropical at Oregon by joining Phi Gamma Delta, known by this "national" name
|
the Fijis
|
FRATERNITY SUIT |
|
It's "burning bright in the forests of the night"
|
Tyger, Tyger
|
POETRY |
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…that means to perplex:A. acrimoniousB. congruousC. nonplusD. tremulous
|
nonplus
|
WHAT'S THAT WORD...? |
|
In 1753 this Virginian with a future in politics said the area was "extremely well situated for a fort"
|
George Washington
|
PITTSTORY |
|
Each season, 7 strangers share a home, as well as their lives, loves & libidos, on this long-running series
|
The Real World
|
NONMUSICAL MTV |
|
Life is unfair for the males of this animal, seenhere; they're bald on top of their horns, while the female has hair
|
a giraffe
|
HORNED ANIMALS |
|
An Alpha Sigma Phi at Penn, this Berkshire Hathaway man was worth a tidy $42.9 billion in '04
|
Warren Buffett
|
FRATERNITY SUIT |
|
It's the mournful type of poem "written in a country churchyard by Thomas Gray
|
an elegy
|
POETRY |
|
…that means face up:A. prostrateB. proneC. supineD. incline
|
supine
|
WHAT'S THAT WORD...? |
|
The photo of this national hero seen here was taken in Pittsburgh on August 3, 1927
|
(Charles) Lindbergh
|
PITTSTORY |
|
On one episode, Halle Berry is denied entrance to her own movie premiere on this prank-filled show
|
Punk\'d
|
NONMUSICAL MTV |
|
This North American animal's population had dropped from almost 50 million to under 1000 by 1889
|
the buffalo (or the bison)
|
HORNED ANIMALS |
|
Last name of the Michigan State A.T.O. [alpha tau omega] who, in '99, followed in Dad's footsteps & became president of the Teamsters
|
(James P.) Hoffa
|
FRATERNITY SUIT |
|
He believed "a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars"
|
Walt Whitman
|
POETRY |
|
…that means verbal abuse:A. abrogationB. cogitationC. sinistrationD. vituperation
|
vituperation
|
WHAT'S THAT WORD...? |
|
On July 4, 1826, a historic date, this "Oh! Susanna" composer was born in what's now a part of Pittsburgh
|
(Stephen) Foster
|
PITTSTORY |
|
Contestants must complete a mission in order to get to a new location on this x-treme travel adventure series
|
Road Rules
|
NONMUSICAL MTV |
|
It was one of the largest of the horned dinosaurs; 2 of its 3 horns were up to 3 feet long
|
triceratops
|
HORNED ANIMALS |
|
Alpha Phi Alpha John H. Johnson founded this magazine in 1951, 6 years after Ebony
|
Jet
|
FRATERNITY SUIT |
|
His "Ulalume" rhymes "sober" with "lonesome October"
|
Edgar Allan Poe
|
POETRY |
|
…that means not sincere:A. dissentiousB. disputatiousC. disingenuousD. discommodious
|
disingenuous
|
WHAT'S THAT WORD...? |
|
Brad played this Greek hero in the epic "Troy"
|
Achilles
|
PITT STORY |
|
This event that began in 1789 embodied many Enlightenment ideas, but is thought to have ended the era
|
the French Revolution
|
THE ENLIGHTENMENT |
|
Don Young from this state with 27 boroughs, including Sitka & North Slope
|
Alaska
|
THE LONE REPRESENTATIVE |
|
By examining these in some trees, you can figure out what the weather was like thousands of years ago
|
the rings
|
OUR TROUBLED PLANET |
|
With an average car speed of 6 mph, it's easy to see how this "Eternal City" wasn't built in a day
|
Rome
|
INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC |
|
A guffaw from a young cow
|
a calf laugh
|
RHYME TIME |
|
Brad & Edward Norton created this title underground group whose 1st & 2nd rules are not to talk about it
|
Fight Club
|
PITT STORY |
|
In 1745 this was done to a book by materialist thinker Julien La Mettrie; in 1445 it would have been done to Julien
|
burning
|
THE ENLIGHTENMENT |
|
Earl Pomeroy from this state with 53 counties, including Sioux & Grand Forks
|
North Dakota
|
THE LONE REPRESENTATIVE |
|
Your average U.S. municipal landfill is over 40% of this product, way more than plastic or metal
|
paper
|
OUR TROUBLED PLANET |
|
This Thai capital's traffic was so bad that gas stations sold personal port-a-potties called "Comfort 100"
|
Bangkok
|
INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC |
|
An uninflated airship
|
a limp blimp
|
RHYME TIME |
|
Brad climbed high as Austrian mountain climber Heinrich Harrer, who met the Dalai Lama in this real-life drama
|
Seven Years in Tibet
|
PITT STORY |
|
Priestly, Watt & Wedgwood were in a scientific club of "Lunaticks" whose meetings were set for each one of these
|
a full moon
|
THE ENLIGHTENMENT |
|
Michael Castle from this state with 3 counties: New Castle, Kent & Sussex
|
Delaware
|
THE LONE REPRESENTATIVE |
|
Before building a highway, a state has to submit an EIS, this 2-word "statement", to get federal funding
|
environmental impact statement
|
OUR TROUBLED PLANET |
|
Stuck in traffic & ill, Kip Keino had to jog a mile to get to the 1,500 meter run at the '68 Olympics in this city (he still won)
|
Mexico City
|
INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC |
|
A no-no during a test, this item is covered with notes and instructions
|
a cheat sheet
|
RHYME TIME |
|
Death (Brad Pitt) takes a holiday & falls in love with Claire Forlani in this 1998 movie
|
Meet Joe Black
|
PITT STORY |
|
Time's July 5, 2004 cover story was "The Radical Mind of" this American Enlightenment thinker
|
Thomas Jefferson
|
THE ENLIGHTENMENT |
|
Bernie Sanders from this state with 14 counties, including Rutland & Bennington
|
Vermont
|
THE LONE REPRESENTATIVE |
|
The first ban on killing the "right" types of these creatures came into force in 1935
|
whales
|
OUR TROUBLED PLANET |
|
In 2003 Mayor Ken Livingstone of this metropolis introduced a tax of 5 pounds on cars entering the city center
|
London
|
INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC |
|
A calamity that befalls the Dutch seat of government
|
a Hague plague
|
RHYME TIME |
|
Brad Pitt was an Irish Gypsy boxer with an indecipherable accent in this 2000 Guy Ritchie flick
|
Snatch
|
PITT STORY |
|
This 35-volume Denis Diderot project began as a translation of a British reference work
|
the Encyclopedie
|
THE ENLIGHTENMENT |
|
Stephanie Herseth from this state with 66 counties, including Yankton & Miner
|
South Dakota
|
THE LONE REPRESENTATIVE |
|
Newts are New Hampshire's state amphibian, partly for helping track this form of liquid pollution
|
acid rain
|
OUR TROUBLED PLANET |
|
Murtala Mohammed, this country's head of state, was shot dead in a Lagos traffic jam in 1976
|
Nigeria
|
INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC |
|
Donor of a hepatic organ
|
a liver giver
|
RHYME TIME |
|
'Poet & critic Ludwig Rellstab compared this piano work to a nighttime boat ride on Lake Lucerne')
|
Moonlight Sonata
|
BEETHOVEN |
|
After the war, Confederate general Nathan Forrest served as the first head of this supremacist group
|
Ku Klux Klan
|
THE CIVIL WAR |
|
The word salad comes from Latin for this, because most Romans dressed their salads with little else
|
Salt
|
SALADS |
|
A perosn who uses offensive epithets against a political opponent is said to be doing this with mud
|
Slinging
|
VOCABULARY |
|
This Harrison Ford movie was the 1st collaboration by George Lucas & Steven Spielberg
|
"Raiders of the Lost Ark"
|
1981 MOVIES |
|
E.T. Holmes made the first one of these in 1877 to serve 6 telephone subscribers in Boston
|
Telephone Switchboard (even though there were only 6 subscribers)
|
INVENTIONS |
|
1 of the 3 heavyweight boxing champs to fit this category
|
Joe Frazier, Joe Louis & "Jersey Joe" Walcott
|
FAMOUS JOES & JOSEPHS |
|
Lincoln was asked to make a "few appropriate remarks" here November 19, 1863
|
Gettysburg
|
THE CIVIL WAR |
|
Toss together some lettuce, olives, cucumbers & feta cheese & you've got this ethnic salad
|
Greek Salad
|
SALADS |
|
Meaning savage & cruel, it comes from the Latin "trux", which means fierce
|
Truculent
|
VOCABULARY |
|
Miles O'Keeffe played this title role in a film produced by Bo Derek & directed by husband John
|
Tarzan the Ape Man
|
1981 MOVIES |
|
You could have gotten stuck on this company's first stick-on Band-Aids in 1921
|
Johnson & Johnson
|
INVENTIONS |
|
This Delaware senator chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee
|
Joseph Biden
|
FAMOUS JOES & JOSEPHS |
|
The Confederates held this fort from April 1861 to February 1865
|
Fort Sumter
|
THE CIVIL WAR |
|
This 3-letter prefix that precedes "goblin" can also mean goblin when it stands alone
|
Hob
|
VOCABULARY |
|
This film starring Laurence Olivier as Gen. Douglas MacArthur was produced by the Unification Church
|
Inchon
|
1981 MOVIES |
|
In 11th century China, Pi Sheng made this out of clay; about 1445 Gutenberg used metal
|
Movable Type
|
INVENTIONS |
|
This world leader's real name was Joseph Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili
|
Joseph Stalin
|
FAMOUS JOES & JOSEPHS |
|
He earned his nickname at First Bull Run & led 25,000 Confederates at its sequel, Second Bull Run
|
Stonewall Jackson
|
THE CIVIL WAR |
|
It can be a spokesman, part of your phone or a protective rubber device worn by a boxer
|
Mouthpiece
|
VOCABULARY |
|
This actor had his last theatrical film role as police commissioner Waldo in "Ragtime"
|
James Cagney
|
1981 MOVIES |
|
In 1982 this British singer paired with Jennifer Warnes in the No. 1 hit "Up Where We Belong"
|
Joe Cocker
|
FAMOUS JOES & JOSEPHS |
|
Due to rumors of his Southern sympathies, the U.S. Gov't didn't buy his new machine gun during the war
|
Gatling
|
THE CIVIL WAR |
|
In Europe salad may follow the main course because vinegar dressings can conflict with the taste of this
|
wine
|
SALADS |
|
This adjective meaning "of the earliest ages" appears in the first line of Longfellow's "Evangeline"
|
Primeval ("This is the forest primeval, the murmuring pines & the hemlocks")
|
VOCABULARY |
|
In "First Monday in October", this actress played Ruth Loomis, 1st woman on the Supreme Court
|
Jill Clayburgh
|
1981 MOVIES |
|
The U.S. developed the NTSC system of this; France, SECAM & Germany, PAL
|
Different systems of broadcasting color television
|
INVENTIONS |
|
Late charismatic scholar seen on a PBS series in 1988 conversing with Bill Moyers on "The Power Of Myth"
|
Joseph Campbell
|
FAMOUS JOES & JOSEPHS |
|
At the end of their story, one returns to his estate, one marries a rich widow & one becomes a monk
|
"The Three Musketeers"
|
FRENCH LITERATURE |
|
Berlioz neglected his medical studies in this capital, preferring to spend his nights at the opera
|
Paris
|
COMPOSERS |
|
In the closing arguments in a federal criminal case, this side goes first & gets to do a rebuttal
|
Prosecution
|
LAW |
|
After divorcing Daniel Patterson, she married her third husband, Asa Gilbert Eddy
|
Mary Baker Eddy
|
AMERICAN RELIGION |
|
Many consider a genius to be someone who scores 140 or better on a standard one of these
|
IQ Test
|
PSYCHOLOGY |
|
Though Abidjan has the main gov't buildings, Yamoussoukro is this country's official capital, tusk, tusk
|
Ivory Coast
|
GEOGRAPHY |
|
Type of lit. that was the specialty of Francois Villon, Marie De France & Charles Baudelaire
|
Poetry
|
FRENCH LITERATURE |
|
A master composer of ballets, he was the leading Russian composer of the late 19th century
|
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
|
COMPOSERS |
|
You can perform Shakespeare's plays without paying royalties since copyright law defines them as this
|
Public Domain
|
LAW |
|
In the 1600s the Baptists began baptizing by this method
|
Immersion
|
AMERICAN RELIGION |
|
Term for a physical illness caused or worsened by psychological factors
|
Psychosomatic
|
PSYCHOLOGY |
|
To Tibetans it's "Chomolungma", the goddess mother
|
Mount Everest
|
GEOGRAPHY |
|
The son of Grandgousier & Gargamelle, he was a medieval folk hero before Rabelais wrote about him
|
Gargantua
|
FRENCH LITERATURE |
|
Friedrich Nietzsche was a close friend of this "Lohengrin" composer but later turned against him
|
Richard Wagner
|
COMPOSERS |
|
In Latin legal lingo it means "by the fact itself"
|
Ipso Facto
|
LAW |
|
In 1790 the first emancipation petition was submitted to Congress by this religious group
|
Quakers
|
AMERICAN RELIGION |
|
Field of psychology that centers on the study of work & work environments
|
Industrial Psychology
|
PSYCHOLOGY |
|
There's a canyon full of odd rocks named for pioneer Ebenezer Bryce in this state
|
Utah
|
GEOGRAPHY |
|
A teacher of philosophy until her first novel was published, her best-known work is "The Second Sex"
|
Simone De Beauvoir
|
FRENCH LITERATURE |
|
First name shared by Vivaldi & Salieri
|
Antonio
|
COMPOSERS |
|
He was the last president to be one of the litigants in a case before the Supreme Court
|
Richard Nixon
|
LAW |
|
The Catholic mission at San Juan Capistrano was founded in the 18th century by this Franciscan
|
Juniperro Serra
|
AMERICAN RELIGION |
|
An adult who returrns to a childhood level of behavior is exhibiting this defense mechanism
|
Regression
|
PSYCHOLOGY |
|
It's the longest U.S. river east of the Mississippi
|
Ohio River
|
GEOGRAPHY |
|
Denis Diderot is best known as editor of one of these reference works, the first modern one in any language
|
Encyclopedia
|
FRENCH LITERATURE |
|
Despite his protests, Claude Debussy's distinctive style was labeled this
|
Impressionistic
|
COMPOSERS |
|
1849 work in which Thoreau asked, "Unjust laws exist: shall we be content to obey them...?"
|
"Civil Disobedience"
|
LAW |
|
Circuit riding preachers of pioneer days were most associated with this Protestant denomination
|
Methodists
|
AMERICAN RELIGION |
|
Oliver Sacks wrote a book about one of his patients called "The Man Who Mistook His Wife For" this
|
For a Hat
|
PSYCHOLOGY |
|
In 1884 it lost its Atacama province to Chile & became a landlocked country
|
Bolivia
|
GEOGRAPHY |
|
'He became a nat\'l hero when he led the Spanish Foreign Legion against Moroccan rebels in the 1920s')
|
Gen. Francisco Franco
|
WORLD HISTORY |
|
This F. Scott Fitzgerald character was born James Gatz
|
The Great Gatsby
|
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS |
|
Some authorities believe it was actually Jim Bowie's brother Rezin who designed this weapon
|
Bowie Knife
|
NAMESAKES |
|
Jackson was the first president to use this form of transportation while in office
|
Railroad
|
ANDREW JACKSON |
|
Louis Armstrong's only No. 1 hit, it hit the charts for 19 weeks in 1964
|
"Hello, Dolly!"
|
SONGS OF THE '60S |
|
You take the SAT exam to get into college & the LSAT to get into one of these schools
|
Law School
|
ABBREVIATIONS |
|
After death, this faith's devout members get houris, celestial handmaidens
|
Islam
|
SUDDEN DEATH |
|
In "Ivanhoe" the black knight who rescues Wilfred & Rowena is really this king in disguise
|
Richard the Lionhearted
|
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS |
|
This measure of sound intensity is named for Alexander Graham Bell
|
Decibel
|
NAMESAKES |
|
In 1804 & again in 1837 Jackson retired from public life to this estate
|
The Hermitage
|
ANDREW JACKSON |
|
Sonny & Cher's only No. 1 hit, they used to sing it at the close of their TV show
|
"I Got You Babe"
|
SONGS OF THE '60S |
|
Nickname formed from the initials of the Government National Mortgage Association
|
Ginnie Mae
|
ABBREVIATIONS |
|
The last words of this first president to die were, "It is well I die hard, but I am not afraid to go."
|
George Washington
|
SUDDEN DEATH |
|
For saving this little girl from the waters of the Mississippi, Uncle Tom was bought by her father
|
Little Eva
|
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS |
|
What Michael Begon & J.G. Zinn had named after them
|
Flowers (begonias & zinnias)
|
NAMESAKES |
|
It's what Jackson had in common with Lewis Robards from Aug. 1791 to Sept. 1793
|
Same Wife (they both thought they were married to the same woman)
|
ANDREW JACKSON |
|
Group whose first No. 1 hit, "Cherish", was recorded in a garage that was converted to a studio
|
The Association
|
SONGS OF THE '60S |
|
You could see one of them write down "q.i.d.", but you might find it hard to read
|
Doctors (they write that down on your prescription; take it 4 times a day)
|
ABBREVIATIONS |
|
Romeo commits suicide by drinking poison whereas Juliet kills herself using this
|
A Dagger
|
SUDDEN DEATH |
|
John D. MacDonald used colors in the titles of all the adventures of this private investigator
|
Travis McGee
|
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS |
|
Two foods named for opera singer Dame Nellie Melba
|
Melba Toast & Peach Melba
|
NAMESAKES |
|
Jackson's choice for minister to Great Britain; after the Senate turned him down he became VP & then president
|
Martin Van Buren
|
ANDREW JACKSON |
|
The Beatles' 8th No. 1 hit, it begins "I think I'm gonna be sad"
|
"Ticket To Ride"
|
SONGS OF THE '60S |
|
It's an editor's abbreviation for more than one manuscript
|
MSS
|
ABBREVIATIONS |
|
In 1984 this author of "The Complete Book of Running" died while running
|
Jim Fixx
|
SUDDEN DEATH |
|
Educated at Rennsselaer Polytechnic, he built railroads & bridges before his amusement park ride
|
George Washington Gale Ferris
|
NAMESAKES |
|
Collective term for Jackson's unofficial group of presidential advisors
|
"Kitchen Cabinet"
|
ANDREW JACKSON |
|
They had No. 1 hits with Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man" & Pete Seeger's "Turn, Turn, Turn"
|
The Byrds
|
SONGS OF THE '60S |
|
A cousin to the R.A.F., the R.A.A.F. is this
|
Royal Australian Air Force
|
ABBREVIATIONS |
|
By custom, books printed in the U.S. carry this library's card catalogue number on the copyright page
|
Library of Congress
|
PUBLISHING |
|
A simple one of these consists of a small weight swinging to & fro on the end of a string
|
Pendulum
|
SCIENCE |
|
Paris was known by its Celtic name "Lutetia", when he took it from the Parisii tribe in 52 B.C.
|
Julius Caesar
|
ANCIENT HISTORY |
|
Providence County is this state's largest county in both area & population
|
Rhode Island
|
U.S. STATES |
|
It "makes all men equal" & "makes the world go round"
|
Love
|
PROVERBS |
|
He fled the Potala, his palace in Tibet, when Chinese forces invaded Lhasa in 1959
|
The Dalai Lama
|
PALACES |
|
Of 4-6 pages, 14-20 pages or 40-60 pages, the size of the typical Soviet daily newspaper
|
4-6 pages
|
PUBLISHING |
|
The process by which a substance changes from liquid to a gas is called this
|
Vaporization
|
SCIENCE |
|
Cleopatra had 4 children out of wedlock, 3 fathered by this Roman
|
Marc Antony
|
ANCIENT HISTORY |
|
Symbols of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Creek, Choctaw & Seminole Indian nations are on its seal
|
Oklahoma
|
U.S. STATES |
|
He coined the saying, Early to bed & early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy & wise"
|
Benjamin Franklin
|
PROVERBS |
|
From 1561-1567, Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh was the home of this queen of Scotland
|
Mary Stuart
|
PALACES |
|
"The Talk Of The Town" is a weekly feature of this magazine also known for its drawings
|
The New Yorker
|
PUBLISHING |
|
The planets that are smaller than Earth are Mercury, Venus & these two
|
Mars & Pluto
|
SCIENCE |
|
The earliest known civilization, it was home to the Sumerians & Akkadians
|
Mesopotamia
|
ANCIENT HISTORY |
|
State whose motto "Eureka", meaning "I have found it" is attributed to Archimedes
|
California
|
U.S. STATES |
|
They're the "Windows of the Soul"
|
The Eyes
|
PROVERBS |
|
King of Bavaria whose Neuschwanstein Castle might be called a monument to his madness
|
Ludwig II
|
PALACES |
|
"The Budget" is a weekly paper published nationally for members of this Mennonite sect
|
Amish
|
PUBLISHING |
|
An LED; it's used for displaying readings on digital watches & calculators
|
Light Emitting Diode
|
SCIENCE |
|
The Hebrew kingdom split into Judah & Israel after the death of this king
|
Solomon
|
ANCIENT HISTORY |
|
This "Tree Planters State" in the midwest has the only 2 man-made national forests in the U.S.
|
Nebraska
|
U.S. STATES |
|
Proverb that was the title of a Kaufman/Hart play about an unconventional family
|
"You Can\'t Take It With You"
|
PROVERBS |
|
Huis Ten Bosch Palace, home of Holland's Queen Beatrix, is in this city
|
The Hague
|
PALACES |
|
"News You Can Use" & "Worldgram" are registered trademarks of this magazine
|
U.S. News & World Report
|
PUBLISHING |
|
When this scientist discovered oxygen, he called it dephlogisticated air
|
Joseph Priestley
|
SCIENCE |
|
The ruins of Ur are in a desert because this river, which once ran near it, changed course
|
Euphrates
|
ANCIENT HISTORY |
|
The Great Serpent Mound near Hillsboro in this state is an ancient Indian burial site
|
Ohio
|
U.S. STATES |
|
In a Thomas Gray poem this precedes " 'Tis folly to be wise"
|
Where Ignorance Is Bliss
|
PROVERBS |
|
Hiram Bingham claimed he found a castle of the Incas in this remote fortress city he excavated
|
Machu Picchu
|
PALACES |
|
'This actor won a 1952 Tony and a 1956 Oscar for playing the same ruler')
|
Yul Brynner (\"The King & I\")
|
ACTORS & THEIR ROLES |
|
As of July 17, 2005 this Dan Brown novel had spent 120 weeks on the N.Y. Times' list
|
The Da Vinci Code
|
2005 FICTION BESTSELLERS |
|
His original lyrics to "This Land Is Your Land" mention the relief office & people who stood hungry
|
(Woody) Guthrie
|
MEET THE FOLKERS |
|
This World War II radio propagandist was born on the Fourth of July, 1916
|
Tokyo Rose
|
A ROSE IS A ROSE IS A ROSE |
|
In 1966 this French president pulled France out of NATO's integrated military structure
|
Charles de Gaulle
|
HI, FRENCHIE! |
|
The Saluki,the Sanhedrin,the Salmineo
|
the Saluki
|
SPOT THE POOCH |
|
It's a folded & grilled flour tortilla filled with cheese & often chicken; es muy buena!
|
a quesadilla
|
THAT'S JUST "SAD" |
|
Appropriately, "A Salty Piece of Land" was penned by this "Margaritaville" singer
|
(Jimmy) Buffett
|
2005 FICTION BESTSELLERS |
|
In 1963 this trio breezed to No. 2 with "Blowin' In The Wind"
|
Peter, Paul and Mary
|
MEET THE FOLKERS |
|
Alliterative woman described in songhereby Nat King Cole"Wild and wind-blown /That's how you've grown"
|
"Ramblin\' Rose"
|
A ROSE IS A ROSE IS A ROSE |
|
This French emperor's own "Waterloo" came against the Germans in 1870
|
Napoleon III
|
HI, FRENCHIE! |
|
The Ridgeway,the Ridgeback,the Ridgebone
|
The Ridgeback
|
SPOT THE POOCH |
|
10-letter term for feeling stiff from horseback riding
|
saddlesore
|
THAT'S JUST "SAD" |
|
The CIA arranges a presidential pardon for mover & shaker Joel Backman in this John Grisham tale
|
The Broker
|
2005 FICTION BESTSELLERS |
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In 1997 he won a Grammy for his first new album in over a decade, simply titled "Pete"
|
(Pete) Seeger
|
MEET THE FOLKERS |
|
In 1956 Aussie Murray Rose became the 1st male swimmer to win 2 solo Olympic golds since this man in 1924
|
(Johnny) Weissmuller
|
A ROSE IS A ROSE IS A ROSE |
|
In French, this French monk of the Middle Ages is known as Pierre l'Ermite
|
Peter the Hermit
|
HI, FRENCHIE! |
|
The Dandie Dinmont,the Dandie Dinkum,the Dandie Doodahday
|
the Dandie Dinmont
|
SPOT THE POOCH |
|
We see this Southern California ctiy, originally named Indiana Colony, through rose-colored glasses
|
Pasadena
|
THAT'S JUST "SAD" |
|
The doctor was in, or rather on, the list with his environmentally themed "State of Fear"
|
Michael Crichton
|
2005 FICTION BESTSELLERS |
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In 1958 this group heardherereigned at No. 1"...well /Hang down your head, Tom Dooley /Hang down your head..."
|
The Kingston Trio
|
MEET THE FOLKERS |
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In this Umberto Eco novel, William of Baskerville solves a murder like a medieval Sherlock Holmes
|
The Name of the Rose
|
A ROSE IS A ROSE IS A ROSE |
|
"The Moon and Sixpence" was Somerset Maugham's roman a clef based on the life of this French artist
|
Paul Gauguin
|
HI, FRENCHIE! |
|
Ekkenpinscher,Hauzzenpinscher,Affenpinscher,Didhepinscher
|
Affenpinscher
|
SPOT THE POOCH |
|
Any war carried out under papal sanction
|
a crusade
|
THAT'S JUST "SAD" |
|
This Tom Wolfe novel got the Presidential seal of approval when W. recommended it to friends
|
I Am Charlotte Simmons
|
2005 FICTION BESTSELLERS |
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After she sang the anthem "We Shall Overcome" at a 1963 march, her version of it hit the charts
|
Joan Baez
|
MEET THE FOLKERS |
|
The 2 British royal houses of the Wars of the Roses
|
York & Lancaster
|
A ROSE IS A ROSE IS A ROSE |
|
This 19th century French politician & writer gave his name to a style of steak
|
(Francois Auguste) Chateaubriand
|
HI, FRENCHIE! |
|
Redfoot Coonhound,Greenhead Coonhound,Bluetick Coonhound
|
Bluetick Coonhound
|
SPOT THE POOCH |
|
His rule of Syria included the 1982 killing of perhaps 20,000 in the city of Hamah
|
Hafez al-Assad
|
THAT'S JUST "SAD" |
|
In the 1700s Rosalba Carriera, whose work is seenhere, was the first to popularize these pigment sticks
|
pastels
|
ART TECHNIQUE |
|
Lactobacillus bulgaricus & Streptococcus thermophilus are the usual bacteria that culture this food
|
yogurt
|
"Y"s UP! |
|
The title of the article Donald Trump penned on her was "The Domestic Diva Is Back"
|
Martha Stewart
|
TIME's TOP 100 |
|
"Sonnets from the Portuguese" was so named because "Portuguese" was this man's nickname for its author
|
Robert Browning
|
SONNETS |
|
In 1484 he tried to get King John II of Portugal to finance his transoceanic trip
|
Columbus
|
FROM THE PORTUGUESE |
|
(Kelly of the Clue Crew makes some cartoon trees grow.) By enlarging the nearest part of the image, thistechniqueadds the illusion of depth
|
foreshortening
|
ART TECHNIQUE |
|
3 strangers are united by tragedy in "___ Grams"
|
21
|
MOVIE NUMBERS |
|
They're the two complementary cosmic forces representedhere
|
yin & yang
|
"Y"s UP! |
|
The World Health Org. says his & his wife's foundation has "already saved the lives of 670,000 children"
|
Bill Gates
|
TIME's TOP 100 |
|
"When I consider how my light is spent" begins this sonnet about his loss of sight
|
Milton
|
SONNETS |
|
In 1763 Portugal's South American colonies were unified with the capital set in this city
|
Rio de Janeiro
|
FROM THE PORTUGUESE |
|
Encaustic painting, used since ancient times, applies this animal product to a rigid surface & fixes it with heat
|
wax
|
ART TECHNIQUE |
|
A Hitchcock thriller:"The ___ Steps"
|
39
|
MOVIE NUMBERS |
|
The Rockefeller Foundation scientists who developed a vaccine for this "colorful" disease often caught it
|
yellow fever
|
"Y"s UP! |
|
The article on economist Jeffrey Sachs was by this Dubliner who worked with Sachs on world debt relief
|
Bono
|
TIME's TOP 100 |
|
This Romantic began his "England in 1819", "An old, mad, blind, despised and dying king"
|
Shelley
|
SONNETS |
|
The name of Cape Agulhas, the southernmost point of this continent, is Portuguese for "needles"
|
Africa
|
FROM THE PORTUGUESE |
|
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows off a blank canvas.) This step in prepping a canvas doesn't mean measuring; it means adding a layer of glue so thepaintdoesn't sink in & lose its color
|
to size your canvas
|
ART TECHNIQUE |
|
Inspired by the director's own early life:"The ___ Blows"
|
400
|
MOVIE NUMBERS |
|
In Judaism the holiest of all days is this day of atonement
|
Yom Kippur
|
"Y"s UP! |
|
The headline of this man's article was "Dear Leader Goes Nuclear"
|
Kim Jong Il
|
TIME's TOP 100 |
|
The "Canzoniere" by this Tuscan contained over 300 sonnets to an idealized beloved he had never met
|
Petrarch
|
SONNETS |
|
Before 1974 this country with a hyphenated name was known as Portuguese Guinea
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
FROM THE PORTUGUESE |
|
(Kelly of the Clue Crew fiddles with some classical whiskers.) This term for deliberately blurring an area, as Titian didhere, sounds like a combination of "scramble" & "jumble"
|
scumble
|
ART TECHNIQUE |
|
Set on New Year's Eve:"___ Cigarettes"
|
200
|
MOVIE NUMBERS |
|
For many years, Aden, this country's second-largest city, was a British Crown Colony
|
Yemen
|
"Y"s UP! |
|
After he defeated Alan Keyes for an Illinois senate seat, Time asked if he was "The future of the Democratic Party?"
|
(Barack) Obama
|
TIME's TOP 100 |
|
Perhaps the most distinguished 20th century sonneteer was this German poet in works like "Sonnets to Orpheus"
|
(Rainer Maria) Rilke
|
SONNETS |
|
1494's Treaty of Tordesillas aimed to settle a dispute between Portugal & this nation over New World territories
|
Spain
|
FROM THE PORTUGUESE |
|
'In 1950 Pius XII was Pontifex Maximus; exactly 2,000 years earlier, this man held a title of the same name')
|
Julius Caesar
|
RANKS & TITLES |
|
(Cheryl of the Clue Crue walks around a control panel in the JFK Library & Museum in Boston, MA.) This equipment was used for the first televised presidential debate between John F. Kennedy & this man
|
Nixon
|
THE JOHN F. KENNEDY LIBRARY AND MUSEUM |
|
No. 2 for these 2 in '82: "The girl is mine, the doggone girl is mine, don't waste your time, because the doggone girl is mine"
|
Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney
|
LYRICALLY YOURS |
|
Gerbert picked this name, not Tweety, when he became pope in 999
|
Sylvester
|
POPE-POURRI |
|
John Lennon,Ringo Starr,George Harrison
|
Ringo Starr
|
BORN FIRST |
|
Their rivalry was legend, but on Halloween, be it Braeburn or Criterion... this fruit's gonna get candied
|
an apple
|
FOOD A LAFONTAINE |
|
From the Latin for "weaving", it's any woven or knitted fabric
|
a textile
|
"T" TIME |
|
A 19th C. goblet in the library was given to Pres. Kennedy when he visited this country of his ancestors in 1963
|
Ireland
|
THE JOHN F. KENNEDY LIBRARY AND MUSEUM |
|
"She'll make you live her crazy life but she'll take away your pain, like a bullet to your brain" in this 1999 song
|
"Livin\' La Vida Loca"
|
LYRICALLY YOURS |
|
Pope Paul VI named more than 2 dozen new ones of these in 1965, bringing the world total up to 103
|
cardinals
|
POPE-POURRI |
|
Stokely Carmichael,Martin Luther King, Jr.,Malcolm X
|
Malcolm X
|
BORN FIRST |
|
It's a pastry shell filled with a custard of seasonings, eggs & cream... this November, real men will eat...
|
quiche
|
FOOD A LAFONTAINE |
|
Dipsy is the green one of these characters on PBS
|
a Teletubby
|
"T" TIME |
|
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew points to a coconut shell enshrined in the JFK Library & Museum in Boston, MA.) This is the actual piece of coconut on which John F. Kennedycarved a plea for helpafter this boat was cut in half during World War II
|
PT-109
|
THE JOHN F. KENNEDY LIBRARY AND MUSEUM |
|
In 1986, Sammy Hagar wailed, "Only time will tell if we stand the test of time" when he was this band's lead singer
|
Van Halen
|
LYRICALLY YOURS |
|
Pope Gregory IX formalized the medieval version of this one-word search & destroy heretics program
|
the Inquisition
|
POPE-POURRI |
|
Alexander the Great,Darius the Great,Frederick the Great
|
Darius
|
BORN FIRST |
|
Once, this vit. A & C-rich herb got top billing; now, sage, rosemary & thyme are back in "Scarborough Fair 2: Reloaded"
|
parsley
|
FOOD A LAFONTAINE |
|
This small Arizona city is home to Boot Hill Graveyard & the O.K. Corral
|
Tombstone
|
"T" TIME |
|
The library has JFK's phonetic notations to remind himself how to pronounce these 4 words on June 26, 1963
|
Ich bin ein Berliner
|
THE JOHN F. KENNEDY LIBRARY AND MUSEUM |
|
Can't argue with that: in "Fly Like An Eagle" he sang, "Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'... into the future"
|
(Steve) Miller
|
LYRICALLY YOURS |
|
Nicholas V was the last pope to serve concurrently with one of these--Felix V, who resigned in 1449
|
an antipope
|
POPE-POURRI |
|
Leon Trotsky,Vladimir Lenin,Josef Stalin
|
Lenin
|
BORN FIRST |
|
Boneless, from the small end of the tenderloin... it's coming after your credit card... with a vengeance
|
filet mignon
|
FOOD A LAFONTAINE |
|
Thin, pale & young, the image of this model born Leslie Hornby seemed to sum up her era
|
Twiggy
|
"T" TIME |
|
(Sarah of the Clue Crew fawns over a metal-plated case in the JFK Library & Museum in Boston, MA.) This beautiful humidor, sans cigars, was given to John F. Kennedy by this cranky premier when they first met in Vienna in 1961
|
Nikita Khrushchev
|
THE JOHN F. KENNEDY LIBRARY AND MUSEUM |
|
In this hit, "Feels so good when you know you're down, a super dope homeboy from the Oaktown... Stop. Hammer time"
|
"U Can\'t Touch This"
|
LYRICALLY YOURS |
|
John Paul Stevens,William Rehnquist,David Souter
|
John Paul Stevens
|
BORN FIRST |
|
Sponge cake, ice cream, meringue, baked hot for 5 minutes... at your next party, this "stately" dessert will be on fire!
|
Baked Alaska
|
FOOD A LAFONTAINE |
|
It's beef stomach lining, yum!
|
tripe
|
"T" TIME |
|
(Leroy Chiao, aboard the International Space Station, reads the clue.) On January 14, 2004 President Bush said the I.S.S. would focus on human biology in space, to prepare for a first visit to this planet
|
Mars
|
MAN IN SPACE |
|
"The Blob","Bullitt","The Thomas Crown Affair"
|
(Steve) McQueen
|
FILMOGRAPHIES |
|
Garfield Todd tried to reduce government racism as a 1950s P.M. of Southern Rhodesia, now this country
|
Zimbabwe
|
WHAT HATH TODD WROUGHT? |
|
25 of the title character's poems form the last part of this Boris Pasternak novel
|
Dr. Zhivago
|
RUSSIAN LIT |
|
In boxing, do something crazy like, I don't know, biting a guy's ear off & you'll get a DQ, this
|
disqualification
|
16- (YES, 16-) LETTER WORDS |
|
Deke Slayton, grounded from this program in 1962 for medical reasons, finally went into space in 1975
|
the Mercury program
|
MAN IN SPACE |
|
"Evelyn","The Tailor of Panama","The Thomas Crown Affair"
|
(Pierce) Brosnan
|
FILMOGRAPHIES |
|
Not only was Henry Ford born in this Michigan city, he also started his first auto company there
|
Dearborn
|
HISTORIC "D" TOUR |
|
In 1779 Isaac Todd helped form the North West Co. to challenge the Hudson Bay Co.'s monopoly in this trade
|
the fur trade
|
WHAT HATH TODD WROUGHT? |
|
When parts of this novel were published in Paris in 1973, Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn was branded a traitor
|
The Gulag Archipelago
|
RUSSIAN LIT |
|
An attack by an army against an already-attacking enemy force
|
counteroffensive
|
16- (YES, 16-) LETTER WORDS |
|
(Leroy Chiao reads again.) An early vision of aspace stationwas in a 1952 Collier's magazine article by this scientist
|
Wernher von Braun
|
MAN IN SPACE |
|
"Get Shorty","Ransom","The Thomas Crown Affair"
|
Rene Russo
|
FILMOGRAPHIES |
|
In 1895 French army captain Alfred Dreyfus was sent there
|
Devil\'s Island
|
HISTORIC "D" TOUR |
|
He promoted the wide-screen process Todd-AO, first used in the 1955 movie "Oklahoma!"
|
Mike Todd
|
WHAT HATH TODD WROUGHT? |
|
While in Moscow for the first performance of his "The Cherry Orchard", he became ill and soon died
|
Anton Chekhov
|
RUSSIAN LIT |
|
Breathe into a paper bag to relax the muscles when suffering from this, breathing too fast & too deeply
|
hyperventilation
|
16- (YES, 16-) LETTER WORDS |
|
"Nixon","Pleasantville","The Upside of Anger"
|
Joan Allen
|
FILMOGRAPHIES |
|
For many years Paul Klee taught at the National Academy of Art in this German city
|
Dusseldorf
|
HISTORIC "D" TOUR |
|
In 1812 Thomas Todd didn't need a wedding at the Elks Lodge; his bride's sister Dolley arranged to have it here
|
the White House
|
WHAT HATH TODD WROUGHT? |
|
Before his death sentence was commuted he wrote "The Little Hero"; after being freed, he wrote "The Idiot"
|
Fyodor Dostoevsky
|
RUSSIAN LIT |
|
Indisputable, or not open to question, it can precede "evidence" in a courtroom
|
incontrovertible
|
16- (YES, 16-) LETTER WORDS |
|
"Gosford Park","Random Hearts","The Horse Whisperer"
|
Kristin Scott Thomas
|
FILMOGRAPHIES |
|
Until 1975 the West African Republic of Benin was known by this name
|
Dahomey
|
HISTORIC "D" TOUR |
|
John Todd gave his name to a type of this algebraic expression of 2 or more terms connected by symbols
|
polynomials
|
WHAT HATH TODD WROUGHT? |
|
Some say this 1836 Nikolay Gogol play about a civil servant named Khlestakov is the greatest in the Russian language
|
The Inspector General
|
RUSSIAN LIT |
|
An extinct genus of small-brained, large-toothed bipedal hominids that lived in Africa 1 to 4 million years ago
|
Australopithecus
|
16- (YES, 16-) LETTER WORDS |
|
'The phrase "How I want a drink, alcoholic of course" is often used to help memorize this')
|
Pi
|
BY THE NUMBERS |
|
Longer than the Mississippi, this river wasn't made navigable until the 20th century
|
Missouri River
|
U.S. GEOGRAPHY |
|
One-word title for the person who operated the device developed by Samuel F.B. Morse
|
Telegrapher
|
ODD JOBS |
|
In the Middle Ages this insect was dedicated to the Virgin & called "The Beetle Of Our Lady"
|
Ladybug/Ladybird Beetle
|
ANIMALS |
|
Robert Frost wrote, "To" do this "is human, not to, animal"
|
Err
|
QUOTES |
|
Tofu has been prepared on this continent for over 1,000 years
|
Asia
|
FOOD & DRINK |
|
Baseball player Jay Hanna Dean was known by this giddy moniker
|
Dizzy Dean
|
NICKNAMES |
|
This 10-state region isn't flat; it rises from 2,000 ft. near Omaha to 6,000 ft. at Cheyenne
|
Great Plains
|
U.S. GEOGRAPHY |
|
From the Greek for "know beforehand", it's someone who predicts things, like the weather
|
Prognosticator
|
ODD JOBS |
|
Smaller forms of these birds are usually called doves
|
Pigeons
|
ANIMALS |
|
In "An Essay On Man" Pope wrote this "springs eternal in the human breast"
|
Hope
|
QUOTES |
|
Planted chiefly in Hawaii, the most widely grown variety of this fruit is the smooth cayenne
|
Pineapple
|
FOOD & DRINK |
|
Bewhiskered western sidekick George Hayes went by this "talkative" nickname
|
Gabby Hayes
|
NICKNAMES |
|
The only state with areas that have a Mediterranean climate
|
California
|
U.S. GEOGRAPHY |
|
A cryptographer doesn't break into tombs but breaks these
|
Codes
|
ODD JOBS |
|
The largest members of this phylum are the giant squids & the smallest are snails
|
Mollusks
|
ANIMALS |
|
Advised not to be a lawyer, as the profession was overcrowded, D. Webster said, "There is always room" here
|
At the top
|
QUOTES |
|
This French word describes the very driest champagnes
|
Brut
|
FOOD & DRINK |
|
He's been called "The World's Oldest Living Teenager"
|
Dick Clark
|
NICKNAMES |
|
The lower valley of the Susquehanna & its tributaries have created this large Atlantic bay
|
Chesapeake Bay
|
U.S. GEOGRAPHY |
|
The job of a sommelier in a restaurant is to serve this
|
Wine
|
ODD JOBS |
|
These arachnids differ from true spiders by the extreme length & thinness of their legs
|
Daddy Longlegs
|
ANIMALS |
|
Carl Sandburg wrote, "Sometime they'll give" one of these "and nobody will come"
|
War
|
QUOTES |
|
This mixture of apples, nuts, celery & mayonnaise was named for a hotel
|
Waldorf Salad
|
FOOD & DRINK |
|
He earned the nickname "Hero of Mobile Bay" in the Civil War
|
Admiral David Farragut
|
NICKNAMES |
|
This western branch of the Appalachians runs from north central Penn. through MD., VA. & W. VA.
|
Alleghenies
|
U.S. GEOGRAPHY |
|
If you hired an expert in drayage, you needed this done
|
Having something moved (or hauled by cart in the old days)
|
ODD JOBS |
|
Surprisingly, the white, or beluga, species of this mammal can be found in the St. Lawrence River
|
Whale
|
ANIMALS |
|
Kipling said, "He travels the fastest who travels" this way
|
Alone
|
QUOTES |
|
The "Court" variety of this is a stock in which fish are poached & can contain herbs & vegetables
|
Boullion
|
FOOD & DRINK |
|
This producer of "Hello, Dolly!" has been called "The Barnum of Broadway Producers"
|
David Merrick
|
NICKNAMES |
|
Wess Roberts called his 1989 guide to success "Leadership Secrets Of" this Hun
|
Attila
|
BOOKS OF THE '80S |
|
Although Switzerland has 4 national languages, 70% of the population speaks this one
|
German
|
SWITZERLAND |
|
The tea thrown overboard into Boston harbor in 1773 belonged to this British company
|
East India Comapny
|
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION |
|
1 of the 2 Bogart movies with "Sierra" in their titles
|
High Sierra&Treasure of the Sierra Madre
|
CINEMA |
|
According to Collier's Encyclopedia, this son of Cronus had more than 3 dozen kids
|
Zeus
|
MYTHS & LEGENDS |
|
This "new" art style was popular in France just before Art Deco
|
Art Nouveau
|
ART & DESIGN |
|
John Gregory Dunne's '89 memoir, "Harp", details his search for his ancestral roots in this country
|
Ireland
|
BOOKS OF THE '80S |
|
This is compulsory for all men between the ages of 20 & 50
|
Military Service
|
SWITZERLAND |
|
In 1776, while encamped with Washington's troops, he wrote, "These are the times that try men's souls"
|
Thomas Paine
|
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION |
|
This '84 film about the horrors of the Khmer Rouge was finally shown in a Cambodian theater in 1989
|
"The Killing Fields"
|
CINEMA |
|
This Greek god lived with his wife, Amphitrite, in a golden palace at the bottom of the sea
|
Poseidon
|
MYTHS & LEGENDS |
|
A walkway or porch with a roof supported by columns, it's featured in Greek architecture
|
Portico
|
ART & DESIGN |
|
Robert D. Parker's "Poodle Springs" is based on this author's unfinished Philip Marlowe novel
|
Raymond Chandler
|
BOOKS OF THE '80S |
|
This white star-shaped flower is Switzerland's national flower
|
Edelweiss
|
SWITZERLAND |
|
In 1780 & '81 this general commanded Britain's forces in the southern colonies
|
Lord Cornwallis
|
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION |
|
The Horse of a Different Color in this film was actually 6 different horses colored with Jell-O powder
|
"The Wizard of Oz"
|
CINEMA |
|
Born from the blood of Uranus, they punish those who escape punishment
|
The Furies
|
MYTHS & LEGENDS |
|
This name refers to any depiction of the Virgin holding the dead Christ, not just Michelangelo's sculpture
|
Pieta
|
ART & DESIGN |
|
Tom Wolfe has described this book of his as "A 'Vanity Fair' written 150 years later"
|
"Bonfire of the Vanities"
|
BOOKS OF THE '80S |
|
On the night of April 18, 1775, he & Paul Revere rode the countryside warning of the Redcoats' advance
|
William Dawes
|
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION |
|
In "The Road to Utopia", Bob Hope acted macho by saying, "I'll take lemonade - - in" one of these
|
A Dirty Glass
|
CINEMA |
|
Among Hercules' teachers were these twins who taught him horsemanship & boxing
|
Castor & Pollux
|
MYTHS & LEGENDS |
|
A praying desk with a knee bench, its name means "Pray God"
|
Prie-Dieu
|
ART & DESIGN |
|
"The Noose of Laurels" concludes that neither of these rivals reached the North Pole
|
Frederic Cook & Robert Peary
|
BOOKS OF THE '80S |
|
In 1774 the 1st Continental Congress convened at this Philadelphia building, not Independence Hall
|
Carpenters\' Hall
|
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION |
|
Near the end of this 1959 Hitchcock film, Martin Landau falls off Mount Rushmore
|
"North By Northwest"
|
CINEMA |
|
The Romans worshipped this huntress in a grove south of Rome
|
Diana
|
MYTHS & LEGENDS |
|
Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe & Philip Johnson designed this NYC skyscraper named for a liquor company
|
Seagram\'s Building/Tower
|
ART & DESIGN |
|
'Country whose basic monetary unit is the Balboa')
|
Panama
|
MONEY |
|
Edmund Randolph helped draft & ratify the Constitution before becoming this man's Attorney General
|
Washington
|
ATTORNEYS GENERAL |
|
The Boston Red Sox won the 2004 World Series in 4 straight games, finally exorcising this man's "curse"
|
The Bambino (The Babe accepted)
|
THE WORLD SERIES |
|
Also a Lone Star State lottery game, it's a numerical country dance
|
the Texas Two-Step
|
STATE THE ITEM |
|
Eskimo boat
|
kayak
|
PALINDROMIC WORDS |
|
Born on Oct. 31, 1887 in the Zhejiang Province, he'd Taiwan-on in 1949
|
Chiang Kai-shek
|
BORN |
|
A Louisiana man put $20 on a Circle-K counter, asked for change, then robbed the place for $15; he forgot about this
|
the $20 he had put in
|
THE DARWIN AWARDS |
|
A relative of Napoleon, Charles Bonaparte served as Navy Secretary in 1905 & later as Attorney General for this president
|
Theodore Roosevelt
|
ATTORNEYS GENERAL |
|
"Say Hey"! This Giants outfielder's catch of a Vic Wertz drive was a highlight of the 1954 World Series
|
Willie Mays
|
THE WORLD SERIES |
|
About 250 of these 2-named Western U.S. vultures survive in the world, most in captivity
|
California condors
|
STATE THE ITEM |
|
A failed munition
|
dud
|
PALINDROMIC WORDS |
|
Born on March 18, 1869 in Birmingham, England, he appeased away 71 years later
|
Neville Chamberlain
|
BORN |
|
A teen involved in a previous fireworks mishap tried to light gunpowder with this 9-letter metalworking aid
|
a blowtorch
|
THE DARWIN AWARDS |
|
This man appointed Harry Daugherty, who'd helped him become lt. gov. of Ohio & a U.S. senator as well as president
|
Warren G. Harding
|
ATTORNEYS GENERAL |
|
In game one of the 1968 Series, this Cardinals pitcher struck out a record 17 Tigers
|
Bob Gibson
|
THE WORLD SERIES |
|
An American breed of chickens having dark reddish-brown feathers & producing brown eggs
|
a Rhode Island red
|
STATE THE ITEM |
|
A title for an important Islamic leader; Khan you dig it?
|
aga
|
PALINDROMIC WORDS |
|
No truth to the rumor this Soviet leader's eyebrows added 5 lbs. to his Dec. 19, 1906 birth
|
(Leonid) Brezhnev
|
BORN |
|
A man from this "Nutmeg State" ended a chase by ducking into a high-security prison, thinking it was a mall
|
Connecticut
|
THE DARWIN AWARDS |
|
A.G. Roger Taney wrote this president's speech announcing the veto of the bill renewing the Bank of the U.S.
|
Andrew Jackson
|
ATTORNEYS GENERAL |
|
This outfielder was named World Series MVP twice: with the Oakland A's in 1973 & with the Yankees in 1977
|
Reggie Jackson
|
THE WORLD SERIES |
|
"Yes, I lost my little darlin' the night they were playing" this beautiful state song
|
the "Tennessee Waltz"
|
STATE THE ITEM |
|
Muscle "cuff" that permits free shoulder movement
|
rotator
|
PALINDROMIC WORDS |
|
He made his very first exploration into the cold world on July 16, 1872 in Borge, near Oslo, Norway
|
Amundsen
|
BORN |
|
Explosive habit! A W.V. man lit a cigarette in an outhouse but forgot about the presence of this, aka marsh gas
|
methane
|
THE DARWIN AWARDS |
|
This Yankee catcher hit the 1st pinch-hit home run in Series history in '47; he hit 11 more homers in his Series career
|
Yogi Berra
|
THE WORLD SERIES |
|
1854's Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed this
|
the Missouri Compromise
|
STATE THE ITEM |
|
Enemy of God in Ezekiel & Revelation
|
Gog
|
PALINDROMIC WORDS |
|
This painter was nude descending into the world on July 28, 1887 in Blainville, France
|
(Marcel) Duchamp
|
BORN |
|
In '02 a boy in this westernmost cont. European country refused his soup until Mom let him play with a gun; yes, she survived
|
Portugal
|
THE DARWIN AWARDS |
|
A tear in this light-receptive layer at the back of the eye can cause it to detach from the underlying tissue
|
the retina
|
HEALTH & MEDICINE |
|
1997:Agent J,Agent K,Chief Zed
|
Men in Black
|
MOVIES BY CHARACTERS |
|
In Act I her nurse & mother discuss her upcoming 14th birthday
|
Juliet
|
SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN |
|
This funny man & movie Santa Claus titled one of his books of musings "Don't Stand Too Close to a Naked Man"
|
Tim Allen
|
THE NAKED TRUTH |
|
This mountain has additional named peaks that exceed 24,000 feet, including Lhotse & Changtse
|
Mount Everest
|
MOUNTAINS |
|
In 1891 African-American jockey Isaac Murphy became the first man to win this horse race 3 times
|
the Kentucky Derby
|
"K" RATIONS |
|
A lack of iodine in the diet can cause a goiter, which is an enlargement of this gland that's just below the larynx
|
a thyroid
|
HEALTH & MEDICINE |
|
1978:Bluto,Otter,Flounder,D-Day
|
Animal House
|
MOVIES BY CHARACTERS |
|
She says of her husband, "His unkindness may defeat my life, but never taint my love" (She was right)
|
Desdemona
|
SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN |
|
Flash back to this event in 1974 where the famous photo seenherewas taken
|
the Oscars
|
THE NAKED TRUTH |
|
The name of Mexico's Popocatepetl means "smoking mountain" in the language of this people
|
the Aztecs
|
MOUNTAINS |
|
From a Chinese word meaning "skill", it's an ancient style of weaponless combat
|
kung fu
|
"K" RATIONS |
|
An angiogram may reveal one of these bulges in the wall of a blood vessel
|
an aneurysm
|
HEALTH & MEDICINE |
|
2005:Paul Crewe,Warden Hazen,Cheeseburger
|
The Longest Yard
|
MOVIES BY CHARACTERS |
|
The Duke of Albany & the Duke of Cornwall are the husbands of these 2 sisters
|
Goneril & Regan
|
SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN |
|
When Adam & Eve realized they were naked, they sewed these together to make aprons
|
fig leaves
|
THE NAKED TRUTH |
|
The name of this sacred mountain is said to be derived from the Ainu word for "fire"
|
Mount Fuji
|
MOUNTAINS |
|
For more than 1,000 years, this city served as the seat of Japan's imperial court
|
Kyoto
|
"K" RATIONS |
|
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the top secretJeopardy!science lab.) It's the 11-letter adjective forthistype of medical application; the first approved use was for motion sickness
|
transdermal
|
HEALTH & MEDICINE |
|
1974:The Waco Kid,Hedley Lamarr,Mongo
|
Blazing Saddles
|
MOVIES BY CHARACTERS |
|
Hurry up & name this character who makes bawdy puns during a Latin lesson in "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
|
Mistress Quickly
|
SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN |
|
Taken by this woman, the last portrait of John Lennon shows him nude on a bed with a fully clothed Yoko Ono
|
Annie Leibovitz
|
THE NAKED TRUTH |
|
Canada's 10 highest mountains lie totally or partly in this territory
|
the Yukon Territory
|
MOUNTAINS |
|
This melancholic philosopher & author of "Fear & Trembling" was a frail hunchback born in Denmark in 1813
|
Kierkegaard
|
"K" RATIONS |
|
In a severe case, this lateral curvature of the spine can cause a 90-degree displacement of the pelvis
|
scoliosis
|
HEALTH & MEDICINE |
|
1989:Ray& Annie Kinsella,Moonlight Graham
|
Field of Dreams
|
MOVIES BY CHARACTERS |
|
She's the younger sister in "The Taming of the Shrew"
|
Bianca
|
SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN |
|
Many speculate that the model for Goya's "The Naked Maja" was the duchess of this
|
Alba
|
THE NAKED TRUTH |
|
Although it stands almost on the equator, this second-highest African peak is capped by 12 glaciers
|
Mount Kenya
|
MOUNTAINS |
|
A famous book of medieval illuminated manuscripts bears the name of this town in Ireland's County Meath
|
Kells
|
"K" RATIONS |
|
'His great-granddad wrote the best-seller "White Rose of Memphis", a city 40 miles north of the county in which he was raised')
|
William Faulkner
|
NOVELISTS |
|
This star of "Kojak" admits he shaves his head every morning
|
Telly Savalas
|
FAMOUS NAMES |
|
"When you care enough to send the very best", send one of these
|
Hallmark Card
|
ADVERTISING SLOGANS |
|
Among these tales told by Jesus were those "of the net", "of the mustard seed" & "of the hidden treasures"
|
Parables
|
THE BIBLE |
|
Airplanes can trigger bolts of this when traveling through electrified clouds
|
Lightning
|
WEATHER |
|
This word commonly follows cuff or missing
|
Link
|
4-LETTER WORDS |
|
Gerald Ford was the last president born under this "crab"by sign
|
Cancer
|
PRESIDENTIAL ASTROLOGY |
|
Creator of "The Cisco Kid", William Sidney Porter was better known by this name
|
O. Henry
|
FAMOUS NAMES |
|
"Wouldn't you really rather have" one of these cars
|
Buick
|
ADVERTISING SLOGANS |
|
I Corinthians 7:9 states, "It is better to marry than to" do this
|
Burn
|
THE BIBLE |
|
Air is described as supersaturated when the relative humidity is higher than this percent
|
100%
|
WEATHER |
|
From the Greek word for "deep sleep", it's a deep, prolonged unconsciousness
|
Coma
|
4-LETTER WORDS |
|
It's Jimmy Carter's sign, so don't tip his scales
|
Libra
|
PRESIDENTIAL ASTROLOGY |
|
"The First Time Ever" she had a No. 1 album was "First Take" in 1972
|
Roberta Flack
|
FAMOUS NAMES |
|
"I like" this lemon-lime soda "in you"
|
Sprite
|
ADVERTISING SLOGANS |
|
It was like coriander seed, white; & the taste of it was like wafers made with honey
|
Manna
|
THE BIBLE |
|
Tornadoes that develop over water are called these
|
Waterspouts
|
WEATHER |
|
It can be part of your foot, your shoe, your stocking or your loaf of bread
|
Heel
|
4-LETTER WORDS |
|
Appropriately, we've had 2 presidents born under this sign, Bush & Kennedy
|
Gemini
|
PRESIDENTIAL ASTROLOGY |
|
George Bush pardoned this 91-year-old industrialist for his illegal contributions to Nixon's campaign
|
Armand Hammer
|
FAMOUS NAMES |
|
"Tan, don't burn use" this
|
Coppertone
|
ADVERTISING SLOGANS |
|
Things saved from this city were the gold & silver, the iron & brass vessels & Rahab & her family
|
Jericho
|
THE BIBLE |
|
Season of the year when Arizona has its "monsoons"
|
Summer
|
WEATHER |
|
A roue, or his garden implement
|
Rake
|
4-LETTER WORDS |
|
Our last Sagittarian pres.; his last name sounds like something Sagittarius' arrows could do
|
(Franklin) Pierce
|
PRESIDENTIAL ASTROLOGY |
|
Ines de la Fressange was a Chanel model when she was chosen to represent this French symbol
|
Marianne
|
FAMOUS NAMES |
|
This maker of pre-school toys says, "Our work is child's play"
|
Fisher-Price
|
ADVERTISING SLOGANS |
|
While carting this, Uzza touched it to right it after the oxen stumbled, & the Lord smote him
|
The Ark of the Covenant
|
THE BIBLE |
|
An increase in air temperature at higher altitudes is unusual & is called this
|
Inversion
|
WEATHER |
|
A raisin can be called by this other fruit's name when it's added to a pudding or a cake
|
Plum
|
4-LETTER WORDS |
|
With the exception of R. Reagan, all the presidents born under this sign died in office
|
Aquarius (W.H. Harrison, Lincoln, McKinley & FDR were the presidents who died in office)
|
PRESIDENTIAL ASTROLOGY |
|
The iris is a flower & the ibis is one of these
|
Bird
|
SCIENCE & NATURE |
|
This country is named after the town of Oporto
|
Portugal
|
WORLD GEOGRAPHY |
|
In this 1935 film that made him a star, Errol Flynn was Dr. Peter Blood, a physician who turns to piracy
|
"Captain Blood"
|
PIRATE MOVIES |
|
He wrote a non-baby book called "Decent And Indecent: Our Personal And Political Behavior"
|
Dr. Benjamin Spock
|
AUTHORS |
|
It became a U.S. territory in 1900 & a state 59 years later
|
Hawaii
|
AMERICAN HISTORY |
|
Malaga is a sweet dessert wine that originated in this country
|
Spain
|
WINE |
|
In a healthy mouth, this line separates the crown from the root of a tooth
|
Gum Line
|
SCIENCE & NATURE |
|
The Sea of Galilee is just a broad basin of this river
|
The River Jordan
|
WORLD GEOGRAPHY |
|
Anthony Quinn was a pirate stuck with stowaway children in the film "A High Wind In" this place
|
Jamaica
|
PIRATE MOVIES |
|
This author's home where he wrote "To Have And Have Not" is now a nat'l landmark in Key West, Fla.
|
Ernest Hemingway
|
AUTHORS |
|
Susan B. Anthony was arrested in 1872 for doing this
|
Voting
|
AMERICAN HISTORY |
|
On wine labels, this word which means "estate" precedes Lafite & Mouton-Rothschild
|
Chateau
|
WINE |
|
Every summer thousands of these animals go to the Pribilof Islands in the north Pacific to breed
|
Seals
|
SCIENCE & NATURE |
|
The surface of this lake in Siberia is about 1,490 ft. above sea level, the bottom over 5,300 ft. below
|
Lake Baikal
|
WORLD GEOGRAPHY |
|
Silent screen swashbuckler; his film "The Black Pirate" has been called "a definitive pirate movie"
|
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.
|
PIRATE MOVIES |
|
Oscar Wilde's only novel
|
"The Picture Of Dorian Gray"
|
AUTHORS |
|
In 1949 Henry H. Arnold became the first general of this branch of the armed forces
|
Air Force
|
AMERICAN HISTORY |
|
"Anatomical" term for a wine's bouquet
|
Nose
|
WINE |
|
Man-made metal 1st positively identified in 1958 & named for a Swedish inventor; it has no known use
|
Nobelium
|
SCIENCE & NATURE |
|
Papua New Guinea is just off this country's Cape York Peninsula
|
Australia
|
WORLD GEOGRAPHY |
|
Robert Newton played this pirate before Peter Ustinov played his ghost in a Disney film
|
Blackbeard
|
PIRATE MOVIES |
|
An eye ailment contracted at Eton School ended his plans to study biology, like his brother Julian
|
Aldous Huxley
|
AUTHORS |
|
In April 1984 this U.S. government agency admitted its role in the mining of Nicaraguan harbors
|
CIA
|
AMERICAN HISTORY |
|
The term for pouring wine into another container before serving; it helps clear it of sediments
|
Decanting
|
WINE |
|
Take the fibrinogen out of blood plasma & you're left with a fluid called this
|
Serum
|
SCIENCE & NATURE |
|
1 of the 2 Central American countries with only 1 sea coast
|
Belize & El Salvador
|
WORLD GEOGRAPHY |
|
Ingrid Bergman's husband in "Casablanca", he played a pirate captain in "Pirates Of Tripoli"
|
Paul Henreid
|
PIRATE MOVIES |
|
A member of the Algonquin Round Table, this petite brunette wrote a story called "Big Blonde"
|
Dorothy Parker
|
AUTHORS |
|
John Hancock held this political position from 1780-85 & from 1787-93
|
Governor of Massachusetts
|
AMERICAN HISTORY |
|
The famous Moselle wines come from this country
|
Germany
|
WINE |
|
'The name of this channel can be traced back to a movie theater that opened in 1905 in McKeesport, Pa.')
|
Nickelodeon
|
CABLE TELEVISION |
|
Tuvalu used to be the Ellice these
|
Islands
|
ON OLD MAPS |
|
Though originally drafted by the Steelers, Johnny Unitas was a real "horse" for 17 years on this team
|
the (Baltimore) Colts
|
UNITAS AGAINST ALL ENEMIES |
|
Karl Probst designed an army recon vehicle in 2 days in 1940; we know it better as this
|
the Jeep
|
TRANSPORTATION |
|
Holtville, Ca. has carrot ice cream for its Carrot Festival, & Goleta, Ca. serves yellow cotton candy for this fruit's fest
|
the lemon
|
FUN ACROSS AMERICA |
|
John Stossel, a co-anchor of this ABC News show, overcame stuttering & has won 19 Emmys
|
20/20
|
CAN YOU DIGIT? |
|
"It is easier for" this animal "to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God"
|
a camel
|
ANIMAL QUOTATIONS |
|
Part of this country was once Kievan Rus
|
the Ukraine
|
ON OLD MAPS |
|
Johnny was considered "the Man with" this valuable type of appendage, like Frank Sinatra in a 1955 movie
|
"the Golden Arm"
|
UNITAS AGAINST ALL ENEMIES |
|
France II, at 419 feet the largest merchant sailing ship ever built, also had 2 of these to back up the sails
|
engines
|
TRANSPORTATION |
|
The world's largest Hard Rock Cafe really rocks on Citywalk at this Florida theme park
|
Universal Studios
|
FUN ACROSS AMERICA |
|
Number of stories on each of the 1,483-foot-high Petronas towers, or of keys on a standard piano keyboard
|
88
|
CAN YOU DIGIT? |
|
John Donne called it "Nature's great masterpiece... the only harmless great thing; the giant of beasts"
|
the elephant
|
ANIMAL QUOTATIONS |
|
What's now this Southwest Arizona city was Arizona City before being renamed for a native people
|
Yuma
|
ON OLD MAPS |
|
Johnny U won the 1958 NFL Championship game against Frank Gifford & this "mammoth" team
|
the (New York) Giants
|
UNITAS AGAINST ALL ENEMIES |
|
"Flight attendants prepare doors for departure and" do this means make sure your door & the one opposite yours are armed
|
cross-check
|
TRANSPORTATION |
|
Indulge in a cocoa massage or a chocolate sugar scrub at the Hotel Hershey's spa in this state
|
Pennsylvania
|
FUN ACROSS AMERICA |
|
For the records, translate these 2 Roman numerals, XLV & LXXVIII
|
45 & 78
|
CAN YOU DIGIT? |
|
"Honesty dwells like a miser... in a poor house, as your pearl in your foul" this
|
an oyster
|
ANIMAL QUOTATIONS |
|
1890s U.S. maps showed the twin territories, Oklahoma Territory & this
|
Indian Territory
|
ON OLD MAPS |
|
Johnny ended his Hall-of-Fame career with this Calif. team in '73, the rookie year of future Hall of Famer Dan Fouts
|
the San Diego Chargers
|
UNITAS AGAINST ALL ENEMIES |
|
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads while a burlesque puppet dances in the background.) Lucy will be strutting her stuff at a new $40 million theater built especially for "Avenue Q" in this city
|
Las Vegas
|
FUN ACROSS AMERICA |
|
Tennyson's "Valley of Death" chargers minus the total number of U.S. senators
|
500
|
CAN YOU DIGIT? |
|
Benjamin Disraeli wrote that this "which had never been thought of... rushed past the grandstand in sweeping triumph"
|
a dark horse
|
ANIMAL QUOTATIONS |
|
The area once known as United Provinces is now this Indian state that also has the initials U.P.
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
ON OLD MAPS |
|
Johnny's 47 straight games with one of these has been compared to DiMaggio's 56-game hit streak
|
a touchdown pass
|
UNITAS AGAINST ALL ENEMIES |
|
Windy, a 4-masted schooner, takes tourists on 90-minute cruises from this city's Navy Pier
|
Chicago
|
FUN ACROSS AMERICA |
|
In print journalism this number is traditionally used to mark the end of a piece of copy
|
30
|
CAN YOU DIGIT? |
|
In "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell", William Blake wrote, "The pride of" this bird "is the glory of God"
|
the peacock
|
ANIMAL QUOTATIONS |
|
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands in a room with a podium and plaques along the walls in the Pentagon.) The Pentagon's Hall of Heroes is dedicated to over 3,440 recipients of this, our nation's highest military decoration
|
the Congressional Medal of Honor
|
THE PENTAGON |
|
Native to South America,theseflowers from woody vines are commonly found in Florida & California
|
bougainvillea
|
FLOWER |
|
Alfred Nobel named this explosive after the Greek word for power
|
dynamite
|
POW-ER |
|
"You know, you're really nobody in L.A. unless you live in a house with a really big door"
|
L.A. Story
|
A STEVE MARTIN FILM FESTIVAL |
|
He wrote most of his "Waverley" novels while living at No. 39 Castle St. in Edinburgh
|
Sir Walter Scott
|
LITERARY LANDMARKS |
|
Its larvae infest & destroy the seedpods of cotton plants
|
boll weevils
|
"B" BRAVE |
|
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew wanders through a basement corridor in the Pentagon.) The Pentagon is so vast, in 1989 this Secretary of Defense got lost in the basement for 10 minutes before finding his way out
|
Dick Cheney
|
THE PENTAGON |
|
This flower seenherewas named for a Jesuit missionary, not for a 19th century French courtesan
|
a camellia
|
FLOWER |
|
This incendiary substance of gelled gasoline was used extensively in Vietnam
|
napalm
|
POW-ER |
|
"I can envision the day when the brains of brilliant men can be kept alive in the bodies of dumb people"
|
The Man with Two Brains
|
A STEVE MARTIN FILM FESTIVAL |
|
In the Bronx, visit the cottage that he shared with his sickly young wife Virginia, who, tragically, died there in 1847
|
Edgar Allan Poe
|
LITERARY LANDMARKS |
|
A work such as a movie that enjoys enormous success, or a home video rental chain that has enjoyed enormous success
|
blockbuster
|
"B" BRAVE |
|
Thisblossom is often used to symbolize events in the last hours of Christ's life, hence its name
|
the passion flower
|
FLOWER |
|
Meaning "moldable", it's a term for moldable explosive such as RDX & PETN
|
plastique
|
POW-ER |
|
"All dames are alike: they reach down your throat & they grab your heart, pull it out & they throw it on the floor"
|
Dead Men Don\'t Wear Plaid
|
A STEVE MARTIN FILM FESTIVAL |
|
Now a hotel, Seaham Hall is the manor where this licentious lord married Annabella Milbanke in 1815
|
Lord Byron
|
LITERARY LANDMARKS |
|
Two Bs back to back was this fashion designer's trademark
|
Bill Blass
|
"B" BRAVE |
|
The Rose of Sharon and the Chinese variety are popular types ofthisflower used in perfumes
|
a hibiscus
|
FLOWER |
|
This dye industry chemical was not used as an explosive until 1904; it later became prized by the military
|
TNT
|
POW-ER |
|
"Wherever there is injustice, you will find us"
|
The Three Amigos
|
A STEVE MARTIN FILM FESTIVAL |
|
Hyde Park's W.H. Hudson Memorial boasts a statue of this bird girl, heroine of Hudson's novel "Green Mansions"
|
Rima
|
LITERARY LANDMARKS |
|
A ratio of systolic & diastolic values
|
blood pressure
|
"B" BRAVE |
|
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew introduces us to a bust in the Pentagon.) This alcove is dedicated to this man, the first & only career soldier to win a Nobel Peace Prize
|
(George) Marshall
|
THE PENTAGON |
|
Native to Mexico,thisflower was named for a Swedish botanist & student of Linnaeus
|
the Dahlia
|
FLOWER |
|
This chemical explosive called blasting oil was discovered in 1846 by Ascanio Sobrero
|
nitroglycerin
|
POW-ER |
|
"He hates these cans! Stay away from the cans!"
|
The Jerk
|
A STEVE MARTIN FILM FESTIVAL |
|
You'll have to go to Gwent, Wales to see this abbey immortalized in a 1798 Wordsworth poem
|
Tintern Abbey
|
LITERARY LANDMARKS |
|
As many as 1 million may have died during the 1971 civil war that produced this country
|
Bangladesh
|
"B" BRAVE |
|
'It was originally painted as the centerpiece for the Spanish Government Pavillion at the 1937 Paris World\'s Fair')
|
Guernica(by Pablo Picasso)
|
FAMOUS PAINTINGS |
|
1980 film in which 2 shipwrecked kids grow up to be Brooke Shields & Christopher Atkins
|
"The Blue Lagoon"
|
"BLUE" MOVIES |
|
This test for cervical cancer was devised by & named for Dr. George Papanicolaou
|
Pap Smear
|
MEDICINE |
|
According to one superstition, a gift of a purse or wallet should always contain some of this
|
Money
|
SUPERSTITIONS |
|
Completes the proverb "Living well is the best..."
|
Revenge
|
PROVERBS |
|
The front part of a hindquarter with the flank removed, it may be "tender"
|
Loin
|
MEAT |
|
In England french fries are called this
|
Chips
|
POTATOES |
|
In this 1930 film Marlene Dietrich played Lola-Lola, a sultry cabaret singer
|
"The Blue Angel"
|
"BLUE" MOVIES |
|
Queen Victoria passed this hereditary blood disease to many of her royal descendants
|
Hemophilia
|
MEDICINE |
|
Wedding custom that is supposed to ensure the marriage will produce many children
|
throwing rice
|
SUPERSTITIONS |
|
These "that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails."
|
Bees
|
PROVERBS |
|
It's the term for a young pig that's fattened for its meat
|
Porker
|
MEAT |
|
About 10 days before harvest farmers do this to the vines
|
Cut them down
|
POTATOES |
|
George Gershwin's songs were featured in this 1945 biographical film
|
"Rhapsody In Blue"
|
"BLUE" MOVIES |
|
A disease that comes & goes quickly is "acute", while this describes a disease of long duration
|
Chronic
|
MEDICINE |
|
4 is an unlucky number in this country because "shi", the word for 4, sounds like the word for death
|
Japan
|
SUPERSTITIONS |
|
"Better the foot slip than" this
|
Tongue
|
PROVERBS |
|
This country is the world's largest exporter of mutton
|
Australia
|
MEAT |
|
To distinguish a potato from the unrelated sweet potato, it's usually called "Irish" or this color
|
White
|
POTATOES |
|
1 of the 2 Elvis Presley films that fit the category
|
"Blue Hawaii" & "G.I. Blues"
|
"BLUE" MOVIES |
|
Rickets is caused by inadequate exposure to sunlight or a lack of this vitamin in the diet
|
vitamin D
|
MEDICINE |
|
Term for the symbols seen on barns in Pennsylvania Dutch country
|
Hex signs
|
SUPERSTITIONS |
|
"The mouse that has but one" of these "is quickly taken."
|
Hole
|
PROVERBS |
|
This variety meat is the thymus gland, usually taken from a calf, but occasionally a lamb
|
Sweetbreads
|
MEAT |
|
This country leads the world in production of potatoes
|
Soviet Union
|
POTATOES |
|
Isabella Rossellini sang the title song, an old Bobby Vinton hit, in this 1986 film
|
"Blue Velvet"
|
"BLUE" MOVIES |
|
In the South it was thought a sin to do this, as in the title of a Harper Lee novel
|
"To Kill A Mockingbird"
|
SUPERSTITIONS |
|
Line that pairs with "See a pin and let it lie, you'll want a pin before you die."
|
"See a pin and pick it up, and all the day you shall have good luck."
|
PROVERBS |
|
Spelling that completes the jingle "Oscar Mayer has a way with...."
|
B-O-L-O-G-N-A
|
MEAT |
|
It's the primary variety of potato grown in the U.S.
|
Russet/Burbank
|
POTATOES |
|
The 2 Olympics are distinguished by these seasonal names
|
Summer & Winter
|
THE 4 SEASONS |
|
Mt. Waialeale, the wettest spot in the world, is located in this state
|
Hawaii
|
U.S. STATES |
|
She says to Juliet, "O Romeo, Romeo! Who ever would have thought it? Romeo!"
|
Juliet\'s Nurse
|
FICTIONAL SERVANTS |
|
King Victor Emmanuel III appionted him prime minister of Italy in 1922
|
Benito Mussolini
|
WORLD HISTORY |
|
During WWI the British called them "limps", the most common being the "B" type
|
Blimps
|
TRANSPORTATION |
|
"Come on and hear, come on and hear", this song, Berlin's first big hit, which he wrote in 1911
|
"Alexander\'s Ragtime Band"
|
IRVING BERLIN |
|
If you're old you're not this type of chicken
|
Spring Chicken
|
THE 4 SEASONS |
|
The capital of this state was named for Pierre Chouteau, a French fur trader
|
South Dakota
|
U.S. STATES |
|
She was nanny to little Londoners Jane & Michael Banks
|
Mary Poppins
|
FICTIONAL SERVANTS |
|
This Parisian school was founded as a college of theology in 1253
|
The Sorbonne
|
WORLD HISTORY |
|
It's said these are "manned" in an emergency, but they're usually womened & childrened first
|
Lifeboats
|
TRANSPORTATION |
|
This Irving Berlin song has been called "The Nation's Unofficial Second National Anthem"
|
"God Bless America"
|
IRVING BERLIN |
|
The 2 seasons that begin on an equinox
|
Spring & Fall
|
THE 4 SEASONS |
|
The Hawkeyes of this "Hawkeye State" must read a lot -- they have the highest literacy rate in the U.S.
|
Iowa
|
U.S. STATES |
|
What Mrs. Bridges did "downstairs" for the Bellamy famliy, who lived "upstairs"
|
Cook
|
FICTIONAL SERVANTS |
|
This N. European country was a grand duchy ruled by Russia before gaining its independence in 1917
|
Finland
|
WORLD HISTORY |
|
A San Franciscan can tell you BART stands for this
|
Bay Area Rapid Transit
|
TRANSPORTATION |
|
(AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE):In 1927 A. Jolson sang this Berlin tune in "The Jazz Singer"; Willie Nelson had a hit with it 50 years later:
|
"Blue Skies"
|
IRVING BERLIN |
|
In a sonnet Shakespeare asked, "Shall I compare thee" to a "day" in this season
|
Summer
|
THE 4 SEASONS |
|
Canyonlands National Park & Arches National Park are tourist attractions in this state
|
Utah
|
U.S. STATES |
|
P.G. Wodehouse first introduced this gentleman's gentleman in "Extricating Young Gussie"
|
Jeeves
|
FICTIONAL SERVANTS |
|
A reported attack on 2 U.S. destroyers in this gulf led to the passage of the 1964 resolution named for it
|
Gulf of Tonkin
|
WORLD HISTORY |
|
It's what "powered" the first B&O; passenger train back in 1830
|
Horses
|
TRANSPORTATION |
|
Berlin's 1946 Broadway hit, it featured the songs "The Girl That I Marry" & "I'm An Indian Too!"
|
"Annie Get Your Gun"
|
IRVING BERLIN |
|
The 2 seasons used to distinguish types of wheat
|
Winter & Spring
|
THE 4 SEASONS |
|
This state ceded Tennessee to the U.S. in 1784, then reclaimed it & ceded it again in 1789
|
North Carolina
|
U.S. STATES |
|
Jean Genet play in which 2 sisters attempt to poison their mistress
|
"The Maids"
|
FICTIONAL SERVANTS |
|
A 1795 partition ended its existence as a separate state in E. Europe; in 1918 it was back as a republic
|
Poland
|
WORLD HISTORY |
|
The Goodspeed, Sarah Constant & Discovery brought the first people to this settlement
|
Jamestown
|
TRANSPORTATION |
|
Complete's Jerome Kern's quote "Irving Berlin has no place in American music..."
|
"Irving Berlin Is American Music"
|
IRVING BERLIN |
|
'The 2 major literary monthlies founded in the 1850s that survive today')
|
The Atlantic Monthly & Harpers
|
MAGAZINES |
|
1993:An undersized undergrad fights to make the Notre Dame football team
|
Rudy
|
SPORTS MOVIES |
|
Aeschylus wrote of this "bound" Titan who was a hero to humankind
|
Prometheus
|
REMEMBER THE TITANS |
|
Heiress Marie-Chantal Miller wed Prince Pavlos of this country in a 6-figure-priced gown in 1995
|
Greece
|
MILLION DOLLAR BABY |
|
After this 1968 Communist onslaught, Walter Cronkite told Americans Vietnam didn't look winnable
|
the Tet Offensive
|
THE BAD NEWS BEARERS |
|
Hurricane season in the U.S. runs from the first of June to the end of this month
|
November
|
THE HURRICANE |
|
60-footer of the North Atlantic
|
a right whale
|
ALL THE "RIGHT" MOVES |
|
1980:A self-destructive middleweight boxing champ battles in & out of the ring
|
Raging Bull
|
SPORTS MOVIES |
|
Mnemosyne, the Titan goddess of memory, was also the mother of these inspirational goddesses
|
the Muses
|
REMEMBER THE TITANS |
|
Born Oct. 5, 1983, she was named for her great-uncle, once married to Elizabeth Taylor
|
Nikki Hilton
|
MILLION DOLLAR BABY |
|
(Hi, I'm Keith Olbermann.) For my coverage of the 9/11 events, I won one of the awards named for this famous newscaster who died in 1965
|
(Edward R.) Murrow
|
THE BAD NEWS BEARERS |
|
One of only 3 category 5 hurricanes to hit the U.S. since 1899, it struck Florida with a vengeance in 1992
|
Andrew
|
THE HURRICANE |
|
Bring up a pop-up menu by doing it with your mouse
|
right-click
|
ALL THE "RIGHT" MOVES |
|
1984:An overaged baseball player comes out of nowhere to become a legendary player
|
The Natural
|
SPORTS MOVIES |
|
Goddess of the Earth, was was the mother of the Titans
|
Gaia
|
REMEMBER THE TITANS |
|
Beauregard & Rhett are 2 of this billionaire's grown kids
|
Ted Turner
|
MILLION DOLLAR BABY |
|
Russell Jones won a 1957 Pulitzer for reporting on "ruthless Soviet repression of" this rebellious people
|
the Hungarians
|
THE BAD NEWS BEARERS |
|
You could call Max Mayfield the Cyclone Ranger as he's the director of this, the NHC
|
the National Hurricane Center
|
THE HURRICANE |
|
Hillary Clinton once said a "vast" this had existed "against my husband since the day he announced for president"
|
a right-wing conspiracy
|
ALL THE "RIGHT" MOVES |
|
1996:A washed-up golf pro tries to qualify for the U.S. Open to impress a woman
|
Tin Cup
|
SPORTS MOVIES |
|
The youngest of the Titans, he found time to father the Olympians
|
Cronos
|
REMEMBER THE TITANS |
|
Little Caleigh was at the center of a custody fight between Patricia Duff & this man the tabloids call "Revlon Ron"
|
Ron Perelman
|
MILLION DOLLAR BABY |
|
John Howard Griffin darkened his skin to research this 1961 expose of racism
|
Black Like Me
|
THE BAD NEWS BEARERS |
|
The deadliest hurricane in U.S. history killed more than 8,000 people when it hit this Texas city in September 1900
|
Galveston
|
THE HURRICANE |
|
The text of the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment deals with this
|
the right to bear arms
|
ALL THE "RIGHT" MOVES |
|
1988:Professional baseball players deliberately lose the 1919 World Series
|
Eight Men Out
|
SPORTS MOVIES |
|
A South American birdie told me this Titan was Zeus' mother & mother-in-law
|
Rhea
|
REMEMBER THE TITANS |
|
In 1972 Edward C. Johnson 3d faithfully took over from his dad, the 2d, as head of this big mutual fund company
|
Fidelity Investments
|
MILLION DOLLAR BABY |
|
From Germany, reporter Sigrid Schultz had the store of this deadly night in the Nov. 10, 1938 Chicago Tribune
|
Kristallnacht
|
THE BAD NEWS BEARERS |
|
Sacre Bleu! Hurricane Lenny flooded out the 1999 tourist season on this Dutch-French Caribbean island
|
St. Martin (or St. Maarten)
|
THE HURRICANE |
|
It's the correct 2-word prefix to the titles of earls & barons
|
Right Honourable
|
ALL THE "RIGHT" MOVES |
|
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands in front of a modest home.) I'm at Richard Nixon's birthplace in this Orange County, California city
|
Yorba Linda
|
WHERE AM I? |
|
Patrick the starfish often visits this TV title friend at 123 Conch Street, Bikini Bottom, USA
|
SpongeBob SquarePants
|
TV SHOW ADDRESSES |
|
Since Judith Krantz was this puppeteer's sister-in-law, guess that made her Lamb Chop's aunt
|
(Shari) Lewis
|
WRITERS' RELATIVES |
|
If she sells seashells in the Seychelles, she knows that the coco de mer found there is a huge one of these
|
a coconut
|
INTERNATIONAL "C"UISINE |
|
Scored a 10 with "Bolero" for a ballet commission in 1928, clock struck 12 in Paris on Dec. 28, 1937
|
Ravel
|
COMPOSING, DECOMPOSING |
|
The greatest distance it's possible to see with the naked eye, it's often part of the weather forecast
|
visibility
|
10-LETTER WORDS |
|
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from a busy terminal.) I'm at this site, once called Idlewild, which, in aceremonyDecember 24, 1963, was officially renamed this
|
JFK International Airport
|
WHERE AM I? |
|
Apartment No. 1901, Elliot Bay Towers, Seattle was home to this befuddled radio headshrinker
|
Frasier Crane
|
TV SHOW ADDRESSES |
|
Catharine Beecher, a promoter of higher education for women, was the sister of this famous author
|
Harriet Beecher Stowe
|
WRITERS' RELATIVES |
|
In sushi bars, tairagai is the razor-shell type of this
|
a clam
|
INTERNATIONAL "C"UISINE |
|
Gave us "Symphony No. 1 in E Minor" in 1899, gave out on Sept. 20, 1957 in Jarvenpaa, Finland
|
Sibelius
|
COMPOSING, DECOMPOSING |
|
A driveway area where cars reverse direction, or the time needed to complete a task
|
turnaround
|
10-LETTER WORDS |
|
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the seaside.) I'm at this site built to defend against foreign enemies; it was attacked by Louisiana's General Beauregard in 1861
|
Fort Sumter
|
WHERE AM I? |
|
On this show the family that lived at either 933 or 953 Hillcrest Drive helped make a ZIP code famous
|
Beverly Hills, 90210
|
TV SHOW ADDRESSES |
|
His father Emmet, a country doctor, gave him much of the background for Dr. Kennicott in his novel "Main Street"
|
Sinclair Lewis
|
WRITERS' RELATIVES |
|
On French menus, potage froid au concombre is a cold soup made from this gourd
|
cucumber
|
INTERNATIONAL "C"UISINE |
|
Checked in with "Cello Concerto in B Minor" in 1895, Czech-ed out in Prague on May 1, 1904
|
Dvorak
|
COMPOSING, DECOMPOSING |
|
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a vantage overlooking a certain skyline.) I'm in this city, whose air used to lookdifferentuntil a movement called the Renaissance after World War II
|
Pittsburgh
|
WHERE AM I? |
|
After waking up each day at 119 N. Weatherly Avenue in Minneapolis, she turned the world on with her smile
|
Mary Tyler Moore
|
TV SHOW ADDRESSES |
|
Graham Greene was born 10 years after this distant writer relative of his died in the South Seas
|
Robert Louis Stevenson
|
WRITERS' RELATIVES |
|
These spices named for their resemblence to little nails were used by the ancients in love potions
|
cloves
|
INTERNATIONAL "C"UISINE |
|
Made an overture to "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in 1826, went gentle into that good night on Nov. 4, 1847 in Leipzig
|
Felix Mendelssohn
|
COMPOSING, DECOMPOSING |
|
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew carries the Bunny Rabbit puppet fromCaptain Kangaroothrough some archives.) I'm with a few of the 3 million objects in this museum of the Smithsonian, once the Museum of History and Technology
|
the Museum of American History (the American History Museum accepted)
|
WHERE AM I? |
|
The crawdads were always cooking at this family's home, 518 Crestview Drive, Beverly Hills
|
the Beverly Hillbillies
|
TV SHOW ADDRESSES |
|
Kentucky's first governor, Isaac Shelby, was a direct ancestor of this "Civil War: A Narrative" author
|
Shelby Foote
|
WRITERS' RELATIVES |
|
Popular in Scandinavia, these berries with a "heavenly" name are related to the raspberry
|
cloudberries
|
INTERNATIONAL "C"UISINE |
|
Doctored up the 1-act operetta "Le docteur miracle" in 1857, went past doctor's help on June 3, 1875 in Bougival, France
|
(Georges) Bizet
|
COMPOSING, DECOMPOSING |
|
It's the art historical term for sculpture painted in many colors, like the Donatelloseenhere
|
polychrome
|
10-LETTER WORDS |
|
'At a military funeral, the American flag is folded this many times to resemble a Revolutionary War soldier\'s hat')
|
13
|
MILITARY TRADITIONS |
|
He was the one-eyed top god of the Vikings
|
Odin
|
THE GOD SQUAD |
|
My daughter put this Canadian singer's songs on my iPod, but I'm man enough to admit I listen to her too"All this time you were pretending /So much for my happy ending..."
|
Avril Lavigne
|
MUSIC ON MY iPOD |
|
He boldly served as President of the Continental Congress when the Declaration of Independence was adopted
|
John Hancock
|
OUR FOUNDING FATHERS |
|
In 2004 this chain launched its Go Active! Happy Meals for Adults
|
McDonald\'s
|
COLLEGIATE FINE DINING |
|
Over 50% of the electric power generated in the U.S. is produced by the burning of this fuel
|
coal
|
SHOCKING! |
|
You have too much of this in your blood if you have diabetes mellitus
|
sugar
|
YOU HAVE TOO MUCH... |
|
The official seal of this U.S. state depicts the goddess Minerva & a grizzly bear
|
California
|
THE GOD SQUAD |
|
I'm really into this band whose name means "Boys entering anarchistic state towards internal excellence"
|
Beastie Boys
|
MUSIC ON MY iPOD |
|
You're on the money if you know that he's the statesman seenhere
|
Alexander Hamilton
|
OUR FOUNDING FATHERS |
|
For those watching their carbs, this sandwich chain offers "Atkins-friendly" salads & wraps
|
Subway
|
COLLEGIATE FINE DINING |
|
The Harrison family was living in this mansion in the Spring of 1891 when it was wired for electricity
|
the White House
|
SHOCKING! |
|
...of this if afflicted with hirsutism
|
hair
|
YOU HAVE TOO MUCH... |
|
An ancient goddess of this civilization, Mut was depicted with a vulture's head
|
Egypt
|
THE GOD SQUAD |
|
This band of brothers started their career in their dad's band"I been lost in my own place and I'm gettin' weary..."
|
Los Lonely Boys
|
MUSIC ON MY iPOD |
|
In a speech against the Stamp Act in 1765, he said, "If this be treason, make the most of it"
|
Patrick Henry
|
OUR FOUNDING FATHERS |
|
Enchiritos & Meximelts are specialties found on its menu
|
Taco Bell
|
COLLEGIATE FINE DINING |
|
This huge electric company was formed in 1892 by the merger of Thomas Edison's company with its main rival
|
General Electric
|
SHOCKING! |
|
...of this on your bow that's overstrung
|
tension
|
YOU HAVE TOO MUCH... |
|
Mara, this Asian religion's god of evil, rides an elephant & has 100 arms
|
Buddism
|
THE GOD SQUAD |
|
The song "Failure's Not Flattering", by this band, was originally dubbed "Belinda Carlisle" as an homage to its '80s sound
|
New Found Glory
|
MUSIC ON MY iPOD |
|
One of the leading architects of the Revolution was this second cousin of the second U.S. president
|
Samuel Adams
|
OUR FOUNDING FATHERS |
|
Celebrate this chain's 85th anniversary in 2004 with a hot dog & a root beer float
|
A&W;
|
COLLEGIATE FINE DINING |
|
It's the technical term for an electric current that regularly reverses direction
|
Alternating Current
|
SHOCKING! |
|
...if you suffer from hypernatremia (put down the potato chips)
|
sodium
|
YOU HAVE TOO MUCH... |
|
Ganesha is this religion's god of luck & wisdom
|
Hinduism
|
THE GOD SQUAD |
|
This group's song is more than great listening, it's a history lesson"...Springsteen, Madonna /Way before Nirvana there was /U2 and Blondie..."
|
Bowling for Soup
|
MUSIC ON MY iPOD |
|
This youngest Constitution signer gave his name to the Ohio city called "The Birthplace of Aviation"
|
Jonathan Dayton
|
OUR FOUNDING FATHERS |
|
The 3 dots on their pizza boxes represent their first 3 stores
|
Domino\'s
|
COLLEGIATE FINE DINING |
|
This unit of electrical resistance is named for a 19th century German physicist
|
ohms
|
SHOCKING! |
|
...if you're bicycling with higher-than-recommended PSI
|
pressure in your tires
|
YOU HAVE TOO MUCH... |
|
Testing the water in Africa's largest freshwater lake
|
Lake Victoria
|
YOU'RE SWIMMING IN IT |
|
A writer said he'd eat his T-shirt if Andre won this British event in 1992 (bon appetit!)
|
Wimbledon
|
THE AGASSI & THE ECSTASY |
|
King Lear foolishly rejects this viruous daughter
|
Cordelia
|
SHAKESPEARE |
|
This cold region of Russia makes up about 75% of the country's land area
|
Siberia
|
GENERAL ED. |
|
Telephone this official London residence of the Queen & ask if they have Prince Albert in a can
|
Buckingham Palace
|
PASSING TIME ON CAMPUS |
|
Repetitive literary device illustrated in "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers"
|
alliteration
|
DOUBLE "L" |
|
Having a splash in Needles, California
|
the Colorado River
|
YOU'RE SWIMMING IN IT |
|
In 1999 Agassi made a thrilling comeback, winning this clay-court Grand Slam tournament
|
the French Open
|
THE AGASSI & THE ECSTASY |
|
Miranda's father, he ends "The Tempest" with an epilogue
|
Prospero
|
SHAKESPEARE |
|
Canadian doctors say this Winnie the Pooh character suffered chronic depression & was unable to enjoy life
|
Eeyore
|
GENERAL ED. |
|
Impress friends by memorizing all the Canadian provinical capitals including this capital of Manitoba
|
Winnipeg
|
PASSING TIME ON CAMPUS |
|
A streetcar
|
trolley
|
DOUBLE "L" |
|
Taking a dip in Iquitos, Peru
|
the Amazon River
|
YOU'RE SWIMMING IN IT |
|
This German woman, the current Mrs. Agassi, won the 1988 Grand Slam
|
Steffi Graf
|
THE AGASSI & THE ECSTASY |
|
"Romeo and Juliet" begins, "Two households, both alike in" this
|
dignity
|
SHAKESPEARE |
|
Carol Moseley-Braun, the first African American woman elected to the U.S. Senate, represented this state, 1993-1999
|
Illinois
|
GENERAL ED. |
|
Raise some of these animals, like the Rhode Island Red or the Cornish, in the quad
|
chickens
|
PASSING TIME ON CAMPUS |
|
An emblem of this city in Spain is the Giralda, a Muslim minaret that's part of the city's cathedral
|
Seville
|
DOUBLE "L" |
|
In an Alpine lake that's a widening of the Rhone River
|
Lake Geneva
|
YOU'RE SWIMMING IN IT |
|
Agassi won the 1995 Australian Open by beating him, Andre's co-star in Nike's "Guerrilla Tennis" ads
|
Pete Sampras
|
THE AGASSI & THE ECSTASY |
|
Act I of this tragedy begins in a palace in Alexandria
|
Antony and Cleopatra
|
SHAKESPEARE |
|
Oscar Wilde combined with comedy with farce for this play, his last & most famous
|
The Importance of Being Earnest
|
GENERAL ED. |
|
Prepare for life after college by doing this West Indian dance that shares its name with a border region of hell
|
the Limbo
|
PASSING TIME ON CAMPUS |
|
It can refer to the oars used to propel a boat, or a racing boat propelled by those oars
|
scull
|
DOUBLE "L" |
|
Capsized in a riverboat off Turin, Italy
|
the Po River
|
YOU'RE SWIMMING IN IT |
|
In 1994 Andre became the first unseeded men's singles champ at this NYC Grand Slam event
|
the U.S. Open
|
THE AGASSI & THE ECSTASY |
|
Comedy in which Lysander says, "The course of true love never did run smooth"
|
A Midsummer Night\'s Dream
|
SHAKESPEARE |
|
A zygote is produced by the union of 2 of these sex cells, an egg & a sperm
|
gametes
|
GENERAL ED. |
|
Get in touch with your inner reindeer & paw through snow to reach these symbiotic fungi to eat
|
lichens
|
PASSING TIME ON CAMPUS |
|
The Bulgarian language is written in this alphabet
|
Cyrillic
|
DOUBLE "L" |
|
'While working as one, Charlotte Bronte complained that one of these "has no existence, is not considered as a living... being"')
|
a governess
|
OCCUPATIONS |
|
Rumors surfaced among Cubans in America that this premier had remarried, but they've never been confirmed
|
Fidel Castro
|
1962 |
|
An ornamental suspension over a bed, it was originally an emblem of privilege & rank
|
a canopy
|
ANTIQUES |
|
Chekhov uncle whose last line is "Oh, if you only knew how my heart aches!"
|
Uncle Vanya
|
THEATER |
|
In 1981 this company introduced the PC, its first home computer
|
IBM
|
TECHNOLOGY |
|
With plans uncertain, he told his E Street Band that they could pursue other projects
|
Bruce Springsteen
|
PEOPLE |
|
John Ehrlichman coined the expression "It'll play in" this Illinois city
|
Peoria
|
THE MIDWEST |
|
Ittopped the pop charts in the summer of '62:
|
"The Stripper" (by David Rose)
|
1962 |
|
Cast iron, which is cast in a mold, antedates this type of iron, which is formed & worked by hand
|
wrought iron (or forged iron)
|
ANTIQUES |
|
"Toys in the Attic" & "A Streetcar Named Desire" are both set in this city
|
New Orleans
|
THEATER |
|
This Italian city, known for its flooding, plans to build sea gates to control flow from the Adriatic
|
Venice
|
TECHNOLOGY |
|
In October 1989 someone socked this Ohio senator in the jaw during a TV interview
|
John Glenn
|
PEOPLE |
|
Sojourner Truth died in her house on College Street in this "cereal" city
|
Battle Creek, Michigan
|
THE MIDWEST |
|
Pope John XXIII opened this historic meeting in St. Peter's Basilica on October 11
|
the Second Vatican Council (Vatican II)
|
1962 |
|
What you would keep in a small glass-topped display case called a "bijouterie"
|
jewelry
|
ANTIQUES |
|
In the 1800s side whiskers were called "Dundrearies", for a character in this play seen by Lincoln
|
Our American Cousin
|
THEATER |
|
The Museum of Broadcasting is transferring masters of all its shows from analog videotape to this type
|
digital tape
|
TECHNOLOGY |
|
In 1989 this 88-year-old British novelist dictated her 500th novel, "Spirit of Love"
|
Dame Barbara Cartland
|
PEOPLE |
|
This city's Red Stockings were the first baseball team to receive salaries
|
Cincinnati
|
THE MIDWEST |
|
On July 3 Charles De Gaulle proclaimed the independence of this African country
|
Algeria
|
1962 |
|
This Shaw play is set in the 15th century during the Hundred Years' War
|
St. Joan
|
THEATER |
|
The USSR lost contact with its Phobos 2 craft before it landed on Phobos, a moon of this planet
|
Mars
|
TECHNOLOGY |
|
In "And the Walls Came Tumbling Down", this former SCLC head wrote about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
|
Dr. Ralph Abernathy
|
PEOPLE |
|
Minnesota city that's home to the world famous Mayo Clinic
|
Rochester
|
THE MIDWEST |
|
There were requiems for this author of "Requiem for a Nun" after he died July 6
|
William Faulkner
|
1962 |
|
Nationality of the playwright who wrote "Becket" & "The Waltz of the Toreadors"
|
French (Jean Anouilh)
|
THEATER |
|
A semiconductor diode is the most common of these devices that convert A.C. to D.C.
|
rectifiers
|
TECHNOLOGY |
|
He was extradited from Switzerland to the U.S. to face charges he aided the Marcoses
|
Adnan Khashoggi
|
PEOPLE |
|
You can see rock formations called Devil's Elbow & Fat Man's Misery in this state's "Dells"
|
Wisconsin
|
THE MIDWEST |
|
This cemetery on the Potomac is on land originally part of Martha Washington's estate
|
Arlington National Cemetery
|
U.S. HISTORY |
|
This short-haired Asian breed with almond-shaped eyes was introduced to the West in the 1880s
|
Siamese
|
CATS |
|
Dickens' boy who was sold by the orphanage after asking for a second bowl of porridge
|
Oliver Twist
|
ENGLISH LITERATURE |
|
Appropriately, the John Jay College of Criminal Justice uses this droopy-eared dog as its nickname
|
bloodhounds
|
COLLEGE NICKNAMES |
|
Perfumes from this country include Innisfree, Connemara & Eire
|
Ireland
|
PERFUME |
|
Nomadic people whose name is Arabic for "desert dweller"
|
Bedouins
|
THE MIDEAST |
|
In 1634 the first English settlers in this colony founded the city of St. Mary's
|
Maryland
|
U.S. HISTORY |
|
Considered evil in the Middle Ages, many cats were killed, which may have led to this scourge
|
the Black Death
|
CATS |
|
The "Elizabethan" literature of Elizabeth I's reign was followed by the "Jacobean", named for this king
|
James I
|
ENGLISH LITERATURE |
|
This Georgetown University nickname comes from a Latin phrase meaning "What Rocks!"
|
Hoyas
|
COLLEGE NICKNAMES |
|
The name of this Nina Ricci perfume is French for "The Air of Time"
|
L\'air du temps
|
PERFUME |
|
This Mideastern nation has the largest number of proven oil reserves by far
|
Saudi Arabia
|
THE MIDEAST |
|
Henry Flagler, a founder of Miami, was one of the original stockholders in this Ohio-based oil company
|
Standard Oil
|
U.S. HISTORY |
|
Creature who "With eyes of flame, came whiffling thru the tulgey wood and burbled as it came!"
|
the Jabberwock
|
ENGLISH LITERATURE |
|
Stanford's singular nickname comes not from a bird or religious rank but from this red color
|
cardinal
|
COLLEGE NICKNAMES |
|
A light summer fabric, or the summery Estee Lauder perfume you might wear with it
|
White Linen
|
PERFUME |
|
Its president & vice president are the emir, or prince, of Abu Dhabi & the emir of Dubai
|
United Arab Emirates
|
THE MIDEAST |
|
Term used to describe white Southerners who joined with carpetbaggers during Reconstruction
|
Scalawags
|
U.S. HISTORY |
|
The "wind" that Shelley calls "Thou breath of autumn's being"
|
The West Wind
|
ENGLISH LITERATURE |
|
Florida State's nickname is the Seminoles & the University of Florida's is this
|
the Gators
|
COLLEGE NICKNAMES |
|
The perfume named for this Monegasque made its debut in October 1989
|
Princess Stephanie of Monaco
|
PERFUME |
|
More than a million pilgrims travel to Mecca each year for this great pilgrimage
|
the Hajj
|
THE MIDEAST |
|
The Papago & Pima Indians were early residents of what is now this state
|
Arizona
|
U.S. HISTORY |
|
Neoclassical twosome who published their essays in "The Tatler" & "The Spectator"
|
Addison & Steele
|
ENGLISH LITERATURE |
|
This university's Blue Devils nickname was derived from an elite French Alpine fighting unit of WWI
|
Duke
|
COLLEGE NICKNAMES |
|
This perfume by Cher was mistakenly given a 1989 Fifi Award when judged in the wrong price range
|
Uninhibited
|
PERFUME |
|
The name of this small oil-rich state at the head of the Persian Gulf means "little fort"
|
Kuwait
|
THE MIDEAST |
|
'Word meaning "immeasurably small"; its first 8 letters are a word meaning "immeasurably great"')
|
infinitesimal
|
13-LETTER WORDS |
|
Deuteronomy 14:7 commands us that we can do everything to this desert animal but eat it
|
a camel
|
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM |
|
She had a No. 1 hit with the theme from "Mahogany" (she also starred in the movie)
|
Diana Ross
|
NO. 1 HITS OF THE '70s |
|
Now an Arizona senator, he spent 5 1/2 years in Vietnam as a POW
|
John McCain
|
MEMORIES OF VIETNAM |
|
"Music City, USA",Tennessee
|
Nashville
|
CITY NICKNAMES |
|
18th century clergyman Augustus Montague Toplady wrote the verses, not heardhere, to this hymn
|
"Rock Of Ages"
|
SUCH AUGUST GENTLEMEN |
|
This common term for a weak, ineffectual person may be derived from "whimper"
|
wimp
|
WORD ORIGINS |
|
Of the hippo, hawk or hammerhead shark, the one that can be described as insessorial
|
the hawk
|
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM |
|
Donna Summer was "Hot Stuff" in the summer of 1979, topping the charts with "Hot Stuff" & this naughty hit
|
"Bad Girls"
|
NO. 1 HITS OF THE '70s |
|
John Kerry served on these boats in the Mekong Delta & a group of their "Veterans for Truth" opposed him in '04
|
swift boats
|
MEMORIES OF VIETNAM |
|
The "Pittsburgh of the South",Alabama
|
Birmingham
|
CITY NICKNAMES |
|
A work from around 1910 by this Auguste gentleman is seenhere
|
Rodin
|
SUCH AUGUST GENTLEMEN |
|
This word said to sled dogs may be an alteration of the French marchons, meaning "let's go"
|
mush
|
WORD ORIGINS |
|
This order of mammals is often divided into prosimians & larger, smarter anthropoids
|
primates
|
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM |
|
This No. 1 hit by the Bee Gees says, "What you doin' and you're laying on your back, aah"
|
"You Should Be Dancing"
|
NO. 1 HITS OF THE '70s |
|
Shocking events in this Vietnamese village led to the 1970 court-martial of William Calley
|
My Lai
|
MEMORIES OF VIETNAM |
|
The "Hornets' Nest",North Carolina
|
Charlotte
|
CITY NICKNAMES |
|
St. Ambrose himself converted & baptized this longtime influential bishop of Hippo
|
(St.) Augustine
|
SUCH AUGUST GENTLEMEN |
|
Billingsgate, a term for foul language, comes from the name of an old fish market in this world capital
|
London
|
WORD ORIGINS |
|
It's the 2-word name of the Arctic bovine seenhere
|
a musk ox
|
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM |
|
Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots had a No. 1 hit in 1976 with this "fowl" song
|
"Disco Duck"
|
NO. 1 HITS OF THE '70s |
|
In December 1969 this Texas billionaire tried to send gifts, food & supplies to U.S. POWs in North Vietnam
|
Ross Perot
|
MEMORIES OF VIETNAM |
|
The "Cream City",Wisconsin
|
Milwaukee
|
CITY NICKNAMES |
|
Augusto is the first name of this controversial onetime South American dictator
|
Pinochet
|
SUCH AUGUST GENTLEMEN |
|
From the Latin for "mother", it's a female prison worker who may be less than maternal
|
matron
|
WORD ORIGINS |
|
Encyclopedia Britannica says this amphibian was originally an eft, then its name evolved into neft, & finally to this
|
a newt
|
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM |
|
Elton John & this woman had a No. 1 duet with "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"
|
Kiki Dee
|
NO. 1 HITS OF THE '70s |
|
This general who passed away in 2005 commanded the U.S. forces fighting in Vietnam from 1964 to 1968
|
Westmoreland
|
MEMORIES OF VIETNAM |
|
"Garden City","America's Most Beautiful City",Georgia
|
Savannah
|
CITY NICKNAMES |
|
Augustus was the middle name of this "Lucky" hero born in 1902
|
(Charles A.) Lindbergh
|
SUCH AUGUST GENTLEMEN |
|
Take a whirl on the dance floor under these lights whose name comes from the Greek for the "act of whirling"
|
strobe lights
|
WORD ORIGINS |
|
This Low Country's principal rivers are the Maas, the Schelde & the Rhine
|
the Netherlands
|
RIVERS |
|
Unfortunately, Christopher Walken, as Nick, prefers the Russian variety of roulette in this '78 classic
|
The Deer Hunter
|
DEAD MAN WALKEN |
|
One of the EPA's 6 common air pollutants is this element that at least has been cut in gasoline
|
lead
|
THE ENVIRONMENT |
|
(Sarah of the Clue Crew introduces her mummy.) In 1978 some of the objects here at the Egyptian Museum went to New York in a historic exhibit fittingly titled these "of Tutankhamen"
|
Treasures
|
ALL'S PHARAOH |
|
Aeneas & Dido are lovers in this ancient Roman poet's epic poem on the founding of Rome
|
Virgil
|
IN LOVE |
|
From the Old English for "oath-breaker", it's a male sorcerer or wizard
|
a warlock
|
"WAR" |
|
In 1999 this river was put on the back of the New Jersey quarter
|
the Delaware
|
RIVERS |
|
Chris literally loses his robotic mind in this 2004 remake starring Nicole Kidman
|
The Stepford Wives
|
DEAD MAN WALKEN |
|
Most of these biodiverse areas are in the tropics, but Chile's Valdivian one is in a temperate zone
|
a rain forest
|
THE ENVIRONMENT |
|
King Tut's mummy was protected by 9 outer cases, the innermost made from almost 300 solid pounds of this
|
gold
|
ALL'S PHARAOH |
|
In this 1932 Pulitzer Prize-winner, Wang Lung & O-Lan get along just fine until he takes a concubine
|
The Good Earth
|
IN LOVE |
|
TV title description of the leather-clad Xena
|
warrior princess
|
"WAR" |
|
The country whose capital is Dakar, or the river that forms part of its border with Mauritania
|
Senegal
|
RIVERS |
|
Trying to destroy Silicon Valley in a 1985 film, Walken tumbles off a blimp fighting this character
|
James Bond
|
DEAD MAN WALKEN |
|
As in a put-down, the name of India's forest-saving Chipko Andolan movement literally means do this
|
hug trees
|
THE ENVIRONMENT |
|
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Luxor, Egypt.) I'm here, French for "room in front," between the entranceway and Tut's resting place; it wasfilled with objectswhen it was discovered
|
antechamber
|
ALL'S PHARAOH |
|
In "Winter on Majorca", this author describes a wretched stay on the island with her ailing lover Chopin
|
George Sand
|
IN LOVE |
|
A small American bird of the family Parulidae known for its singing & bright colors
|
a warbler
|
"WAR" |
|
Columbus may have spotted the mouth of this Venezuelan river in 1498
|
the Orinoco
|
RIVERS |
|
Chris was not quite dead yet as a coma patient who develops ESP in this Stephen King-based film
|
The Dead Zone
|
DEAD MAN WALKEN |
|
The sewage of half the Russians drains into the Volga--bad news for fish in this body of water at the Volga's end
|
the Caspian Sea
|
THE ENVIRONMENT |
|
Tut's tomb was protected from robbers by rubble from the building of the tomb of the 4th pharaoh with this name
|
Ramses
|
ALL'S PHARAOH |
|
It's the classic novel about Emma, her husband Charles & her lovers Rodolphe & Leon
|
Madame Bovary
|
IN LOVE |
|
In 1955 the West formed the Baghdad Pact & the Eastern Bloc formed this military alliance
|
the Warsaw Pact
|
"WAR" |
|
To get from Madrid to Lisbon by river, take the Manzanares to the Jarama to this river
|
the Tagus
|
RIVERS |
|
Walken's Frank Abagnale Sr. didn't live to see the end of this 2002 Spielberg scam film
|
Catch Me If You Can
|
DEAD MAN WALKEN |
|
In 1980 the U.S. Congress set aside 17 million acres of land in this state as a permanent wilderness
|
Alaska
|
THE ENVIRONMENT |
|
(Sarah of the Clue Crew muses over the first glimpse at the boy king in Luxor, Egypt.) In this year, the view into Tut's tomb was glimpsed for the first time in over 3,000 years by Howard Carter & Lord Carnarvon
|
1922
|
ALL'S PHARAOH |
|
Canio the clown stabs his wife Nedda & her lover Silvio to death near the end of this opera
|
Pagliacci
|
IN LOVE |
|
It was the maiden name of the American-born Duchess of Windsor
|
Warfield
|
"WAR" |
|
'Equatorial Guinea is the only African nation whose offical language is this')
|
Spanish
|
AFRICA |
|
Edgar Bergen received an honorary Oscar in 1938 for creating this dummy
|
Charlie McCarthy
|
THE OSCARS |
|
The first Europeans to visit the area were explorers from this country
|
Spain
|
UTAH |
|
In 1957 Mary Quant opened her Bazaar Boutique on the King's Road in this city
|
London
|
FASHION DESIGNERS |
|
The Pleistocene epoch of extensive glaciation in Europe & America is also called this
|
The Ice Age
|
WEATHER |
|
"Mrs." is an abbreviation of this title
|
Mistress
|
TITLES |
|
Some call this American war "The War of Northern Aggression"
|
The Civil War
|
LEFTOVERS |
|
The last Oscar for cinematography in B & W went to this '66 film based on an Edward Albee play
|
Who\'s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
|
THE OSCARS |
|
This university in Provo, run by the Mormon church, is the largest in the state
|
Brigham Young University
|
UTAH |
|
Geoffrey Beene designed the gown that Lynda Bird Johnson wore for this Dec. 9, 1967 event
|
her wedding
|
FASHION DESIGNERS |
|
A magnetic storm is a worldwide disturbance of Earth's magnetic field caused by disturbances there
|
The Sun
|
WEATHER |
|
Any Mongol could tell you it means "Universal Ruler"
|
Genghis Khan
|
TITLES |
|
October, our tenth month, is from the Latin word "octo", meaning this
|
Eight
|
LEFTOVERS |
|
Record speeds of more than 600 MPH have been reached at the International Speedway here
|
Bonneville Salt Flats
|
UTAH |
|
This Bronx native designs western-inspired fashions for ladies & for "chaps"
|
Ralph Lauren
|
FASHION DESIGNERS |
|
The temperature & humidity conditions characteristic of Santa Ana, Foehn & Chinook winds
|
Hot & Dry
|
WEATHER |
|
In 1973 Lou Ferrigno was "Mr." this, & Maria Margarita Moran, "Miss"
|
Universe
|
TITLES |
|
It was the No. 2 reactor at this Pennsylvania site that caused fears of a meltdown
|
Three Mile Island
|
LEFTOVERS |
|
When it applied for statehood in 1849, some wanted to call it Deseret, which means this
|
Honeybees
|
UTAH |
|
By the 1920s Balenciaga was the leading couturier in this country, his homeland
|
Spain
|
FASHION DESIGNERS |
|
"Seasonal" term that describes the cold & dark weather that nuclear war could bring
|
Nuclear Winter
|
WEATHER |
|
This moniker for a mendicant comes from the Latin for "brother"
|
Friar
|
TITLES |
|
In 1968 Creighton Abrams replaced this general as commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam
|
William Westmoreland
|
LEFTOVERS |
|
The state's largest ski area, Park City, is on the eastern slopes of this range of the Rockies
|
Wasatch
|
UTAH |
|
This Havana-born designer is known by his first name, not by his last, Sardina
|
Adolfo
|
FASHION DESIGNERS |
|
The 2 most commonly used temperature scales, each named for its inventor
|
Celsius & Fahrenheit
|
WEATHER |
|
It follows "your" when addressing a duke
|
Grace
|
TITLES |
|
This chairman of Occidental Petroleum said he will raise $250 million a year in a "Stop Cancer" drive
|
Armand Hammer
|
LEFTOVERS |
|
In 1954 the U.S. tested a hydrogen bomb in the Marshall Islands & launched this nuclear sub
|
theNautilus
|
RECENT U.S. HISTORY |
|
Poet John Donne was first to write "No man is" this
|
an island
|
LITERATURE |
|
This spotted breed originated in the Palouse River region of Washington & Idaho
|
Appaloosa
|
HORSES |
|
Type of American school that's equivalent to a European gymnasium
|
high school
|
EDUCATION |
|
In 1788 a handful of officials & some 700 convicts founded this Australian city on Botany Bay
|
Sydney
|
WORLD CITIES |
|
1 of the 2 things the Lord "rained" upon the cities to destroy them
|
fire (or brimstone)
|
SODOM & GOMORRAH |
|
N.Y. governor who announced in January 1948 he'd run for president if nominated; he was; he lost
|
Thomas Dewey
|
RECENT U.S. HISTORY |
|
Bret Harte wrote a short story about "The Outcasts of" this mining camp
|
Poker Flat
|
LITERATURE |
|
Of 18, 36 or 48, the maximum number of letters allowed in the name of a thoroughbred racehorse
|
18
|
HORSES |
|
The women who raised $500,000 to open this Baltimore med school in 1893 insisted women be admitted
|
Johns Hopkins
|
EDUCATION |
|
Intercontinental flights to Scotland land at Prestwick Airport just outside this city
|
Glasgow
|
WORLD CITIES |
|
Jesus told them the fate of people who don't heed them will be worse than Sodom & Gomorrah
|
the Apostles
|
SODOM & GOMORRAH |
|
In 1973 he chaired the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities
|
Sam Ervin
|
RECENT U.S. HISTORY |
|
The Reader's Encyclopedia said, "He loved the... main streets of America even as he deplored them"
|
Sinclair Lewis
|
LITERATURE |
|
During their first year, both male & female horses are referred to by this term
|
foal
|
HORSES |
|
In 1989 this city's school system, 3rd largest in the U.S., was required by state law to decentralize
|
Chicago
|
EDUCATION |
|
In 1919 locksmith Anton Drexler founded the forerunner of the Nazi Party in this Bavarian capital
|
Munich
|
WORLD CITIES |
|
Lyndon Johnson convinced Arthur Goldberg to give up his Supreme Court seat for this job
|
Ambassador to the U.N.
|
RECENT U.S. HISTORY |
|
Ayn Rand book that ends with "Then there was only the ocean and the sky and the figure of Howard Roark"
|
The Fountainhead
|
LITERATURE |
|
It's a projection with a tuft of hair on the back of a horse's leg just above the hoof
|
a fetlock
|
HORSES |
|
The first U.S. school of architecture was established at this Mass. school founded in 1861
|
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
|
EDUCATION |
|
Much in the news of late, it's Colombia's second largest city
|
Medellin
|
WORLD CITIES |
|
In 1972 she ran for president on the slogan "Unbought and unbossed"
|
Shirley Chisholm
|
RECENT U.S. HISTORY |
|
His eccentric novel "Tristram Shandy" contains blank pages & 1-sentence chapters
|
Laurence Sterne
|
LITERATURE |
|
This harness breed shares its name with a 17th century English coach for hire
|
Hackney Pony
|
HORSES |
|
Headquartered in the Bronx, its ads say it's the "Jesuit University of New York City"
|
Fordham
|
EDUCATION |
|
You can see an exhibit about early transatlantic flights at this Newfoundland city's airport
|
Gander
|
WORLD CITIES |
|
'This company was incorporated in 1946 as Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation')
|
Sony
|
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY |
|
Southwest Texas State(class of 1930)
|
Lyndon Johnson
|
PRESIDENTIAL ALMA MATERS |
|
"Almost heaven,West Virginia,Blue Ridge Mountains,Shenandoah River"
|
"Take Me Home, Country Roads"
|
A JOHN DENVER SONGBOOK |
|
Ford's Crown Victoria accounts for over 3/4 of these purchased, many painted black & white
|
police cars
|
CARS |
|
This village was an appropriate name for Apollo 14's command module
|
Kitty Hawk
|
HELLO KITTY |
|
In 1932 she became the first woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross
|
Amelia Earhart
|
FEMALE FIRSTS |
|
Shapely slang term for a wastebasket
|
a circular file
|
THE "FILE" FILE |
|
U.S. Military Academy(class of 1843)
|
U.S. Grant
|
PRESIDENTIAL ALMA MATERS |
|
"Well, I got me a fine wife,I got me old fiddle"
|
"Thank God I\'m A Country Boy"
|
A JOHN DENVER SONGBOOK |
|
An octet of these gives the VW Passat W8 its name
|
cylinders
|
CARS |
|
She would've been First Lady if her husband had won 158 more electoral votes in 1988
|
Kitty Dukakis
|
HELLO KITTY |
|
Daisy Gordon, the niece of Juliette Gordon Low, became the first member of this organization when she joined in 1912
|
the Girl Scouts
|
FEMALE FIRSTS |
|
To make foul, dirty or unclean
|
to defile
|
THE "FILE" FILE |
|
Harvard(class of 1940)
|
John Kennedy
|
PRESIDENTIAL ALMA MATERS |
|
"If I had a day that I could give you, I'd give to you a day just like today"
|
"Sunshine On My Shoulders"
|
A JOHN DENVER SONGBOOK |
|
Subaru's Outback was one of the first vehicles to combine an SUV & this traditional favorite of suburbanites
|
a station wagon
|
CARS |
|
This frontiersman served as an Indian agent from 1853 to 1861 in Taos, New Mexico
|
Kit Carson
|
HELLO KITTY |
|
This gymnast, a 1984 Olympic gold medal winner, was the first female to appear on the front of the Wheaties box
|
Mary Lou Retton
|
FEMALE FIRSTS |
|
3-word term for the members of a group apart from its leaders or officers
|
rank and file
|
THE "FILE" FILE |
|
Harvard(class of 1755)
|
John Adams
|
PRESIDENTIAL ALMA MATERS |
|
"To sail on a dream on a crystal clear ocean, to ride on the crest of a wild raging storm"
|
"Calypso"
|
A JOHN DENVER SONGBOOK |
|
Showing its "age", this 106-year-old GM line of cars sent its last one off the assembly line in 2004
|
Oldsmobile
|
CARS |
|
AKA Vulpes velox, this small gray animal is valuable for its fur
|
a kit fox
|
HELLO KITTY |
|
This UPI correspondent was the first woman to head the White House bureau of a major news service
|
Helen Thomas
|
FEMALE FIRSTS |
|
When exhibiting a deliberately inconspicuous or anonymous manner, you're "keeping" this
|
a low profile
|
THE "FILE" FILE |
|
Princeton(class of 1879)
|
Woodrow Wilson
|
PRESIDENTIAL ALMA MATERS |
|
"You fill up my senses like a night in a forest..."
|
"Annie\'s Song"
|
A JOHN DENVER SONGBOOK |
|
At the 1953 Paris motor show, along came this famed Porsche model
|
the Spyder
|
CARS |
|
In 2004 she wrote the controversial "The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty"
|
Kitty Kelley
|
HELLO KITTY |
|
In 1976 she became the first woman to conduct the Metropolitan Opera when she took the baton for "La Traviata"
|
Sarah Caldwell
|
FEMALE FIRSTS |
|
A device for holding bills & memos having a projecting metal spike on which to stick papers
|
a spindle file
|
THE "FILE" FILE |
|
This South American city is the world's most populous capital south of the equator
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Buenos Aires
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SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR |
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This scientific work is subtitled "The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life"
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Origin of Species
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LITERARY ____ OF ____ |
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Something gone for good is said to be "dead as" this form of entertainment that played the Palace Theatre
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Vaudeville
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GONE WITH THE WIND |
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The fiercest of the Knights of the Round Table, he had an affair with Queen Guinevere
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Lancelot
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IT HAPPENED ONE KNIGHT |
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"They had more than love--they had fun" was the tagline for the 1976 biopic about Gable's romance with her
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Carole Lombard
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CLARK GABLE |
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One side of a sloop
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starboard
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YOU'RE A "STAR" |
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One of the world's largest diamond mines is located in Orapa, Botswana, in the northeastern part of this desert
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the Kalahari
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SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR |
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This Steinbeck masterpiece tells the story of the Trasks & the Hamiltons
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East of Eden
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LITERARY ____ OF ____ |
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In 1968, this sewing machine company's New York Citytower--once the world's tallest building--became the tallest ever demolished
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Singer
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GONE WITH THE WIND |
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Born in 742, this King of the Franks led a 30-year conquest of Europe "by the sword & the cross"
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Charlemagne
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IT HAPPENED ONE KNIGHT |
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After she was a wow singing to Gable at his 36th birthday party, she got to sing to his photo on film
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Judy Garland
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CLARK GABLE |
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This academy trains future Jim Kirks of the galaxy on "Star Trek"
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Starfleet Academy
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YOU'RE A "STAR" |
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The Australian capital territory, which includes Canberra, was carved out of this most populous state
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New South Wales
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SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR |
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This Toni Morrison novel ends, "If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it"
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Song of Solomon
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LITERARY ____ OF ____ |
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A legendary city, or a legendary Cadillac model that was discontinued in 2002
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El Dorado
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GONE WITH THE WIND |
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One of the premier leaders of this enterprise, Duke Godfrey of Bouillon led the conquest of Jerusalem in 1099
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the Crusades
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IT HAPPENED ONE KNIGHT |
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In this rebellious 1935 release, Gable romances island girl Mamo Clark
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Mutiny on the Bounty
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CLARK GABLE |
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Rhyming nickname for the first official Confederate flag
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"Stars and Bars"
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YOU'RE A "STAR" |
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(Jeff Probst reads the clue.) In 1774, Captain James Cook charted the islands that now compose Vanuatu & named them this for an island group off Scotland
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the New Hebrides
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SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR |
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Venitidius is a false friend of the title guy of this Shakespeare play
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Timon of Athens
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LITERARY ____ OF ____ |
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William Lear of jet fame developed this numerical music-playing format that went in an endless loop
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8-track
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GONE WITH THE WIND |
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Among the better-known adventures of Sir Gawain are his exploits against this "colorful" character
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the Green Knight
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IT HAPPENED ONE KNIGHT |
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Gable's last line on film, "Just head for that big star straight on... it'll take us right home", is in this movie
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The Misfits
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CLARK GABLE |
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The 563-carat sapphire known as this was actually found in Sri Lanka
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the Star of India
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YOU'RE A "STAR" |
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Longwood Golf Course on this South Atlantic British dependency is probably the world's remotest 18-hole course
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St. Helena
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SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR |
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This classic says "Kurtz--that means short in German--don't it?"
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Heart of Darkness
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LITERARY ____ OF ____ |
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After a name change to the House Internal Security Committee, it was abolished in 1975
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the House Un-American Activities Committee
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GONE WITH THE WIND |
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Portrayed in verse as the perfect knight, he led the "Reconquista" against the Moors until his death in 1099
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El Cid
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IT HAPPENED ONE KNIGHT |
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The title of this movie with Gable as an adman is a term for flashy, aggressive salesmen
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The Hucksters
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CLARK GABLE |
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Henry VII's secret court to try cases involving state security
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the Star Chamber
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YOU'RE A "STAR" |
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'Someone chatting about preserving natural resources is these 2 similar words, anagrams of each other')
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conversationist & conservationist
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15-LETTER ANAGRAMS |
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After hosting the 1976 Summer Olympics, this city's Olympic Stadium became the home of the Expos
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Montreal
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WORLD CITIES |
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In 1978 B. Mandrell was "Sleeping single in" one of these, "thinking over things I wish I'd said"
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a double bed
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COUNTRY MUSIC |
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It's believed his association with the North Pole & reindeer came from Scandinavian legend
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Santa Claus
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THE NORTH POLE |
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This biggest computer company is biggest also among companies in philanthropic contributions
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IBM
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BUSINESS & INDUSTRY |
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His Feb. 11, 1990 release from a South African jail after some 27 years made world headlines
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(Nelson) Mandela
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FEBRUARY |
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You say it to a sneezer to wish him or her "good health"
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gesundheit
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SPRECHEN SIE DEUTSCH? |
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Buildings in this Italian city don't stand on solid ground, but use wooden posts driven into the mud
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Venice
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WORLD CITIES |
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These 2 singers were the original co-hosts of TV's "Hee Haw"
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Roy Clark & Buck Owens
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COUNTRY MUSIC |
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It's the northernmost region of the Earth & the North Pole is in its center
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the Arctic
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THE NORTH POLE |
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The first major U.S. company to publish solely paperbacks, it's named for where their books could fit
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Pocket Books
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BUSINESS & INDUSTRY |
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Congress established this National Park in Arizona February 26, 1919
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the Grand Canyon
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FEBRUARY |
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As Wayne Newton could tell you, it means "thank you"
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danke schoen
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SPRECHEN SIE DEUTSCH? |
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After London and Birmingham, this Scottish city is Great Britain's third largest
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Glasgow
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WORLD CITIES |
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This singer's short story collection, "The Devil Went Down to Georgia", was named for his 1979 hit song
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Charlie Daniels
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COUNTRY MUSIC |
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The Soviet North Pole station set up in 1937 drifted away & was rescued 9 months later off this island
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Greenland
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THE NORTH POLE |
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They claim to run "the tightest ship in the shipping business"
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UPS
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BUSINESS & INDUSTRY |
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It was founded in Feb. 1941 to serve the social, religious, educational & welfare needs of our servicemen
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the USO
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FEBRUARY |
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Brand of beer that means "lion's brew"
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Lowenbrau
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SPRECHEN SIE DEUTSCH? |
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Once called Philadelphia, this capital of Jordan assumed its present name in the 7th century
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Amman
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WORLD CITIES |
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Texas town that's the title of Waylon Jennings' 1977 hit subtitled "Back To The Basics Of Love"
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Luckenbach
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COUNTRY MUSIC |
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Regular job of the first surface ship to reach the North Pole
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icebreaker
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THE NORTH POLE |
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This company introduced the Band-Aid to America in 1920
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Johnson & Johnson
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BUSINESS & INDUSTRY |
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On February 10, 1943 he started a 21-day fast
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Gandhi
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FEBRUARY |
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The name of this flower which grows in the Alps means "noble white"
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edelweiss
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SPRECHEN SIE DEUTSCH? |
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When first founded, this capital of the Bahamas was known as Charles Towne
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Nassau
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WORLD CITIES |
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Roy Acuff, the 1st living member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, had a big hit withthe followingsong:
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"Wabash Cannonball"
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COUNTRY MUSIC |
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In an 1818 novel he pursues his creation to the North Pole where they both die
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Frankenstein
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THE NORTH POLE |
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This peanut-packed candy bar, the 1st successful one by Mars, is the current top seller
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Snickers
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BUSINESS & INDUSTRY |
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On February 11, 1960 he walked off his late night television show while on the air
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(Jack) Paar
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FEBRUARY |
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In the name of a popular veal dish, Vienna style, it means "slice" or "shaving"
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schnitzel
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SPRECHEN SIE DEUTSCH? |
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In 1877 Henry Flipper became the first black graduate of this military academy
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West Point
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BLACK AMERICA |
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In Sir Walter Scott's poem, it precedes "when first we practice to deceive"
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"Oh, what a tangled web we weave"
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POETS & POETRY |
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Its alpha & beta stars are called the pointers because they point to the North Star
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the Big Dipper (or Ursa Major)
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CONSTELLATIONS |
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The Hellenistic period in Ancient Greek art began with his conquests
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Alexander the Great
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ANCIENT GREECE |
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If your frozen seafood dinner's from Mrs. Paul's, it's a product of this soup company
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Campbell\'s
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A SEAFOOD SAMPLER |
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Though Ben didn't approve of parts of it, he urged the Convention to unanimously adopt it
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the Constitution
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BEN FRANKLIN |
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Birdland, a jazz palace of the '50s, was named for this sax player who was nicknamed "Bird"
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Charlie Parker
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BLACK AMERICA |
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Oliver Wendell Holmes began this poem, "Ay, tear her tattered ensign down! Long has it waved on high"
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"Old Ironsides"
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POETS & POETRY |
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This constellation named for the son of Poseidon & Euryale is known as "The Hunter"
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Orion
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CONSTELLATIONS |
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The serfs of this warlike city-state were called Helots
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Sparta
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ANCIENT GREECE |
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This British coastal town has a lot of sole named for it
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Dover
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A SEAFOOD SAMPLER |
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In 1958 this contralto was an alternate U.S. delegate to the UN
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Marian Anderson
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BLACK AMERICA |
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The title of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" was suggested by this author of "On the Road"
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(Jack) Kerouac
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POETS & POETRY |
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Associated with the onset of spring, this constellation is first in the zodiac
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Aries
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CONSTELLATIONS |
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This unit of currency was first worth 6 iron cooking spits
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the drachma
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ANCIENT GREECE |
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In song, Sweet Molly Malone sold cockles & this shellfish "Alive, alive O!"
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mussels
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A SEAFOOD SAMPLER |
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For supervising the Arab-Israeli armstice, he was awarded the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize
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Ralph Bunche
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BLACK AMERICA |
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Poetess who wrote "I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you--nobody--too?"
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(Emily) Dickinson
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POETS & POETRY |
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The constellation Corona Borealis is called this in English
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the Northern Crown
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CONSTELLATIONS |
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Greek literature is said to have begun with this poet
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Homer
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ANCIENT GREECE |
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"Joy of Cooking" says, to have "a real nice" one, "dig a sand pit about 1 ft. deep & 3 ft. across"
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a clam bake
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A SEAFOOD SAMPLER |
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Edmund Waller wrote a poem "To Phyllis" & Ben Jonson wrote a "Song" to her
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Celia
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POETS & POETRY |
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Other than the sun, the closest star to the Earth is located in this southern constellation
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Centaurus
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CONSTELLATIONS |
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The Greeks defended this pass, whose name means "hot gates", against the Celts as well as the Persians
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Thermopylae
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ANCIENT GREECE |
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"Colorful" smoked fish, used to throw hounds off a fox's scent, that's become a figure of speech
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a red herring
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A SEAFOOD SAMPLER |
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'Her 1st husband, Alexandre de Beauharnais, fought in both the American & French Revolutions')
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Empress Josephine
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WOMEN IN HISTORY |
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This no-nonsense first lady admitted that her trademark pearls are fake
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Barbara Bush
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FIRST LADIES |
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Numerical "Force" "from Navarone" that Harrison Ford was part of, or Bo Derek's No. in a 1979 film
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10
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ACTORS & THEIR ROLES |
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In 1990 Doug Drabek became the first Pittsburgh Pirate since Vern Law in 1960 to win this pitching award
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the Cy Young Award
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AWARDS |
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Term for a type of triangle with three equal sides
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equilateral
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MATH |
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You should whip this ingredient before you top your Chantilly potatoes with it
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cream
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COOKING |
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Both NYC & Philadelphia claim the oldest of these in the U.S.
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zoo
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CATCHING SOME "Z"s |
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She had 4 sons but only the oldest, Robert, lived to adulthood
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Mary Todd Lincoln
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FIRST LADIES |
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This Nicholson was a Joker
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Jack
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ACTORS & THEIR ROLES |
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Cartoonist Bill Watterson won a Reuben Award for this comic strip about a boy & his tiger
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Calvin & Hobbes
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AWARDS |
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For this operation, most people use the borrow method
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subtraction
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MATH |
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A classic plum pudding contains this kind of fat
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suet
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COOKING |
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In the old standard song, "The strings of my heart" went this way
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zing
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CATCHING SOME "Z"s |
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Zasu Pitts got this first lady her first professional role in a play
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Nancy Reagan
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FIRST LADIES |
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If you want to see a butterfly that's prissy, check out this butterfly in "Gone with the Wind"
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Butterfly McQueen
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ACTORS & THEIR ROLES |
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In 1975 Sen. Proxmire originated this award to publicize wasteful gov't spending
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the Golden Fleece Award
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AWARDS |
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After multiplying these you should reduce the product if possible
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fractions
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MATH |
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A type of shell that holds creamed meat dishes, or a nickname for Patricia
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patty
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COOKING |
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Johnston McCulley's novel "The Curse of Capistrano" gave us this character a.k.a. Don Diego
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Zorro
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CATCHING SOME "Z"s |
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She didn't attend her husband's 1797 inauguration because her mother-in-law was ill
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Abigail Adams
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FIRST LADIES |
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As Cody Allen on TV, this Perry lived on the boat "Riptide"
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Perry King
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ACTORS & THEIR ROLES |
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Named for magazine publisher Hugo Gernsback, the Hugo Award honors this literary genre
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science fiction
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AWARDS |
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The name "geometry" comes from two Greek words meaning this
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Earth & measure
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MATH |
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If you want to be veddy British, sprinkle your fish & chips with the malt type of this
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vinegar
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COOKING |
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The Tom Wilson comic character who has his own line of greeting cards
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Ziggy
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CATCHING SOME "Z"s |
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The only first lady whose given name was Claudia
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Claudia Alta Taylor (Lady Bird Johnson)
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FIRST LADIES |
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On the PBS anthology series "Mystery!", Sam Neill played Reilly, who was this "of Spies"
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Ace
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ACTORS & THEIR ROLES |
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The Obie Awards for off-Broadway theater are sponsored by this weekly New York paper
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theVillage Voice
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AWARDS |
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It's a quarter of a circle or one of four divisions of a plane
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a quadrant
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MATH |
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A genoise is a butter-rich one of these
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a sponge cake
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COOKING |
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Ahura Mazda is not a model of car, but the 1 true god of this religion
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Zoroastrianism
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CATCHING SOME "Z"s |
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The games featuring these fighters began in the 3rd Cent. B.C. as part of funeral ceremonies
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the gladiators
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ANCIENT ROME |
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The short story writer Saki was killed in action in this war in 1916
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World War I
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AUTHORS |
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The name for this sea comes from the Latin for "in the middle of land"
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Mediterranean
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BODIES OF WATER |
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This Russian word is from the Greek for "sailor of the universe"
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cosmonaut
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SPACE EXPLORATION |
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"The Starry Night"
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Van Gogh
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NAME THE ARTIST |
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The 4th king of Rome, Ancus Marcus, is credited with building the 1st bridge across this river
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the Tiber
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ANCIENT ROME |
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Scotsman who published "The Betrothed" & "The Talisman" together as "Tales of the Crusaders"
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(Sir Walter) Scott
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AUTHORS |
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A combine is a combination harvester & this machine that separates seed from straw
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thresher
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AGRICULTURE |
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The Tasman sea separates Australia & this country
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New Zealand
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BODIES OF WATER |
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On March 23, 1965 Gus Grissom & John Young became the 1st pair to orbit in this new space project
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Gemini
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SPACE EXPLORATION |
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"2 Tahitian Women"
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Gauguin
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NAME THE ARTIST |
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He named himself princeps, or first citizen, but is known in history as the first emperor
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Augustus
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ANCIENT ROME |
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Wilkie Collins wrote a novel about a mysterious "Woman in" this color who lived in an asylum
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white
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AUTHORS |
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The largest farms, some over 60,000 acres, are the state farms in this country
|
the Soviet Union
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AGRICULTURE |
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It's New Mexico's largest & longest river
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the Rio Grande
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BODIES OF WATER |
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While Neil Armstrong & Edwin Aldrin explored the moon, he orbited about 70 miles above
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(Michael) Collins
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SPACE EXPLORATION |
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"Luncheon on the Grass"
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Eduouard Manet
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NAME THE ARTIST |
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The 2 men in this post were responsible for counting the Romans & controlling moral conduct
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the censors
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ANCIENT ROME |
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Ole E. Rolvaag wrote "Giants in the Earth" in this language; it was then translated into English
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Norwegian
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AUTHORS |
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Of the top 3 grains grown in the world, the U.S. is first in the production of this one
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corn
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AGRICULTURE |
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The name of this river which empties into the Bay of Bengal means "the son of Brahma"
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the Brahmaputra
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BODIES OF WATER |
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It's the only planet not yet encountered by a space probe
|
Pluto
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SPACE EXPLORATION |
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"View of Toledo"
|
El Greco
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NAME THE ARTIST |
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It's believed the Romans turned against the ruling Etruscans after Sextus Tarquinius raped her
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Lucretia
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ANCIENT ROME |
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Completes the title of Olive Ann Burns' novel "Cold Sassy..."
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Tree
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AUTHORS |
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Connecticut is bordered on the south by this arm of the Atlantic
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Long Island Sound
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BODIES OF WATER |
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The European Space Agency designed this 3-stage rocket to launch its payloads
|
the Ariane
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SPACE EXPLORATION |
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"The Dance Class"
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Degas
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NAME THE ARTIST |
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'This country\'s national anthem is "William of Nassau"')
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the Netherlands
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NATIONAL ANTHEMS |
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In a 1939 film, Spencer Tracy played Stanley & Cedric Hardwicke enacted this role, I presume
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Dr. Livingstone
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HISTORICAL FILMS |
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Varieties of this fruit, suitable for home orchards, include Red Rome, Jonathan & Stark Jumbo
|
Apples
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PLANTS |
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An achievement is signified by a feather in this
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Cap
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3-LETTER WORDS |
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Fittingly, this country was the site of the first modern Olympics in 1896
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Greece
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THE OLYMPICS |
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This eastern U.S. gambling resort lies on Absecon Island
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Atlantic City
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AMERICAN ISLANDS |
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Felicity & Felicia are feminine forms of this masculine name
|
Felix
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NAMES |
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When Norma Shearer played this queen, John Barrymore played her father-in-law, Louis XV
|
Marie Antoinette
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HISTORICAL FILMS |
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Russian thistle breaks from its base & goes drifting along with the wind -- so it's called this
|
Tumbleweed
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PLANTS |
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When you get mad you might "flip your lid" or "blow" this
|
Top
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3-LETTER WORDS |
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In 1932, when women could enter only 3 events, this American woman won 3 medals
|
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
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THE OLYMPICS |
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The Wright brothers' first flight took place near this village on N. Carolina's Bodie Island
|
Kitty Hawk
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AMERICAN ISLANDS |
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The daughter of Ptolemy XII, her name means "Father's Glory"
|
Cleopatra
|
NAMES |
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Paul Muni won an Oscar for his performance in this role, which he "milked" for all it was worth
|
Louis Pasteur
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HISTORICAL FILMS |
|
Medium in which an Egyptian or lotus plant grows
|
Water
|
PLANTS |
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Henry Fielding wrote, "Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of" this beverage
|
Tea
|
3-LETTER WORDS |
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In 1912 this Native American won the decathlon & pentathlon
|
Jim Thorpe
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THE OLYMPICS |
|
This island, known for its huge bears, was the site of Alaska's first school in 1784
|
Kodiak
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AMERICAN ISLANDS |
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Made famous by a Johanna Spyri novel, it was originally a nickname for "Adelaide"
|
Heidi
|
NAMES |
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Gregory Peck played the title role in this 1977 film bio about a U.S. general
|
MacArthur
|
HISTORICAL FILMS |
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Economically it's the most important bean in the world
|
Soybean
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PLANTS |
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Nautically speaking, if you don't like the look of someone, you don't like "the cut of his" one of these
|
Jib
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3-LETTER WORDS |
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In 1948 Gretchen Fraser became the first American to win a gold medal in this winter sport
|
Skiing
|
THE OLYMPICS |
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Carib Indian relics can be found in a national park in this island group
|
U.S. Virgin Islands
|
AMERICAN ISLANDS |
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(AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE):Name in the title of the following 1956 hit:
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"Long Tall Sally" (by Little Richard)
|
NAMES |
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A 1946 Rosalind Russell film dramatized the life of this nurse famed for her work with polio patients
|
Sister Elizabeth Kenney
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HISTORICAL FILMS |
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Jacarandas are tropical trees with flowers of this color
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Bluish Purple
|
PLANTS |
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The 2 horses bet on in "Camptown Races"
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The nag & the bay
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3-LETTER WORDS |
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In 1972 Vassili Alexeyev, known as the "Russian Bear", won his 1st Olympic gold medal in this sport
|
Weightlifting
|
THE OLYMPICS |
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This state's Mount Desert Island is the site of the Bar Harbor Resort
|
Maine
|
AMERICAN ISLANDS |
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Woman's name that's Old German for "armored warrior maiden"
|
Brunhilde
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NAMES |
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Milton's "Paradise Lost" is based on this book of the Bible
|
Genesis
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ENGLISH LITERATURE |
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To perform Prokofiev's "Romeo & Juliet" an orchestra needs a pair of these gourd rattles
|
Maracas
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MUSIC |
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Of 20 years, 30 years or 40 years, the length of time the Wars of the Roses lasted
|
30 years
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WARS |
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This piece of jewelry has been worn around the thigh or the ankle, but most people prefer the wrist
|
Bracelet
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JEWELRY |
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The Koran quotes Allah as saying he gave Moses the law, Jesus the Gospels & this man the Koran
|
Mohammed
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RELIGIOUS LEADERS |
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She said she enjoys using Franklin Pierce's china in the White House because he's a distant relative
|
Barbara Bush
|
THE WHITE HOUSE |
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The 1st major work of English literature, this poem about a brave hero is by author or authors unknown
|
"Beowulf"
|
ENGLISH LITERATURE |
|
Mozart dedicated 6 string quartets to this Austrian composer of "The Creation"
|
Franz Josef Haydn
|
MUSIC |
|
This N. American conflict which began in 1754 led to the outbreak of the 7 Years War in Europe in 1756
|
French And Indian War
|
WARS |
|
Many of these gems, one of June's birthstones, come from Sri Lanka, not the lunar surface
|
moonstones
|
JEWELRY |
|
Catholic tradition holds that Jesus gave him the keys to heaven
|
Peter
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RELIGIOUS LEADERS |
|
This president had the interior gutted & completely restored, & added a balcony
|
Harry Truman
|
THE WHITE HOUSE |
|
Called John Dryden's best comedy, his play about intrigue & adultery is titled "Marriage A La" this
|
A La Mode
|
ENGLISH LITERATURE |
|
He composed ragtime music in addition to the ballets "The Firebird" & "Petrushka"
|
Igor Stravinsky
|
MUSIC |
|
Baklava is a pastry, but Balaklava was the site of a major battle of this war in 1854
|
The Crimean War
|
WARS |
|
Nanak, who lived c. 1500, was the first guru of this religion which sought to unite Islam & Hinduism
|
Sikhism
|
RELIGIOUS LEADERS |
|
It has been a tradition since 1902 to adorn the ground floor corridor with their portraits
|
First Ladies
|
THE WHITE HOUSE |
|
It wasn't until 1825 that his diary of the 1660s, written in shorthand, was deciphered
|
Samuel Pepys
|
ENGLISH LITERATURE |
|
Soprano born in Stockholm October 6, 1820; her last public performance was in 1883
|
Jenny Lind
|
MUSIC |
|
The Indian "king" for whom this war was named was tracked down & killed in 1676
|
King Philip
|
WARS |
|
American evangelist Dwight, who founded a church & a bible institute now named after him
|
Dwight Moody
|
RELIGIOUS LEADERS |
|
Large press conferences are usually held in this room, the largest in the White House
|
The East Room
|
THE WHITE HOUSE |
|
"The Fifth Child" is a recent work by this English author of "The Golden Notebook"
|
Doris Lessing
|
ENGLISH LITERATURE |
|
In 1989 this Scottish military pipe, drum & dance corps celebrated its 250th anniversary
|
The Black Watch
|
MUSIC |
|
The War of the Austrian Succession erupted when she became archduchess of Austria in 1740
|
Maria Theresa
|
WARS |
|
Last name of the French jeweler Rene, who was famous for his art nouveau designs & his crystal
|
Lalique
|
JEWELRY |
|
Minister who founded the Martyr's Memorial Free Presbyterian Church in Belfast in 1969
|
Rev. Ian Paisley
|
RELIGIOUS LEADERS |
|
He was the first president to live in the White House after it was burned down & rebuilt
|
James Monroe
|
THE WHITE HOUSE |
|
'This city was named for a first century Roman citizen & missionary')
|
St. Paul, Minnesota
|
STATE CAPITALS |
|
In the 1949 film "Sands of Iwo Jima", he played the implacable Marine sergeant John M. Stryker
|
John Wayne
|
SEND IN THE MARINES |
|
"Just the facts..." You need more?! OK, this show aired in prime time on 3 different days but never on Fridays
|
Dragnet
|
ARRESTING TELEVISION |
|
Completes the title of an Earth, Wind & Fire hit song "Serpentine..."
|
"Fire"
|
EARTH, WIND OR FIRE |
|
Rock on! All diamonds consist primarily of this element
|
carbon
|
ELEMENTARY, MY DEAR |
|
In Jamestown, North Dakota, you can see what is claimed to be the world's largest statue of this animal
|
a buffalo
|
ROADSIDE AMERICA |
|
More than 345 million individuals each month hit this website
|
Yahoo!
|
HEY "YA" |
|
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew visits a training course at Parris Island, SC.) In 1976 with women in the Corps, the Marines phased out "We're looking for a few good men" & went to this recruiting slogan
|
"The few, the proud"
|
SEND IN THE MARINES |
|
Gary Sinise dusts for DNA as Det. Mac Taylor on this Gotham-based whodunit
|
CSI: New York
|
ARRESTING TELEVISION |
|
As in aardvark or aardwolf, aarde means this in Afrikaans
|
earth
|
EARTH, WIND OR FIRE |
|
The U.S. refused to sell this gas to the Zeppelin Aircraft Company, which used the more flammable hydrogen instead
|
helium
|
ELEMENTARY, MY DEAR |
|
All 134' of this object in Baker, Ca. represents the record 134 heat once recorded in nearby Death Valley
|
a thermometer
|
ROADSIDE AMERICA |
|
A skullcap worn during prayer by Jewish men
|
yarmulke
|
HEY "YA" |
|
The Marine Corps was officially founded on Nov. 10 of this year the American Revolution started
|
1775
|
SEND IN THE MARINES |
|
Sherry Stringfield practiced law on this "colorful" ABC cop show before getting her medical degree on "ER"
|
NYPD Blue
|
ARRESTING TELEVISION |
|
The one with a heteronym
|
wind
|
EARTH, WIND OR FIRE |
|
It's the university city in which the element californium was discovered
|
Berkeley
|
ELEMENTARY, MY DEAR |
|
On Broad Street in Columbus, Ohio, yell out "Where's the beef?" as you check out the first restaurant in this large chain
|
Wendy\'s
|
ROADSIDE AMERICA |
|
3-word nonsense term meaning "& so on" once featured in a popular sitcom
|
yada yada yada
|
HEY "YA" |
|
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew visits a training course at Parris Island, SC.) 10 weeks into training, recruits undergo this endurance test, hauling 54 lbs. of gear; it's named for a metal melting vessel
|
the Crucible
|
SEND IN THE MARINES |
|
Sgt. Esterhaus led roll call on this '80s drama & hey! Let's be careful out there
|
Hill Street Blues
|
ARRESTING TELEVISION |
|
Shoe with what's termed a "negative heel"
|
earth
|
EARTH, WIND OR FIRE |
|
Any old salt could tell you they're the 2 most abundant elements dissolved in seawater
|
sodium & chlorine
|
ELEMENTARY, MY DEAR |
|
In the city park in Reading, Pa., take a gander at the anchor of this ship sunk in 1898 by a mysterious explosion
|
theMaine
|
ROADSIDE AMERICA |
|
"Barbaric" often precedes this word derived from Middle English meaning "harsh cry"
|
yawp
|
HEY "YA" |
|
This "Chesty" guy who received 5 Navy crosses was one of the most decorated U.S. Marines in history
|
(Lewis "Chesty") Puller
|
SEND IN THE MARINES |
|
After writing for "My Two Dads", Shawn Ryan did a serious 180 & created this Michael Chiklis cop show
|
The Shield
|
ARRESTING TELEVISION |
|
Boreas was a Greek god of this
|
wind
|
EARTH, WIND OR FIRE |
|
1 of the 3 naturally occurring magnetic elements
|
iron (or nickel or cobalt)
|
ELEMENTARY, MY DEAR |
|
The center named for this man in Huntington, Ind. contains the vice pres. museum that may leave you spellbound
|
(Dan) Quayle
|
ROADSIDE AMERICA |
|
Slang word for a convict, or a Charlie Parker nickname
|
yardbird
|
HEY "YA" |
|
Wang Hongwen, Zhang Chunqiao, Yau Wen-Yuan & Jiang Qing, Mao's wife, were known by this collective name
|
the Gang of Four
|
CHINESE HISTORY |
|
Ganges River:This bay
|
the Bay of Bengal
|
LET'S GO WITH THE FLOW |
|
16 letters:The thickening & loss of elasticity in the walls of an artery
|
arteriosclerosis
|
LONG WORDS |
|
This national theatre of Ireland celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2004
|
the Abbey Theatre
|
ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE |
|
Missed the last TD? Don't worry, this innovation premiered in the 1963 Army-Navy game & has been here ever since
|
instant replay
|
WE LOVE FOOTBALL ON TV |
|
Born Nov. 25, 1981, they are the granddaughters of a president
|
Jenna & Barbara Bush
|
AND TWINS! |
|
In 868 this dynasty produced the world's first block-printed book, but not the drink favored by astronauts
|
Tang
|
CHINESE HISTORY |
|
Dnieper River:This sea
|
the Black Sea
|
LET'S GO WITH THE FLOW |
|
16 letters:What the "I" stands for in HIV
|
immunodeficiency
|
LONG WORDS |
|
It's believed that Nicomaco, a character in this famous Florentine's 1525 play "Clizia", is a self-portrait
|
Niccolo Machiavelli
|
ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE |
|
All right, we admit it, one reason we watch football on TV is to get a glimpse of this group seenhere
|
the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders
|
WE LOVE FOOTBALL ON TV |
|
Fraternal twins of the "Star Wars" saga
|
Luke & Leia
|
AND TWINS! |
|
On July 22, 1999 the government banned this religious sect after it staged unauthorized demonstrations
|
Falun Gong
|
CHINESE HISTORY |
|
Loire River:This bay
|
Biscay
|
LET'S GO WITH THE FLOW |
|
18 letters:The Roman Catholic doctrine of bread & wine changing into the body & blood of Christ
|
transubstantiation
|
LONG WORDS |
|
The audience for this Russian's play "A Month in the Country" should always include some "Fathers and Sons"
|
Turgenev
|
ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE |
|
Before his career as a popular TV commentator, John Madden prowled the sidelines as this team's head coach
|
the Oakland Raiders
|
WE LOVE FOOTBALL ON TV |
|
This playwright & his wife had 3 children, including the twins Judith & Hamnet
|
Shakespeare
|
AND TWINS! |
|
A physician educated in the U.S., he led the movement to overthrow the Manchu Dynasty in 1911
|
Sun Yat-sen
|
CHINESE HISTORY |
|
Alabama River:This bay, y'all
|
Mobile Bay
|
LET'S GO WITH THE FLOW |
|
13 letters:A noun meaning a side-by-side placement, especially for comparison or contrast
|
juxtaposition
|
LONG WORDS |
|
His 2004 play "Exits and Entrances" made its entrance onto the world stage in L.A., not in his native South Africa
|
Athol Fugard
|
ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE |
|
In a harrowing piece of live TV, Lawrence Taylor broke this quarterback's leg on "Monday Night Football"
|
Joe Theismann
|
WE LOVE FOOTBALL ON TV |
|
American Olympic skiing stars born May 10, 1957
|
Phil & Steve Mahre
|
AND TWINS! |
|
In 1816 Lord Amherst, British envoy to China, was not received because he wouldn't perform this ritual
|
kowtow
|
CHINESE HISTORY |
|
Uruguay River:This estuary
|
the Rio de la Plata
|
LET'S GO WITH THE FLOW |
|
13 letters:A journey by foot, not falcon
|
peregrination
|
LONG WORDS |
|
He's the Belgian playwright who gave us the bird--"The Blue Bird"
|
Maurice Maeterlinck
|
ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE |
|
Millions were outraged in 1968 when a game was preempted with a minute to go by a TV movie about this girl
|
Heidi
|
WE LOVE FOOTBALL ON TV |
|
Guinness Book of Records creators born Aug. 12, 1925
|
Norris & Ross McWhirter
|
AND TWINS! |
|
'On May 18, 1980 its height was reduced from 9,677 feet to 8,364 feet')
|
Mount Saint Helens
|
THE 1980s |
|
In "Frank Fairlegh" Francis Edward Smedley wrote "All's fair in" these 2 activities
|
Love & War
|
FAMOUS QUOTES |
|
Chief justice Charles Evans Hughes opposed this president's attempt to "pack" the court
|
Franklin D. Roosevelt
|
THE SUPREME COURT |
|
Country star Jeannie C. Riley's only hit on the pop charts; it was about a small town's P.T.A.
|
"Harper Valley P.T.A."
|
GOLDEN OLDIES |
|
Fiction writer who titled his memoirs about his early days in Paris "A Moveable Feast"
|
Ernest Hemingway
|
NONFICTION |
|
In Texas the most common variety of these armored mammals is the nine-banded one
|
Armadillo
|
ZOOLOGY |
|
Because of its cold ice cream interior & hot meringue covering, it was once called "Alaska-Florida"
|
Baked Alaska
|
DESSERTS |
|
"Be nice to people on your way up" for this reason
|
"You may meet them on your way down"
|
FAMOUS QUOTES |
|
This president appointed the most members of the current court
|
Ronald Reagan
|
THE SUPREME COURT |
|
Jimmy Webb song about a "park" that was a No. 2 hit for Richard Harris & a No. 1 hit for Donna Summer
|
"MacArthur Park"
|
GOLDEN OLDIES |
|
Historian Simon Schama wrote the '89 book "Citizens, A Chronicle Of" this 18th century event
|
The French Revolution
|
NONFICTION |
|
The term for a female rabbit, it can also refer to a female deer
|
Doe
|
ZOOLOGY |
|
Joy of Cooking says whether this cake is "round or rectangular, the cutting begins at the lowest tier"
|
Wedding Cake
|
DESSERTS |
|
"When the one great scorer comes to write against your name, he marks -- not that you won or lost -- but" this
|
How you played the game
|
FAMOUS QUOTES |
|
He handed down the famous Brown v. Board of Education ruling 7 months after becoming chief justice
|
Earl Warren
|
THE SUPREME COURT |
|
(AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE):Heard here, it was British star Petula Clark's last Top 10 hit in the U.S.:"You wander around, on your own little cloud, when you don't see the whys or the wherefores...."
|
"Don\'t Sleep In The Subway"
|
GOLDEN OLDIES |
|
He wrote "I Gave Them A Sword" based on his 1977 interviews with ex-president Richard Nixon
|
David Frost
|
NONFICTION |
|
Of all bears, this one is the best swimmer
|
Polar Bear
|
ZOOLOGY |
|
Completes "Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd, Nor Hell a Fury, like" this
|
a Woman scorn\'d
|
FAMOUS QUOTES |
|
Known as the "Great Chief Justice", he had served under Washington at Valley Forge
|
John Marshall
|
THE SUPREME COURT |
|
New Jersey & North Carolina each have a Surf City, but California, home of this "Surf City" duo, doesn't
|
Jan & Dean
|
GOLDEN OLDIES |
|
"The American Spelling Book" was the first part of his "A Grammatical Institute of the English Language"
|
Noah Webster
|
NONFICTION |
|
A pit viper's pits are highly sensitive to this & help it find its prey in the dark
|
Heat
|
ZOOLOGY |
|
In 1940, U.S. poet Alice D. Miller wrote, "In a world where" this country "is...dead, I do not wish to live"
|
England
|
FAMOUS QUOTES |
|
First Republican president after Taft, he appointed Taft chief justice
|
Warren G. Harding
|
THE SUPREME COURT |
|
Born Frederick Picariello, his first 2 hits were "Tallahassee Lassie" & "Way Down Yonder In New Orleans"
|
Freddy Cannon
|
GOLDEN OLDIES |
|
He won a 1962 Pulitzer Prize for "The Making of the President 1960"
|
Theodore White
|
NONFICTION |
|
Sometimes called the bird spider, it's the largest of all spiders
|
Tarantula
|
ZOOLOGY |
|
Hetty Green, the richest woman of her day, was known as the "Witch Of" this street
|
Wall Street
|
19TH CENTURY AMERICA |
|
Over 90% of Poles are followers of this religion, first adopted by Poland in 966
|
Roman Catholicism
|
POLAND |
|
Ray Bradbury & producer-dir. John Huston co-wrote the screenplay based on this Melville classic
|
"Moby Dick"
|
LITERATURE ON FILM |
|
She has 2 children, David & Sarah Armstrong-Jones
|
Princess Margaret
|
ROYALTY |
|
Born Niklas Koppernigk, he was a canon of Frauenberg Cathedral from 1497 until his death in 1543
|
Nicolaus Copernicus
|
ASTRONOMERS |
|
From the Latin "denigrare", to blacken, it means to belittle or blacken a character
|
Denigrate
|
FROM THE LATIN |
|
On July 5, 1846 John C. Fremont was chosen to direct the affairs of this "Bear Flag" republic
|
California
|
19TH CENTURY AMERICA |
|
Poland's longest one is the Vistula
|
River
|
POLAND |
|
In a 1941 film based on R.L. Stevenson's horror classic, Spencer Tracy played these 2 title characters
|
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
|
LITERATURE ON FILM |
|
She may have been a cousin of her husband Akhenaton; you can see the resemblance in her bust
|
Nefertiti
|
ROYALTY |
|
Astronomer Frank Drake set up Project Ozma about 1960 to search for this -- didn't work
|
Extraterrestrial Intelligence/Life Elsewhere
|
ASTRONOMERS |
|
Meaning "to bear", Hamlet did it with "slings & arrows of outrageous fortune"
|
Suffer
|
FROM THE LATIN |
|
In 1892 the Edison Co. merged with the Thomson-Houston Electrical Co. to form this company
|
General Electric
|
19TH CENTURY AMERICA |
|
As a result of WWII, Poland gained land in the west from Germany & lost land in the east to this country
|
the Soviet Union (USSR)
|
POLAND |
|
Rod Taylor traveled from the year 1899 to 802,701 A.D. in this film based on an H.G. Wells book
|
"The Time Machine"
|
LITERATURE ON FILM |
|
Prince Bernhard of this country is a former president of the World Wildlife Fund
|
Holland/The Netherlands
|
ROYALTY |
|
In 1675 Danish astronomer Olaus Roemer announced the 1st real measurement of the speed of this
|
Light
|
ASTRONOMERS |
|
Body tissues named for their "mouselike" movements
|
Muscles
|
FROM THE LATIN |
|
2 of the 4 people the Clanton gang went up against October 26, 1881
|
Morgan, Virgil & Wyatt Earp & Doc Holliday
|
19TH CENTURY AMERICA |
|
James Dean & Raymond Massey starred in this Cain & Abel fable based on a novel by John Steinbeck
|
"East of Eden"
|
LITERATURE ON FILM |
|
The last Anglo-Saxon king of England was killed in this battle
|
Battle of Hastings (which Harold II lost)
|
ROYALTY |
|
While teaching at the Univ. of Padua in 1610, he discovered 4 moons of Jupiter using a 30-power telescope
|
Galileo
|
ASTRONOMERS |
|
Originally meaning "concealed", it now refers to the supernatural
|
Occult
|
FROM THE LATIN |
|
In 1887 while librarian at Columbia U., he founded the first school for training librarians
|
Melville Dewey
|
19TH CENTURY AMERICA |
|
This 1880 novel by Lew Wallace was made into a film in 1907, 1926 & 1959
|
"Ben-Hur"
|
LITERATURE ON FILM |
|
In 1080 Canute IV succeeded his brother Harold Hen as king of this country
|
Denmark
|
ROYALTY |
|
This Italian astronomer discovered the division in Saturn's rings that bear his name
|
Giovanni Cassini
|
ASTRONOMERS |
|
To show we know "Ain't" ain't proper usage, we can use this 3-letter word in parentheses after it
|
sic
|
FROM THE LATIN |
|
'His most famous play was first produced in 1895, the year he was sent to jail, & he never wrote another')
|
Oscar Wilde (\"The Importance of Being Earnest\")
|
PLAYWRIGHTS |
|
In "Swanson On Swanson", Gloria claimed she had a love affair with this father of a president
|
Joseph Kennedy
|
1980 |
|
"One More Try" was this singer's third No. 1 hit from his "Faith" album
|
George Michael
|
SINGERS |
|
This word can stand alone or follow gun; either way, it's a gangster's girlfriend
|
Moll
|
4-LETTER WORDS |
|
The water in this large Utah lake is saltier than ocean water
|
The Great Salt Lake
|
BODIES OF WATER |
|
4 pearl grains equal 1 of these units also used for diamonds
|
Carats
|
WEIGHTS & MEASURES |
|
The month in which the USSR celebrates the anniversary of the October Revolution
|
November
|
THINK TWICE |
|
Pres. Carter signed a bill granting $1.5 billion in loan guarantees to this company
|
Chrysler
|
1980 |
|
In Sept. 1989 this English rock group introduced its own line of clothes
|
The Rolling Stones
|
SINGERS |
|
To descend to the bottom of anything, even a lavatory
|
Sink
|
4-LETTER WORDS |
|
Winter ocean air west of Norway is over 40 degrees warmer than average for that latitude because of this current
|
The Gulf Stream
|
BODIES OF WATER |
|
Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" takes place during this season
|
Spring
|
THINK TWICE |
|
United Artists withdrew this Michael Cimino film from theaters for re-editing
|
"Heaven\'s Gate"
|
1980 |
|
24 years after "I Want To Hold Your Hand", this ex-Beatle had a No. 1 hit with "Got My Mind Set On You"
|
George Harrison
|
SINGERS |
|
A roll of cloth, or a flash of lightning
|
Bolt
|
4-LETTER WORDS |
|
This ocean has the greatest length of coastline because of its irregular shape
|
Atlantic
|
BODIES OF WATER |
|
Catgut comes from these animals
|
Sheep
|
THINK TWICE |
|
FBI agents posed as foreign businessmen in this investigation that implicated 8 congressmen
|
ABSCAM
|
1980 |
|
"Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car" was this singer's third No. 1 single with 8 words in the title
|
Billy Ocean
|
SINGERS |
|
To flow forth suddenly & violently, or to make an excessive display of sentiment
|
Gush
|
4-LETTER WORDS |
|
Changing monsoon winds cause seasonal reverses of surface water movement in this Indian Ocean bay
|
Bay of Bengal
|
BODIES OF WATER |
|
You're not wet behind the ears if you know this international unit equals 6,076.11549 feet
|
Nautical Mile
|
WEIGHTS & MEASURES |
|
The Canary Islands were named after these animals
|
Dogs
|
THINK TWICE |
|
In January its price reached an all-time high of $50.35 per ounce
|
Silver
|
1980 |
|
Carrying on the reggae tradition of his father, this singer has released 5 albums
|
Ziggy Marley
|
SINGERS |
|
Ironically, it can mean to dance with light, quick steps or to stumble like a clumsy ox
|
Trip
|
4-LETTER WORDS |
|
Once part of the Gulf of California, it's now the largest natural lake entirely within the state
|
Salton Sea
|
BODIES OF WATER |
|
If you're a half pint, you're equal to this many cups
|
1
|
WEIGHTS & MEASURES |
|
Most Chinese gooseberries are grown in this country
|
New Zealand (AKA the Kiwi Fruit)
|
THINK TWICE |
|
The home Lassie went back to in the 1940 novel "Lassie Come Home" was in this country
|
England
|
LITERARY CLASSICS |
|
Accoridng to Forbes Magazine, Steven Spielberg made $70 million or so on this one videotape
|
"E.T."
|
AMERICAN BUSINESSMEN |
|
After James I granted Derry, Ireland to the citizens of London, it became known as this
|
Londonderry
|
HISTORY |
|
Olympic ice skater Carol Heiss played Snow White in a 1961 film starring this wacky trio
|
The Three Stooges
|
ACTORS & THEIR ROLES |
|
This country's name is from the Turkish word "on-ogur", signifying 10 tribes
|
Hungary
|
EASTERN EUROPE |
|
Newton used one of these to spread out white light into a colored band
|
Prism
|
SIR ISAAC NEWTON |
|
He wrote his "Georgics" in praise of the agricultural life before he wrote a Roman epic
|
Virgil
|
LITERARY CLASSICS |
|
Marino Faliero, who was the doge of this, led a plot to kill the nobles & was executed in 1355
|
Venice
|
HISTORY |
|
Amy Irving's mom, Priscilla Pointer, played Pam's mom on this prime time TV soap
|
"Dallas"
|
ACTORS & THEIR ROLES |
|
In 1989 this country's leader, Egon Krenz, opened its borders to halt population loss
|
East Germany
|
EASTERN EUROPE |
|
A body at rest stays at rest, F=ma & reaction is always equal & opposite in action
|
Newton\'s 3 Laws of Motion
|
SIR ISAAC NEWTON |
|
The Indian sage Vatsyayana wrote this erotic how-to manual whose name is Sanskrit for "Love Science"
|
Kama Sutra
|
LITERARY CLASSICS |
|
The 8 richest people in Delaware all belong to this family
|
DuPont
|
AMERICAN BUSINESSMEN |
|
This czar established a parliament called the Duma
|
Nicholas II
|
HISTORY |
|
He played a crime king in his last film, 1964's "The Killers"
|
Ronald Reagan
|
ACTORS & THEIR ROLES |
|
This capital's name 1st appeared in a document of Vlad the Impaler, the prototype of Dracula
|
Bucharest (Romania)
|
EASTERN EUROPE |
|
This noted astronomer paid to have Newton's "Principia" published
|
Sir Edmond Halley
|
SIR ISAAC NEWTON |
|
This Greek historian's "Parallel Lives" analyzes the character of well-known Greeks & Romans
|
Plutarch
|
LITERARY CLASSICS |
|
In 1887 this man replaced Levi Abt as a partner with Max & Harry Hart & Marcus Marx
|
Joseph Schaffner
|
AMERICAN BUSINESSMEN |
|
The outbreak of this war in 431 B.C. put an end to Athens' Golden Age of Pericles
|
The Peloponnesian War
|
HISTORY |
|
He spent some "Happy Days" playing Fiorello LaGuardia, & won a Tony too
|
Tom Bosley
|
ACTORS & THEIR ROLES |
|
The Jadranska Magistrala, or Adriatic Highway, runs along this country's coast
|
Yugoslavia
|
EASTERN EUROPE |
|
Newton said, "If I have seen further than other men, it is because I stood on" these
|
The Shoulders of Giants
|
SIR ISAAC NEWTON |
|
Britannica calls this John McCrae poem the only important Canadian verse related to WWI
|
"In Flanders Fields"
|
LITERARY CLASSICS |
|
In 1963 this Texas hobby store chain owner bought the Boston-based Radio Shack chain
|
Charles Tandy
|
AMERICAN BUSINESSMEN |
|
Atahualpa was the unlucky 13th emperor of these people
|
Incas
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HISTORY |
|
In 1989 this Oscar winner starred in HBO's "Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story"
|
Ben Kingsley (won Oscar for "Gandhi" in 1982)
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ACTORS & THEIR ROLES |
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In November 1989 hard liner Todor Zhivkov resigned after leading this country for 35 years
|
Bulgaria
|
EASTERN EUROPE |
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'The only U.S. state that borders 4 Great Lakes')
|
Michigan (borders Huron, Michigan, Erie & Superior)
|
U.S. STATES |
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The game properties in classic Monopoly were named for streets in this city
|
Atlantic City
|
U.S. CITIES |
|
This handsome hunk played basketball at USC long before “Magnum, P.I.” made him a star
|
Tom Selleck
|
WHEN THEY WERE IN COLLEGE |
|
Oprah picked this Tolstoy tragedy about an unhappy family for her book club
|
Anna Karenina
|
BESTSELLERS |
|
This government department recommended duct tape & plastic sheets to seal a room against a chemical attack
|
the Department of Homeland Security
|
LAST YEAR'S NEWS |
|
It’s the point of maximum velocity in a pendulum’s swing
|
the bottom of the arc in equilibrium
|
PHYSICS |
|
Cinderella's deadline
|
midnight
|
"MID" TERMS |
|
It’s easy to recognizethiscity’s skyline--see the Sears Tower?
|
Chicago
|
U.S. CITIES |
|
This “Alien” star has been a close pal of playwright Christopher Durang ever since they were drama students at Yale
|
Sigourney Weaver
|
WHEN THEY WERE IN COLLEGE |
|
This weepie by Nicholas Sparks was made into a film starring Ryan Gosling & Rachel McAdams
|
The Notebook
|
BESTSELLERS |
|
Donald Rumsfeld called these 2 countries “Old Europe” after they opposed military action against Iraq
|
Germany and France
|
LAST YEAR'S NEWS |
|
After trying to measure this with signals between himself & an assistant, Galileo decided it was infinite
|
The speed of light
|
PHYSICS |
|
A crop top is designed to leave this part of the body bare
|
the midriff
|
"MID" TERMS |
|
This seat of Indiana University may have been named for its flowers or for an early settler
|
Bloomington
|
U.S. CITIES |
|
He was in college in ’74 when he became a weekend weatherman in Syracuse; today he’s on the “Today” show
|
Al Roker
|
WHEN THEY WERE IN COLLEGE |
|
The title of this series by Tim Lahaye & Jerry B. Jenkins refers to the people who remain on Earth after the rapture
|
Left Behind
|
BESTSELLERS |
|
Democratic house members fled this state in order to block republicans from redrawing congressional districts
|
Texas
|
LAST YEAR'S NEWS |
|
(Jimmy and Sarah of the Clue Crew pull on cords of different thicknesses.) Seven letter word for the type of strength, based on the cohesion of molecules, that varies in different materials
|
tensile
|
PHYSICS |
|
This word completes the proverb “Don’t change horses in...”
|
midstream
|
"MID" TERMS |
|
The heart of French Louisiana & the unofficial capital of the Cajun country is this city named for a French patriot
|
Lafayette
|
U.S. CITIES |
|
Joan Cusack performed with an improv group while studying at this school in Madison
|
University of Wisconsin
|
WHEN THEY WERE IN COLLEGE |
|
The narrator of “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time” has this developmental condition
|
autism
|
BESTSELLERS |
|
The FDA said it would ban dietary supplements containing this after a baseball player's death was linked to it
|
ephedra
|
LAST YEAR'S NEWS |
|
The zeroth law of this says 2 bodies each in thermal equilibrium with a 3rd are in thermal equilibrium with each other
|
thermodynamics
|
PHYSICS |
|
Even Rachel in the Bible had one of these women to help her deliver her baby
|
a midwife
|
"MID" TERMS |
|
On a “table” of Arizona’s most populous cities, this one would be listed third
|
Mesa
|
U.S. CITIES |
|
Meryl Streep starred in a campus production of “Miss Julie” as an undergrad at this Poughkeepsie college
|
Vassar
|
WHEN THEY WERE IN COLLEGE |
|
Azar Nafisi’s “Memoir in Books” is called “Reading” this Nabokov classic “in Tehran”
|
Lolita
|
BESTSELLERS |
|
The America’s Cup was won for the first time by a European country: ironically this landlocked nation
|
Switzerland
|
LAST YEAR'S NEWS |
|
Thisrepresents the direction and the magnitude, by the arrow’s length, of certain quantities
|
a vector
|
PHYSICS |
|
It’s where your tympanic membrane is located
|
the middle ear
|
"MID" TERMS |
|
Excavations atthiscity destroyed by Vesuvius have revealed people trapped in time
|
Pompeii
|
REMAINS TO BE SEEN |
|
In 2001 this "Clark Kent before he was Superman" series debuted on the WB
|
Smallville
|
A QUICKIE WITH SUPERMAN |
|
In 2001 Teddy Roosevelt received a posthumous Medal of Honor for his actions during this war
|
the Spanish-American War
|
THIS MEANS WAR |
|
To make this basis of soup, simmer chicken parts for 3 hours, with frequent skimming, or drop a cube into water
|
broth (or stock)
|
COOKING |
|
Zwilling J. A. Henckels will sell the aspiring chef an 18-piece block set of these
|
knives
|
TOOLS OF THE TRADE |
|
Goods or cargo transported commercially
|
freight
|
E BEFORE I |
|
Today on display in an Italian museum, the body of a 5,300-year-old man was found in 1991 thawing out in these mountains
|
the Alps
|
REMAINS TO BE SEEN |
|
In 1996 in the comics, Superman finally married her
|
Lois Lane
|
A QUICKIE WITH SUPERMAN |
|
Legend has it that this war lasted for 10 years, ending in 1184 B.C.
|
the Trojan War
|
THIS MEANS WAR |
|
If you put too much of this into a dish, drop in a peeled potato to absorb it
|
salt
|
COOKING |
|
Firefighters' equipment includes axes and this modified "bar" that operates as a lever
|
a crowbar
|
TOOLS OF THE TRADE |
|
Chaing Kai-Shek Memorial Hall is located in this capital
|
Taipei
|
E BEFORE I |
|
The philosopher Jeremy Bentham, who died in 1832, is kept in a glass case at University College in this British city
|
London
|
REMAINS TO BE SEEN |
|
His cub reporter buddy at the Daily Planet newspaper
|
Jimmy (Olsen)
|
A QUICKIE WITH SUPERMAN |
|
It began in 1899 when the Orange Free State & South African Republic declared war on Britain
|
the Boer War
|
THIS MEANS WAR |
|
An egg that spins merrily & easily on the counter tells you it's this
|
hard-boiled
|
COOKING |
|
Professional whose tool kit would most likely include a multimeter & a wire stripper
|
electrician
|
TOOLS OF THE TRADE |
|
The leader of an Arab tribe or village
|
a sheikh
|
E BEFORE I |
|
The body of this "Common Sense" author was taken to be put on display in England, but eventually his remains were lost
|
(Thomas) Paine
|
REMAINS TO BE SEEN |
|
Superman vows a never-ending fight for "truth, justice and" this
|
the American Way (freedom also accepted)
|
A QUICKIE WITH SUPERMAN |
|
The 7th Earl of Cardigan saw his famous light brigade decimated in the Battle of Balaklava in this war
|
the Crimean War
|
THIS MEANS WAR |
|
For vegetarians, instead of vitello alla parmigiana, veal parmesean, make malanzine alla parmigiana, this
|
eggplant
|
COOKING |
|
Tusa's visio, with a polycarbonate frame, is this piece of scuba equipment
|
a mask
|
TOOLS OF THE TRADE |
|
He's the missionary and humanitarian seenhere
|
Albert Schweitzer
|
E BEFORE I |
|
This patron saint of Lourdes'bodyhas remained unchanged in its glass display case since her death in 1879
|
Saint Bernadette
|
REMAINS TO BE SEEN |
|
In the 1978 movie, Gene Hackman played this villain & perpetual thorn in Superman's side
|
Lex Luthor
|
A QUICKIE WITH SUPERMAN |
|
The second of these wars between ancient Rome & Carthage is also known as the Hannibalic war
|
the Punic Wars
|
THIS MEANS WAR |
|
You'll want to remove the stem and possibly the gills before cooking withthisjumbo-sized mushroom
|
portobello
|
COOKING |
|
To achieve the surf style on one of these, use a whammy bar
|
a guitar
|
TOOLS OF THE TRADE |
|
In November 1942 Montgomery's troops scored a major victory at this northern Egyptian town
|
El Alamein
|
E BEFORE I |
|
'In June 2000 Bill Clinton described it as "the most wondrous map ever produced"')
|
the human genome
|
SCIENCE NEWS |
|
A term for politics at the local level, or items found in your lawn
|
grass roots
|
POLITICAL LINGO |
|
"Chim Chim Cher-ee"
|
Mary Poppins
|
OSCAR-WINNING SONGS |
|
Sandy Koufax, when on the mound
|
a southpaw
|
"SOUTH" PARK |
|
In one myth the decapitated head of the giant Mimir was an advisor to this Norse god
|
Odin
|
OH, MY GODS! |
|
He's the kilt-clad kinsmen picturedherearound 1980
|
Prince Charles
|
THEY KILT |
|
Dr. Alfred Kinsey was born in this New Jersey city in 1894, as was Frank Sinatra 21 years later
|
Hoboken
|
KINSEY |
|
A GOP plan to eliminated filibusters on judicial nominees has been called this alarming "option"
|
nuclear
|
POLITICAL LINGO |
|
"Talk To The Animals"
|
Dr. Dolittle
|
OSCAR-WINNING SONGS |
|
This popular diet was developed to help cardiac patients lose weight
|
the South Beach Diet
|
"SOUTH" PARK |
|
Associated with nature & plants, Xipe Totec was an important god of these North American people
|
the Aztecs
|
OH, MY GODS! |
|
When this actor was knighted in 1999 he wore a kilt to the ceremony
|
Sean Connery
|
THEY KILT |
|
Caused by a deficiency of vitamin D, this bone-softening disease curved Dr. Kinsey's spine as a child
|
rickets
|
KINSEY |
|
In 1826, John Cam Hobhouse coined the phrase "His Majesty's" this for the party not in power
|
Opposition
|
POLITICAL LINGO |
|
"Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head"
|
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
|
OSCAR-WINNING SONGS |
|
It's surrounded by the Philippines, Borneo & Taiwan
|
the South China Sea
|
"SOUTH" PARK |
|
The Roman goddess of flowers, she had an herb that was said to make you pregnant if you touched it
|
Flora
|
OH, MY GODS! |
|
Sometimes decorated with fur, a sporran is a traditional one of these worn in front of a kilt
|
a pouch (or purse)
|
THEY KILT |
|
Before he took up sex, Dr. Kinsey studied & became a renowned expert on the gall type of this insect
|
a wasp
|
KINSEY |
|
From the Latin for "all", it's the type of $388-billion spending bill Congress passed in December 2004
|
omnibus
|
POLITICAL LINGO |
|
"Colors Of The Wind"
|
Pocahontas
|
OSCAR-WINNING SONGS |
|
There is nothing like this musical that opened in New York in 1949
|
South Pacific
|
"SOUTH" PARK |
|
If sometimes you feel like a "nut", check out Nut, a goddess of this ancient civilization
|
Egypt
|
OH, MY GODS! |
|
The Royal Stuart is a type of this, a plaid pattern on the fabric of a kilt
|
a tartan
|
THEY KILT |
|
In 1947 Dr. Kinsey founded his institute for sex research at this Bloomington university
|
Indiana
|
KINSEY |
|
A junior member of Parliament, from the location of his or her seat
|
a back-bencher
|
POLITICAL LINGO |
|
"Al Otro Lado Del Rio"
|
The Motorcycle Diaries
|
OSCAR-WINNING SONGS |
|
In 2003 the name of this area was officially changed to South Los Angeles
|
South Central
|
"SOUTH" PARK |
|
The sub bearing the name of this trumpeter sea god & son of Poseidon was the first to travel around the world underwater
|
Triton
|
OH, MY GODS! |
|
In 1822, when this author organized a royal visit to Edinburgh, he wore a kilt & got George IV to sport one also
|
Sir Walter Scott
|
THEY KILT |
|
Completes the title of Dr. Kinsey's shocking 1948 work "Sexual Behavior in" this
|
the Human Male
|
KINSEY |
|
Number that's the greatest common factor of 15, 130 & 10,000
|
5
|
MATH |
|
1 of the 2 shows that debuted in the fall of 1988 with a Murphy in the title
|
Murphy Brown(orMurphy\'s Law)
|
'80s TV |
|
On Sept. 22, 1776, the morning after his capture by the British & with no trial, he gave the one life he had
|
Nathan Hale
|
START SPREADIN' THE NOOSE |
|
(Former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge gives the clue.) I introduced the threat advisory system; during my time at the DHS we were never able to go below this color, for "elevated threat"
|
yellow
|
LET'S BE SECURE |
|
About 96 percent of Mongols are of this religion
|
Buddhist
|
MONGO FOR MONGOLIA |
|
Since 1937, it's been the location of the U.S. gold depository
|
Fort Knox
|
"OX" MARKS THE SPOT |
|
Slow down when you approach this type of set that contains elements common to 2 other sets
|
an intersection
|
MATH |
|
20 years after its debut, this quirky show came out on DVD in 2005 with commentary from Cybill Shepherd & Bruce Willis
|
Moonlighting
|
'80s TV |
|
Tradition says this Biblical figure kissed himself off on a tree that now bears his name
|
Judas Iscariot
|
START SPREADIN' THE NOOSE |
|
DHS is charged with protecting "critical" this--from subways to satellites, the systems we rely on every day
|
infrastructure
|
LET'S BE SECURE |
|
In recent years measures taken by the Mongolian government have stabilized the tugrik, which is this
|
the currency
|
MONGO FOR MONGOLIA |
|
A nickleodeon was an early version of this 7-letter machine
|
a jukebox
|
"OX" MARKS THE SPOT |
|
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands at a chalkboard.) Multiplying in scientific notation gets me a product withthisexponent
|
9
|
MATH |
|
"Three's a Crowd" picked up where this sitcom left off
|
Three\'s Company
|
'80s TV |
|
Emerson said this man, hanged for treason on Dec. 2, 1859, would make the gallows "as glorious as the cross"
|
John Brown
|
START SPREADIN' THE NOOSE |
|
(Tom Ridge reads.) I led the largest reorganization of the government since the 1940s, including bringing the Secret Service, customs, & this whole military service into the DHS
|
the Coast Guard
|
LET'S BE SECURE |
|
In the 1990s the Przewalski variety of this was reintroduced to Mongolia
|
horse
|
MONGO FOR MONGOLIA |
|
Seward's, it was said, was Alaska
|
an icebox
|
"OX" MARKS THE SPOT |
|
For a line, this is defined as the ratio of vertical to horizontal distance it covers
|
slope
|
MATH |
|
Joe Penny played Jake; he played the Fatman
|
(William) Conrad
|
'80s TV |
|
Washington denied his request to be shot like a gentleman & not hanged like a spy, which he was on Oct. 2, 1780
|
Major John Andr
|
START SPREADIN' THE NOOSE |
|
Passenger screening is the responsibility of this Homeland Security agency established in November 2001
|
the TSA
|
LET'S BE SECURE |
|
Founded around 1368, this Chinese dynasty drove the Mongols out of power in China that same year
|
the Ming
|
MONGO FOR MONGOLIA |
|
Jenner used this bovine pathogen to make his vaccine
|
cowpox
|
"OX" MARKS THE SPOT |
|
Doc Severinson performed its theme during the '80s; Ray Charles did it during the '90s
|
Designing Women
|
'80s TV |
|
In 1987 Spandau prison officials reported that this Nazi had hanged himself at age 93
|
Rudolph Hess
|
START SPREADIN' THE NOOSE |
|
(Tom Ridge reads one last time.) Our front line of defense against a terrorist attack is local police & firefighters, known as "first" these
|
responders
|
LET'S BE SECURE |
|
In the 1200s the Mongols established this capital city with the same name as K2's mountain range
|
Karakoram
|
MONGO FOR MONGOLIA |
|
Popular Western United States perennial seenhere
|
phlox
|
"OX" MARKS THE SPOT |
|
'In 2004 a top entry in a 6,000 mile albatross race was sponsored by a descendant of this man who died in 1834')
|
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
|
FAMOUS ENGLISHMEN |
|
Sitting Bull nicknamed her "Little Sure Shot"
|
Annie Oakley
|
NICKNAMES |
|
What Mia would keep in her quiver if she took up archery
|
Farrow\'s Arrows
|
RHYME TIME |
|
Some say this brunch dish was created to cure the hangover of a Mr. Samuel Benedict
|
Eggs Benedict
|
FOOD & DRINK |
|
Goll-ee! It was the first spin-off of "The Andy Griffith Show"
|
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
|
TV SPIN-OFFS |
|
This means of transportation invented by Andrew Hallidie was first used in San Francisco in 1873
|
Cable Car
|
19TH CENTURY AMERICA |
|
The wolf's reply to "What big eyes you have"
|
"All the better to see you with"
|
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD |
|
He was the "Rock of Notre Dame"
|
Knute Rockne
|
NICKNAMES |
|
What you could have filled at a pharmacy in Cairo
|
Egyptian Prescription
|
RHYME TIME |
|
This dressing commonly found on sandwiches may derive its name from a seaport in Minorca
|
Mayonnaise (Mayon)
|
FOOD & DRINK |
|
Before they moved on up to the east side, "The Jeffersons" resided in this sitcom
|
"All In The Family"
|
TV SPIN-OFFS |
|
This 363-mile waterway opened on October 26, 1825
|
Erie Canal
|
19TH CENTURY AMERICA |
|
This is the first person the wolf devours
|
Grandma
|
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD |
|
This colonist was nicknamed "Little Indian Fighter", but we don't know what Priscilla called him
|
Miles Standish
|
NICKNAMES |
|
A more adorable guy who wants to marry you
|
Cuter Suitor
|
RHYME TIME |
|
Pancake mix whose name came from the title of a Vaudeville song, not someone's relative
|
Aunt Jemima
|
FOOD & DRINK |
|
6 months after this NBC police series ended in '87, Dennis Franz premiered as "Beverly Hills Buntz"
|
"Hill Street Blues"
|
TV SPIN-OFFS |
|
The first boardwalk in America was completed in 1870 in this resort city
|
Atlantic City
|
19TH CENTURY AMERICA |
|
In a Disney cartoon this trio warns Red about the Big Bad Wolf
|
The Three Little Pigs
|
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD |
|
"Dark" nickname shared by Jackie Onassis' father, John Bouvier, & General Pershing
|
"Black Jack"
|
NICKNAMES |
|
To hurt Fred Astaire's dancing partner
|
Injure Ginger
|
RHYME TIME |
|
This extremely strong-smelling cheese was named for a province in Belgium
|
Limburger
|
FOOD & DRINK |
|
This Robert Guillaume series lasted 7 years -- 3 years longer than "Soap", from which it sprang
|
"Benson"
|
TV SPIN-OFFS |
|
When he didn't get along with this president, John C. Calhoun resigned as vice president in 1832
|
Andrew Jackson
|
19TH CENTURY AMERICA |
|
In the German version, this character was added to save the day
|
The Woodsman
|
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD |
|
Early 19th century chief justice nicknamed "Silver Heels" because he had run races in his stocking feet
|
John Marshall
|
NICKNAMES |
|
A typical evening gown
|
Normal Formal
|
RHYME TIME |
|
You can add your favorite fruit to this rum & lime cocktail named for a district in Cuba
|
Daiquiri
|
FOOD & DRINK |
|
This daughter of Darrin & Samantha Stevens on "Bewitched" grew up to have her own series in 1978
|
Tabitha
|
TV SPIN-OFFS |
|
In 1854 this Ill. senator sponsored the Kan.-Neb. Act whose passage angered anti-slavery forces
|
Stephen Douglas
|
19TH CENTURY AMERICA |
|
In the 1966 hit song, line that followed "Hey there Lil' Red Riding Hood..."
|
"Hey, you sure are lookin\' good"
|
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD |
|
While hidden at Wartburg Castle in 1521, this man began his German translation of the New Testament
|
Martin Luther
|
EUROPEAN HISTORY |
|
An incident on a warship on which his cousin was an officer may have inspired "Billy Budd"
|
Herman Melville
|
LITERARY RELATIVES |
|
The title of Donizetti's opera "La Fille Du Regiment" translates to this
|
"The Daughter of the Regiment"
|
OPERA |
|
The tip of your dentist's high-speed drill is made of tungsten carbide & may contain this gem
|
Diamond
|
TECHNOLOGY |
|
The practice of interpreting the influence of the stars & planets on earthly affairs
|
Astrology
|
THE OCCULT |
|
A Bremen Town Musician works in this country
|
West Germany
|
WEST ON THE MAP |
|
This one time Dominican prior ruled the Spanish Inquisition with an iron hand for 15 years
|
Tomas de Torquemada
|
EUROPEAN HISTORY |
|
She began writing her diaries as letters to her father, Spanish composer Joaquin Nin
|
Anais Nin
|
LITERARY RELATIVES |
|
"Lakme" is set in this country, where Lakme is the daughter of a Brahman priest
|
India
|
OPERA |
|
Name given the world's first artificial satellite
|
Sputnik
|
TECHNOLOGY |
|
(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):Occult communication device in use here:
|
Ouija Board
|
THE OCCULT |
|
Gaston Caperton is this state's governor
|
West Virginia
|
WEST ON THE MAP |
|
Russia's 1939 invasion of this neighbor met with resistance from highly mobile ski troops
|
Finland
|
EUROPEAN HISTORY |
|
This Frenchman's paternal grandparents were a marquis & a black woman from Santo Domingo
|
Alexandre Dumas (pere)
|
LITERARY RELATIVES |
|
Of a baritone, a bass or a tenor, what Caruso was
|
Tenor
|
OPERA |
|
It's what you need to operate the 1861 invention of Linus Yale
|
Key (creation of lock)
|
TECHNOLOGY |
|
The first laboratory for the study of parapsychology was established at this N.C. univ. in the '20s
|
Duke
|
THE OCCULT |
|
Since 1967 Israel has occupied a controversial area on the West Bank of this river
|
The Jordan River
|
WEST ON THE MAP |
|
In its drive for German unification, this country defeated Austria in the 7 Weeks' War of 1866
|
Prussia
|
EUROPEAN HISTORY |
|
Daniel Day Lewis, who starred in "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" is this late poet laureate's son
|
Cecil Day Lewis
|
LITERARY RELATIVES |
|
Pietro Mascagni said, "It is a pity I wrote" this opera "first. I was crowned before I became king."
|
Cavalleria rusticana
|
OPERA |
|
The moveable lined glass on a slide rule or the blinking symbol on a computer screen
|
Cursor
|
TECHNOLOGY |
|
The name of this daughter of King Priam is synonymous with a person whose prophecies go unheeded
|
Cassandra
|
THE OCCULT |
|
Antigua, Santa Lucia & Barbados are part of this archipelago
|
West Indies
|
WEST ON THE MAP |
|
In about 1403 Belgrade, now the capital of Yuogslavia, became the capital of this country
|
Serbia
|
EUROPEAN HISTORY |
|
His daughter Susan's memoir about life with him is called "Home Before Dark"
|
John Cheever
|
LITERARY RELATIVES |
|
In Verdi's opera "Don Carlos", Don Carlos is the son of this 16th century Spanish king
|
King Philip II
|
OPERA |
|
This process removes salt from sea water & in artificial kidneys waste from the blood
|
Dialysis
|
TECHNOLOGY |
|
The most famous one of these shrines in the ancient world was located on the slopes of Mount Parnassus
|
Oracle
|
THE OCCULT |
|
Buckingham Palace is in this borough of London
|
Westminster
|
WEST ON THE MAP |
|
'Once a professor of astronomy, he designed the Royal Observatory at Greenwich')
|
Sir Christopher Wren
|
ARCHITECTURE |
|
Tolstoy's first full-length novel, it includes a cast of more than 500 characters
|
War and Peace
|
WORLD LITERATURE |
|
No. 7 in pinstripes, this pride of Oklahoma was honored in 1969
|
Mickey Mantle
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RETIRED JERSEYS |
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To score an eagle in golf is to score this many shots under par on a hole
|
two under par
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EAGLE-EYED |
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In 2000heconsidered a presidential run on the Reform Party ticket
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Mr. (Donald) Trump
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THE POLITICAL HAIR APPARENT |
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This term for a certain group of undergraduates is from the Latin for "elder"
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seniors
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COLLEGE COLLAGE |
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"White Christmas" crooner who joined 2 other guys to form a "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" supergroup
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Bing Crosby, Stills and Nash
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MUSICAL BEFORE & AFTER |
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Chapter 8 of this 17th century work begins, "They came in sight of thirty, forty windmills"
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Don Quixote
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WORLD LITERATURE |
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Hewas so good--& indecisive--that his team retired his jersey twice, in 1994 & 1999
|
(Michael) Jordan
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RETIRED JERSEYS |
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The symbol of this youth organization is an eagle superimposed on a stylized iris
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the Boy Scouts
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EAGLE-EYED |
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Do the 'do of the New York politico seenhere
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(Rudolph) Giuliani
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THE POLITICAL HAIR APPARENT |
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With close to 50,000 students, this Columbus-based university is one of the USA's largest
|
Ohio State
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COLLEGE COLLAGE |
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Men's fragrance that wants to be a "Wannabe" group
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Old Spice Girls
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MUSICAL BEFORE & AFTER |
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Buried treasure found on an islet in the Tuscan Archipelago makes this character wealthy
|
the Count of Monte Cristo
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WORLD LITERATURE |
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Appropriately,hiswas retired in 1999
|
Wayne Gretzky
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RETIRED JERSEYS |
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In 1969 he commanded the "Eagle" lunar module
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Armstrong
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EAGLE-EYED |
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Hiswould-be boss joked that this man had better hair than Dick Cheney
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John Edwards
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THE POLITICAL HAIR APPARENT |
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Also known as a city college, it's a local junior college without residential facilities
|
a community college
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COLLEGE COLLAGE |
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Reggae widow who appears to Scrooge
|
Rita Marley\'s Ghost
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MUSICAL BEFORE & AFTER |
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This Albert Camus novel begins with the discovery of a dead rat outside Dr. Bernard Rieux' door; more dead rats follow
|
The Plague
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WORLD LITERATURE |
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Thislegend hit the rafters in 1993
|
Larry Bird
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RETIRED JERSEYS |
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The bald eagle became our national emblem in 1782 with the adoption of this "Great" object
|
the Great Seal
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EAGLE-EYED |
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ThisMississippi congressman has seen his "hair share" of controversy
|
Trent Lott
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THE POLITICAL HAIR APPARENT |
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The first black sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha, was founded at this university in 1908
|
Howard
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COLLEGE COLLAGE |
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Pizza restaurant chain mogul who composed "Stars & Stripes Forever"
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Papa John Philip Sousa
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MUSICAL BEFORE & AFTER |
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In 1902 Kipling published a volume of these "Stories", including "The Cat that Walked by Himself"
|
theJust So Stories
|
WORLD LITERATURE |
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Statethisman whose jersey was retired in 1997
|
Joe Montana
|
RETIRED JERSEYS |
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This constellation that features the star Altair is in the shape of an eagle with considerable wingspan
|
Aquila
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EAGLE-EYED |
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He's the powerful Texas congressman partially seenhere
|
(Tom) DeLay
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THE POLITICAL HAIR APPARENT |
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Larry McMurtry & Joyce Carol Oates are among the alumni of this Houston university
|
Rice
|
COLLEGE COLLAGE |
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5-star general who rocked out the South with "Fire On The Mountain"
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George Marshall Tucker Band
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MUSICAL BEFORE & AFTER |
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Robert Hooke spent lots of time arguing over who made discoveries first, notably with this man over gravitation
|
Newton
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SCIENTISTS |
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Computer expert Angela Bennett
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The Net
|
SANDRA BULLOCK MOVIES |
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3 of these leaves appear on Ontario's coat of arms
|
the maple leaf
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ONWARD TO ONTARIO |
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Statue-torily, there's one of these at the center of Indiana's flag, representing Liberty
|
a torch
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FLAGS |
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To her friends, this exotic "Sarong Girl" of the movies was just plain "Dottie"
|
Dorothy Lamour
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DOT |
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Don Evans was the 34th secretary of this cabinet department
|
Commerce
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"COM" |
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the top secretJeopardy!science lab.) Laplace published the equation named for him in his treatise on these mechanics--the mathematics of theheavens
|
celestial
|
SCIENTISTS |
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Chicago "L" token seller Lucy, in love with the comatose Peter
|
While You Were Sleeping
|
SANDRA BULLOCK MOVIES |
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In 1953 a dramatic festival devoted to the works of Shakespeare appropriately began in this Ontario town
|
Stratford
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ONWARD TO ONTARIO |
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The Confederacy's second flag (above) was replaced with the third flag (below) because the second could be mistaken for this
|
a flag of truce (or surrender)
|
FLAGS |
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"The only thing I didn't like about 'The Barretts of Wimpole Street' was the play", said this Algonquin wit
|
Dorothy Parker
|
DOT |
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1-word term for fellowship, or the act of receiving the Eucharistic elements
|
communion
|
"COM" |
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It took a Russian, Lomonosov, to first record the freezing temperature of this metallic element, at about -40
|
mercury
|
SCIENTISTS |
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Newspaper columnist Gwen Cummings, who enters rehab for 4 weeks
|
28 Days
|
SANDRA BULLOCK MOVIES |
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Founded in 1836, an Ontario univ. that's part of the University of Toronto bears the name of this British queen
|
Victoria
|
ONWARD TO ONTARIO |
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The flag of this place "Where America's day ends" features an eagle holding symbols of chiefs' authority
|
American Samoa
|
FLAGS |
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She appeared with her sister Lillian in the 1912 film "The New York Hat"
|
Dorothy Gish
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DOT |
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2-word Latin term meaning mentally sound; we usually hear about the reverse that starts with "non"
|
compos mentis
|
"COM" |
|
Snell measured the Earth by first using this geometric method to measure the distance between towns
|
triangulation
|
SCIENTISTS |
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Lenina Huxley, a cop in 2032 who unfreezes John Spartan (Sylvester Stallone)
|
Demolition Man
|
SANDRA BULLOCK MOVIES |
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Along with the smaller James Bay, this large body of water forms Ontario's northern coastline
|
the Hudson Bay
|
ONWARD TO ONTARIO |
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The fleur-de-lis, on the flag & license plates of Quebec, was a symbol of the man in this position
|
the King of France
|
FLAGS |
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"Introducing" this African-American actress who appeared briefly with her sister in the Marx Bros.' "A Day at the Races"
|
Dorothy Dandridge
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DOT |
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Controversial 1969 Philip Roth novel that was made into a 1972 film
|
Portnoy\'s Complaint
|
"COM" |
|
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the top secretJeopardy!science lab.) This great experimenter also gave lectures to London kids; in 1860, heshowedthem combustion requires air
|
Michael Faraday
|
SCIENTISTS |
|
Geeky research scientist Diane Farrow
|
Love Potion No. 9
|
SANDRA BULLOCK MOVIES |
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The War of 1812 Battle of Moraviantown in Canada was also known as the Battle of this Ontario River
|
the Thames
|
ONWARD TO ONTARIO |
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When there was just 1 of this country, emperor Kojong chose white as the flag's background color
|
Korea
|
FLAGS |
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Connect the dots; the British author of "Pilgrimage" or a 2-time U.S. Olympic gold medalist softball player
|
Dot Richardson
|
DOT |
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A Native American tribe belonging to the Shoshonean division of the Uto-Aztecan linguistic stock
|
Comanche
|
"COM" |
|
'For the first time in its history, the Nobel Prize for Literature was not awarded in this year')
|
1914
|
THE NOBEL PRIZES |
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As a prefix, this single letter can mean on, in, to or without
|
A
|
LETTER PERFECT |
|
On Nov. 24, 1963 Senator Mike Mansfield said, "A piece of each of us has died" the moment he was shot
|
John F. Kennedy
|
POLITICAL QUOTES |
|
On June 14, 1959 this vice president & his family opened Disneyland's monorail
|
Richard Nixon
|
DISNEYLAND |
|
"Where both deliberate, the love is slight; who ever loved, that loved not at first" this
|
Sight
|
LOVE POEMS |
|
Wine should be stored lying down, so this remains wet & swollen
|
Cork
|
WINE |
|
This Wrigley product has been using twins in its ads since 1939
|
Doublemint Gum
|
TWINS |
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For the Flying Fortress this letter preceded -17; for the Superfortress, -29
|
B
|
LETTER PERFECT |
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FDR told the nation in 1936 that "This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with" this
|
Destiny
|
POLITICAL QUOTES |
|
2 of the 4 peaks in the Disneyland "mountain range"
|
Big Thunder, Matterhorn, Space Mountain & Splash Mountain
|
DISNEYLAND |
|
Edmund Spenser called this season "The herald of love's mighty king"
|
Spring
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LOVE POEMS |
|
It follows "Cabernet" in a red wine, & precedes "Blanc" in a white wine
|
Sauvignon
|
WINE |
|
A Minnesota Twin could tell you this word is a synonym for twin bill
|
Doubleheader
|
TWINS |
|
When this letter follows 100 degrees it makes it the boiling point of water
|
C
|
LETTER PERFECT |
|
Senator who said in '83, "I regret that I have but 1 wife to give to my country's infrastructure"
|
Bob Dole
|
POLITICAL QUOTES |
|
Of 7 days, 7 weeks or 7 months, time it took for the first million guests to visit Disneyland
|
7 weeks
|
DISNEYLAND |
|
"Man, man, man is for the woman made .... as the spur is for the jade, as the scabbard for" this
|
The Blade
|
LOVE POEMS |
|
During fermentation, this converts sugar in the grape juice into alcohol & carbon dioxide
|
Yeast
|
WINE |
|
A survey found the twins who play toddler Michelle Tanner on this show among viewers' favorite performers
|
"Full House"
|
TWINS |
|
Single letter in the nickname of the second largest city in Texas
|
("Big) D" (for Dallas)
|
LETTER PERFECT |
|
1 of the 3 things which, according to John Fremont's 1856 G.O.P. campaign, should be free
|
Soil, men & speech
|
POLITICAL QUOTES |
|
New Orleans Square restaurant, or a hit song for Linda Ronstadt & Roy Orbison
|
Blue Bayou
|
DISNEYLAND |
|
"If I should meet thee after long years, how should I greet thee? -- with silence and" these
|
Tears
|
LOVE POEMS |
|
A wine that's not a "sparkling" variety is called this
|
still wine
|
WINE |
|
Biblical pair born to Isaac & Rebekah, one was red all over when he was born, like a hairy garment
|
Jacob & Esau
|
TWINS |
|
Letter that occurs most often in the phrase "An elephant never forgets"
|
E
|
LETTER PERFECT |
|
William Jennings Bryan was referring to him when he said, "We have a president who has kept .... us out of war."
|
Woodrow Wilson
|
POLITICAL QUOTES |
|
It may be Sleeping Beauty's castle, but in the doorway you hear this song from "Pinocchio"
|
"When You Wish Upon A Star"
|
DISNEYLAND |
|
The poet who wrote, "And I will luve thee still, my dear, till a' the seas gang dry"
|
Robert Burns
|
LOVE POEMS |
|
President Bush was upset when some of his staff posed for a photo with this "invisible twin" from Doonesbury
|
"Skippy"
|
TWINS |
|
He wrote the dialogue for "Oklahoma!", "Carousel" & "The King & I", as well as the lyrics
|
Oscar Hammerstein
|
PLAYWRIGHTS |
|
This capital of Turkey was once known as Angora & became known for its mohair
|
Ankara
|
HISTORIC CITIES |
|
In April 1865 he had a dream foretelling his assassination
|
Abraham Lincoln
|
PROPHECIES & PREDICTIONS |
|
In the Badlands area these animals live in colonies called dog towns
|
Prairie Dogs
|
THE DAKOTAS |
|
This university's Bodleian Library is entitled to free copies of all books printed in England
|
Oxford
|
LIBRARIES |
|
This rock star not only had the most No. 1 songs by a solo performer, he also had the most No. 2 hits
|
Elvis Presley
|
POTPOURRI |
|
First name shared by playwrights Webster, Dryden & Singe
|
John
|
PLAYWRIGHTS |
|
The 2 cities that have served as capitals of Japan whose names are anagrams
|
Kyoto & Tokyo
|
HISTORIC CITIES |
|
Attributed to the apostle John, this prophetic work is the last book of the New Testament
|
Revelation/The Apocalypse
|
PROPHECIES & PREDICTIONS |
|
Both states are split by the Missouri River & both fall into these 2 time zones
|
Central & Mountain
|
THE DAKOTAS |
|
This 7-day observance promoted by the American Library Association takes place in April
|
National Library Week
|
LIBRARIES |
|
"Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars" is this disk jockey's TV & radio sign-off
|
Casey Kasem
|
POTPOURRI |
|
"Catty" poet whose 1949 play "The Cocktail Party" is based on an ancient Greek play by Euripides
|
T.S. Eliot
|
PLAYWRIGHTS |
|
Also known as Aix-La- Chapelle, Aachen, Germany is the city where this ruler established his court in 794
|
Charlemagne
|
HISTORIC CITIES |
|
He supposedly predicted the Great Fire of London & the death of King Henry II of France
|
Nostradamus
|
PROPHECIES & PREDICTIONS |
|
The 2 states' largest cities are Fargo & Sioux Falls, not these, their capitals
|
Bismarck & Pierre
|
THE DAKOTAS |
|
In the 1870s this type of catalog began to replace the book-form catalog
|
Card Catalog
|
LIBRARIES |
|
He co-wrote the stage version of his novel "Native Son" with Paul Green
|
Richard Wright
|
PLAYWRIGHTS |
|
At the Diet held in this city in 1521, Martin Luther refused to eat his words
|
Worms
|
HISTORIC CITIES |
|
Some ancient cultures made predictions by hepatoscopy, examining this organ of a sacrificed lamb
|
Liver
|
PROPHECIES & PREDICTIONS |
|
It took treaties with these 2 countries for the U.S. to get all the area that's now North Dakota
|
England & France
|
THE DAKOTAS |
|
The Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image is part of the library at this theater complex
|
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
|
LIBRARIES |
|
His lesser-known plays include "Fools", "God's Favorite" & "The Gingerbread Lady"
|
Neil Simon
|
PLAYWRIGHTS |
|
The oldest stock exchange in Europe is located in this Belgian center of the world diamond trade
|
Antwerp
|
HISTORIC CITIES |
|
Known as "The Sleeping Prophet", in 1941 he predicted NYC would be destroyed near the year 2000
|
Edgar Cayce
|
PROPHECIES & PREDICTIONS |
|
When B. Harrison signed the 2 bills making the Dakotas states, this information was kept secret
|
Which state was first
|
THE DAKOTAS |
|
Paris library whose beginning may be traced back to the 1300s, making it one of the world's oldest
|
Bibliotheque Nationale
|
LIBRARIES |
|
'Robert Shaw, Richard Burton & Charles Laughton all played this ruler on film')
|
Henry VIII
|
ACTORS & THEIR ROLES |
|
Li Po, who lived over 1,000 years ago, was one of this country's greatest poets
|
China
|
WORLD LITERATURE |
|
3 months after Congress authorized the Department of Foreign Affairs, it changed its name to this
|
Department of State
|
AMERICAN HISTORY |
|
Silent screen cowboy Tom, or what many people do at cocktail parties
|
Mix
|
NAMES THAT ARE VERBS |
|
JFK outlined his idea for the Peace Corps during a 1960 campaign speech on this school's Ann Arbor campus
|
University of Michigan
|
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES |
|
It's also called the Drinker Respirator, after Philip Drinker, who invented it
|
Iron Lung
|
IRON |
|
The appearance of a performer at the end of a show in response to applause
|
Curtain Call
|
CURTAINS |
|
"Shadows On The Grass" is a collection of African vignettes by this Danish baroness
|
Isak Dinesen
|
WORLD LITERATURE |
|
He died in 1804 the day after his duel with Aaron Burr
|
Alexander Hamilton
|
AMERICAN HISTORY |
|
Mr. Martindale, or what he might do if he likes you
|
Wink
|
NAMES THAT ARE VERBS |
|
Nixon & Khrushchev sang this school's song, "The Ramblin' Wreck", during Nixon's '59 visit to Moscow
|
Georgia Tech
|
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES |
|
The iron first used by man was probably taken from these that fell to Earth
|
Meteors/meteorites
|
IRON |
|
1939 movie that included the line "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain...."
|
The Wizard of Oz
|
CURTAINS |
|
In German, the title of this Thomas Mann novella is "Der Tod in Venedig"
|
"Death In Venice"
|
WORLD LITERATURE |
|
In 1945-46 the number of these government employees dropped from 12 million to less than 3 million
|
Armed Forces/Servicemen & women
|
AMERICAN HISTORY |
|
Mr. Owens, or what his horse might do to throw him
|
Buck
|
NAMES THAT ARE VERBS |
|
Tulane & Loyola, both on St. Charles Ave. in this city, are an average of 4 feet below sea level
|
New Orleans
|
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES |
|
Spike-lined medieval torture device that had a deadly hug
|
Iron Maiden
|
IRON |
|
Game show that asked "Would you like the box or what's behind the curtain Carol's pointing to?"
|
Let\'s Make A Deal
|
CURTAINS |
|
Virginia Woolf wrote about one "of one's own"; E.M. Forster wrote about one "with a view"
|
Room
|
WORLD LITERATURE |
|
In 1932 Hattie Caraway of Arkansas became the first woman elected to this body
|
U.S. Senate
|
AMERICAN HISTORY |
|
E. Howard, or what he'd do stalking game
|
Hunt
|
NAMES THAT ARE VERBS |
|
McGill University in this Canadian city is known as the "Harvard of the North"
|
Montreal
|
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES |
|
Most iron ore is reduced to pig iron in this type of furnace
|
Blast Furnace
|
IRON |
|
Song that begins "And now the end is near, and so I face the final curtain"
|
"My Way"
|
CURTAINS |
|
Nationality of the woman who created Hans Brinker
|
American (Mary Mapes Dodge)
|
WORLD LITERATURE |
|
After the original 13 colonies, this was the first state to enter the union
|
Vermont
|
AMERICAN HISTORY |
|
TV "Avenger" Emma, or what she could do in a burlesque show
|
Peel
|
NAMES THAT ARE VERBS |
|
This land grant university operates joint campuses with Indiana U. at Indianapolis & Ft. Wayne
|
Purdue
|
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES |
|
By definition, steel is an alloy of iron & this element
|
Carbon
|
IRON |
|
This popular detective died in the 1975 best seller "Curtain"
|
Hercule Poirot
|
CURTAINS |
|
In the beginning of the 17th C. the "." & the "x" were introduced as signs for this & both are still used today
|
Multiplication
|
THE RENAISSANCE |
|
Garry Kasparov recently beat a computer program, Deep Thought, in a game of this
|
Chess
|
IN THE NEWS |
|
Legendary tax protester whose real name was probably Godgifu, meaning "Gift of God"
|
Lady Godiva
|
ENGLAND |
|
Chapultepec Park, 1st used by Aztec emperors, is the largest park in this Latin American capital
|
Mexico City
|
ODDS & ENDS |
|
2 varieties of this desert plant are named for holidays: Christmas & Easter
|
Cactus
|
PLANTS & TREES |
|
"Free at last, free at last, thank God almighty, I'm free at last!"
|
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
|
EPITAPHS |
|
Philologists of the Renaissance most commonly studied these 2 classical languages
|
Greek & Latin
|
THE RENAISSANCE |
|
This evangelist who has personally preached to over 100 mil. now has his own star on Hollywood Blvd.
|
Rev. Billy Graham
|
IN THE NEWS |
|
He's the primate of all England
|
Archbishop of Canterbury
|
ENGLAND |
|
Drugs that the FDA approves as safe for self-medication are termed "OTC", which stands for this
|
Over-the-Counter
|
ODDS & ENDS |
|
Term for the cutting of plants & trees to enhance growth & improve appearance
|
Pruning
|
PLANTS & TREES |
|
A statue at the Will Rogers Memorial bears this epitaph, his most famous line
|
"I never met a man I didn\'t like"
|
EPITAPHS |
|
In 1414 the Council of Constance condemned Jan Hus, who was burned at the stake for this "crime"
|
Heresy
|
THE RENAISSANCE |
|
Leftist guerrillas are in their 10th yr. of trying to overthrow this country's gov't now led by Alfredo Cristiani
|
El Salvador
|
IN THE NEWS |
|
He's the patron saint of The Order of the Garter, the highest order of English knighthood
|
St. George
|
ENGLAND |
|
The steel drum was developed in the 1940s in this Caribbean island nation near Venezuela
|
Trinidad
|
ODDS & ENDS |
|
It can mean any umbrella-shaped fungus or inedible mushroom
|
Toadstool
|
PLANTS & TREES |
|
The epitaph on his footstone reads, "Truth & history. 21 men. The boy bandit king -- he died as he lived."
|
Billy the Kid (William H. Bonney)
|
EPITAPHS |
|
The word "renaissance" comes from the Old French "renaistre", meaning to be this
|
Reborn
|
THE RENAISSANCE |
|
This oil company announced it is moving its hdqrs. from Rockefeller Center in NYC to Irving, Texas
|
Exxon
|
IN THE NEWS |
|
The last of Henry VIII's children to rule England
|
Queen Elizabeth I
|
ENGLAND |
|
This planet was named for the father of Saturn & the grandfather of Jupiter
|
Uranus
|
ODDS & ENDS |
|
One way to recognize poison ivy is to know its leaves always come in clusters of this many
|
3
|
PLANTS & TREES |
|
This New Englander's "I had a lover's quarrel with the world" is from his poem "The Lesson For Today"
|
Robert Frost
|
EPITAPHS |
|
Field in which Brunelleschi & Palladio worked during the Renaissance
|
Architecture
|
THE RENAISSANCE |
|
Relics of this culture found at Nimrud in Iraq's Nineveh region were called the greatest find since King Tut
|
Assyrian
|
IN THE NEWS |
|
Walter Tyler, who led a 1381 rebellion, was better known by this nickname
|
"Wat" Tyler
|
ENGLAND |
|
Every 4 years Dixville Notch in upstate New Hampshire holds this distinction
|
First primary voting for President of the U.S.
|
ODDS & ENDS |
|
Spruces have drooping cones & angular leaves while these have upright cones & flat leaves
|
Firs
|
PLANTS & TREES |
|
His tombstone says, "He gave to man control over that dreadful scourge, yellow fever"
|
Walter Reed
|
EPITAPHS |
|
'The 2 astronauts who went on to become U.S. Senators')
|
John Glenn (Ohio) & Harrison Schmitt (New Mexico)
|
THE SENATE |
|
His words "The people's heroes are immortal" are engraved on a monument in Tiananmen Square
|
Mao Tse-tung
|
MONUMENTS |
|
In Style's first issue, in 1994, visited Barbra Streisand's pad in this wealthy California coastal community
|
Malibu
|
IN STYLE |
|
In the 2005 Orange Bowl, this university's Trojans trampled the Sooners, 55-19
|
Southern California
|
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES |
|
The Incas munched on charque (what we call jerky) from the dried meat of this 5-letter pack animal
|
the llama
|
DO YOU HAVE THE MUNCHIES? |
|
On January 3, 1990 he surrendered to U.S. troops surrounding the Vatican Embassy
|
Manuel Noriega
|
MANUEL LABOR |
|
In the old song standard, it's the line that precedes "all the livelong day"
|
"I\'ve been working on the railroad"
|
HARD "WORK" |
|
Vasco da Gama is among those depicted onthiscapital city's Monument to the Discoveries
|
Lisbon
|
MONUMENTS |
|
In Style's 10th anniversary cover girl was this South African actress in gold sequins
|
Charlize Theron
|
IN STYLE |
|
Of the Ivy League colleges, this one is alphabetically first
|
Brown
|
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES |
|
2 of the 5 different nuts in a jar of Planters Deluxe Mixed Nuts
|
cashews & pecans (also, hazelnuts, brazils, & almonds)
|
DO YOU HAVE THE MUNCHIES? |
|
Longtime congressman Manuel Lujan was appointed Secretary of the Interior by this man in 1989
|
George H.W. Bush
|
MANUEL LABOR |
|
This play is set in Tuscumbia, Alabama & at the Perkins Institute for the blind
|
The Miracle Worker
|
HARD "WORK" |
|
Though Mumtaz died in 1631, this tomb of hers (& it was some tomb) wasn't completed until about 1643
|
the Taj Mahal
|
MONUMENTS |
|
In Style often features these places that feature massage & pampering, named for a town in Belgium
|
spa
|
IN STYLE |
|
Seton Hill University is in Greensburg, Penn.; Seton Hall University is in South Orange in this state
|
New Jersey
|
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES |
|
In 2003 these frozen waffles let go with a 50th anniversary party
|
Eggos
|
DO YOU HAVE THE MUNCHIES? |
|
In this novel, Judge Miller's gardener's helper Manuel kidnaps the dog Buck & sells him to pay his gambling debts
|
The Call of the Wild
|
MANUEL LABOR |
|
2-word term for insurance required of businesses for employees injured on the job
|
workman\'s compensation
|
HARD "WORK" |
|
(Jimmy from the clue crew reports from Parris Island, SC.) The Iwo Jima monument on Parris Island represents the famousraising of the flagon this mountain
|
Mount Suribachi
|
MONUMENTS |
|
The TV special "In Style Celebrity Weddings" included the nuptials of Danielle Spencer to this actor
|
Russell Crowe
|
IN STYLE |
|
Wheaton College in Illinois recently ranked No. 1 in college food, followed by this school in Brunswick, Maine
|
Bowdoin College
|
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES |
|
Though it sounds like the most terrible food, it's really just German for sausage
|
wurst
|
DO YOU HAVE THE MUNCHIES? |
|
In 1962 Cesar Chavez founded the union that is today known as this
|
the United Farm Workers of America
|
HARD "WORK" |
|
Auckland'sOne Tree Hillis the former site of a "pa", or fortified village, of these people
|
the Maori
|
MONUMENTS |
|
In Style defined this type of "fabulous" as requiring lots of jewelry & fur, as seen on Lil' Kim & Missy Elliott
|
ghetto fabulous
|
IN STYLE |
|
In 1982 Jimmy Carter established the Carter Center in partnership with this university
|
Emory
|
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES |
|
Yum! It's removed from a fish, pressed through a screen to remove membranes, put in brine, then packed with salt in a tin
|
caviar
|
DO YOU HAVE THE MUNCHIES? |
|
One of the "New Deal" programs created for the unemployed, it was abbreviated the WPA
|
the Works Progress Administration
|
HARD "WORK" |
|
Strangely, Charles XIV John of this Scandinavian country had a "Death to all kings" tattoo
|
Sweden
|
ROYAL ODDITIES |
|
Dawson on "Dawson's Creek" idolized this man who directed "The Sugarland Express" in his mid-20s
|
Steven Spielberg
|
MOVIE DIRECTORS |
|
Australia is home to 2 egg-laying mammals, or monotremes: the spiny anteater & this one
|
the platypus
|
THE LAND DOWN UNDER |
|
It's where you'll find the protons in an atom
|
the nucleus
|
SUBATOMIC MASS PERSUASION |
|
1958:B.P.,Russia
|
Boris Pasternak
|
NOBEL LIT WINNERS, INITIALLY YOURS |
|
George Washington's birthplace is on Pope's Creek, a small stream that flows into this
|
the Potomac
|
"POT" POURRI |
|
Emperor Menelik II of this African country once used an electric chair as his throne
|
Ethiopia
|
ROYAL ODDITIES |
|
(Hi, I'm Joel Schumacher.) Directing movies based on this author's "The Client" & "A Time to Kill" was like getting paid to go to law school
|
John Grisham
|
MOVIE DIRECTORS |
|
In 1983 the Yacht Club of Perth became the first outside the U.S. to house this trophy
|
the Americas Cup
|
THE LAND DOWN UNDER |
|
These particles were named for Satyendra Nath Bose, who worked out their behavior in 1924
|
bosons
|
SUBATOMIC MASS PERSUASION |
|
1946:H.H.,Switzerland
|
Hermann Hesse
|
NOBEL LIT WINNERS, INITIALLY YOURS |
|
Benjamin Bunny & Squirrel Nutkin were 2 of the many characters created by this harebrained author
|
Beatrix Potter
|
"POT" POURRI |
|
Although officially listed, this 18th century French king was never crowned & never ruled
|
Louis XVII
|
ROYAL ODDITIES |
|
His career includes directing "Paper Moon", writing the book "Who the Devil Made It" & acting in "The Sopranos"
|
Peter Bogdanovich
|
MOVIE DIRECTORS |
|
Australia's tallest building is the 823-foot high Rialto Towers in this former capital
|
Melbourne
|
THE LAND DOWN UNDER |
|
The 2 main forms of quantum mechanics were developed by Erwin Schrodinger & this "uncertain" German
|
Heisenberg
|
SUBATOMIC MASS PERSUASION |
|
1957:A.C.,France
|
Albert Camus
|
NOBEL LIT WINNERS, INITIALLY YOURS |
|
In 1905 a famous mutiny took place aboard it
|
thePotemkin
|
"POT" POURRI |
|
A spider that died by falling into a a poisoned drink saved the life of this "Great" Prussian king
|
Frederick
|
ROYAL ODDITIES |
|
This "Philadelphia Story" director was patriotically named for Admiral George Dewey
|
George Cukor
|
MOVIE DIRECTORS |
|
The title of this popular song refers to wandering with a blanket roll, not a dance or a lady
|
"Waltzing Matilda"
|
THE LAND DOWN UNDER |
|
The mass of any 1 proton is about equal to the mass of one atom of this element
|
hydrogen
|
SUBATOMIC MASS PERSUASION |
|
1971:P.N.,Chile
|
Pablo Neruda
|
NOBEL LIT WINNERS, INITIALLY YOURS |
|
Also known as a powwow, it's a Native American get-together for discussion & fun
|
potlatch
|
"POT" POURRI |
|
This director of "Casablanca", a classic film about refugees, had himself left his homeland of Hungary
|
Michael Curtiz
|
MOVIE DIRECTORS |
|
Located in a national park, it's about 1 1/2 miles long & rises 1,142 feet above the desert floor
|
Ayers Rock
|
THE LAND DOWN UNDER |
|
In 1998 it was found that these particles that pass through everything at light speed do have mass
|
neutrinos
|
SUBATOMIC MASS PERSUASION |
|
1938:P.S.B.,United States
|
Pearl Buck
|
NOBEL LIT WINNERS, INITIALLY YOURS |
|
1969's "The Promise" & 1990's "The Gift of Asher Lev" are sequels to 2 of this writer's earlier works
|
(Chaim) Potok
|
"POT" POURRI |
|
'He defended civil rights as a representative from Massachusetts\' 11th District from 1895 to 1901')
|
John Francis Fitzgerald
|
PRESIDENTIAL RELATIVES |
|
"Hey, Wait A Minute (I Wrote A Book!)" by this former Raiders coach was a best seller in 1984
|
John Madden
|
BEST SELLERS |
|
In 1971 this lead singer of The Doors was buried in the Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris
|
Jim Morrison
|
ROCK GROUPS |
|
Like birds, all species of salmon & trout build these
|
Nests
|
FISH |
|
In 1908 William Durant founded this company that included Oldsmobile & Buick
|
General Motors
|
THE AUTO INDUSTRY |
|
When her spouse was found guilty on Oct. 5, 1989, she sang a religious song for the press
|
Tammy Faye Bakker
|
FAMOUS COUPLES |
|
The driver of this "train" at Disneyland needs a one-track mind
|
Monorail
|
FILE UNDER "M" |
|
In 1987 a Soviet magazine ran excerpts from this B. Pasternak novel -- 29 years after it was banned
|
"Doctor Zhivago"
|
BEST SELLERS |
|
Kenny Rogers & other members of the New Christy Minstrels left the group to form this one in 1967
|
The First Edition
|
ROCK GROUPS |
|
Southern California fish that come ashore to spawn & then run back into the ocean
|
Grunion
|
FISH |
|
Built by Carl Benz in 1885, the first internal combustion car had this many wheels
|
3
|
THE AUTO INDUSTRY |
|
Chef whose wife, K, is the "K" in K-Paul's Louisiana Kitchen
|
Paul Prudhomme
|
FAMOUS COUPLES |
|
It's the liquid that remains after sugar crystals are removed from concentrated cane juice
|
Molasses
|
FILE UNDER "M" |
|
His "Kids Say The Darndest Things!" topped the best-seller lists in both 1957 & 1958
|
Art Linkletter
|
BEST SELLERS |
|
This group's "Nights In White Satin" appeared on an album 5 yrs. before the single hit No. 2 in 1972
|
The Moody Blues
|
ROCK GROUPS |
|
The Walking, Electric & Pencil species of this fish have "whiskers"
|
Catfish
|
FISH |
|
The first true example of this automobile was introduced in 1906 & called the Silver Ghost
|
Rolls-Royce
|
THE AUTO INDUSTRY |
|
Dr. Jonas Salk's wife, Francoise Gilot, was once the companion of this late, great modern artist
|
Pablo Picasso
|
FAMOUS COUPLES |
|
His resume included Archduke of Austria & Emperor of Mexico
|
Maximillian
|
FILE UNDER "M" |
|
"Made In America" was this businessman's memoir of the 1984 Olympics
|
Peter Ueberroth
|
BEST SELLERS |
|
Ace Frehley, Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons & Peter Criss formed this rock group
|
KISS
|
ROCK GROUPS |
|
The Portuguese got the name for this toothed fish from the Tupi Indians who live along the Amazon
|
piranhas
|
FISH |
|
A Ford model that came out in '68, or the Italian name of the city that's home to Fiat
|
Torino
|
THE AUTO INDUSTRY |
|
"Major Dad" star Gerald McRaney must have had designs on this "Designing Woman" because he married her
|
Delta Burke
|
FAMOUS COUPLES |
|
It begins "John, by the grace of God, King of England, Lord of Ireland, Duke of Normandy & Aquitaine...."
|
Magna Carta
|
FILE UNDER "M" |
|
This Lloyd C. Douglas novel of the crucifixion was a best seller in '43 & '53 when the movie came out
|
"The Robe"
|
BEST SELLERS |
|
4 hit singles came from this group's "Hi Infidelity" album
|
REO Speedwagon
|
ROCK GROUPS |
|
The largest species of this fish is the bluefin; the smallest, the skipjack
|
Tuna
|
FISH |
|
August Horch founded 2 car companies - Horch & this one that's the Latin translation of his surname
|
Audi
|
THE AUTO INDUSTRY |
|
Their daughter Linn Ullmann married an Oslo lawyer in 1989
|
Liv Ullmann & Ingmar Bergman
|
FAMOUS COUPLES |
|
From the French for "a mixture", it's a free-for-all battle
|
Melee
|
FILE UNDER "M" |
|
On March 10, 1775 this frontiersman began blazing the Wilderness Road
|
Daniel Boone
|
EARLY AMERICA |
|
In the title of a play by Robert Anderson, it's paired with "sympathy"
|
Tea
|
PLAYS |
|
The Paraguay River divides Paraguay into 2 major regions: Occidental Paraguay & this
|
Oriental Paraguay
|
WORLD GEOGRAPHY |
|
Politically speaking, it's a cause that looks promising; you can join by "jumping on" it
|
Bandwagon
|
POLITICAL TERMS |
|
One legend claims they fought in the Trojan War under their queen, Penthesilea
|
Amazons
|
GREEK MYTHOLOGY |
|
This "good" guy who discovered vulcanization was born in New Haven
|
Charles Goodyear
|
NUTMEGGERS |
|
In early colonial Boston only men belonging to this religious sect could vote or hold office
|
Puritans
|
EARLY AMERICA |
|
In "Painting Churches", the churches aren't buildings but these
|
People
|
PLAYS |
|
The Denmark Strait is located between Iceland & this Danish possession
|
Greenland
|
WORLD GEOGRAPHY |
|
A special-interest group, named for the place in a capital building that is frequented by them
|
Lobby
|
POLITICAL TERMS |
|
It starts life again as a small worm that crawls out of the ashes of its own funeral pyre
|
The Phoenix
|
GREEK MYTHOLOGY |
|
Born in Winsted, he practiced law in Connecticut before he wrote "Unsafe At Any Speed"
|
Ralph Nader
|
NUTMEGGERS |
|
Drawn up in 1620, this document formed the basis of Plymouth Colony's legal system
|
The Mayflower Compact
|
EARLY AMERICA |
|
Anita Loos wrote the non-musical stage adaptation of this Colette novel
|
"Gigi"
|
PLAYS |
|
Cristoforo Colombo Int'l Airport serves this city, Italy's busiest port
|
Genoa
|
WORLD GEOGRAPHY |
|
Someone who votes for candidates of different parties on the same ballot votes this kind of "ticket"
|
Split Ticket
|
POLITICAL TERMS |
|
To make her son invulnerable, Achilles' mother bathed all but the famous heel in this river
|
The Styx
|
GREEK MYTHOLOGY |
|
His character, Radar O' Reilly, was from Iowa, but this actor was born in Bristol, Connecticut
|
Gary Burghoff
|
NUTMEGGERS |
|
1797 "affair" in which 3 agents for France demanded a $250,000 bribe from U.S. diplomats
|
"XYZ" Affair
|
EARLY AMERICA |
|
"Dial 'M' For Murder" takes place in the living room of an apartment in this foreign capital
|
London
|
PLAYS |
|
75 times the size of Belgium, the former Belgian Congo is now known by this name
|
Zaire
|
WORLD GEOGRAPHY |
|
A candidate who's nominated by his home state at a convention, often as an honorary gesture
|
Favorite Son
|
POLITICAL TERMS |
|
After she fell in love with him, Circe lifted the spell that had changed men into swine
|
Odysseus
|
GREEK MYTHOLOGY |
|
Her "immediate family" raised her mostly in Greenwich & also briefly in Africa
|
Glenn Close
|
NUTMEGGERS |
|
On March 1, 1781 Maryland became the last state to ratify this document
|
Articles of Confederation
|
EARLY AMERICA |
|
"Regina" was a 1949 musical version of this Lillian Hellman play
|
"The Little Foxes"
|
PLAYS |
|
More American Indians live in this country on South America's Pacific coast than any other
|
Peru
|
WORLD GEOGRAPHY |
|
The "privilege" exercised by Congress & the executive branch to use the Postal Service free of charge
|
Franking
|
POLITICAL TERMS |
|
Her sisters Stheno & Euryale are mentioned in myth, but we don't know if they were as ugly
|
Medusa
|
GREEK MYTHOLOGY |
|
This Watergate judge born in Waterbury was Time Magazine's "Man of the Year" for 1973
|
John Sirica
|
NUTMEGGERS |
|
'When Einstein won the 1921 Nobel Prize in physics, he was a naturalized citizen of this country')
|
Switzerland (He came to the U.S. later on)
|
SCIENTISTS |
|
Centuries before Columbus, these people encountered Native Americans & called them skraelings
|
Vikings
|
BEFORE COLUMBUS |
|
It was his portrayal of the mummy that was used on the U.S. stamp seenhere
|
Boris Karloff
|
MUMMY DEAREST |
|
Usually you begin this game by asking, "Animal, vegetable, or mineral?"
|
Twenty Questions
|
twentysomething |
|
"I never doubted myself", the Chicago Bulls star said after his title-winning jump shot in 1998
|
Michael Jordan
|
DA BULLS |
|
Thick fur and a layer of blubber keep this northernmost species warm
|
a polar bear
|
BEARS |
|
Stocks not listed on exchanges are said to be sold this way, like nonprescription drugs
|
over-the-counter
|
THE STOCK MARKET |
|
Around 9000 B.C., herds of these large wild cattle dramatically increased & became a major food source
|
buffalo (or bison)
|
BEFORE COLUMBUS |
|
"The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb" is a top-seller in this kids' book series
|
Goosebumps
|
MUMMY DEAREST |
|
At arrival or departure, this "salute" is fired for a U.S. president or a visiting head of state
|
a 21-gun salute
|
twentysomething |
|
In 1991 Scottie Pippen's defense on Magic Johnson helped the Bulls beat this team for their first title
|
the Lakers
|
DA BULLS |
|
Bears' dormancy in this season isn't true hibernation, as their body temperature doesn't drop
|
winter
|
BEARS |
|
These open-end investment "funds" began in the U.S. in the 1920s & now hold over $5 trillion
|
mutual funds
|
THE STOCK MARKET |
|
The name of this light axe used as both weapon & tool comes from the proto-Algonquin for "to cut off"
|
tomahawk
|
BEFORE COLUMBUS |
|
Ancient Egyptians worshipped these animals and now their "scans" are used to study mummies
|
cats
|
MUMMY DEAREST |
|
It's the numerical designation for normal visual acuity
|
20/20
|
twentysomething |
|
This colorful rebounding champ was an airport janitor when he began playing organized basketball
|
Dennis Rodman
|
DA BULLS |
|
The sloth bear is also called this "bear" after the food it & Pooh both crave
|
honey(bear)
|
BEARS |
|
Known as S&P;, it tracks the market with reports, guides, and indices
|
Standard & Poors
|
THE STOCK MARKET |
|
In the 1100s the Awatovi Pueblos near what is now Tuba City in this state housed 1,000 people in 1,300 rooms
|
Arizona
|
BEFORE COLUMBUS |
|
In the movies, 9 tana leaves have the power to do this
|
resurrect the dead (bring a mummy back to life)
|
MUMMY DEAREST |
|
To the closest mile, it's the length of an Olympic marathon
|
twenty-six
|
twentysomething |
|
John Paxson clinched the title for the Bulls in 1993 with one of these shots instituted in the 1979-'80 season
|
a three-pointer
|
DA BULLS |
|
The "clan of" this animal, ursus speleaus, became extinct about 10,000 years ago
|
cave bear
|
BEARS |
|
This printing terms refers to funds deposited with a broker to protect the broker against loss
|
margin
|
THE STOCK MARKET |
|
The Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca tribes made up this "league" founded around 1450
|
the Iroquois League
|
BEFORE COLUMBUS |
|
In 1994 the Royal Mummy Room in this city's Egyptian Museum was reopened after 13 years
|
Cairo
|
MUMMY DEAREST |
|
As Captain Kirk could tell you, the original "Star Trek" TV series was set in this century
|
the twenty-third century
|
twentysomething |
|
Artis Gilmore, a star at this position, twice started the All-Star game against Kareem
|
center
|
DA BULLS |
|
Thisspecies is named for its distinctive markings
|
spectacled bear
|
BEARS |
|
Short for "long-term equity anticipation securities", or what distraught investors took in the 1929 crash
|
LEAPS
|
THE STOCK MARKET |
|
Zane Grey's ancestor Betty Zane helped save Fort Henry, now the site of this state's city of Wheeling
|
West Virginia
|
THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES |
|
In this film Debra Winger gets to have a fling with John Lithgow before she dies
|
Terms of Endearment
|
FILMS OF THE 1980s |
|
"So rested he by the tumtum tree, and stood awhile in thought" is a line from his "Jabberwocky"
|
Lewis Carroll
|
POET-TREE |
|
In 1999 this will resume its rightful position as 9th planet from the sun
|
Pluto
|
FILE UNDER "P" |
|
Its state fair is held in Columbia
|
South Carolina
|
THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES |
|
Stephen Hopkins, more recently "Lost in Space", directed the fifth installment of this Freddy Krueger series
|
Nightmare on Elm Street
|
FILMS OF THE 1980s |
|
This measure is used for radioactive decay because the time for all atoms to break down is unknowable
|
half-life
|
PHYSICS |
|
He wrote "Tree at My Window" a few years after "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"
|
(Robert) Frost
|
POET-TREE |
|
Ling-Ling was a famous one
|
a panda
|
FILE UNDER "P" |
|
(Hey, what's happening? I'm Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray. The answer is…) While touring in 1996, we played with Johnny Rotten & this group who had reunited
|
the Sex Pistols
|
REUNIONS |
|
On this Maryland site, during the bloodiest Civil War battle, Commissary Sgt. William McKinley served coffee
|
Antietam
|
THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES |
|
In a 1985 spy movie, Timothy Hutton was "The Falcon" & Sean Penn was this cohort
|
the Snowman
|
FILMS OF THE 1980s |
|
It's the study of the nature & behavior of light, & also the title of an Isaac Newton treatise
|
optics
|
PHYSICS |
|
"O my palm-tree…rustle thy boughs and set thy trunk all bare", she wrote in "Sonnets from the Portuguese"
|
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
|
POET-TREE |
|
Holiday for Matzo, Matzo men
|
Passover
|
FILE UNDER "P" |
|
Frank Sinatra brokered the reconciliation of these 2 on the 1976 Muscular Dystrophy Telethon
|
Jerry Lewis & Dean Martin
|
REUNIONS |
|
Mary Pickford, Pearl White, and Theda Bara were among those who made movies in Fort Lee in this state
|
New Jersey
|
THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES |
|
She was a sultry 16 when she starred in the 1981 romance "Endless Love"
|
Brooke Shields
|
FILMS OF THE 1980s |
|
In present day accelerators, particles reach energies of over 1 trillion eV, this unit
|
electron-volt
|
PHYSICS |
|
It was George Pope Morris who wrote "Woodman," do this! "Touch not a single bough!"
|
spare that tree
|
POET-TREE |
|
The tine of a fork, or the point of an antler
|
a prong
|
FILE UNDER "P" |
|
East met West with this country's October 3, 1990 reunion
|
Germany
|
REUNIONS |
|
With Raleigh & Durham, it forms North Carolina's "Research Triangle"
|
Chapel Hill
|
THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES |
|
Philip K. Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" inspired this movie with Harrison Ford as an android hunter
|
Blade Runner
|
FILMS OF THE 1980s |
|
Also heard in economics, it's the property of a solid forced object out of shape, then returning to its original form
|
elasticity
|
PHYSICS |
|
Longfellow poem that begins in "The forest primeval" where "hemlocks… stand like Druids of eld"
|
"Evangeline"
|
POET-TREE |
|
This "soup" didn't start your meal, it started you and all
|
the primordial soup
|
FILE UNDER "P" |
|
'At the time of his 1902 nomination to the Supreme Court, he was Chief Justice of Massachusetts')
|
Oliver Wendell Holmes
|
THE SUPREME COURT |
|
In 1978 their duet "You're The One That I Want" replaced another duet by Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams at No. 1
|
Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta
|
TOP O' THE CHARTS |
|
A popular brand of orange juice
|
Tropicana
|
ALSO A VEGAS CASINO |
|
Abe gained the respect of local ruffians when he held his own against one of the Clary's Grove boys in this sport
|
wrestling
|
YOUNG ABE LINCOLN |
|
This warehouse club has over 43 million members, some of them Gold Star, lugging home the big jars of mayo
|
Costco
|
COMPANIES |
|
We don't see what was so good about this 2-word term for the worldwide 1930s economic disaster
|
the Great Depression
|
A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS |
|
Her "Control" album produced 5 Top 5 singles, each in a different spot; "When I Think Of You" hit No. 1
|
Janet Jackson
|
TOP O' THE CHARTS |
|
A 3.5-million-square-mile land area between the Atlantic Ocean & the Red Sea
|
the Sahara
|
ALSO A VEGAS CASINO |
|
Among the books read by Lincoln as a youngster were "Robinson Crusoe", "Aesop's Fables", & Mason Weems' "Life of" this man
|
Washington
|
YOUNG ABE LINCOLN |
|
This co. agreed in 1993 to lease the New Amsterdam Theatre, & the old Times Square of degradation & filth was history
|
Disney
|
COMPANIES |
|
Both pleasant & painful, as in a memory
|
bittersweet
|
A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS |
|
"Refugees Row" this entire island "to Miami"
|
Cuba
|
THE ONIONHEADLINES FROM THE YEAR 2056 |
|
In 1977 this "sleepy" song became Fleetwood Mac's only No. 1 hit
|
"Dreams"
|
TOP O' THE CHARTS |
|
A weapon removed from a stone
|
Excalibur
|
ALSO A VEGAS CASINO |
|
On October 5, 1818 this mother of Lincoln & 2 of her relatives died of milk sickness
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Nancy Hanks
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YOUNG ABE LINCOLN |
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This chain with a month as its name has acquired stores like Kaufmann's in Pittsburgh & Robinson's in L.A.
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May Company (May\'s Department Store accepted)
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COMPANIES |
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Alliterative two-word term for action by one's own forces causing casualties to one's own troops
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friendly fire
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A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS |
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Boston rejoices as this team "Lose(s) In 50th Straight Pennant Race; Fans Blame 'Curse of Jeter'"
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the Yankees
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THE ONIONHEADLINES FROM THE YEAR 2056 |
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Madonna's "This Used To Be My Playground" was sung over the closing credits of this 1992 film
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A League of Their Own
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TOP O' THE CHARTS |
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Stevenson's rousing tale from 1881
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Treasure Island
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ALSO A VEGAS CASINO |
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While serving in the Illinois legislature, Abe switched to this party of his political idol Henry Clay
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the Whigs
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YOUNG ABE LINCOLN |
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Orange & Rockland Utilities is a subsidiary of this company named for an inventor
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Consolidated Edison (ConEd)
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COMPANIES |
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2-word term for something supposedly confidential but actually known quite generally
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an open secret
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A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS |
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This country "Bombed Back into the Renaissance"
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Italy
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THE ONIONHEADLINES FROM THE YEAR 2056 |
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In 1991 this heartthrob took Percy Sledge's "When A Man Loves A Woman" back to the top spot
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Michael Bolton
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TOP O' THE CHARTS |
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A market town of Upper Egypt built on the ruins of Thebes
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Luxor
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ALSO A VEGAS CASINO |
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During his 80 days of military service in 1832, Abe attempted without success to track down this Sauk & Fox Indian chief
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Black Hawk
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YOUNG ABE LINCOLN |
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In 1959 Richard De Vos & Jay Van Andel founded this company that now has 3 million independent distributors
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Amway
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COMPANIES |
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This computer language gets oxymoronic when it follows "Advanced"
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BASIC
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A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS |
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Jessica Tandy finds a farmer dead, his eyes gouged out, in this 1963 thriller
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The Birds
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HITCHCOCK |
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Chad's colonial overlord until independence in 1960
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France
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CHAD IS RAD |
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It can mean to burn slightly, or to burn the ends of hair or cloth
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singe
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IT'S A "SIN" |
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This late author's representatives sued over "The Cat Not in the Hat", a rhyming account of the O.J. Simpson trial
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Dr. Seuss
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TAKE-OFFS |
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As its name suggests, the tipp toe approach procedure at SFO is meant to minimize this
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noise
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LANDINGS |
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Hitchcock made this film in 1934 & then remade it in 1956 with Doris Day & Jimmy Stewart
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The Man Who Knew Too Much
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HITCHCOCK |
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(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows some animal tracks displayed on a monitor.) Though its tail sometimes drags over its trail, this animal, Castor canadensis, can be identified by itswebbed hind foot
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the beaver
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ANIMAL TRACKS |
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In the 11th century the kings of Chad converted to this faith
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Islam
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CHAD IS RAD |
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For more than 200 years, the annual Baltic Herring Market & Fair has been a big to-do in this world capital
|
Helsinki
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IT'S A "SIN" |
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"Molvania: A Land Untouched by Modern Dentistry" is a satirical type of this guide
|
a travel guide
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TAKE-OFFS |
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Runways are numbered by compass degrees without the last digit, so this is the highest number used
|
36
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LANDINGS |
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Cary Grant admires Grace Kelly's big diamonds in this 1955 caper
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To Catch a Thief
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HITCHCOCK |
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Refugees from the neighboring Darfur region of this country have fled into eastern Chad
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the Sudan
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CHAD IS RAD |
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Carson Sink & the Great Salt Lake lie in the drainage area known as the Great this
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Basin
|
IT'S A "SIN" |
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"The Ninety-Nine Guardsmen", one of Bret Harte's "condensed novels", parodies this French tale
|
The Three Musketeers
|
TAKE-OFFS |
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You land, not anchor, at this Phoenix airport, named by a board member from Scenic Airways
|
Sky Harbor Airport
|
LANDINGS |
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Cary Grant & Ingrid Bergman fall in love & ferret out Nazis in Brazil in this classic
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Notorious
|
HITCHCOCK |
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(Sarah of the Clue Crew displays some animal tracks on a monitor.) The overlapping track of this animal, also known as the bay lynx, is similar to that of the siamese but bigger & deeper
|
a bobcat
|
ANIMAL TRACKS |
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It's the country directly north of Chad
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Libya
|
CHAD IS RAD |
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Of Welsh extraction, Frank Lloyd Wright named his homes & fellowship after this early Welsh poet
|
Taliesin
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IT'S A "SIN" |
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Rafreaky the baboon & a 30-year-old Annie have appeared in this NYC theater spoof that debuted in 1982
|
Forbidden Broadway
|
TAKE-OFFS |
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A beach on this half-Dutch island offersclose-up viewsof planes landing at Princess Juliana Airport
|
St. Maarten
|
LANDINGS |
|
John Dall & Farley Granger strangle a college friend just for thrills in this, Hitch's first color film
|
Rope
|
HITCHCOCK |
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows some animal tracks on a monitor.) Deer usually leave a simple, 2-toed track, but if they run in snow, you can see the imprint of these vestigial claws
|
the dewclaws
|
ANIMAL TRACKS |
|
The capital & largest city
|
N\'Djamena
|
CHAD IS RAD |
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As well as discovering a famous gap in Saturn's rings, he also discovered 4 of Saturn's moons
|
(Giovanni) Cassini
|
IT'S A "SIN" |
|
"Go for Barocco" is a take-off of Balanchine by this hairy, all-male ballet troupe
|
the Trockadero de Monte Carlo
|
TAKE-OFFS |
|
The ILS, short for this, was first installed at Indianapolis in 1940
|
the Instrument Landing System
|
LANDINGS |
|
'Ironically, this 1953 science fiction book began appearing in a censored version in 1967')
|
Fahrenheit 451
|
20th CENTURY NOVELS |
|
This university's 2 campuses in Chicago & Evanston, Illinois both front on Lake Michigan
|
Northwestern
|
"NORTH" |
|
In 1838 Congress granted mail carrier status to this new form of transportation
|
Railroads
|
U.S. HISTORY |
|
Marigold petals are sometimes added to chicken feed to insure that these will be bright yellow
|
Egg Yolks
|
FOOD |
|
Switzerland's largest city in population, it's alphabetically last except for Zurzach & Zweisimmen
|
Zurich
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EUROPE |
|
Called the "King of the Terriers", its original home was the valley of the river Aire
|
Airedale
|
ANIMALS |
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Slang for a left-handed baseball pitcher
|
Southpaw
|
"SOUTH" |
|
(AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE):This 1960 hit song served as the title tune to a 20th Century Fox film:
|
"North To Alaska" (by Johnny Horton)
|
"NORTH" |
|
America's first successful world exposition was held in 1876 in this Pennsylvania city
|
Philadelphia
|
U.S. HISTORY |
|
In the early 1900s this fast food was sometimes called "Coney Island Chicken"
|
Hot Dog
|
FOOD |
|
It's the only country that borders both the Baltic & Black Seas
|
Soviet Union/Russia
|
EUROPE |
|
Like a lot of birds, the monarch butterfly does this in the winter
|
Migrate
|
ANIMALS |
|
Notre Dame University is located near this Indiana city first called Big St. Joseph
|
South Bend
|
"SOUTH" |
|
The founder of Lockheed later founded this competing aircraft company named for himself
|
Northrup
|
"NORTH" |
|
The territory acquired by the 1853 Gadsden Purchase is now part of these 2 states
|
Arizona & New Mexico
|
U.S. HISTORY |
|
Native to Mexico, this pear-shaped green fruit is a hardy member of the laurel family
|
the avocado
|
FOOD |
|
In Germany the autobahn is the freeway & the U-bahn, one of these
|
Subway/underground
|
EUROPE |
|
A camel's hump doesn't contain water, as once was thought, but this, for energy when food is scarce
|
Fat
|
ANIMALS |
|
In a hit song by the Orlons, it's the answer to the question, "Where do all the hippies meet?"
|
"South Street"
|
"SOUTH" |
|
Shakespeare's Julius Caesar said, "If I could pray to move, prayers would move me; but I am as constant as" this
|
The North Star
|
"NORTH" |
|
The Marquis De Lafayette served in the American Revolution, the Lafayette Escadrille in this war
|
World War I
|
U.S. HISTORY |
|
It's recommended you try the Sachertorte while at the Hotel Sacher in this capital city
|
Vienna
|
EUROPE |
|
The only female deer with antlers, it uses them to dig in the snow for food
|
Reindeer
|
ANIMALS |
|
SEATO, a defensive alliance formed in 1954 & dissolved in 1977, was an acronym for this
|
SouthEast Asia Treaty Organization
|
"SOUTH" |
|
Robert Duvall portrayed Jesse James in this 1972 film about an 1876 bank robbery
|
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
|
"NORTH" |
|
This last president from the Whig party rode Lincoln's funeral train from Batavia, N.Y. to Buffalo
|
Millard Fillmore
|
U.S. HISTORY |
|
Tradition says throwing coins into this will insure your return to Rome
|
Trevi Fountain
|
EUROPE |
|
Marine creature whose zoological name is Hippocampus
|
Seahorse
|
ANIMALS |
|
This successful, no-frills airline is headquartered at Love Field in Dallas
|
Southwest Airlines
|
"SOUTH" |
|
This church faced periodic persecution for 300 years, until Constantine's conversion
|
Christian Church
|
ANCIENT ROME |
|
Prince Chulalongkorn becomes king at the end of this Rodgers & Hammerstein musical
|
The King and I
|
THEATER |
|
Estavayer-Le-Vac, Switzerland boasts a museum full of these dead amphibians arranged in human poses
|
Frogs
|
MUSEUMS |
|
Several weeks before July 4, 1776 New Hampshire issued its own one of these
|
Declaration of Independence
|
NEW HAMPSHIRE |
|
One biography of this author was called "The Man Who Wrote Dracula", which lacks a certain bite
|
Bram Stoker
|
BIOGRAPHIES |
|
Director of the CIA during the Iran-Contra scandal, he died before he could testify at the hearings
|
William Casey
|
THE CIA |
|
In 73 B.C. he escaped from a school for gladiators & gathered an army of 70,000 rebels
|
Spartacus
|
ANCIENT ROME |
|
"Cold-blooded" author who set his musical "House of Flowers" in a bordello in the West Indies
|
Truman Capote
|
THEATER |
|
In English, Brazil's Museu Do Ouro & Colombia's Museo Del Oro are both known as this
|
Museum of Gold
|
MUSEUMS |
|
New Hampshire quarries provided this type of stone for building the Library of Congress
|
Granite
|
NEW HAMPSHIRE |
|
"Madame Sarah" is Cornelia Otis Skinner's biography of this woman
|
Sarah Bernhardt
|
BIOGRAPHIES |
|
In 1975 the Rockefeller Commission concluded the CIA was spying illegally in this country
|
U.S.A.
|
THE CIA |
|
Ironically, the last titular emperor of Rome bore this name, the same as Rome's founder
|
Augustus Romulus
|
ANCIENT ROME |
|
This island, famous for its coffee beans, is the home of the Royal Kona Coffee Mill & Museum
|
Big Island of Hawaii
|
MUSEUMS |
|
A key element in local gov't is this type of meeting held annually on the first Tuesday in March
|
Town Meeting
|
NEW HAMPSHIRE |
|
He was a biographer himself, but he's best known as the subject of a 1791 biography
|
Samuel Johnson
|
BIOGRAPHIES |
|
He directed the CIA in the 1950s while his brother was Secretary of State
|
Allen Dulles (his brother was John Foster Dulles)
|
THE CIA |
|
Admission was free at this huge arena, estimated to have been 3 times the size of the Colosseum
|
Circus Maximus
|
ANCIENT ROME |
|
The Woolaroc Museum near Bartlesville in this state is famous for its collection of Indian blankets
|
Oklahoma
|
MUSEUMS |
|
Though it's New Hampshire's largest port city, the naval shipyard of the same name is in Maine
|
Portsmouth
|
NEW HAMPSHIRE |
|
Maude Howe Elliott won a Pulitzer Prize for co-authoring a book about this poet, her mother
|
Julia Ward Howe
|
BIOGRAPHIES |
|
The CIA & this watchdog "council" were established by the same act of Congress in 1947
|
National Security Council
|
THE CIA |
|
Emperor Julian, who sought to restore paganism in place of Christianity, was nicknamed this
|
Julian the Apostate
|
ANCIENT ROME |
|
The buildings that house the Science Museum of VA. & Paris' Musee D' Orsay were once this type of station
|
Train Station
|
MUSEUMS |
|
In New Hampshire, these geographic features are called notches
|
Mountain Passes
|
NEW HAMPSHIRE |
|
This author, not Gary Larson, is the subject of "The Far Side of Paradise"
|
F. Scott Fitzgerald
|
BIOGRAPHIES |
|
One of the CIA's early major operations was to help restore this Mideastern potentate to his throne in 1953
|
Shah of Iran
|
THE CIA |
|
'Merlin the Magician cast a spell putting this title character to sleep for 1,300 years')
|
A Connecticut Yankee (In King Arthur\'s Court)
|
AMERICAN LITERATURE |
|
A rock called pridotite produces this hardest gem
|
diamond
|
ROCKS & STUFF |
|
Captian James T. Kirk, Boston lawyer Denny Crane
|
William Shatner
|
I PLAYED 'EM ON TV |
|
In 1883 he gave the eulogy at the funeral of his good friend & co-writer Karl Marx
|
Engels
|
FAMOUS FRIENDSHIPS |
|
Fans of computer flight simulations are ecstatic about this type of controller, developed for the lunar rover
|
joy stick
|
NASA PRODUCTS |
|
This 10-item document ratified by New Jersey in 1789 & Connecticut in 1939
|
the Bill of Rights
|
THINGS TO GIVE THANKS FOR |
|
If you're really hungry, pig out on one of these, the Swedish equivalent of a buffet
|
a smorgasbord
|
FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES |
|
This form of molten rock deep within the earth can reach a temperature of over 2100 degrees
|
magma
|
ROCKS & STUFF |
|
Jeannie Bueller,Rachel Green
|
Jennifer Aniston
|
I PLAYED 'EM ON TV |
|
In the Bible, Saul's son Jonathan becomes great friends with this future king after battling the Philistines
|
David
|
FAMOUS FRIENDSHIPS |
|
For NASA, Black & Decker developed this type of tool to let astronauts work on the moon without needing a wall socket
|
cordless
|
NASA PRODUCTS |
|
This process that begins with weathering, for giving us Bryce Canyon & Niagara Falls
|
erosion
|
THINGS TO GIVE THANKS FOR |
|
We commonly use this 4-word French phrase to mean "the best of the best"
|
creme de la creme
|
FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES |
|
This agreeable-sounding metamorphic rock has alternating bands of dark- & light-colored minerals
|
gneiss
|
ROCKS & STUFF |
|
Dr. John Becker,Sam Malone
|
Ted Danson
|
I PLAYED 'EM ON TV |
|
When Henry David Thoreau lived on the shores of Walden Pond, this friend of his was the landlord
|
Emerson
|
FAMOUS FRIENDSHIPS |
|
NASA used this in Skylab back in 1973 to detect toxic vapors in the air
|
smoke detectors
|
NASA PRODUCTS |
|
The central one of these, which pulls our hands away from fire, & the peripheral one, which lets us taste chocolate
|
nervous system
|
THINGS TO GIVE THANKS FOR |
|
It's what the Norwegians call a long, narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs
|
fjord
|
FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES |
|
Most rocks are composed primarily of oxygen & this element
|
silicon
|
ROCKS & STUFF |
|
Stacey Colbert,Dr. Sloan Parker,Grace Adler
|
Debra Messing
|
I PLAYED 'EM ON TV |
|
This adventurous man was a close friend of George Bernard Shaw & changed his name to T.E. Shaw in 1927
|
Lawrence of Arabia
|
FAMOUS FRIENDSHIPS |
|
Since NASA created strong translucent ceramics, it's tinsel teeth no more when you wear these
|
braces
|
NASA PRODUCTS |
|
Melody, rhythm & this third main element, used as a synonym for "chord", making music beautiful
|
harmony
|
THINGS TO GIVE THANKS FOR |
|
After some fierce flamencoing, you might hear cries of this, Spanish for "water"
|
agua
|
FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES |
|
Soapstone, used as an electrical insulator, is a greenish-gray variety of this soft mineral
|
talc
|
ROCKS & STUFF |
|
Samantha Micelli,Jennifer Mancini,Phoebe Halliwell
|
Alyssa Milano
|
I PLAYED 'EM ON TV |
|
Neitzsche was a close friend of this "Parsifal" composer, but later things went sour between them
|
Wagner
|
FAMOUS FRIENDSHIPS |
|
NASA's technology to reduce signal noise from a spacecraft allows this product to receive clear images for your TV
|
satellite dish
|
NASA PRODUCTS |
|
Give thanks forher
|
Julianne Moore
|
THINGS TO GIVE THANKS FOR |
|
If you're eager, enthusiastic, rarin' & read to go, you're this, from the Chinese meaning "work together"
|
gung-ho
|
FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES |
|
You can tour the cellars of Moet et Chandon in Epernay, fittingly on an avenue with this sparkling name
|
Champagne
|
TOUR DE FRANCE |
|
Harrison Ford famously shot a swordsman in this first Indiana Jones film because he was too ill to do a fight scene
|
Raiders of the Lost Ark
|
CINEMA TRIVIA |
|
Kenyan capital where the Earl of Erroll frolicked with randy, druggie friends--until he was murdered!
|
Nairobi
|
EARLS GONE WILD |
|
(Sarah of the Clue Crew points to an image of a painting on a screen.) You can see why John Constable said that in this type of work, the sky is the chief organ of sentiment
|
a landscape
|
ART HISTORY CLASS |
|
...in music if you can't remember that the piccolo is a member of this woodwind's family
|
flute
|
YOU GET AN "F" |
|
Title occuptation of Figaro in a Rossini opera
|
Barber
|
FIND A JOB, KID |
|
A large armada crossed the English Channel to invade the beaches of this historic region on June 6, 1944
|
Normandy
|
TOUR DE FRANCE |
|
Battle scenes in this 1995 Mel Gibson epic had to be reshot; some extras were wearing watches & sunglasses
|
Braveheart
|
CINEMA TRIVIA |
|
Henry Howard, a 16th century Earl of Surrey, liked breaking windows & writing early poems in this form adapted from Italy
|
sonnet
|
EARLS GONE WILD |
|
(Sarah of the Clue Crew points to an image of a cave painting on a screen.) Temperature and moisture within the Lascaux cave preserved even the pigments from 15,000 B.C. in this age
|
the Stone Age
|
ART HISTORY CLASS |
|
...in biology if you actually pick up the poison dart species of this amphibian
|
frog
|
YOU GET AN "F" |
|
From the old English for "House Guard", it's the old term for a male flight attendant
|
steward
|
FIND A JOB, KID |
|
This mountain range extends along France's border with Spain
|
the Pyrenees
|
TOUR DE FRANCE |
|
The voice of Princess Fiona in "Shrek", she broke her nose while surfing in Hawaii on her August 30, 2003 birthday
|
Cameron Diaz
|
CINEMA TRIVIA |
|
Lord Chancellor of this country 1789-1802, the Earl of Clare fought against rights for Catholics there
|
Ireland
|
EARLS GONE WILD |
|
(Sarah of the Clue Crew points to an image of a painting on a screen.) As painters began to portray domestic life, "The Merode Altarpiece" gave this humble character his due
|
Joseph
|
ART HISTORY CLASS |
|
...in international studies if you can't recollect that the Eduskunta is this country's Parliament
|
Finland
|
YOU GET AN "F" |
|
These two words, synonyms for insurers & morticians, both begin with "under"
|
underwriters and undertakers
|
FIND A JOB, KID |
|
This city, "Capital of the French Riviera", likely got its name from the Greek word for "Victory"
|
Nice
|
TOUR DE FRANCE |
|
Local boys Ben Affleck & Matt Damon were Fenway Park extras in this 1989 Kevin Costner film
|
Field of Dreams
|
CINEMA TRIVIA |
|
This British peer & noted thinker was arrested after an anti-nuclear demonstration when he was 89
|
Bertrand Russell
|
EARLS GONE WILD |
|
(Sarah of the Clue Crew points to an image of a painting on a screen.) The brushstroke works of this pop artist are parodies on abstract art technique
|
Lichtenstein
|
ART HISTORY CLASS |
|
...in German lit if you can't recall that this Goethe title character messes with Mephistopheles
|
Faust
|
YOU GET AN "F" |
|
The name of this job comes from the Greek for "dance writing"
|
choreographer
|
FIND A JOB, KID |
|
This longest river in France is famous for its picturesque valley & chateaux
|
the Loire
|
TOUR DE FRANCE |
|
The real Jim Garrison played Earl Warren in this 1991 film
|
JFK
|
CINEMA TRIVIA |
|
Imprisoned for quarelling at the court of James II, the Earl of Devonshire asked this successor to take the throne
|
William III
|
EARLS GONE WILD |
|
(Sarah of the Clue Crew points to an image of a painting on a screen.) In Monet's work, we see the impressionist's varied colors, known as "the rainbow" this
|
palette
|
ART HISTORY CLASS |
|
...in chemistry if you fail to identify this radioactive element named for physicist Enrico
|
Fermium
|
YOU GET AN "F" |
|
Somebody whose job it is to control a fleet of vehicles like taxis by radio communication
|
dispatcher
|
FIND A JOB, KID |
|
'The image seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-11-18_FJ.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> is part of Faulkner\'s original text of this 1930 novel')
|
As I Lay Dying
|
AMERICAN NOVELS |
|
After the South took it, the fort endured a 15-mo. siege, reinforcing its walls, symbolically, with bales of this
|
cotton
|
FORT SUMTER |
|
The bobbleheaded character seenhereplays a pivotal role in this horrific film series
|
Hellraiser
|
A BOBBLEHEAD CATEGORY |
|
Women will curse thee if this bathroom object is left in the up position
|
the toilet seat
|
THE NOT-SO-DEADLY SINS |
|
The Portuguese were the first Europeans to enterthiscountry
|
Vietnam
|
INTERNATIONAL ROAD VEHICLE STICKERS |
|
This city precedes "Fog" in the name of a brand of raincoats
|
London
|
BRANDS |
|
Any song about Earth's natural satellite
|
a Moon tune
|
ASTRONOMICAL RHYME TIME |
|
The "Civil War Dictionary" says this "developer of modern baseball" "aimed the first gun fired in defense of Ft. Sumter"
|
Abner Doubleday
|
FORT SUMTER |
|
Dude, in the 1970s,thiscomedy team was smokin'
|
Cheech & Chong
|
A BOBBLEHEAD CATEGORY |
|
To capitalize all text in an email is an abomination that signifies the person is doing this
|
shouting
|
THE NOT-SO-DEADLY SINS |
|
Itfirst achieved independence in 1821
|
Costa Rica
|
INTERNATIONAL ROAD VEHICLE STICKERS |
|
Ironically, commercials using a toy bunny to advertise this brand weren't meant to "keep going"
|
Energizer
|
BRANDS |
|
Red planet pubs
|
Mars bars
|
ASTRONOMICAL RHYME TIME |
|
On Dec. 27, 1860 Major Robert Anderson raised the stakes when he raised a 36- by 20-foot one of these
|
the American flag
|
FORT SUMTER |
|
You'll be my Little Buddy when you name this actor depictedhere
|
Bob Denver
|
A BOBBLEHEAD CATEGORY |
|
God's grace will shine on mealtime when this is put on a lap, not tucked into one's collar
|
the napkin
|
THE NOT-SO-DEADLY SINS |
|
Most ofitspeople are Sunni Muslims
|
Tajikistan
|
INTERNATIONAL ROAD VEHICLE STICKERS |
|
This brand name was first put on sacks of generic "self-rising pancake flour" around 1890
|
Aunt Jemima
|
BRANDS |
|
Space telescope problem
|
Hubble trouble
|
ASTRONOMICAL RHYME TIME |
|
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the waters of Charleston, SC.) In January 1861,thispresident tried to relieve Ft. Sumter with a supply ship, but it was turned back, & the stage was set
|
Buchanan
|
FORT SUMTER |
|
On the late-'70s TV series that featured the big guy seenhere, he was played by this big man
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Lou Ferrigno
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A BOBBLEHEAD CATEGORY |
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The Kingdom of Heaven will be thine, even to those who remove the tags from this signature Serta product
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the mattress
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THE NOT-SO-DEADLY SINS |
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At one time,itconsisted of several independent kingdoms, including Ganja & Ashanti
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Ghana
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INTERNATIONAL ROAD VEHICLE STICKERS |
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Say bonjour, kitty to this faux French clothing brand with a leaping feline as its logo
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Le Tigre
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BRANDS |
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Comet discoverer Edmond's narrow lanes
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Halley\'s alleys
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ASTRONOMICAL RHYME TIME |
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3 decades after the Civil War, fear of this European enemy prompted the building of a new battery; it was never used
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Spain
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FORT SUMTER |
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Pleasant dreams--it's the full name ofthischaracter who repeats his mayhem across multiple movies
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Jason Voorhees
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A BOBBLEHEAD CATEGORY |
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Thou shalt not wear white shoes from Labor Day til this holiday first officially observed in 1868
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Memorial Day
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THE NOT-SO-DEADLY SINS |
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The most common languagethere, after Spanish, is Guarani
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Paraguay
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INTERNATIONAL ROAD VEHICLE STICKERS |
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This company's first washing machines were "So simple, a child could do it"
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Maytag
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BRANDS |
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One who determines the age of meteorite impact holes
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a crater dater (crater rater accepted)
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ASTRONOMICAL RHYME TIME |
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This Mediterranean port is France's second-largest city (& something to sing about)
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Marseilles
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VILLES DE FRANCE |
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Viola Fields, Mom to J. Lo's fiance
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Monster-in-Law
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JANE FONDA FILM ROLES |
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Sawbones is Old West slang for this profession
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surgeon
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