Jeopardy Study Guide
Portugese
About 2 million in Northwestern Spain speak Galician, a dialect of this language spoken by its neighbor
Tamil
About 3/4 of Sri Lankans speak Sinhala & about 1/4 speak this as their native language
vipers
About 8% of all snakes are this poisonous type, which includes adders & rattlesnakes
Switzerland
About one-sixth of its people were born elsewhere; watches are still made in Jura; yodeling is still popular
Charles II
Called "The Merry Monarch", this English king had 14 children by mistresses, but failed to sire a legal heir
Maryland
Camp David, the presidential mountain retreat, is in Catoctin Mountain Park, in this state
Manitoba
Canada's fifth province
Eeyore
Canadian doctors say this Winnie the Pooh character suffered chronic depression & was unable to enjoy life
Colombo
Capital of Sri Lanka, it sounds like Peter Falk's been there
The Po River
Capsized in a riverboat off Turin, Italy
William Shatner
Captian James T. Kirk, Boston lawyer Denny Crane
Leviticus
After childbirth, offerings such as turtles & pigeons are required as per this third Bible book
Grand theft Auto
After his release from maximum security, Tommy Vercetti tries to take over Vice City in this game
John Updike
After pulling several "rabbits" from his hat, he made "The Witches of Eastwick" materialize
agua
After some fierce flamencoing, you might hear cries of this, Spanish for "water"
Faust
...in German lit if you can't recall that this Goethe title character messes with Mephistopheles
frog
...in biology if you actually pick up the poison dart species of this amphibian
Fermium
...in chemistry if you fail to identify this radioactive element named for physicist Enrico
Finland
...in international studies if you can't recollect that the Eduskunta is this country's Parliament
flute
...in music if you can't remember that the piccolo is a member of this woodwind's family
supine
...that means face up: A. prostrate B. prone C. supine D. incline
disingenuous
...that means not sincere: A. dissentious B. disputatious C. disingenuous D. discommodious
ancillary
...that means of secondary importance: A. ancillary B. fiduciary C. habilimentary D. pecuniary
nonplus
...that means to perplex: A. acrimonious B. congruous C. nonplus D. tremulous
vituperation
...that means verbal abuse: A. abrogation B. cogitation C. sinistration D. vituperation
kangaroo and emu
1 of 2 animals on its coat of arms
Botswana, Benin, Burkina Faso, or Burundi
1 of the 4 countries on the continent of Africa whose name starts with "B"
Mr. Lee
1,2,3 it could be Robert E.
Computer
ENIAC, which weighed over 30 tons, was the first electronic one of these
The Real World
Each season, 7 strangers share a home, as well as their lives, loves & libidos, on this long-running series
North Dakota
Earl Pomeroy from this state with 53 counties, including Sioux & Grand Forks
jet lag
In estimating the time to recover from this, figure one day for every hour of the time change
Erasmus
In his 1509 work "The Praise of Folly", this Dutch priest criticized the moral quality of church leaders
Alternating Current
It's the technical term for an electric current that regularly reverses direction
Calveras County
It's the title locale of the story Twain originally called "Jim Smiley and his Jumping Frog"
Salem
It's the town where 20 people were executed for being witches in 1692
self-contained
It's what the "SC" stands for in scuba
fjord
It's what the Norwegians call a long, narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs
Ankle
It's where the leg bone's connected to the foot bone
middle ear
It's where your tympanic membrane is located
Verdi
Italian composer of "Aida" whose name in English is Joe Green
a capella
Italian for "in chapel style", it has come to mean singing without instrumental accompaniment
Aida
Italian opera set in Egypt featuring this march:
Botticelli
Italy has issued Euro coins with part of this painter's "Birth of Venus" on the reverse
University of Minnesota
Radio's Garrison Keillor
Smallville
In 2001 this "Clark Kent before he was Superman" series debuted on the WB
the screen actors guild
In 2002 Melissa Gilbert was reelected president of this guild formed by actors of the silver screen
dragon
Mythical creature that serves as 1 type of honors tiles in Mah Jongg
smoke detectors
NASA used this in Skylab back in 1973 to detect toxic vapors in the air
satellite dish
NASA's technology to reduce signal noise from a spacecraft allows this product to receive clear images for your TV
metallic
Over three-fourths of the elements fall into this category
Wedding Crashers
Owen Wilson & Vince Vaughn are divorce mediators in this film
peer-to-peer
P2P means this type of file sharing, like Kazaa or Limewire
10
Sum of the 3 Billy Goats Gruff, the 3 Little Pigs & Goldilocks & the 3 Bears
This is me...then
"All I Have" with LL Cool J was a last-minute addition to this Jennifer Lopez CD
Hemingway
"All stories, if continued far enough, end in death..." he wrote in "Death in the Afternoon"
Philadelphia
"America's Birthplace", July 4, 1776
Honda
"Because you've got better things to do than plug in and wait", the battery of this co.'s Civic Hybrid recharges itself
Adam's Apple
"Biblical" term for the thyroid cartilage that bulges in the throat
Henry VIII
"Catherine" was the name of 3 of his 6 wives
eat, drink, and be merry
"Consume, imbibe & swing" is another way of stating this hedonistic philosophy
Archbishop
"Death Comes for" him Willa Cather's classic
George III
"Drool Brittania" might have been a better anthem for this English king who went insane & also lost the American colonies
your own name
"Egosurfing" means searching the net for this
Afton
"Flow gently" this "sweet river, among thy green braes, flow gently. I'll sing thee a song in thy praise"
Anthropology
"Human Variation" is a course in this department at NYU
Linkin Park Place
"Hybrid Theory" & "Meteora" are albums by this alt-metal band that's the second-priciest Monopoly property
Gloria Steinem
"I can't mate in captivity." explained this feminist on why she's never married
Bart Simpson
"I will not encourage others to fly" & "I will not skateboard in the halls" are 2 of his chalkboard scribblings
Catch-22
"It was love at first sight" between Yossarian & his chaplain in this novel
citizen
"Jus soli", the right of soil, makes you this in the country of your birth
Montana
"Last Chance Gulch" is now the main street of its capital, Helena
Joyce Kilmer
"Martin" was one of the other poems in his 1914 collection "Trees and Other Poems"
USS Maine
"Memorable" battleship of 1898
Liberace
"Mr. Showmanship" whose Vegas museum's holdings include a $60,000 replica of George V's coronation robe
nashville
"Music City, U.S.A."
Dylan Thomas
"Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog" is a collection of stories about this poet's youth in Wales
Japan
"Rashomon," Best Foreign Film of '51, was from this country
dignity
"Romeo and Juliet" begins, "Two households, both alike in" this
Tasmanian Devil
"Satanic" mammal found only on island S. of Australia
a whistle stop
"Shrill" name for train tour electioneering
Whoopi Goldberg Variations
"Sister Act" comedienne who is a 1740s piece of music J.S. Bach wrote for harpsichord
Marion
"Swamp Fox" Francis
Vin Diesel engine
"The Chronicles of Riddick" star who is an internal-combustion machine found in trucks
Alicia Keys
"The Diary of" this songstress included "Diary", a haunting duet with Tony! Toni! Tone!
Theodore Dreiser
"The Financier" by this author of "Sister Carrie" was inspired by real financier Charles T. Yerkes
Earth Day
"The Onion" reported that 450,000 unsold copies of "TIME"'s special issue on this April "day" went to a landfill
Romance
"To Kiss in Shadows" & "Stealing Heaven" won 2003 Rita Awards for this type of novel
instruction manual
"Treeware" is this; it comes with software programs
bats
"Vampire" variety of these actually do feed on the blood of other animals
voice
"VoIP" means this type of "Internet protocol" to make phone calls over the web
Huckleberry Finn
"You don't know about me without you have read...The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
The Polar Express
"Zathura" is from a book by Chris Van Allsburg, author of this "cool" story, later a Tom Hanks animated film
Bob Cousy
'57 MVP, this guard led NBA in assists for 8 straight seasons with Boston Celtics
Gerald Ford
'70s president who, as a model, once appeared in "Look" magazine
Supernatural
'N Sync's "No Strings Attached" was the No. 1 album of 2000; this Santana album was No. 2
the puller
(Cheryl and Sofia of the Clue Crew shoot some skeet.) "Pull!" You should know the name of the person who releases the target in trap shooting
the Acropolis
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Athens, Greece.) In Greek cities, orient yourself using this, whose name comes from words meaning "highest" and "city"
Apollo
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from Delos in Greece.) Delos was sacred as the birthplace of this music-loving sun god whose temple this is
Thurgood Marshall
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the White House.) June 13, 1967 is a historic day as President Johnson appointed this great-grandson of a slave to the Supreme Court
Gerald Ford
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the White House.) One year ago he represented Michigan's 5th District. Today, August 9th 1974, he enters the Oval Office as President
Sophocles
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands in the the Theatre of Dionysus in Athens, Greece.) In 401 B.C. here at the Theatre of Dionysus, this man won a posthumous first prize for his play "Oedipus at Colonus"
Cornelius Vanderbilt
(Hi, I'm Anderson Cooper of CNN.) My great-great-great grandfather was this shipping & railroad magnate known as "The Commodore"
Cornell
(Hi. I'm Keith Olberman.) I started when I was 16 and I graduated at 20 with a B.S. in communications at this Ivy League school in Ithaca
Doric
(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands in front of the Parthenon in Athens, Greece.) Built in the 400s B.C., the temple of Athena, known as the Parthenon, is the greatest example of this ancient architectural style
Atlantis
(Sarah of the Clue Crew speaks from Santorini in Greece.) Volcanic cliffs on Santorini are the remnants of an eruption that may be the source of the legend of this island
St. Mark's Square
(Sofia of the Clue Crew in Venice, Italy.) I'm here in Venice on this beautiful square which Napoleon called "The Drawing Room of Europe"
anti-
-aircraft, -climax
over-
-lord, -haul
semi-
-precious, -final
hyper-
-ventilate, -active
super-
-visor, -natural
a ruble
100 Russian kopecks equals this
Hadrian
117-138 A.D.: Had his own "wall" of fame
The Last Supper
13 ate at this event depicted by Leonard Da Vinci
Caligula
37-41 A.D.: Nutty guy who once "declared war" against the ocean
Edmonton
1938: To this Alberta city's Journal newspaper, for its freedom of the press editorials
Kansas City
1952: To this Missouri city's Star newspaper, for its coverage of a series of natural disasters
The Armada
1960: To Professor Garrett Mattingly, for his study of this 16th century Spanish fleet
Star Wars of the roses
1977 film in which Luke Skywalker uses the force in the struggle between the royal houses of York & Lancaster
The Christian Science Monitor
1978: To Richard Lee Strout, for his body of work for this "Christian" publication
Dr. Seuss
1984: To this "physician", for his books of playful rhymes, nonsense words & strange illustrations
The Spice Girls
1996 what British girls group release their debut album "Spice", goes on to sell 23 million copies
Election Day
1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday in November
Citizen Kane
1st word in this Orson Welles movie is also the title character's last
Ionian, Doric, and Corinthian
2 of 3 orders of Greek column styles
Wolf
20th Century Literature: First name of Jack London's sea captain Larson of the Ghost
Augustus
27 B.C.-14 A.D.: His sister married Mark Antony & he defeated Mark Antony
fad
3-letter term for fashions that come & go quickly, such as hula hoops & coonskin caps
Constantine
306-337 A.D.: Converted to a non-Roman religion & moved the capital city
the Redgraves
4-generation film family which includes a knighted actor, his father, daughters & grandchildren
maze
4-letter English translation of the Spanish un laberinto
SA
5 state capitals, all of them on or west of the Mississippi, begin with these 2 letters
Nero
54-68 A.D.: Presided during a big barbecue
famine
6-letter time of scarcity, like the Irish potato one
a natural
7 or 11 in craps, or Robert Redford in recent movie
theology
8-letter opposite of demonology
Penicillin
A Rhodes Scholar, Howard Florey, led a research team at Oxford that discovered a way to mass-produce this antibiotic
quiz program
A TV program such as this one
Tony Hawk
A back-stabbing friend tries to keep you from going pro in the underground game named for this skateboarder
snake cake
A baked confection for a rattler
13
A baker's dozen
a shaven raven
A beardless bird who quoth "Nevermore"
a comma
A book by Lynne Truss warns against inserting this into the innocent panda description "eats shoots & leaves"
a hague plague
A calamity that befalls the Dutch seat of government
fluff
A chambermaid does it to your pillow; forgetful actors do it to their lines
Abbreviation
A cntrctd. form of a wd. or phrs., frm. the Ltn. for "shrtnd."
box
A common type of pet turtle, or the type of structure you might keep it in
midriff
A crop top is designed to leave this part of the body bare
sister
Claire Dunphy to Mitchell Pritchett on "Modern Family"
Robert Browning
His first letter to his future wife began: "I love your verses with all my heart, dear Miss Barrett"
stranglehold
AN ILLEGAL TECHNIQUE IN WRESTLING, OR AN 8-MINUTE GUITAR CLASSIC BY TED NUGENT
Cornwall
Cornish, the language of this county of England, became extinct in 1777
Jesus Christ
His is the final name mentioned in the Bible, in Revelation 22:21
Gran Turismo
A Ford Escort can race a VW Beetle in this "A-spec" PlayStation racing game with over 150 cars
clowns
A "College" for these silly circus performers opened in 1968 (& no, I am not a graduate)
Montpelier
A "Dolley" house (home to the Madisons)
violet
A 1971 New Jersey law made the common meadow type of this, not the African type, the state flower
Louisiana Purchase
A 2003 stamp honored the bicentennial of this, often called the greatest real estate deal in history
Dynamite
A 2004 comedy starred Jon Heder as high school geek Napoleon, with this explosive last name
cocaine
A 43-year old mother of 4 broke up a $3.5 billion ring dealing in this drug
A Study in Scarlet
A den painted deep red, or Sherlock Holmes' first story
Stephen Sondeim
A funny thing happened to this songwriter on his way to the Forum
a calf laugh
A guffaw from a young cow
Normandy
A large armada crossed the English Channel to invade the beaches of this historic region on June 6, 1944
Alexander Von Humboldt
A major ocean current off of Peru is named for this man who charted it in 1802
cord
A measure of wood, or three or more musical notes played together
summit
A meeting at the topmost level of leadership, like the November 2015 G20 one
The Wall Street Journal
A morning stock report is podcast by this Dow Jones-owned national newspaper
Atlas
A mountain chain in the Sahara bears the name of this mythical man who "bears the world"
a march
A musical composition that accompanies a procession; funeral ones are played in slow tempo
a note
A musical symbol, or a short informal letter
a cheat sheet
A no-no during a test, this item is covered with notes and instructions
Saudi Arabia
A pilgrimage to Mecca ends in this country
Edmund Spenser
A poet himself, Raleigh encouraged this man to publish "The Faerie Queene"
Moby Dick
A real 19th century whale named Mocha Dick may have inspired this 1851 novel
aftermath
A result or consequence, or immediately following multiplication
bundt
A ring-shaped cake pan with fluted sides
Diamond
A rock called pridotite produces this hardest gem
Ghostbusters
A sequel's to this top grossing film, called in France "S.O.S. Phantomes"
creak
A small stream, or the sound a squeaky stair makes
The time of my life
A song from "Dirty Dancing" says, "Now I've had" this; "Yes, I swear it's the truth and I owe it all to you"
Flint
A sparking rock or a Michigan city
backdrop
A stage's rear curtain, or the setting for any event
a fowl owl
A stinky barn-dwelling bird of prey
Trolley
A streetcar
burlap
A strong, coarsely woven cloth made from jute or hemp
lamp
A torchiere is a standing one of these that often has an inverted bowl shade
fox box
A vixen storage container
boar
A wild hog, or to drill a hole
Wimbledon
A writer said he'd eat his T-shirt if Andre won this British event in 1992 (bon appetit!)
gametes
A zygote is produced by the union of 2 of these sex cells, an egg & a sperm
Mice and Men
According to both Burns & Steinbeck, their best laid schemes "gang aft a-gley"
Antony and Cleopatra
Act I of this tragedy begins in a palace in Alexandria
codex
Add an X to a word meaning "a system of laws" to get this term for an early type of book
Saratoga
France entered the war on our side after this 1777 American victory in New York State
speed of light
After trying to measure this with signals between himself & an assistant, Galileo decided it was infinite
Africa
After years of neglect, the world finally responded to the famine raging on this continent
Pete Sampras
Agassi won the 1995 Australian Open by beating him, Andre's co-star in Nike's "Guerrilla Tennis" ads
Muhammad Ali
Albanian founder of the last Egyptian dynasty; his namesake is a famous prizefighter
Belgium
France, Italy, Belgium (which is a monarchy)
treason
In 1603 Sir Walter Raleigh was tried & convicted of this for plotting to dethrone the king
Paradise Lost
In 1671, Milton wrote "Paradise Regained", a sequel to this
Jet
Alpha Phi Alpha John H. Johnson founded this magazine in 1951, 6 years after Ebony
Bay
Also called the laurel, this tree's leaves are used to flavor foods
James Garfield
An 1881 autopsy on this assassinated president proved he died from infection from his doctors' efforts, not the bullets
Warren Buffett
An Alpha Sigma Phi at Penn, this Berkshire Hathaway man was worth a tidy $42.9 billion in '04
dark shark
An almost black hammerhead
Egypt
An ancient goddess of this civilization, Mut was depicted with a vulture's head
a dig
An archaeological excavation, or most common activity there
yoo-hoo
An audible attempt to get someone's attention, or a chocolate drink endorsed by Yogi Berra
hard-boiled
An egg that spins merrily & easily on the counter tells you it's this
Seville
An emblem of this city in Spain is the Giralda, a Muslim minaret that's part of the city's cathedral
a paddock
An enclosed grazing area for horses
Eddie Vedder
An official Pearl Jam website informs us this singer likes card tricks & the Chicago Bulls
Titanium
An oxide of this metal, symbol Ti, is used as a white pigment in paints
a limp blimp
An uninflated airship
catapult
Ancient weapon kept a stone's throw from its target
Interstellar
Anne Hathaway is among the travelers far from Earth in space & time in this Christopher Nolan movie
burning
In 1745 this was done to a book by materialist thinker Julien La Mettrie; in 1445 it would have been done to Julien
The Misanthrope, Tartuffe or Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Any 1 of the 3 Moliere plays which--admit it--you've only read in "Cliffs Notes"
hexahedron
Any solid figure having 6 faces; a cube, for example
mirror
Apparatus one needs to read the writing in da Vinci's notebooks
Leo
Appropriate astrological sign shared by Britain's Princesses Anne & Margaret
Turkey
Archaeologist Schliemann excavated ruins of ancient Troy in this country
Eva Peron
Argentina cried for her when this former actress & first lady died of cancer in 1952
patagonia
Argentinian region
Plato
Aristotle's teacher
Cape of Good Hope
As Cape Horn is to South America, this is to Africa
cat
As a witch's familiar, Pywacket is one of these animals in the play "Bell, Book and Candle"
platelets
As well as red & white blood cells you have these disk-like cells, aka thrombocytes, to help blood clot
walk in space
Astronaut Edward White was the 1st American to do this
Toyota
At 55 MPG, you could get from L.A. to Vegas on a bout 5 gallons driving a Prius from this company
Byron
At Cambridge, this "Lord" of poetry became a lifelong friend of John Cam Hobhouse, who later went to Greece with him
bayonet
At Parris Island, Marines learn techniques for using this rifle blade
Sir Edmond Halley
At greenwichpast.com I learned that this famed skywatcher was Astronomer Royal from 1720 to his death in 1742
perpendicular
At right angles
luge
At the 1992 Olympics, sisters Doris & Angelika Neuner took the gold & silver in this sport lying down
a stone wall
At the 1st Battle of Bull Run, Bernard Bee said, "There is Jackson, standing like..." this
Helen Keller
At the dedication of a fountain at Radcliffe College in 1960, she began her speech with the single word "Water"
kill people
At the end of "Collateral", Tom Cruise says, "I do this for a living"
Machiavelli
At the head of his own militia, this medieval author of "The Prince" helped conquer Pisa for Florence in 1509
Lincoln Memorial
At this Washington, D.C. landmark in 1963, King gave his famous "I have a dream" speech
Onassis
Athina Roussel, granddaughter of this Greek tycoon, inherited billions when she turned 18 in 2003
Unreal Tournament
Attain the crown of Grand Champion after completing over 30 levels of this epic first person bot shooter
Welfare
Aug. 22, 1996: Pres. Clinton's signature reforms this system that sent federal cash grants directly to poor families
Tuskegee
Author Ralph Ellison
Lolita
Azar Nafisi's "Memoir in Books" is called "Reading" this Nabokov classic "in Tehran"
The Children's hour
Based on obscure Scottish scandal, it was Lillian Hellman's 1st performed work
Galileo
Born in Pisa in the 16th century, he studied the laws of falling bodies & the motions of projectiles
Braveheart
Battle scenes in this 1995 Mel Gibson epic had to be reshot; some extras were wearing watches & sunglasses
James Brady
Beau Bridges made a pitch for gun control when he won for his TV role as this Reagan press spokesman
white sauce
Bechamel sauce is also called this color sauce
environmental impact statement
Before building a highway, a state has to submit an EIS, this 2-word "statement", to get federal funding
wolves
Before hunting, a pack of these meets & howls to keep other packs from its territory
bell
Being shaped like this gives the flower seen here its name and also its genus name, campanula
London
In 2003 Mayor Ken Livingstone of this metropolis introduced a tax of 5 pounds on cars entering the city center
bees
Bergamot is also called the "balm" of these creatures to which it's highly attractive
female umpire
Bernice Gera was the 1st in baseball
Vermont
Bernie Sanders from this state with 14 counties, including Rutland & Bennington
Gregor Mendel
Between 1856 &1863 this monk tested at least 5,000 pea plants
cheerleaders
Bevy of beauties who shake their pom-poms for the Cowboys or Rams for example
the 23rd psalm
Biblical Psalm that begins "The Lord is my shepherd"
monosyllabic
Big word which means each of these words has but one part
Thomas Chippendale
Born circa 1718, this English cabinetmaker was a "chip" off the old block: his father made furniture, too
Catherine the Great
In 1762 Peter III was deposed, she became reigning empress & poor ol' Pete was murdered shortly thereafter
Reuters
Blitzer started his career in 1972 with this huge news service named for the German who started it in 1851
Lake Havasu
Body of water, currently crossed by the 1831 London Bridge
Fenway Park
Boston's "Green Monster" is in this stadium
inch
Both the ounce & this unit of measure get their names from the Latin uncia, "twelfth part"
Daniel Pearl
In 2003 Wolf won an award named for this reporter slain in Pakistan by terrorists in 2002
Paradise Island
Bridge from Nassau connects with this "heavenly" Bahamian island
God Save the Queen
British national anthem whose melody is used for "My Country 'Tis Of Thee"
Coney Island
Brooklyn resort that's no longer an island
Alexander the Great
Bucephalus was the favorite horse of this ancient warrior, who built a city in its honor when it died
Barnes and Noble
Buy books at this company, BKS, which also goes under the B. Dalton name
oxygen
By definition an anaerobe is an organism that lives in an environment free of this element
rings
By examining these in some trees, you can figure out what the weather was like thousands of years ago
horsepower
By pedaling with all your might for a few minutes you can generate 250 watts, or barely one-third of this unit
glove
By wearing 1 instead of 2, Michael Jackson made it his landmark
Russia
In entertainment news, Anatoly Ivaskevich hosts this country's hit game show "Who Wants to Eat a Meal?"
Illinois
Carol Moseley-Braun, the first African American woman elected to the U.S. Senate, represented this state, 1993-1999
Jean harlow
Carroll Baker & Carol Lynley played this '30s star in 2 movies with the same title
Tin
Cassiterite is the chief ore of this metal used to coat food containers
Lisbon
Catch an express train to the Algarve from the Barreiro Station in this Iberian capital
A&W
Celebrate this chain's 85th anniversary in 2004 with a hot dog & a root beer float
Nigeria
Celebrating its 1960 independence, October 1st is a national holiday in this country
Nashville, TN
Centennial Park in this southern capital contains a full-scale replica of the Parthenon
taipei
Chaing Kai-shek Memorial Hall is located in this capital
Abe Lincoln
Character from American history played on screen more than any other
The National Ski Patrol
Charles Dole helped create the Army's 10th Mountain Division & this "National" winter rescue organization
tribute
Charles Pinckney urged "Millions for defense, but not a damned penny for" this
"In one ear and out the other"
Chaucer's "Un air it heard, a tother out it went" is commonly quoted as this
Chess
Check it out: in 2000, 17-year-old M.I.T. freshman Elina Groverman was the U.S. women's co-champ in this board game
The College of William & Mary
In 1779 this Virginia college became the 1st in the U.S. to offer professional training in law
Yen
Cherry blossoms are featured on the back of the coin worth 100 of these
peso
Chile uses this basic unit of currency
Japan
China, Japan, South Korea (which is a monarchy)
oolong
Chinese tea for two
Dracula
Christopher Lee, later of "Lord of the Rings", sucked blood in 1968's he "Has Risen from the Grave"
Maybellene
Chuck Berry's 1st hit, it sounded like he was asking for mascara
midnight
Cinderella's deadline
middleweight
Class of a pro boxer topping out at 160 pounds
Castor & Pollux
Classical Mythology: Oddly, these "heavenly" twins had the same mother, Leda, but different fathers
Canada
Closest foreign country to Fairbanks, Alaska
Pluto
Clyde Tombaugh, who discovered this planet, made his telescope out of a cream separator & parts of an old Buick
Picasso
Cocteau said this artist friend believed it miraculous "That one did not melt in one's bath"
the green revolution
Colorful term used to describe effort to increase food production in developing countries
new york city
Columbia University
Joan Rivers
Comedienne who penned "The Life & Hard Times" of her best friend "Heidi Abromowitz"
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Comedy in which Lysander says, "The course of true love never did run smooth"
a flame
Common fiery name for a nasty or insulting email or newsgroup message
Carbon Dioxide
Common gas represented by the formula CO2
Japan
Commuter maglevs are still being tested in this country, so take a ride on the slower Shinkansen bullet trains
Magnetic North Pole
Compass needles are always attracted to this spot in northern Canada
"And he did it"
Completes "He started to sing as he tackled the thing that couldn't be done..."
Knee
Completes Stephen Vincent Benet's line "Bury my heart at Wounded..."
it grows to a cat
Completes the saying "The trouble with a kitten is that..."
Chile
Conger eel is a taste treat; the cowboys are called huasos; its national congress is in Valparaiso
Uganda
Containing a source of the Nile near Jinja, this country's surface is 1/6 water
Road Rules
Contestants must complete a mission in order to get to a new location on this x-treme travel adventure series
North America
Continent Greenland is considered part of
Indians
Contrary to TV, in the 1st year on the Oregon Trail no wagon train was attacked by them
The 1812 Overture
Contrary to title, Tchaikovsky composed it in 1880
the cotton club
Controversial Coppola film about a '20s Harlem nightspot
Hans Holbein
Court painted for Henry VIII who painted him & several of his wives
Flubadub
Creature made up from parts of 8 different animals
Yugoslavia
Croatia & Slovenia, former parts of this country, were recognized by the Euro. Community as ind. states
2
Cups of butter in a pound
wife
Currently, Bernadette to Howard on "The Big Bang Theory"
Morse
Dash-ing code creator born in 1791
the Run for the Roses
Dashing to the florist, or the Kentucky Derby
daughter
Daya Diaz to Aleida Diaz on "Orange Is the New Black"
.75
Decimal equivalent of 3/4
webster
In 1843, the Merriams took over the rights to his dictionary
Wagner
Declaring "the world owes me what I need," he bathed in incense, dressed only in silk & wrote the "Ring Cycle"
Texas
Democratic house members fled this state in order to block republicans from redrawing congressional districts
Gone with the Wind
Describes how Dorothy left Kansas, or a Mitchell novel
hydrogen
Deuterium is the "heavy" isotope of this element
Republican Party
In 1856 William L. Dayton ran unsuccessfully as this party's first vice-presidential candidate
Everest
Different surveys have reported its height as 29,002, 29,141 and 29,028 feet
JFK
Directing winner Oliver Stone said he hopes this film prompts the FBI to open its secret files
Telephone Directory
In 1878 the first one of these directories was issued in New Haven, Connecticut, and contained 21 names
Alaska
Don Young from this state with 27 boroughs, including Sitka & North Slope
Germany and France
Donald Rumsfeld called these 2 countries "Old Europe" after they opposed military action against Iraq
liver giver
Donor of a hepatic organ
Ted Danson
Dr. John Becker, Sam Malone
Engels
In 1883 he gave the eulogy at the funeral of his good friend & co-writer Karl Marx
CAT Scan
During one in a hospital, your brain should think "cheese"
WWI
During the Battle of the Marne in this war, 6,000 French soldiers were rushed to the front lines in taxicabs
Kansas
During the Civil War, this Midwest state sent proportionally the most men into the Union Army
Lenin
In 1887 the brother of this first USSR leader was executed for attempting to kill Czar Alexander III
midget
Eddie Gaedel, number 1/8th, was the only one ever to play in the Major Leagues
Thomas Hardy
Edward Driffield, a novelist in Maugham's "Cakes and Ale", is said to be based on this "Jude the Obscure" author
cause
Effect is the immediate result of this
Omar Sharif
Egyptian-born actor Michael Shalhoub, his most famous role was a Russian doctor
All of Me
Film where Lily Tomlin is really Steve Martin's better half
sold flowers
Eliza Doolittle did it for a living
Maggie the Cat
Elizabeth Taylor character that could have burnt her paws on a hot tin roof
Taco Bell
Enchiritos & Meximelts are specialties found on its menu
Hank Aaron
Ending this man's 50-year reign atop the alphabetical list of MLBers, David Aardsma said, "I owe it all to my parents"
Remembrance of Things Past
English title of 7-part novel "A la recherche du temps perdu" by Proust
Subway
For those watching their carbs, this sandwich chain offers "Atkins-friendly" salads & wraps
parachute
Escape device used by hijacker D.B. Cooper
midwife
Even Rachel in the Bible had one of these women to help her deliver her baby
Pompeii
Excavations at this city destroyed by Vesuvius have revealed people trapped in time
joystick
Fans of computer flight simulations are ecstatic about this type of controller, developed for the lunar rover
eggplant
For vegetarians, instead of vitello alla parmigiana, veal parmesean, make malanzine alla parmigiana, this
battleship
In 1902, what you would have seen if someone showed you a dreadnought
Poland
Father Jerzy Popieluszko was murdered by henchmen of this country's oppressive regime
hypnos
Father of Morpheus, he was the Greek god of sleep
Around the World in 80 Days
Feat in this Jules Verne novel could have been done over 4000 times since it was published
Once Upon a time in America
Film in which Robert DeNiro & James Woods, of Italian & Irish ancestry, play Jewish gangsters
crowbar
Firefighters' equipment includes axes and this modified "bar" that operates as a lever
Vermont
First state to forbid slavery & guarantee universal male suffrage & public education to all
Tallahassee
Florida State
Gothic
Flying buttresses & ribbed vaults characterize this 13 c. style
Sinai
Following Sadat's visit to Jerusalem, Egypt regained the occupied parts of this peninsula
super size
For McDonald's fries, this portion found in the name of a documentary translates to 610 calories & 29 grams of fat
cordless
For NASA, Black & Decker developed this type of tool to let astronauts work on the moon without needing a wall socket
Eggs
For a fancy breakfast, you can cook these popular items Benedict or Sardou
Bulworth
For the 1999 Oscars, I wrongly predicted a screenplay award for this film with Warren Beatty as a politician
Gwyneth Paltrow and Judi Dench
For the Oscars in 1999, I correctly predicted these 2 actresses would win for "Shakespeare in Love"
Texas Instruments
For the ultimate in geek chic, get the TI-89 Titanium graphing calculator from this company, TXN
Kyoto
Formerly the capital of Japan, it's also an anagram of the current capital
potbelly
Found on some stoves & some beer drinkers
Alabama
Founded in 1813, the Mobile Register is this state's oldest newspaper
Emory
Founded in 1836 by the Methodist church, this Atlanta university is located along the Clifton Corridor
Eyes
Francis Bourdillon wrote, "The night has a thousand of" these "and the day, but one"
Bernadette
Franz Werfel's most famous novel is "The Song of" this young girl of Lourdes
Red Sox
In 1903 this Boston team won baseball's first World Series
Oedipus Complex
Freudian theory in which a son wants to kill his father & marry his mother
Truman
From 1927 to 1935 he served as the presiding judge of Jackson County, Missouri
chauvinism
From French solider Nicolas Chauvin, who was steadfastly, loyal to Napoleon
copper
From Greek "kurpos", meaning "Cyprus", which was an ancient source of this metal
inch
From Latin "uncia", measurement taken from the width of a thumb
Primogeniture
From Latin for "first birth", it's the rule that only the oldest son inherited the property of a parent
Kemal Ataturk
In 1928 this president of Turkey outlawed Ottoman Turkish & switched alphabets from Arabic to Roman
minaret
From Turkish meaning "lighthouse", it's a slender, lofty tower attached to a mosque
silver
From its Latin name argentum, Ag is the chemical symbol for this metallic element
diction
From the Latin for "speak" in speaking, it's clarity of pronounciation; in writing, it's word choice
pueblo
From the Spanish for "village", it's a collective name for Indian tribes like the Hopi & Zuni
steward
From the old English for "House Guard", it's the old term for a male flight attendant
Wendell Willkie
In 1940, FDR beat him to win 3rd term
Iguanas
Galapagos Islands are home to only variety of this reptile to feed in the sea
Milky Way
Galaxy we live in
Hinduism
Ganesha is this religion's god of luck & wisdom
Man of Steel
General Zod escapes from a black hole prison in this 2013 film, a nickname for the hero
cottontail
General name for the wild rabbits of Canada, the U.S. & Mexico; Peter is one
seaweed
General term for underwater marine plants & algae, such as kelp
Dalai Lama
In 1940, at age 5, Tenzin Gyatso was enthroned as the 14th one of these spiritual leaders
Carter and Wife
Georgia couple who spent their vacation renovating a N.Y. Lower East Side slum building
lichens
Get in touch with your inner reindeer & paw through snow to reach these symbiotic fungi to eat
porridge
Goldilocks' gruel
Titanic
In 1997 Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" appeared on her album "Let's Talk About Love" & on this soundtrack
freight
Goods or cargo transported commercially
Devil
Gounod had him tempt Faust in the form of Mephistopheles
Maja
Goya painted her "Clothed" & "Naked"
meadow
Grassy field that joins with "lark"
typewriter
Gunmakers Remington & Sons began making this different product in 1874
Freud
Gustav Mahler was treated for severe mental stress by this noted Austrian psychoanalyst
Apple
Gwyneth Paltrow & Chris Martin gave their yummy morsel born April 14 this name
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Harrison Ford famously shot a swordsman in this first Indiana Jones film because he was too ill to do a fight scene
The Colorado River
Having a splash in Needles, California
Everest
Hillary Step, a 40-foot wall of rock & ice, greets climbers as they approach the summit of this mountain
Steve McQueen
He "Wanted..." to get out of television & made "The Great Escape" to films
Walt Whitman
He believed "a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars"
John Hancock
He boldly served as President of the Continental Congress when the Declaration of Independence was adopted
John Adams
He built the first White House stables in 1800 to house his favorite horse, Cleopatra
Truman
He called himself "the plain people's pres. against the privileged people's Congress"
Bach
He fathered 6 "Brandenburg Concertos" & 20 children
Edward G. Robinson
Himself a dying man, he played a man who chooses to die in his last film "Soylent Green"
Strauss
His "Blue Danube" waltzed a space station through "2001"
Aladdin
He makes a genie appear by rubbing a lamp
Thomas More
He opposed Henry VIII's divorce, but Henry appointed him anyway to succeed Cardinal Wolsey as Lord Chancellor
George Burns
He said in his next sequel he'd like to play "God, and the devil, and the Virgin Mary"
bailiff
He solemnly swears you in, in court
Edgar Allen Poe
His "Ulalume" rhymes "sober" with "lonesome October"
Rudyard Kipling
His 1892 collection, "Barrack-Room Ballads", included "Fuzzy Wuzzy" & "Gunga Din"
James Fenimore Cooper
His 5 "Leather-Stocking Tales" include "The Deerslayer" & "The Pathfinder"
Tom Selleck
He starred as Quigley in "Quigley Down Under"
Conrad Hilton
He was a Teke, a Tau Kappa Epsilon, & founded a hotel chain, but you probably just know him as Paris' great-granddad
Bob Smith
He was both the host & voice of Howdy Doody
Al Roker
He was in college in '74 when he became a weekend weatherman in Syracuse; today he's on the "Today" show
mercury
He was on the dime immediately before FDR
Beethoven
His Sixth Symphony was termed the "Pastoral"
Jimmy (Olsen)
His cub reporter buddy at the Daily Planet newspaper
Odin
He was the one-eyed top god of the Vikings
John Goodman
He went from second banana on "Roseanne" to top banana of England in "King Ralph"
Guy Ritchie
He wore a kilt when he married Madonna in a Scottish castle
Arthur Sullivan
He wrote "Onward Christian Soldiers" as well as "The Mikado" & "H.M.S. Pinafore"
Longfellow
He wrote "There was a little girl, she had a little curl" & "The Wreck of the Hesperus", too
Ed McMahon
He's paid to laugh at Johnny's jokes
Carson
He's the fashion savant on "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy"
Mike Myers
He's the funny man who played the title role in the movie version of "The Cat in the Hat"
Schweitzer
He's the missionary and humanitarian seen here
a wedding
Hebrew ceremony which takes place under a canopy called a huppa
supergirl
Helen Salter is playing this role, a cousin to one played by Christopher Reeve
the sun
Helico- refers to a spiral & helio- to this
sonnet
Henry Howard, a 16th century Earl of Surrey, liked breaking windows & writing early poems in this form adapted from Italy
Edna Ferber
Her "Giant" grew into an epic movie
Rachel Carson
Her findings on pesticides in the book "Silent Spring" sparked the environmental protection movement
Carly Simon
Her song, "Anticipation", ended up on Heinz ketchup commercial
Florida
Highest elevation in this "Sunshine State" is only 345 feet
T.S. Eliot
His poems were the catalyst for "Cats"
George McGovern
His presidential campaign won him the electoral votes of only Mass. & Washington, D.C.
The Camp David Accords
History was made today, September 17, 1978, when P.M. Begin & Pres. Sadat signed these accords at the White House
India
Holy cow! It has the most cattle of any country in the world
Lincoln Logs
Honest Abe's diaries, or his building toy sets
Hong Kong
In 1997 this British crown colony will become a special administrative region of China
Honeybee
How sweet it is that this is North Carolina's official state insect
ear
Human organ containing the smallest bones
paprika
Hungarian for "pepper", it spices up goulash
The French Open
In 1999 Agassi made a thrilling comeback, winning this clay-court Grand Slam tournament
Nicholas II
In 2000 the Russian Orthodox Church canonized this last Russian czar & his family
Billy Preston
I TAKE "THE FIFTH BEATLE" TO MEAN THIS "NOTHING FROM NOTHING" KEYBOARDIST, BUT YOU MAY HAVE OTHERS IN MIND
The Chicago Tribune
I had problems with "Message in a Bottle" in which Robin Wright Penn works for this rival of the Chicago Sun-Times
transportation
I learned about the obligations of my moving company at dot.gov, the website of this Cabinet department
D.B. Cooper
IN NOVEMBER 1971, A MAN THAT WENT BY THIS NAME PARACHUTED FROM A NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT & WAS NEVER SEEN AGAIN
San juan
If you can tear yourself away from the beach in Puerto Rico, visit the Museum of Art & History in this capital city
Saul Bellow
In 2000 this creator of Augie March & Mr. Sammler gave us "Ravelstein", who resembles scholar Allan Bloom
the Spanish-American War
In 2001 Teddy Roosevelt received a posthumous Medal of Honor for his actions during this war
salt
If you put too much of this into a dish, drop in a peeled potato to absorb it
gung-ho
If you're eager, enthusiastic, rarin' & read to go, you're this, from the Chinese meaning "work together"
smorgasbord
If you're really hungry, pig out on one of these, the Swedish equivalent of a buffet
Winnipeg
Impress friends by memorizing all the Canadian provinical capitals including this capital of Manitoba
William III
Imprisoned for quarelling at the court of James II, the Earl of Devonshire asked this successor to take the throne
Chevy
In "American Pie", Don McLean drove this to the levee
Jupiter
In "Europa Report" Sharlto Copley drifts helplessly away from his ship after an accident near this planet
Ares
In "God of War", PlayStation 2 lets you play Kratos, a Greek warrior whose final fight is with this Greek god of war
Sandra Bullock
In "Gravity" she drifts away for a while, but is rescued by George Clooney
Langston Hughes
In "Harlem" he asked, "What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?"
Sparky Anderson
In '84, he became 1st manager to win over 100 games with teams in both Major Leagues
the Huguenots
In 1569 Raleigh fought in France on the side of these French Protestants
the Channel Islands
In 1600 Raleigh was appointed governor of Jersey, part of this island group
Baptist
In 1948 Dr. King was ordained a minister in this Christian denomination
Sandra Day O'Connor
In 1952 William Rehnquist graduated first in his class at Stanford Law & she graduated third
Vice President
In 1956, JFK lost Dem. nomination to Sen. Kefauver for this national office
Galapagos Islands
In 1959, Ecuador made these islands a national park & wildlife refuge
Haile Selassie (of Ethiopia)
In 1974 the military overthrew this African leader who claimed to be descended from Solomon & the Queen of Sheba
saint
In 1977 John Neumann, a bishop of Philadelphia, became the first American male to be made this
James Galway
In 1978 this Irish flutist had a hit in England with "Annie's Song"
DNA
In 1979 it was discovered that this genetic structure spirals to the left, not to the right as once believed
Saturn
In 1980-81, this planet was found to have 14 small moons besides its 9 largers ones
a trampoline
In 1989 accidents on this exercise apparatus "bounced" nearly 16,000 people to the hospital
Boris Yeltsin
In 1991 Wolf returned to Moscow to cover this new Russian president
The Teamsters
In 1991 reformer Ron Carey became the first directly elected president of this transportation union
Meg Ryan
In 1991's "The Doors", she plays Jim Morrison's girlfriend, Pamela
The U.S. Open
In 1994 Andre became the first unseeded men's singles champ at this NYC Grand Slam event
Ricky Martin
In 1996 he was "Livin' La Vida Loca" on Broadway, playing Marius in "Les Miz"
Lois Lane
In 1996 in the comics, Superman finally married her
Africa
In 2004 Pitt alumna Wangari Maathai became the first woman from this continent to win the Nobel Peace Prize
Thackeray
In 2004 Reese Witherspoon starred in the big screen version of "Vanity Fair" by this author
McDonald's
In 2004 this chain launched its Go Active! Happy Meals for Adults
All Saints Day
In 2015 Drew Brees threw for 7 TDs on November 1, which fittingly is this religious holiday
In 2015 Jack Dorsey became "permanent CEO" of this online co. & immediately posted about slashing 8% of its work force
deep-six
In American slang, to get rid of something by throwing it overboard is to give it this kind of six
connections
In Britain, if you need these well-placed friends to land a job, they'd be spelled with an X instead of the CT
license plates
In California, this auto necessity is made at Folsom Prison
King Tutankhamun
In D.C., exhibit of this king's "Treasures" drew 835,000, more than city's population
the lunar module
In Dec. 1972 Gene Cernan became the last man to command one of these vehicles known as the LM
City Slickers
In France, Billy Crystal learned all about "life, love and cows" in this film
50 First Dates
In France, this unforgettable Adam Sandler film became "Love & Amnesia"
Eve
In Genesis God tells this woman, "Thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee"
The Leaning Tower
In Italian it's known as "La Torre Pendente"
Imelda Marcos
In January 1992 this former first lady announced her candidacy for president of the Philippines
human genome
In June 2000 Bill Clinton described it as "the most wondrous map ever produced"
El Alamein
In November 1942 Montgomery's troops scored a major victory at this northern Egyptian town
XXX
In Roman numerals, one-fifth of CL is this saucy-looking result
cinderella
In Rossini's opera, she's recognized by a bracelet, not a glass slipper
Robinson Crusoe
In a 1719 sequel, he & his manservant revisit the island where he was shipwrecked
Russell Crowe
In a 2003 film he played "Master and Commander" Captain Jack Aubrey
Hansel & Gretel
In a Grimm fairy tale, a witch entices this brother & sister into a gingerbread house
J. Edgar Hoover
In a headline from history, "War Rationing Boards Restricts Nylon Use to Armed Forces" & this FBI director
dives
In a meet, these are performed in this order: forward, back, reverse, inward & forward with a half twist
Patrick Henry
In a speech against the Stamp Act in 1765, he said, "If this be treason, make the most of it"
Lake Geneva
In an Alpine lake that's a widening of the Rhone River
chicken parm
In commercials Peyton Manning sings to this kind of sandwich, "you taste so good"
Repel
In magnetism, like poles do this
passport
In part to prevent child abductions, the State Dept. now requires that minors appear in person to get this
John Madden
In the '05 version of the EA title named for this ex-Raiders coach, Al Michaels does the play-by-play
pollute
In the 1970s Woodsy Owl said, "Give a hoot! Don't" do this
Lex Luthor
In the 1978 movie, Gene Hackman played this villain & perpetual thorn in Superman's side
Upper lip
In the 19th century, Phoebe Carey advised "And though hard be the task, keep a stiff" one of these
David
In the Bible, Saul's son Jonathan becomes great friends with this future king after battling the Philistines
wranglers
In the Old West they were in charge of horses, on a movie set in charge of chickens
the Vatican
It's the small independent state that's headquarters to the aid group Caritas Internationalis
the lithosphere
It's the solid part of the earth as distinguished from the atmosphere & hydrosphere
Henry VIII
In the first of several marriages, this English king married his sister-in-law in 1509
Life on the Mississippi
In the first part of this 1883 memoir, Twain recalled his days as a riverboat pilot
Young Goodman Brown
In this Hawthorne tale, a "young" man discovers his neighbors practicing witchcraft
Star Trek: Into Darkness
In this film Benedict Cumberbatch says, "My ship was found adrift; I alone was revived"
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
In this poem, T.S. Eliot wrote, "I should have been a pair of ragged claws"
Iowa
Indian name for "sleepy ones", 95% of this "Corn State" is farmland
Grand Theft Auto
Installments of this controversial crime-based game include "San Andreas" & "Vice City"
Saudi Arabia
Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia (which is a monarchy)
the king
It's normal chess move is one square in any direction
yeoman
It's not how a rapper gets your attention, it's a Naval Petty Officer
borders
It's not just doctors--there are now groups called teachers, builders & clowns "without" these
sub-
It's often found in front of "marine sandwich"
John Steinbeck
It's said that Doc in his novel "Cannery Row" is based on a marine biologist with whom he'd written a book
culture shock
It's suffered by one who goes from his simple society to a very complex one
cuticle
It's the area of hardened skin at the base & sides of your fingernails, or a protective outer layer of a hair
Oklahoma City
It's the capital of the Sooner State
The Boer War
It began in 1899 when the Orange Free State & South African Republic declared war on Britain
sea
It can precede "anemone" or "cow"
scull
It can refer to the oars used to propel a boat, or a racing boat propelled by those oars
ultra-
It comes before "light", "sound" & "violet"
Palm Sunday
It's the horticultural name for the sixth Sunday in Lent
Pudd'n'head Wilson
It's the humorous nickname of the lawyer who solves the murder of York Driscoll, Dawson Landing's chief citizen
fawning
It's the kind of sycophantic favor-seeking you'd expect from someone named Bambi
catalyst
It gets things going in a chemical reaction
Malaysia
It has a tropical climate; its king is called the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong; there's a beautiful zoo near Kuala Lumpur
April
It is "the cruelest month" in T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land"
easy chair
It isn't "hard" to come up with this other name for a grandfather chair
angst
It means extreme fear or anxiety in German or English
Cold Mountain
It might come back to you that this Civil War movie was based on a novel by Charles Frazier
flying
It precedes Dutchman, fish & saucer
Reno, Nevada
It proclaims itself, "The Biggest Little City in the World"
subway
It started selling sandwiches in 1965 & now claims the title "world's largest restaurant chain"
Crowning of Queen Elizabeth II
It took place June 2, 1953 at Westminster Abbey
meat or beef
It turns chili into "chili con carne"
Apple
It was a sad day when an employee of this computer company was fired for "thinking a little too different"
Springfield, Illinois
It was chosen as a state capital in 1837, the same year Lincoln moved there
The Suez Canal
It was closed June 6, 1967 & re-opened June 5, 1975
an elegy
It's the mournful type of poem "written in a country churchyard by Thomas Gray
Pluto
It's the only planet that has yet to be visited by a spacecraft
bottom of the arc in equilibrium
It's the point of maximum velocity in a pendulum's swing
the Maltese Falcon
It was known as the dingus, the stuff dreams are made of & the black bird
triceratops
It was one of the largest of the horned dinosaurs; 2 of its 3 horns were up to 3 feet long
Greenwich Village
It was the "Next Stop" for Paul Mazursky
Nickelback
It's "The Long Road" back to Canada when this band calls
Tyger, Tyger
It's "burning bright in the forests of the night"
Pilot
It's Jessica Biel's occupation in "Stealth"
Halo
It's Master Chief versus the Covenant in the first version of this Xbox game named for a ring-like space station
ivory soap
It's advertised as "99 & 44/100 percent pure"
Chihuahua
It's both the largest state in area in Mexico & the smallest breed of dog
Count Martial
It's convened for trying & punishing offenses committed by members of the U.S. armed forces
Chicago
It's easy to recognize this city's skyline--see the Sears Tower?
the United States
It's estimated there are about 40,000 separate police agencies in this country
Monaco
It's famous for its luxury hotels; it's on the Riviera; Princess Stephanie was born there
U-Haul
Its website says, "Since 1945" this company "has been serving do-it-yourself movers and their households"
Cordon Bleu
Paris cooking school named after ribbons worn by the Order of the Holy Ghost
Harvard
JFK (John Fitzgerald Kennedy)
Yale
JFK (John Forbes Kerry)
mosquito net
Jamaica's Rock House Hotel advertises four-poster beds with this protective material over them
007
James Bond (oo)
Ordinary People
Judith Guest's first novel that was made into 1980's extraordinary Oscar-winner
Jennifer Aniston
Jeannie Bueller, Rachel Green
provolone
Jersey Mike's menu offering No. 6 is roast beef & this Italian cheese
nuclear submarine
Jimmy Carter served as naval engineering officer on one of these
University of Wisconsin
Joan Cusack performed with an improv group while studying at this school in Madison
The Silence of the Lambs
Jodie Foster was far from "silent" when she won for this film: she said, "I can't stop laughing"
The Mayflower Compact
John Alden was the last surviving signer of this
Pilgrim's Progress
John Bunyan classic that we suspect has sold more "Cliffs Notes" copies than the real thing
Ode to a Nightingale
John Keats ode containing the line, "Thou was not born for death, immortal bird"
feet
Part of a pilgrim a Pope washes on Maundy Thursday
Finnegan's Wake
Joyce classic about the Earwicker family... uh, maybe... okay, we admit it; we haven't read it either
Augustus
Julia, the daughter of this first Roman emperor, was so outrageous he had her banished from Rome
Coca-Cola
KO the competition with this "Classic" soft drink company, symbol KO
Whale Rider
Keisha-Castle Hughes played a young Maori girl destined to be her tribe's leader in this critically acclaimed film
Nairobi
Kenyan capital where the Earl of Erroll frolicked with randy, druggie friends--until he was murdered!
Isabella
King Henry VIII's first wife, Catherine of Aragon, was the daughter of this famous queen
Cordelia
King Lear foolishly rejects this viruous daughter
El Greco
King Philip II hated this artist's "Martyrdom at St. Maurice", so he never gained royal favor; he soon moved to Toledo
The Nobel Peace Prize
King donated the money he received for winning this international award in December 1964 to civil rights causes
Hemlock
Knowing that this was the state tree of Pennsylvania would have just killed Socrates
ultraviolet rays
Known as "black light" because most of them can't be seen with the naked eye
Russia
Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti (location)
Moses
Korah rebels against Aaron & this man
Britain
MI6 (location)
English
Language in which Browning's "Sonnets from the Portuguese" was originally written
Hawk
Last name of skateboarding legend Tony, who's never "dove-ish" when bombing or carving
Hoffa
Last name of the Michigan State A.T.O. who, in '99, followed in Dad's footsteps & became president of the Teamsters
Bluster
Last name of triplets Don Jose, Hector Hamhock & Phineas T.
NYC
Late every December 31st, people across the nation watch this city drop the ball
Indonesia
Merapi, or "mountain of fire", is a sacred volcano on Java in this country
Sadat
Leader assassinated at parade celebrating 8th anniversary of Yom Kippur War
Trojan War
Legend has it that this war lasted for 10 years, ending in 1184 B.C.
Indian Ocean
Less than half the size of the Pacific, it's the third-largest ocean
giraffe
Life is unfair for the males of this animal, seen here; they're bald on top of their horns, while the female has hair
the beatniks
Like, to these cats & chicks, Kerouac was the most
oodles
Loads, gobs, or heaps of anything
Field of Dreams
Local boys Ben Affleck & Matt Damon were Fenway Park extras in this 1989 Kevin Costner film
Saskatchewan
Located in Saskatoon, the University of this Canadian province is set for its centennial in 2007
Newfoundland
Located in this province, Terra Nova National Park is Canada's most easterly national park
a curl
Longfellow wrote, "There was a little girl who had" one of these "right in the middle of her forehead"
Ireland
Lord Chancellor of this country 1789-1802, the Earl of Clare fought against rights for Catholics there
Painted
Lt. Joseph Ives is credited with having been the first to call a brilliantly colored desert in Arizona this
carpetbagger
Luggage-based term for a war-profiteering Northerner in the Postbellum South
The Sea of Tranquility
Lunar sea on which Apollo 11 landed
1984
MCMLXXXIV
Hamlet
Play in which Queen Gertrude, while watching a play, says, "The lady doth protest too much"
Santa Claus
Macy's employee who performed the "Miracle on 34th Street"
Malaysia
Malaysia, Singapore, The Philippines (which is a monarchy)
cat people
Malcolm McDowell & Nastassja Kinski's "purr"fect roles in 1982
Quadrangle
Many a college campus has an area called a quad, which is short for this
Buddhism
Mara, this Asian religion's god of evil, rides an elephant & has 100 arms
Polonium
Marie Curie named this element for her native land
types of dogs
Mastiffs, Pomeranians, & pugs
repeating
Math Year 1: As a rule every fraction can be expressed as a terminating decimal or this kind
emperor
Maximinus Thrax, Marcus Aurelius, & Hadrian all held this ancient top post
metric system
Measuring system established in France in 1790, called originally "Systeme Internationale"
Tchaikovsky
Melancholy Russian whose patron of 14 yrs. required they never meet
harmony
Melody, rhythm & this third main element, used as a synonym for "chord", making music beautiful
The Whale
Melville's subtitle for the first American edition
Foreign Legion
Members of all nationalities except French can join this fighting force
Orion
Mentioned 3 times in the Bible, this constellation is named for a legendary Greek hunter
Gemini
Mercury flights had 1 astronaut, Apollo had 3; this intermediate program had 2-man flights
Vassar
Meryl Streep starred in a campus production of "Miss Julie" as an undergrad at this Poughkeepsie college
Tigris and Euphrates
Mespotamia, where many early civilizations developed, was located between these 2 rivers
Tungsten
Metal with highest melting point, it's commonly used in light bulb filaments
Calcium
Metallic element essential for strong bones & teeth
deductive reasoning
Method of reasoning which goes from general statements to specific conclusions
Delaware
Michael Castle from this state with 3 counties: New Castle, Kent & Sussex
pitchblende
Mineral that's the richest in uranium ore
Annie Sullivan
Miracle worker for Arthur & Kate Keller
Prospero
Miranda's father, he ends "The Tempest" with an epilogue
grandson
Morty to Rick on "Rick and Morty"
Israel
Mossad (location)
Hong Kong
Most coverage of this territory's return to China left out its desperate plea to Jackie Chan for help
silicon
Most rocks are composed primarily of oxygen & this element
Quebec
Mount Caubvick, Labrador's highest peak, lies on the border with this province
Appenines
Mount Corno is the highest peak in this Italian range that stretches 870 miles north to south
Aileron
Moveable part of airplane wing providing lateral control
the Moulin Rouge
Movie of Toulouse-Lautrec's life named for where he spent part of it
Amadeus
Mozart's middle name becomes a movie
the magic flute
Mozart's opera about a wonderful woodwind
Dumbo
Mrs. Jumbo's big-eared baby boy
North America
Mt. Logan was thought the highest on this continent till someone measured Mt. McKinley
Nigeria
Murtala Mohammed, this country's head of state, was shot dead in a Lagos traffic jam in 1976
oompah
Name for beer hall brass band that plays like this:
Luftwaffe
Name of the air arm of the German military
george
Name shared by brothers of Liberace & Ira Gershwin
aluminum
Named by British scientist Humphry Davy, it's now pronounced & spelled his way in the U.S.; others add an "I"
Montpelier, Vermont
Named for a city in France, it's located in the Green Mountains on the upper Winooski River
Neptune
Named for a water nymph, Naiad is this planet's nearest known moon
Wagner
Neitzsche was a close friend of this "Parsifal" composer, but later things went sour between them
Southern Cross
Never directly seen in the Northern Hemisphere, it's featured on the flags of 5 of the world's countries
The Boston Globe
New England's largest paper is this Boston daily
the Post
Newspapers in Houston, Denver & Washington share this name
Coal
Newsweek called British strike in this industry the country's "longest, costliest & most bitter"
acid rain
Newts are New Hampshire's state amphibian, partly for helping track this form of liquid pollution
The Interpreter
Nicole Kidman speaks fluent Ku as this 2005 title character
Fiji
Nike founder Phil Knight went tropical at Oregon by joining Phi Gamma Delta, known by this "national" name
Sirius
No joke, this satellite radio company signed former MTV-VJ Adam Curry as its exclusive PJ
The White House
No peeking! This building is portrayed on the back of the $20 bill
dixie
Northern song that became Confederacy favorite "away down south"
the nuclear family
Not a radioactive clan, but the core group of one's relatives
John Marshall Mathers
Not only was this man Chief Justice of the U.S. from 1801 to 1835, he's also Eminem's real name
Brautigan
Novelist & poet who went "Trout Fishing in America"
General Mills
Novelist & poet who went "Trout Fishing in America"
Thomas Wolsey
November 4 this english cardinal was arrested
Don Larsen
Now a paper company sales rep, he pitched the only perfect game in World Series history
4
Number of cards in a bridge trick
6
Number of feet in a fathom
3
Number of fingers used to draw a bow
100 stamps
Number of first-class stamps in a $20 roll
1,001
Number of nights story teller Scheherazade kept it up
red tape
OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS IN ENGLAND WERE BOUND USING THIS, WHICH GAVE US A MODERN PHRASE FOR EXCESSIVE BUREAUCRACY
Ohio
Oberlin, home to an underground railroad stop & one of the first U.S. colleges with black students, is in this state
Thrasher
Of Cruiser, Thrasher, or Grinder, the magazine that's the bible of rad skateboard culture
A Brussels Griffon
Of the Brussels Dragon, the Brussels Unicorn or the Brussels Griffon, the one that's a dog
The Rachel
Of the Monica, the Rachel or the Phoebe, the rescue ship at the tale's end
United States
Office of Strategic Services (location)
The English
Ogden Nash said these people were "Tinglish"
columbus
Ohio State University
Alaska
Only U.S. railroad owned and operated by Federal gov't. is found entirely within this sizeable state
Polaris (north star)
Only star in northen hemisphere sky that never appears to move
Jessica Simpson
On "Newlyweds", Nick Lachey had to explain to her that Chicken of the Sea is actually fish
Janet reno
On Feb. 11, 1993 this Florida prosecutor was nominated Attorney General of the U.S.
John Glenn
On Feb. 20, 1962 the destroyer USS Noa found him floating in the Atlantic after a journey of 75,679 miles
Mesa
On a "table" of Arizona's most populous cities, this one would be listed third
Barnard
On an alphabetical list of the colleges known as the Seven Sisters, this Manhattan school comes first
customs
On entering the U.K., if you have anything to declare (besides "They talk funny here"), see one of these officers
Punk'd
On one episode, Halle Berry is denied entrance to her own movie premiere on this prank-filled show
Aztecs
On the belief the sun needed nourishment, this civilization sacrificed about 20,000 people a year
T. S. Eliot
On this day this American-born British poet wins Nobel Prize for literature
Washington
Only temperate zone rain forest in the U.S. is on this state's Olympic peninsula
Tower Bridge
One of London's most fun attractions is the exhibition that opened inside this bridge in the 1990s
Samuel Adams
One of the leading architects of the Revolution was this second cousin of the second U.S. president
St. Bernard
One of these dogs rescued 40 people lost in the snow in Switzerland around 1800
New York and Chicago
Only 2 cities with both a National & American League baseball team
telegraph
Only 2 days after this service began the Pony Express came to an end
The Republican Party
Only 32 senators & 17 governors were members of this political group in '65
Anna Karenina
Oprah picked this Tolstoy tragedy about an unhappy family for her book club
Light in August
Oprah's Book Club read Faulkner's "As I Lay Dying", "The Sound & the Fury" & this aptly titled one in summer 2005
The Deep End of the Ocean
Oprah's first selection for her book club, in 1996, was this book by Jacquelyn Mitchard about a kidnapping
sandwich
Oralando Montagu is making a lot of "bread" selling this lunch item (he's descended from the Earl who invented it)
Pearls
Organic & opaque, they represent purity & virginity
48
Original number of Howdy's freckles, they equaled the number of U.S. states
Diary of Anne Frank
Originally in Dutch, "Het Achterhus", this "Diary of a Young Girl" is best known by its play title
Best Buy
Originally named Sound of Music, this company, BBY, still offers sound electronics & music
Tricycle
Originally ridden by such dignitaties as Queen Victoria, this 3-wheeler is now mostly for kids
a caddy
Originally used to designate an errand boy, it was introduced into Scotland by golfer Mary, Queen of Scots
The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde combined with comedy with farce for this play, his last & most famous
Jerusalem
Oskar Schindler is buried on Mount Zion in this city
Dingo
Other names for this Australian dog are Noggum, Maliki & Boolomo; don't let one "steal your by-bee"
tulips
Ottawa, Canada is famous for these flowers seen here
Robert Kennedy
Our lead story for Jan. 21, 1961: this man, brother of the President, was sworn in as Attorney General
bunker hill
Our side was winning the battle of this hill near Boston until we ran out of ammo and the tide turned
the earth
Over 1,500 species of worm are named for this habitat
coal
Over 50% of the electric power generated in the U.S. is produced by the burning of this fuel
seeds
Peas, lima beans, navy beans & corn are examples of this part of a plant
deep vein thrombosis
People on bed rest are at risk for a serious blood clot in the legs known as DVT, short for this
idealism
Philosophy portrayed in More's "Utopia" & personified in Don Quixote's tilting at windmills
feather
Pluma can be either a pen or one of these, as from a swan
Moonlight Sonata
Poet & critic Ludwig Rellstab compared this piano work to a nighttime boat ride on Lake Lucerne
Lead
Poisoning from this metal is sometimes called plumbism or saturnism
Copernicus
Polish astronomer who was 1st to theorize earth isn't the center of the universe
Puerto Rico
Ponce is the chief Caribbean port of this island once ruled by Ponce de Leon
Andy Warhol
Pop artist who claimed "in the future everyone will be famous for 15 minutes"
deep-fried
Potato chips are cooked this way
The Limbo
Prepare for life after college by doing this West Indian dance that shares its name with a border region of hell
Alaska
President Harding drove the golden spike at Nenana for this state's RR & died on the way home
a full moon
Priestly, Watt & Wedgwood were in a scientific club of "Lunaticks" whose meetings were set for each one of these
Frank Lloyd Wright
Prior to his '59 death, he was planning a mile-high skyscraper
Hillary Clinton
Prior to the 2000 elections, Wolf hosted a town hall meeting with this First Lady & Senate hopeful
Tom Sawyer
Prior to this novel's publication, its whitewash scene appeared in the Philadelphia Sunday Republic
Woodrow wilson
Probably our most scholarly president, he was only one to earn a Ph.D.
electrician
Professional whose tool kit would most likely include a multimeter & a wire stripper
refuse
Pronounced one way, it means to decline; pronounced another way, it's trash
feedbag
Provided for a horse's dining pleasure, it's also called a nose bag
the atomic bomb
Purpose of the Manhattan Project was to make this
chickens
Raise some of these animals, like the Rhode Island Red or the Cornish, in the quad
Gandhi
Rajiv became reluctant new leader of this ruling family after his mother's violent death
potato
Raleigh introduced this tuber into Ireland; seemed like a good idea at the time
a breeder reactor
Reactor type where more fissionable material is created than consumed
hoagie
Regional names for submarine sandwiches include hero &, in Philly, this other "H" one
Mary I
Religion 1400-1600: This queen had Protestant Thomas Cranmer burned for heresy
The Mediterranean Sea
The Italian city of Pisa is located at the mouth of the Arno River, where it flows into this body of water
Rice
The James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy is on the campus of this Houston University
Bill Clinton
Robert Reich met this man on the voyage to Oxford, where both were Rhodes Scholars, & later served as his Secretary of Labor
The thinker
Rodin aptly expressed the task of a philosopher in this famous statue
flubber
Rubbery stuff that made "The Absent-Minded Professor's" Model T fly
England
Rupert Brooke wrote, "there's some corner of a foreign field that is for ever" this country
Jonah
The biblical prophet who's the subject of chapter 83
Snoop Dogg
Sadly, Shante Broadus got served with divizzle papers after a 7-year marriage to this rapper
Teddy Roosevelt
Said he could either run the country or control his daughter Alice, "But not both"
"oops"
Said when you make a faux pas
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Salem, Massachusetts author to whom the 1851 novel is dedicated
Alyssa Milano
Samantha Micelli, Jennifer Mancini, Phoebe Halliwell
yemen
Sana is the capital of this Middle Eastern country
Moulin Rouge!
Satine, a courtesan, & Christian, a poet, pair off in this musical set at a French nightclub
Norway
Scandinavian homeland of Edvard Grieg
paleontology
Science of fossils
Doctrow
Scott Joplin wrote "ragtime" music, but this guy wrote the book
Thomas Paine
The body of this "Common Sense" author was taken to be put on display in England, but eventually his remains were lost
To Kill a Mockingbird
Scout Finch lives with dad Atticus & brother Jem in Maycomb, Alabama in this classic novel
roses
Seeing the English Gardens at Mottisfont Abbey made Martha Stewart laugh at her own efforts to grow these
Deepak Chopra
Seen here, he was an endocrinologist before promoting Ayur Veda, an ancient form of holistic medicine
braces
Since NASA created strong translucent ceramics, it's tinsel teeth no more when you wear these
couscous
Served like rice, this common N. African dish is steamed semolina flour
tensile
Seven letter word for the type of strength, based on the cohesion of molecules, that varies in different materials
Great Dane
Several breeds were crossed to develop the giant schnauzer, including this "great" dog
Twelfth Night
Shakespeare comedy subtitled "Or, What You Will"
Kate Hudson
She & Chris Robinson have a baby named Ryder Russell Robinson
the Watts Towers
Simon Rodia built these fairy-tale structures in a South L.A. ghetto
E=mc^2
Simple formula used to determine how much energy a chain reaction would release
Cambridge
Sir Isaac Newton
Guyana
Site of Nov. '78 headline tragedy, it's the only S.A. country with English as official language
General Hospital
Soap opera Custer or Patton might have gone to if sick
talc
Soapstone, used as an electrical insulator, is a greenish-gray variety of this soft mineral
Lost in Translation
Sofia Coppola won an Oscar for her screenplay & a nomination for directing this 2003 film
notes
Solmization is the system of representing these by syllables instead of letters
The horn
Somalia is on the geographic projection usually called this "of Africa"
pearl
Some 19th century papier mache furniture was painted & then inlaid with mother-of-this
smoke tobacco
Some walk a mile, but Rodrigo de Jerez sailed the Atlantic in 1492 & became first European to do this
dispatcher
Somebody whose job it is to control a fleet of vehicles like taxis by radio communication
Kill Bill
Sonny Chiba, star of such memorable films as "The Bushido Blade", appeared in "Volume One" of this Tarantino epic
Ethiopia
Sorghum is a major crop; the Zagwe dynasty once ruled it; Addis Ababa University is there
Everquest
Spell-casters & adventurers do battle in the land of Norrath in this online role-playing game
Elizabeth Arden
Spokesman Jeff Gordon sprays the fastlane with Halston Z-14 from this company, RDEN
bullfighting
Sport defined by Hemingway as "Death in the Afternoon"
football
Sport featured in the movie "Heaven Can Wait"
football
Sport that allows players to throw bombs
Debra Messing
Stacey Colbert, Dr. Sloan Parker, Grace Adler
Ollie
Stan Laurel could tell you the name of this trick where the board is propelled into the air by tapping the tail hard
Minnesota
State whose license plate reads "Land of 10,000 Lakes"
South Dakota
Stephanie Herseth from this state with 66 counties, including Yankton & Miner
copper
Sterling silver is not pure silver; it's actually an alloy consisting of 92.5% silver & 7.5% this metal
Lapis Lazuli
Stone of Laz, the Arabian goddess of love
quick kick
Strategic punt on 1st, 2nd, or 3rd down
sixteen tons
Straw Boss said "Bless my soul" when Tennessee Ernie mined this much coal
Mexico City
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)
herpetology
Subjects of this branch of zoology are seen here
Star Trek III
Subtitled "The Search for Spock"
Pearl Harbor
Sunk at this Honolulu location in 1941, the USS Oklahoma was salvaged but sank again en route to California
the American Way (freedom)
Superman vows a never-ending fight for "truth, justice and" this
John Sherman
THANKS TO THIS OHIO SENATOR FOR AUTHORING A LANDMARK ANTITRUST LAW IN 1890 THAT BEARS HIS NAME
Rush Hour
THIS 1998 BUDDY COP FILM STARRED JACKIE CHAN & CHRIS TUCKER
John Grisham
THIS AUTHOR SAID HIS 1991 WORK "THE FIRM" WAS "A NAKED STAB AT COMMERCIAL FICTION"
buffalo
This North American animal's population had dropped from almost 50 million to under 1000 by 1889
seventh inning
Taft was the first president to get up and stretch during this inning of a ball game
Saturn
Taken recently, the ultraviolet image seen here shows this planet's most famous feature
The Amazon River
Taking a dip in Iquitos, Peru
Black Hawk Down
This Oscar-winning film set in Somalia became "Helicopter on Fire" in Poland
Harrisburg
This Pennsylvania capital was previously called Louisbourg, after Louis XVI
Buckingham Palace
Telephone this official London residence of the Queen & ask if they have Prince Albert in a can
penitentiary
Term for prison from word meaning "sorrow for wrongdoing"
francophobia
Term for the fear or hatred of Gallic culture
bedlam
Term for total chaos derived from English asylum of St. Mary of Bethlehem
Lake Victoria
Testing the water in Africa's largest freshwater lake
four
Tetra-, as seen in the words tetrapod & tetralogy, refers to this number
Montevideo
This capital's Plaza Independencia has a statue of Jose Artigas, hero of Uruguayan independencia
the bacon
The "breadwinner" is also said to bring this home
Brezhnev
The 1980s were tough on Russian heads of state: he died in 1982, Andropov in 1984 & Chernenko in 1985
Paul & Ringo
The 2 left-handed members of the Beatles
The Louvre
The 2 slaves Michelangelo sculpted for the unfinished tomb of Pope Julius II are in this Parisian museum
the earth and the heavens
The 2 things created in the 1st line of the King James Bible
Congressional Terms
The 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution sets these to end at noon on January 3rd
Domino's
The 3 dots on their pizza boxes represent their first 3 stores
The Crimean War
The 7th Earl of Cardigan saw his famous light brigade decimated in the Battle of Balaklava in this war
sight
The Afghan hunts by this sense, not by smell
Colorado Springs
The Air Force Academy
Nissan
The Altra EV from this company that also makes the Altima can hit 75 MPH; what a (non) gas!
Switzerland
The America's Cup was won for the first time by a European country: ironically this landlocked nation
Anthony Wayne
The Americans had to evacuate Philadelphia after his defeat at Paoli, which must have made him "mad"
the 400
The Astors & the Vanderbilts led this list of 1880's New York elite
Flooding of the Nile
The Aswan High Dam gave Egyptians control over this annual event that dominated ancient agriculture
Western Division
The Atlanta Braves are in this division of the National League
aluminum
The British call this element aluminium
Cyrillic
The Bulgarian language is written in this alphabet
Holy Sepulchre
The Church of this in Jerusalem is said to be built over the site where Jesus was entombed after his crucifixion
UCLA
The Daily Bruin (which school)
USC
The Daily Gamecock (which school)
UNC
The Daily Tar Heel (which school)
mother-in-law
The Dowager Countess of Grantham to Cora Crawley on "Downton Abbey"
General Motors
The EV1 got a fantastic 0 MPG, as it was a no-gas vehicle from this U.S. co. organized by William Durant in 1908
The Old North Church
The Episcopal Church at 193 Salem Street in Boston has been holding services continually since December 29, 1723
Ford
The Escape Hybrid from this company claims to have a "range of well over 400 miles on a single tank"
Brussels
The Eurostar chunnels from London to Paris & this other nearby capital
ephedra
The FDA said it would ban dietary supplements containing this after a baseball player's death was linked to it
jot
The Greek word "iota" gave us this 3-letter word that means to write down hastily
The Arabian Peninsula and Sinai Peninsula
The Gulf of Aqaba separates these 2 Mid-East peninsulas
the mantle
The Gutenberg Discontinuity is the boundary that separates the core from this part of the earth
the white house
The Harrison family was living in this mansion in the Spring of 1891 when it was wired for electricity
Henry VII
The Henry who defeated Richard III at Bosworth Field & established Tudor dynasty
Georgetown
The Hoya (which school)
Mount Wilson
The Las Campanas observatory in Chile was built to supplement findings of this California observatory
dreams
The Louisville-based factory named for these tries to make them come true for very ill children
opening ceremony
The Olympic Games begin with these events
Pfizer
The P in Provera & Prevnar isn't silent, but the one in this drug company that makes them is
Norway
The Peer Gynt ski area has been called this country's best place for cross-country skiing
Italy
The Renaissance began in the early 1300s in the northern city-states of what is now this country
Nice
This city, "Capital of the French Riviera", likely got its name from the Greek word for "Victory"
Aimee Semple McPherson
The Roaring '20s foremost evangelist, she founded the Foursquare Gospel Church
Japan
The Sapporo Snow Festival in this country features stunning snow sculptures like the one seen here:
Aegean Sea
The Sea of Crete is the southernmost part of this sea, an arm of the Mediterranean
Terrier
The Skye breed of this dog is known for its alertness
Charlie McCarthy
The Smithsonian is now home to Candice Bergen's "brother"
Johnson (LBJ)
The Space Center in Houston is named for this president who was an early advocate of manned space flight
India
The Thar is the largest desert on this sub-continent
Encyclopedia
The World Book, for example
The pickwick papers
The activities of a certain London club form the basis of this Dickens novel, his first
the flood
The adjective "antediluvian" means before this biblical event
0
The answer to 65 divided by 4/7 x 0
calories
The average adult male needs 3000 a day, a female, 2200
Quebec
The battle that was fought the farthest north was the one at this Canadian city, December 31, 1775
Princeton
The bestseller "The Rule of Four" was co-written by a graduate of this New Jersey school, also the book's setting
Hellboy
The censorship board in Malaysia damned this Ron Perlman film with the title "Super Sapiens"
nervous system
The central one of these, which pulls our hands away from fire, & the peripheral one, which lets us taste chocolate
corn
The cereal that Tony the Tiger thinks is gr-r-reat is Kellogg's Frosted Flakes of this
warden
The chief administrator of a prison
Jupiter
The diameter of this largest planet in our solar system is more than 11 times that of the earth
fire
The elaborate use of brick in Lubeck, Germany began early in the city's history, partially in response to this disaster in 1157
whales
The first ban on killing the "right" types of these creatures came into force in 1935
Montgomery, Alabama
This city, not Richmond, is where you can find the first White House of the Confederacy
flags
The flag of the Organization of American States has 35 different ones of these on it
Atlantic City
The game properties in classic Monopoly were named for streets in this city
a table
The gateleg style of this piece of furniture is a variation of the drop-leaf one
colossal
The gigantic statue at Rhodes, one of the 7 ancient wonders, gave us this adjective meaning gigantic
Walter Washington
The great-grandson of a slave, he was the first black mayor of Washington, D.C.
Queequeg
The harpooner from Kokovoko with the rad tats
Lafayette
The heart of French Louisiana & the unofficial capital of the Cajun country is this city named for a French patriot
a robot
The heroes of "Zathura" meet up with one of these mechanical devices, not the helpful kind, but one with claw hands that smashes through walls
insomnia
The inability to sleep
Westminster Abbey
The last British sovereign buried at this church was George II in 1760; since then, they've been buried at Windsor
redundancy
This clue would get or receive a failing & inadequate grade for inordinate & excess use of this 10-letter problem
Siberia
This cold region of Russia makes up about 75% of the country's land area
sheikh
The leader of an Arab tribe or village
Mount Vesuvius
The most famous peak of the Apennines in Italy
Anne Bancroft
The movie is called "Garbo Talks", but she has all the lines
Negev
The name of this desert in the south of Israel is from the Hebrew for "south"
choreographer
The name of this job comes from the Greek for "dance writing"
conga
The name of this line dance comes from Spanish & refers to a country in Africa
dinar
The name of this unit of currency used in Libya is from the Latin for "ten"
autism
The narrator of "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time" has this developmental condition
California
The official seal of this U.S. state depicts the goddess Minerva & a grizzly bear
the Indian Head
The only human figure on the standard B & W test pattern
Hawaii
The only leper colony in the U.S. is on an island in this state
Lyndon B. Johnson
The only president to be sworn in by a woman
London
The philosopher Jeremy Bentham, who died in 1832, is kept in a glass case at University College in this British city
IBM
The podcast by this company discussed the promise of "on demand" with its new mainframes
The Divine Comedy
The poet & his buddy Virgil spend some time in Hell, a fate you avoided by buying our version of this classic
blood
The prefixes hem-, haem-, haemo- & hemo- all refer to this
Buchanan
The president just before Lincoln, he called slavery "a great political & a great moral evil" but didn't do much about it
General Motors
This company's first podcast talked about its new Cadillacs at the Chicago Auto Show
brand
The purpose of the spring round-up was to do this to as many calves as possible
JFK
The real Jim Garrison played Earl Warren in this 1991 film
Rhodes
The real colossus of this Greek island is Mount Attavyros, its highest peak at 3,986 feet
egyptology
The regional study of objects like the one shown here
Lazarus
The resurrection of him by Jesus is shown here in a Caravaggio painting
Democrats
The rooster was symbol of this party before Thomas Nast drew their new one in 1870
muscle
The sartorius, which flexes the thigh, is the body's longest one of these
acoustics
The science of sound
St. Patrick's Cathedral
The seat of New York's Roman Catholic Archdiocese, it's a great example of Gothic Revival architecture
Shreveport
The second "S" in LSUS stands for this city
the Punic Wars
The second of these wars between ancient Rome & Carthage is also known as the Hannibalic war
yellow pages
The slogan "let your fingers do the walking" was created for the this directory
15
The square root of 225
independence
The state motto of Pennsylvania is "Virtue, liberty, and" this, quite a declaration
peeping tom
The tailor struck blind for having looked at Lady Godiva was 1st one of these
etymology
The this of this is: from the Greek for "true sense of a word"
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The title of this novel refers to "a small log building, close adjoining to 'The House'... his master's dwelling"
Left Behind
The title of this series by Tim Lahaye & Jerry B. Jenkins refers to the people who remain on Earth after the rapture
Statue of Liberty
The total weight of copper in this statue is 31 tons, though the copper sheeting is only 3/32 of an inch thick
argumentative
The type of essay where you back up your opinion, or the type of person who always challenges others' opinions
addiction
The universal caution code "H" on a prescription means it's possible the drug will lead to this
Key West
The very farthest west you can drive in the Florida Keys is to this island
Cameron Diaz
The voice of Princess Fiona in "Shrek", she broke her nose while surfing in Hawaii on her August 30, 2003 birthday
penitentiary
The walls at the U.S. one in Leavenworth are 40 feet high & 40 feet below ground
Venus Williams
The website of this tennis "goddess" told us that she's 6'2", loves to write poetry & wants to go to Croatia
gentlemen, start your engines
The words that announce the start of the Indianpolis 500
Islambad
The world's largest mosque is Shah Faisal Mosque near this Pakistani capital; it can hold 100,000 worshippers
thermodynamics
The zeroth law of this says 2 bodies each in thermal equilibrium with a 3rd are in thermal equilibrium with each other
The Red Hot Chili Peppers
Their 1999 CD "Californication" reunited guitarist John Frusciante with the group
The Nelsons
Their grandfather had a No. 1 record in 1935; their father, No. 1's in 1958 & 1961; and they hit No. 1 in 1990
pyramids
There are some 80 of these structures in Egypt, but the three at Giza are the most famous
United Nations
There's a Ralph J. Bunche Park across the street from this organization's New York City headquarters
navy beans
These "nautical" legumes are often used to make soup
Mississippi and Missouri
These 2 "stately" rivers are the longest in the U.S.
China and Mongolia
These 2 countries share the Gobi Desert
The Koch Brothers
These 2 politically active billionaire brothers share the No. 5 spot on the 2015 Forbes 400
Louisiana and Texas
These 2 states are "Cajun Country"
Machu Pichu
These Inca ruins near Cusco, Peru weren't discovered until 1911
trucks
These devices on the undersides of boards hold the wheels & share their name with large transport vehicles
potatoes
These tubers make up 1/4 of all vegetables grown in U.S. & Canada
underwriters and undertakers
These two words, synonyms for insurers & morticians, both begin with "under"
irons (golf clubs)
They can be mashies & niblicks
galoshes
They got their name from the wooden sandals worn by the French court to protect shoes on rainy days
dogs
They were 1st trained to help with police work about 1900 in Ghent, Belgium
Girls
They were first allowed to play Little League ball in 1974
Venus and Mars
They're the 2 planets whose astrological symbols also signify male & female
Sigourney Weaver
This "Alien" star has been a close pal of playwright Christopher Durang ever since they were drama students at Yale
Mel Gibson
This "Lethal Weapon" star told me he makes sure no one presses his clothes, so he can display that rumpled charm
The Bill of Rights
This 10-item document ratified by New Jersey in 1789 & Connecticut in 1939
tron
This 1982 Disney film in which a man gets lost in a computer was part of my 1999 Overlooked Film Festival
Harriet Tubman
This 19th century woman boasted, "I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger"
North shore
This 2004 Fox show featured the line "I'm going to Waikiki to get a bikini wax... want to meet me after your shift's over?"
Closer
This 2004 film is about photographer Julia Roberts & bedmates
General Clark
This 2004 presidential hopeful graduated first in his class at West Point and was a Rhodes Scholar
flu
This 3-letter name of an illness sounds like part of a chimney
The Encyclopedia
This 35-volume Denis Diderot project began as a translation of a British reference work
Hubble
This American astronomer for whom a telescope is named studied law as a Rhodes Scholar
Rebecca Romijn-Stamos
This American supermodel's dad is a Dutch-born furniture maker
Steve Wozniak
This Apple co-founder said he never read the "Steve Jobs" book--"I was there"
Bertrand Russell
This British peer & noted thinker was arrested after an anti-nuclear demonstration when he was 89
Nova Scotia
This Canadian Maritime province was named after the native land of England's James I
Native Son
This Chicago-set Richard Wright novel centers on Bigger Thomas, who ends up killing his own sweetheart
Lady Chatterly's Lover
This D.H. Lawrence work was not published in full in England until Penguin books did it in 1960
Everglades National Park
This Florida national park contains the southernmost point on the U.S. mainland
Alexandre Dumas
This French author penned the immortal line "All for one, and one for all"
Rabelais
This French author poked fun at man's follies in his stinging satire "Gargantua"
Napoleon
This French dictator's sister Pauline was so scandalous, you might say her specialty was "Foreign Affairs"
impromptu
This French term that means "improvised" often refers to a piano piece that sounds improvised
Rodin
This Frenchman sculpted Victor Hugo in 1886 & Pope Benedict XV in 1915
Steffi Graf
This German woman, the current Mrs. Agassi, won the 1988 Grand Slam
Franz Liszt
This Hungarian piano virtuoso was scandalously involved with the married princess Carolyn Sayn-Wittgenstein
the Fulbright Scholarship
This International Exchange Scholarship is named for the U.S. Senator, a Rhodes Scholar, who sponsored it
Frankenstein
This Mary Shelley tale is told through the letters of an Arctic explorer named Walton
Odd Couple
This Neil Simon play featured the antics of fussy Felix & slovenly Oscar
Bratislava
This Slovak capital was also known by the German name of Pressburg
Bangkok
This Thai capital's traffic was so bad that gas stations sold personal port-a-potties called "Comfort 100"
The New York Times
This U.S. newspaper's 1851 index was the first ever published, and it's still publishing them
Bennington
This Vermont school chartered in 1925 boasts that its graduates have resumes as well as diplomas
sophomoric
This adjective for a second-year student is defined as "intellectually pretentious", "conceited" & "immature"
Lawrence of Arabia
This adventurous man was a close friend of George Bernard Shaw & changed his name to T.E. Shaw in 1927
gneiss
This agreeable-sounding metamorphic rock has alternating bands of dark- & light-colored minerals
The rhinoceros
This animal's horns, seen here, are made entirely of keratin, a fibrous hair protein
"Take Your Daughter to Work Day"
This annual event was co-created in 1993 by Marie C. Wilson, mother of 5 & president of the National Ms. Foundation
horseshoe crab
This arthropod seen here, Delaware's state marine animal, shares its name with quadruped footwear
Alex Haley
This author first learned of his African ancestor Kunta Kinte while living with his grandparents in Tennessee
Alex Haley
This author of the smash bestseller "Roots" died in 1992 at age 70
Nirvana
This band's last U.S. concert was at Seattle's Center Arena on January 8, 1994
The Red Sea
This body of water separates Egypt from Saudi Arabia
the beagle
This breed shares its name with a famous 1830s British science ship
South Africa
This country's Progressive Fed. Party broke racial barriers by granting blacks membership
India
This country's royal trains will take you from a Jain temple city to the Arabian Sea
The Iran Hostage Crisis
This crisis in U.S. diplomacy lasted from November 1979 to January 1981
Nicole Richie
This daughter of a pop music icon found "The Simple Life" on Fox
Yankee Doodle
This ditty about a pony-riding gentleman is Connecticut's state song
Franz Joseph
This emperor's brother was killed in Mexico in 1867 & his wife was assassinated in 1898
The French Revolution
This event that began in 1789 embodied many Enlightenment ideas, but is thought to have ended the era
Richard Simmons
This fitness guru was accused of slapping a 255 lb. man (an actual cage wrestler!) who made fun of his exercise videos
magma
This form of molten rock deep within the earth can reach a temperature of over 2100 degrees
Ulysses Grant
This general's acceptance letter upon receiving the Republican nomination in 1868 included the line "Let us have peace"
Department of Homeland Security
This government department recommended duct tape & plastic sheets to seal a room against a chemical attack
the Supreme Court
This group was originally made up of 6 members; in 1869 Congress changed its total to 9
Tom Selleck
This handsome hunk played basketball at USC long before "Magnum, P.I." made him a star
a rudder
This hinged object at the stern below the waterline is controlled to steer a boat
General Electric
This huge electric company was formed in 1892 by the merger of Thomas Edison's company with its main rival
Polanski
This innovative Polish director brought Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist" to life in 2005
Elba
This island off the Italian coast where Napoleon was first exiled was controlled for many years by Pisa
tortilla
This just about wraps up a burrito or taco
Lake Louise
This lake in the Banff National Park is the most visited place in the Canadian Rockies
Lake Victoria
This large lake is the chief source of the Nile River
a snow leopard
This leopard lives at nearly 20,000 feet in Central Asia
"The Flight of the Bumblebee"
This light classical favorite buzzed out of Rimsky-Korsakov's "Tale Of Tzar Saltan"
balsa
This light wood gets its name from the Spanish for "raft" because people in the tropics have used its logs for rafts
La Loire
This longest river in France is famous for its picturesque valley & chateaux
Oliver Cromwell
This man and his son ruled England following the execution of King Charles I
Prince William
This prince was really in the swim when he was voted water polo captain at St. Andrews University
Pepperdine
This private Christian university overlooks the Pacific Ocean in Malibu, California
curing
This process does not "heal" food, but preserves it
erosion
This process that begins with weathering, for giving us Bryce Canyon & Niagara Falls
eggplant
This member of the nightshade family is often prepared Parmigiana
The Pyrenees
This mountain range extends along France's border with Spain
staccato
This musical direction is sometimes abbreviated stacc.
Japan
This nation's Yomiuri Shimbun has the world's largest daily circulation, over 14 million
$10,000 bill
This note is the highest denomination in circulation in the U.S.
Vice presidency
This office remained vacant during Truman's 1st administration
Alexander Fleming
This scientist was knighted in 1944 for his discovery of penicillin
Bloomington
This seat of Indiana University may have been named for its flowers or for an early settler
Saint Bernadette
This patron saint of Lourdes' body has remained unchanged in its glass display case since her death in 1879
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
This quartet's second film is subtitled "The Secret of the Ooze"
The Deep South
This region of the U.S. includes Mississippi & Alabama
vector
This represents the direction and the magnitude, by the arrow's length, of certain quantities
World of Warcraft
This role-playing game out in 2004 returns to the "World" of Azeroth, where heroes like Leeroy Jenkins do battle
pug
This short-nosed, short-named breed developed in Asia is sometimes called the largest of the toy dogs
The Osbournes
This show that debuted in '02 has cursing by mom, dad, son & daughter, & dogs that aren't housebroken
Michael Jackson
This singer cut his "Black Or White" video after complaints it was lewd & too violent
tuna
This squishy sub filling might be albacore
New York
This state & its capital were named for 2 dukedoms held by the same British man
petrified wood
This state gem of Washington was once a tree, or at least a piece of it
enamel
This substance that covers the tooth is the hardest tissue in the body
hippo
This swimming African animal "yawns" as an aggressive gesture before it attacks
litter
This synonym for trash can also mean a group of puppies
Common Law
This system not based on a code, but on previous decisions and customs, evolved in England
Brave New World
This tale published in 1932 is set in the year 632 AF (After Ford)
Andy Roddick
This tennis star born in Omaha is nicknamed A-Rod
coven
This term for a group of witches is from an Anglo-Norman word meaning "assembly"
debris
This term for detritus or trash is a French word that means "fragments" or "pieces"
blitzkreig
This term, German for "lightning war," was used to describe the rapid capture of Poland by Germany in 1939
point
This unit for measuring type size was invented in 1737 by Pierre Simon Fournier
Ohms
This unit of electrical resistance is named for a 19th century German physicist
carat
This unit of weight used for gemstones equals 200 milligrams
yahoo!
This web site started out as "Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web"
The Notebook
This weepie by Nicholas Sparks was made into a film starring Ryan Gosling & Rachel McAdams
saddle shoe
This white school shoe is named for the shape of the black leather piece that's over the middle section of the shoe
bikini
This womens' two-piece swimsuit made its first appearance at a Paris fashion show in 1946
midstream
This word completes the proverb "Don't change horses in..."
Revolution
This word follows January (China, 1967); March (Germany, 1848); July (France, 1830) & famously, October
rubbish
This word for trash may come from the word "rubble"
gamut
This word meaning "complete range" comes from the 3rd Greek letter, which used to be the low end of the musical scale
polar
This word refers to extreme opposites or a type of bear
Jonathan Dayton
This youngest Constitution signer gave his name to the Ohio city called "The Birthplace of Aviation"
Pinecones
Those of a jack pine's remain tightly closed & hang on the tree till activated by fire
a pound
Those who are "penny-wise" may be this "foolish"
a goat
Though closely related to sheep, this animal has a beard & its horns are not spirally twisted
south
Though it may look strange on a map, to get from lower to upper Egypt, you go in this direction
fanny pack
Though its slangy name suggests it goes behind, wear this in front to guard your valuables against theft
Asia
Though leader in total world food production at 35%, this continent has 59% of the world's population
pressure
Thrust comes from the sudden inequality of this, sometimes measured in atmospheres, inside & outside a rocket
Thomas Jefferson
Time's July 5, 2004 cover story was "The Radical Mind of" this American Enlightenment thinker
Mr. and Mrs. Bridge
Title Kansas City couple played by Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward in a 1990 film
Risky Business
Title describing Tom Cruise's precarious commercial enterprise
Barber
Title occupation of Figaro in a Rossini opera
America the Beautiful
Title of Katharine Lee Bates poem which begins "O beautiful, for spacious skies"
polar bear
To a Spaniard or a Spanish-speaking Eskimo, this creature is an oso blanco
guitar
To achieve the surf style on one of these, use a whammy bar
gild
To coat with gold, or an association for members of the same profession
liter
To convert pints into these metric units of liquid measure, multiply by .47
Sicily
To fool the Nazis before an attack on this large island near Italy, the Allies planted a dead man with false papers
medal
To interfere in someone's business, or an Olympic award
escape velocity
To leave Earth's orbit, a rocket must accelerate to 25,000 mph to achieve this, EV for short
broth (or stock)
To make this basis of soup, simmer chicken parts for 3 hours, with frequent skimming, or drop a cube into water
Prince Harry
To mark his 18th birthday in 2002, this prince visited the sick & homeless to carry on the work of his late mother
smile
To protect his image, Buster Keaton's MGM contract did not allow him to do this onscreen
the Alps
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
Maine
Traditionally speaking, as this state goes, "so goes the nation"
Memphis
Tragically, Dr. King was assassinated in 1968 while visiting this Tennessee city
Innocents
Travel letters Twain wrote during a tour of Europe were collected in his book called these "Abroad"
Po River
Turin is the only major city on both banks of this river
a mask
Tusa's visio, with a polycarbonate frame, is this piece of scuba equipment
Degas
Tutu much! A bronze ballerina by this artist was auctioned off for $11.9 million in 1996
Sabotage and Saboteur
Two Alfred Hitchcock films which begin with the letters "Sab-"
Bali, Singapore, and Hong Kong
Two of three Asian countries Crosby/Hope "Road" pictures went "to"
scallop
Type of seafood French call Coquilles St. Jacques because its shell was emblem of St. James church
middle class
U.S. equivalent to the bourgeoisie which developed between the aristocrats & the peasants in France
cartoonists
Ub Iwerks, Friz Freleng & Tex Avery drew the line at this job
Russia
Ulysses Grant's granddaughter Julia married a prince from this country & had to flee its revolution in 1917
tuscon
University of Arizona
manslaughter
Unlawful killing of another person without implied malice
Candide
Unlike Pangloss, this title character finally wises up, like you did when you got our version of this classic
The Theory of Evolution
Until 1967 it was illegal to teach this theory in Tennessee public schools
adamant
Unyielding or inflexible
boxer
Used as a guide for the blind, this German breed gets its name from its habit of striking out with its front legs
Long John Silver
W.E. Henley, the amputee who wrote the brave poem "Invictus", inspired this character in an 1883 book
Abdullah Bulbul Amir
Valiant & bold & unaccustomed to fear was this son of the prophet
Cambodia
Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia (which is a monarchy)
Robert Redford
Visitors to the Sundance Film Festival know that the Sundance Institute was founded by this man in 1981
Gelato
WE'RE GOING OUT FOR THIS NEW DESSERT TREAT THAT LITERALLY MEANS "FROZEN" IN ITALIAN
NYU
Washington Square News (which school)
Battlestar Galactica
We aren't sure if the podcasts for this Sci Fi Channel show are created by humans or Cylons
creme de la creme
We commonly use this 4-word French phrase to mean "the best of the best"
Nevada
We'll gamble on your knowing that almost all of this state is in the Great Basin Desert
scales
Weighing device used by "justice" & supermarket cashiers
the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
What A.S.C.A.P. stands for
Florentine
What it's called when "I eats me spinach" as a major ingredient of an Italian dish
pitchfork
What the man holds in Grant Wood's "American Gothic"
The beagle
What's that, Lassie? You say this Scottish breed got popular after royalty got some in the 1860s? Nice fact, girl!
Emerson
When Henry David Thoreau lived on the shores of Walden Pond, this friend of his was the landlord
The Prince of Tides
When Nick Nolte won for this film, he thanked his director, Barbra Streisand -- what a "prince"
whippet
When a problem comes along you must name this British breed seen here
Warren Beatty
When he won for directing "Bugsy", he thanked Annette Bening, the mother of his new baby
Madonna
When this singer rings, it means she needs a partner for her Kabbalah class
Casimir Pulaski
While Kosciusko survived the war, this Polish count was mortally wounded at Savannah
Gandhi
While at Crozer Theological Seminary, King studied the nonviolent philosophy of this Asian leader
Jesus Christ
While he performed 36 miracles, he didn't want his disciples to spread it around
The Elbe
While poets pour over the Rhine & Danube this 2nd largest German river gets no press
governess
While working as one, Charlotte Bronte complained that one of these "has no existence, is not considered as a living... being"
German shepherd
With public sentiment running high from WWI, the British renamed this breed Alsatian
cheek
Whittier's "Barefoot Boy" had this "of tan"
spinning
William Hale's 1844 military rocket, using curved vanes, stayed stable by doing this in flight
world cup
With 1 ½ billion viewers, this '82 championship had largest TV audience in sports history
Rome
With an average car speed of 6 mph, it's easy to see how this "Eternal City" wasn't built in a day
Swahili
With nearly 50 million speakers, this Bantu language is the most widely spoken in Africa
Ireland
Within the Oglaigh na h-Eireann: G2 (location)
Buffalo
Wolf Blitzer was born in this New York city that's home to some Bills, Sabres & Wings
brain
World Book describes this organ as a "grayish-pink jellylike ball with many ridges and grooves"
Borneo
Worlds 3rd largest, some of its inhabitants are "wild men"
deep fry
You can cook the Thanksgiving turkey this way so the outside is crispy & the inside juicy (just beware of splattered oil)
weightlifting
You can muscle your way up in this sport by doing the snatch or clean & jerk
Champagne
You can tour the cellars of Moet et Chandon in Epernay, fittingly on an avenue with this sparkling name
Ivan the Terrible
You could say it was horrible that he became the first Russian czar in 1547, but that wouldn't be quite the right word
Tension
You have too much ...of this on your bow that's overstrung
hair
You have too much of this if afflicted with hirsutism
sugar
You have too much of this in your blood if you have diabetes mellitus
shoes
You remove them before entering a house in Japan
journal
You'll find the French word for "day" in this word that may be a daily assignment
Mad Magazine
You'll often find Alfred E. Neuman on the cover of this magazine
portobello
You'll want to remove the stem and possibly the gills before cooking with this jumbo-sized mushroom
Alexander Hamilton
You're on the money if you know that he's the statesman seen here
paper
Your average U.S. municipal landfill is over 40% of this product, way more than plastic or metal
Montreal
Yum! Ant cakes & spicy locusts have been on the menu at the annual insect tastings in this Quebec city's Insectarium
Rhodesia
Zambia and Zimbabwe used to be Northern & Southern this
Afghan
Zeppo Marx helped establish the U.S. line of this hound that would feel at home in Kandahar
reindeer
Zoology: Animals of the genus Rangifer that provide the Lapps with meat, milk, clothing & transportation
knives
Zwilling J. A. Henckels will sell the aspiring chef an 18-piece block set of these
Groucho Marx
a.k.a. Otis B. Driftwood, Rufus T. Firefly & Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush
Italian
freetranslation.com taught me "Your eyes shine like oysters" in this language--"I suoi occhi brillano come le ostriche"
helicopter
howstuffworks.com told me each Apache one of these can carry 16 Hellfire missiles--cool
Princess Stephanie
princess of Monaco who dropped Jean-Paul Belmondo's son for Alain Delon's
high blood pressure
webmd.com tells me this condition, which can cause no symptoms until a stroke, is the "silent killer"
sodium
you have too much ...if you suffer from hypernatremia (put down the potato chips)
pressure in your time
you have too much...if you're bicycling with higher-than-recommended PSI
