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The Book of Kells is written in this language

Latin

This westernmost city of Germany (borders Belgium and The Netherlands) is located on the Wurm River. It developed from a Roman bath complex, but most famously became the residence of Charlemagne (becoming his capital and later the site where he died), as well as the most common site where Holy Roman Emperors were crowned "King of the Germans".

Aachen

This most common type of penguin is native to Antarctica and is named for the wife of a French explorer.

Adelie

This labrophone most often used by mountain dwellers and herdsmen of Switzerland is made from a several meter long wooden natural horn of conical bore, with a wooden shaped mouthpiece. The "William Tell Overture" contains a melody of one of the instruments entitled "ranz de vache", which is used to call cows. It is often heard at the end of Ricola commercials as well.

Alphorn

With words by written by a Bishop of Urgell, this country's national anthem praises Charlemagne and says "It was born a princess...between two nations".

Andorra

This flower, also called a windflower, gets its name from the Greek for "wind".

Anemone

This late 19th and early 20th century Russian prima ballerina from St. Petersburg was best known for being the principal artist of the Imperial Russian Ballet, Kirov Ballet (based in St. Petersburg), and Sergei Diaghilev's Ballet Russes. She created the role of "The Dying Swan" and was the first ballerina to tour the world (thus, popularizing her famous shoes that are called the capezio). She starred alongside Nijinsky in "Le Pavillon d'Armide" and Maria Tallchief portrayed her in the movie "Million Dollar Mermaid". A crisp meringue dessert topped with kiwi fruit and whipped cream is named for her.

Anna Pavlova

In 1704, this Frenchman was Commandant of Detroit; a few years later, he became governor of Louisiana.

Antoine de Cadillac

A famous U.S school is named for this philanthropist who was born at sea to French parents in 1836.

Augustus Juilliard

Listing the great men of the 19th century, Lord Byron ranked himself third, Napoleon second and this important man of fashion history first.

Beau Brummell

This American journalist served as the managing/executive editor of the Washington Post from 1965 to 1991. He is best known for publishing the Pentagon Papers along with the New York Times and for giving the go-ahead on the coverage of the Watergate Scandal. Jason Robards won an Oscar for portraying him in "All the President's Men".

Ben Bradlee

He famously said "Viva la huelga!" which translates to "Long live the strike!".

Cesar Chavez

This Scottish breed of draft horse is named for the river in its area of origin, which occurred in the 18th century. At one point, thousands were exported but now they face dwindling numbers. They are typically used for farming, carriage riding and parading (famously associated with Budweiser starting at the end of Prohibition in 1933). They are identified by the white blaze on their face and white leg hair (referred to as feathers).

Clydesdale Horse

This Apache chief and leader (specifically of the Chihuicahui division) is best known for losing the Apache Wars and then signing a peace treaty with George Crook that kept him in an Arizona reservation (the county of that reservation is now named for him) until his 1874 death. He was known as the "Apache Napoleon" and was succeeded by Geronimo who, alongside his son Taza, continued the Apache Wars through the 1880s until their ultimate defeat.

Cochise

This rare order of fish found near the Comoros Islands of East Africa as well as Indonesia is considered to be a "living fossil" or "fossil fish", due to the belief that they were extinct. They were rediscovered in 1938 off the coast of Africa.

Coelacanth

This cold side dish salad consists of finely shredded raw cabbage (and sometimes watercress) with either vinaigrette or mayonnaise as a dressing. It comes from the Dutch word "kool" meaning "cabbage salad". The West Virginia variety is a form of nicotine via chewing tobacco.

Coleslaw

This main structural protein found in the body's various connective tissues is the most abundant protein in the body. It is used in cartilage, bones (created from osteoblasts and used to repair fractures via calluses), and keeping skin firm (so it is often used to get rid of wrinkles and fill lips). The fibroblast is the most common cell that creates it and gelatin is a type of it that has been irreversibly hydrolyzed (by boiling bones and hides). An excess build up of it can cause a keloid scar. Glue comes from it after being boiled and softened with hot water.

Collagen

This elaborate melody with runs, trills, cadenzas, wide leaps and other virtuoso-like material was sometimes used in operas in the 18th/19th century. In operas in which this music is played, the soprano singers are also called it (for example, the French-American Lily Pons and Dame Joan Sutherland).

Coloratura

This ancient Greek King of Lydia was known for his extreme wealth and riches which all ended upon his defeat in 500 B.C.E by Cyrus the Great of Persia. Idiomatically, the phrase "Rich as _______" comes from his reign and his riches helped fund the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus (modern-day Turkey).

Croesus

This 1953 female graduate of Mount St. Vincent College in New York City, later became a world leader from 1986 to 1992.

Corazon Aquino

This New York glass company founded in 1851 got its name from the western New York city (known as "The Crystal City" and the city from where Johnny Carson hails) it relocated to after moving from Brooklyn. It formerly had "Glass Works" in its name and transitioned from glass blowing into technology (i.e. creating gorilla glass for screens). They introduced Pyrex (the glass bakeware), built glass for space shuttles and helped Edison with his electric bulbs. They went on to merge with Owens-Illinois to form the Owens-________ Company (which produces roofing as well as fiberglass and is known for their mascot, the Pink Panther). The most famous glass they produced was "The Steuben".

Corning

This was the name given to the unidentified man who hijacked a Boeing 747 of Northwest Oriental Airlines in 1971 in order to get $200,000 in ransom and to be flown to Reno, Nevada. After receiving his money, he disappeared, parachuting somewhere in Washington near the Columbia River.

D.B Cooper

This American broadcast TV talk show host from Nebraska was notable for his famous interviews with celebrities. He is best known for appearing on ABC from 1968 to 1975 and working under Johnny Carson (though he later became his rival).

Dick Cavett

This 19th and 20th century German composer is best known for his opera "Hansel and Gretel". He also wrote the work "The Royal Children" (about a goose-girl) and "The Bicycles de Belsize". He shares his name with a character in "The Princess Bride" and the British singer (whose real name is Arnold George Dorsey") who is best known for his songs "Man Without Love" (with the lyric "Everyday I wake up, I start to break up"), "Release Me" and "Winter World of Love".

Engelbert Humperdinck

This type of white potato is small and stubby (thumb-sized). It is typically halved and roasted when served. It shares its name with the term for a small, young baby fish like salmon or trout.

Fingerling

This American heavy metal band from Las Vegas, Nevada is led by vocalist Ivan Moody. They are most famous for their albums "The Way of the Fist", "War is the Answer", "American Capitalist", "The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell", "Got Your Six" and "Justice For None".

Five Finger Death Punch

This 1863 Jules Verne novel, subtitled "A Journey of Discovery by Three Englishmen" revolves around a group of explorers in Africa.

Five Weeks in a Balloon

This term refers to a plant adept in growing in soil that has salt (i.e. a salt marsh).

Halophyte

In a 1915 story by this European, a woman finds a corpse and says "It's gone and croaked - just lying there, dead as a doornail."

Franz Kafka

This type of pufferfish has to be carefully prepared due to parts of it being very poisonous. As such, in Japan it requires great training to prepare, making it one of the most celebrated delicacies in the country's cuisine.

Fugu

This American country singer from Tulsa, Oklahoma was best known for his albums "No Fences", "Ropin' the Wind", "The Limited Series" (box set of his first six albums), "Fresh Horses", "The Chase", "In Pieces", and "Sevens" (first song in the album is "Longneck Bottles"). His signature song is "Friends in Low Places" but he also had the hits "The River" (with the lyric "A dream is like a river, ever changin' as it flows"), "Shameless", "The Change" (with the lyric "I"ve been saying you'll never change things"), "The Thunder Rolls", "Two of a Kind, Working on a Full House", and "Unanswered Players". He additionally had a famous NBC special entitled "Double Line" and notably wears a black cowboy hat. He became the first major country star to have albums go multi-platinum and is married to fellow country singer Trisha Yearwood.

Garth Brooks

Born in St. Petersburg in 1904, he was the first ballet company founder honored by the Kennedy Center.

George Balanchine

Name this last name of brothers James, John, Joseph and Fletcher, whose publishing company published magazines and books with their name on it.

Harper

This is the main character in a series of novels by Norwegian author Jo Nesbo, beginning with "The Bat" in 1997.

Harry Hole

Another term for an antibody, this protein is used by the immune system to identify and neutralize bacteria and viruses.

Immunoglobulin

In the King James bible, these creatures are plague in Exodus, but deemed okay to eat in Leviticus.

Locusts

On June 27, 1525 he married former nun Katherine von Bora.

Martin Luther

Uhuru Highway and Moi Avenue are important streets in this capital city.

Nairobi

This 1990s ska-pop band led by Gwen Stefani is best known for their hits from the album "Tragic Kingdom", including "Don't Speak" and "Just a Girl" (with the lyrics "Take this pink ribbon off my eyes"). They additionally had the hits "Hey Baby", "Underneath it All" and "Hella Good" from their album "Return of Saturn". Their song "It's My Life" won the Best Pop Video at the 2004 VMAs.

No Doubt

This 1990s American comedy-drama revolves around the residents of Cicely, a fictional town in Alaska. Rob Morrow plays NYC native Joel Fleischman who experiences culture shock upon moving and becoming a general practitioner in the town. Other characters include the former Miss Northwest Passage (played by Cynthia Gear), Maggie O'Connell and the Sons of Tundra.

Northern Exposure

This type of spheroid is the shape of Earth and other planets. It is named this way because of how these planets flatten at the poles, as a result of how the planet spin on their axis.

Oblate

The last book Dr. Seuss published in his lifetime, it climbs bestseller lists every Spring.

Oh, The Places You'll Go

Prior to John Singleton, this 1941 nominee was the youngest director nominated for the Best Director Oscar.

Orson Welles

This Dominican fashion designer was best known for dressing first ladies (starting with Jackie Kennedy in the 1960s) and other US officials. He got his start under Elizabeth Arden and famously dressed Amal Clooney for her wedding prior to his death.

Oscar de la Renta

Also known as "The Virgin of Guadalupe", this Catholic title of Mary, mother of Jesus, is associated with a series of five Marian apparitions in December 1531. There is a venerated image on a cloak, enshrined with the namesake basilica in Mexico City, which is the most visited Catholic shrine in the world.

Our Lady of Guadalupe

These Greek dry anise flavored aperitif is a colorless liqueur made from rectified spirits that have been distilled. It is typically mixed with water, which turns it white.

Ouzo

This thin blue-green film layer forms on the surface of metals (typically bronze or copper). It is produced as the result of oxidation over a long period of time. Verdigris is an example that forms on copper, the word coming from the old French for "green of Greece".

Patina

This American actress/director was best known for playing Laverne in the 1970s-1980s "Happy Days" spinoff "Laverne & Shirley" (alongside Cindy Williams). After that, she began directing films such as "Big", "Awakenings", "A League of Their Own" (featuring the Madonna song "This Used to Be My Playground"), "Renaissance Men", "The Preacher's Wife" and "Riding in Cars With Boys". She was married to Rob Reiner and was a spokeswoman for K-Mart. Her original first name was Carole after Carole Lombard.

Penny Marshall

Seeing a poster for Cyrano de Bergerac in a seedy Paris hotel and ladies of the evening inspired this 1970s top 40 hit.

Roxanne

The April 26, 1906 edition of the Call, a newspaper in this city, reported on the heroic death of hoseman James O'Neill.

San Francisco

A version of this 1920s musical about 19th century entertainers was entitled "Mississippi".

Show Boat

This intense eruption/explosion/discharge of electromagnetic radiation (light, heat and cosmic rays) in the Sun's atmosphere occurs in active regions and are usually accompanied by coronal mass ejections and solar particle events. They cause the Northern and Southern lights on Earth, when they become solar prominences. Ones occurring at the edge of the Sun are known as limbs.

Solar Flare

William Blake called them the "Two Contrary States of Human Soul" and wrote songs of them.

Song of Experience and Song of Innocence

This largest township (known as the southwest township) in Johannesburg, South Africa became famous for the anti-apartheid uprising there in 1976, which was sparked by the forced teaching of Afrikaans. The house of worship Regina Mundi (translates to "Queen of the World") is located there.

Soweto

This series of spacecraft designed for the Soviet space program (their third manned program) began in 1967, and was named for the Russian word for "union". It was the Soviet counterpart to the Apollo program, and the programs even linked up in 1975 via a joint venture (called the Apollo-________ Test Program), during which they docked on the ISS (which turned out to be the last mission of the Apollo program). On __________ 40, Dmitri Prunariu became the first Romanian in Space and on __________ 38, Arnaldo Tamayo-Mendez of Cuba became the first Hispanic in Space.

Soyuz

It is the oldest executive department in the United States

State Department

Humans have this bone, snakes do not and for bats it is keeled.

Sternum

Its the only UN member state outside Europe with Dutch as an official language.

Suriname

This statement issued in August 1941 by FDR and Winston Churchill set out American and British goals for post-World War II. It led to the eventual formation of the United Nations and NATO.

The Atlantic Charter

96 miles in total during its three-decade existence, this landmark's most well known point was about the same length as an Olympic Marathon.

The Berlin Wall

This 1960 book by William Shirer is subtitled "A History of Nazi Germany".

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

This 1980s American variety show on FOX starred the titular actress who blended sketch comedy with musical numbers and dance routines (which Paula Abdul choregraphed). Recurring characters from the sketches include Kay Clark and Sheneesha Turner. It was created by James Brooks and several shorts from the show were spun off into the popular show "The Simpsons".

The Trace Ullman Show

This former chain of shoe stores was named for a Scottish professional golfer.

Thom McAn

This construction set designed for children was created in 1914 and contains a wooden spool with holes drilled around the perimeter as well as wheels, pulleys, caps and wooden sticks.

Tinker Toys

"The Murder of Gonzago" was used as play within a 1966 play by this man, who was inspired by Shakespeare.

Tom Stoppard

A savage people called Zapoletes are contrasted with the inhabitants of this titular place of this 16th century work.

Utopia

This pre-Socratic Greek philosopher of the Eleatic school is best known for founding the stoic school of philosophy and teaching his paradoxes such as "Achilles and the Tortoise", "Dichotomy Paradox" and "Arrow Paradox".

Zeno

Name the two languages on the Rosetta Stone.

Egyptian and Greek

This type of environmentally friendly floor covering (invented in 1860 by Frederick Walton) is made from linseed oil (which is made from flax), pine resin, ground cork dust, sawdust and a mineral filling. Linocut is a printmaking technique made from it.

Linoleum

This American actress is best known for starring on the 1960s sitcom "That Girl" and her children's franchise "Free to be...You and Me". She also serves as the National Outreach Director of St. Jude's, which was founded by her father. She is married to Phil Donahue.

Marlo Thomas

This enormous shield volcano on Mars has the distinction of being the largest and highest mountain and volcano in the Solar System.

Olympus Mons

The name of this South American capital city is a corruption of the word Rimac, which is the name of the river where it lies.

Lima

This northern Italian city on the Bacchiglione River is known for its ancient botanical garden and famous frescoes. Saint Anthony is the patron saint of the city (as well as the patron saint of lost things) and Shakespeare set his play "The Taming of the Shrew" there (with "Kiss Me, Kate" being set there as well). The lawyers from "The Merchant of Venice" are also from there. The Pavane Dance gets its name from the city and it is home to a famous university founded by ex-University of Bologna students. Andreas Vesalius, the father of anatomy, and Galileo both taught there. When it was still a city-state in the 14th century, it often employed mercenaries from England as their troops (known as the White Company). Donatello sculpted his bronze "Equestrian Monument of Gattamelata" there.

Padua

This 1989 historical novel by Welsh author Ken Follett is about the building of a 12th century cathedral in England, during the time of the murder of Thomas Becket.

The Pillars of the Earth

This city park and pedestrian street promenade in San Antonio, Texas connects many tourist attractions, including the city's five Spanish colonial missions (most notably, the Alamo).

The River Walk

"The War Cry" and "The Young Soldier" are publications of this religious movement.

The Salvation Army

This 1962 children's book by American author-illustrator Ezra Jack Keats depicts the African-American boy Peter's exploration of his neighborhood in the winter.

The Snowy Day

The Ryan NYP hanging from a Washington D.C ceiling is better known as this.

The Spirit of St. Louis

This 1960s American rock band, led by singer/guitarist Lou Reed, guitarist Sterling Morrison and manager Andy Warhol, was considered one of the most influential rock bands of all time, though they only achieved commercial success after their 1970 breakup. Their debut album notably has a picture of a banana on its cover (illustrated by Andy Warhol) and their notable songs include "Venus in Furs" and "All Tomorrow's Parties".

The Velvet Underground

This North African city controlled the red dye used to color Tarboosh caps.

Fez

This Renaissance and Baroque dance is often the first movement in a suite of dances. It gets its name from the French for "German" and can also refer to a German triple-time social folk dance related to the waltz and lieder. It can also be done in square dances with the interlocking arm move "___________ left" or "_________ right".

Allemande

This brightest star in the Scorpius Constellation is distinctly reddish when viewed with the naked eye. It is classified as a red supergiant and in between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Its name comes from the Greek for "Rival of the God of War" and shares its name with one of the horses in "Ben-Hur".

Antares

English name for the "Coro di Zingari", this is sung in Act II of the 1853 Verdi opera "Il trovatore". It depicts Spanish gypsies striking the titular object at dawn while singing praises. The tune was adapted into the classical song "Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here".

Anvil Chorus

At age 13 in 1926, this world leader was accepted as a novice at the Abbey of Kykkos, where he later taught.

Archbishop Makarios

Common varieties of this edible thistle species include the Globe (most common variety in the US), French, Jerusalem (comes from the Italian for "sunflower" and can be called a sunchoke), and Green. The edible portion of the plant consists of flower buds (hearts) and it can be eaten with butter. Common ways of eating it include scraping the leaves with your teeth. The French dish eggs sardou is served with it, eggs and spinach and the Italian dish Vitello alla Genovese is served with it and veal. It is referred to as "carciofi" in Italian.

Artichoke

This turn of the century aesthetic movement was alternately known around the world as Nieuwe Kunst & Modernista.

Art Nouveau

This phylum of invertebrate animals (name comes from the Greek for "joint foot") have exoskeletons with a segmented body and jointed limbs and cuticles made of chitin. It is the most common animal phylum since it includes insects (for example, lice), arachnids (for example scorpions, sea spiders, and horseshoe crabs), crustaceans, and millipedes/centipedes. Trilobytes (now extinct and known for being "three segmented") are the earliest known type as well as the state fossil of Wisconsin.

Arthropod

This 20th century American historian primarily explored the ideas of 20th century American liberalism (i.e. FDR, Harry Truman, JFK and RFK). He served as a speechwriter for Adlai Stevenson and a special assistant to the Kennedy administration (during which he wrote his Pulitzer Prize winning book: "A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House"). He additionally cofounded the group, Americans for Democratic Action, and wrote the book "The Age of Roosevelt". His father was a famous historian as well.

Arthur Schlesinger

Also referred to as rocket in England, this edible, annual plant from the mustard family is used as a leaf vegetable for its fresh, tart, bitter and pepper flavor. It can also be called rucola or roquette and is typically used as a salad green. Alice Waters, chef of Chez Panisse, popularized it in America as part of the farm-to-table movement.

Arugula

This artificial non-saccharide sweetener is much sweeter than sucrose and is commonly used as a sugar substitute (marked as NutraSweet).

Aspartame

This filter feeding system inside the mouths/jaws of these specific type of whales (who differ from toothed whales due to their multiple blowholes) are used because they don't have teeth. To use it, the whales open their mouths underwater to take in water, and then push the water out to filter in the remaining krill (via thin long plates). It is sometimes referred to as a whalebone, and is used in corsets (the filter feeding system). These types of whales notably do not have foreheads.

Baleen

This native wide-trunked African tree is known for being "upside-down" and for having large flowers that are reproductive for half the day. They have large, round fruit with edible pulp that are referred to as monkey bread and can live for up to a thousand years.

Baobab

This New Testament figure was held as a prisoner (for murder) at the same time as Jesus. Pontius Pilate notably frees him at the Passover Feast instead of Jesus.

Barabbas

She was the first African-American elected to the Texas senate after Reconstruction and the first Southern African-American woman elected to the U.S House of Representatives (occurring in the 1970s). She famously gave the opening statement during Richard Nixon's impeachment and was the first African-American to give a keynote address at a national convention, which she did for the Democratic National Convention in 1976.

Barbara Jordan

This Mississippi port city that lies on the Mississippi sound of the Gulf of Mexico is best known for its annual shrimping festival and being featured in the Neil Simon play "_________ Blues". It was the original capital of the Louisiana territory and was home to Jefferson Davis. Along with Gulfport, it is the co-seat of Harrison County.

Biloxi

This science fiction franchise created by Glen A. Larson in 1978 has been adapted into a show with the tagline "In search of a journey home", a prequel show (called "Caprica", which is the name of a planet) and a miniseries. It revolves around the human colonies' conflict with a cybernetic race called Cylons. The humans end up losing the war and use the titular spacecraft in search of a fabled colony called Earth. The main character is Captain William Adama, who has been portrayed by Edward James Olmos and Lorne Green. Other characters include Lieutenant Zac Adama (portrayed by Rick Springfield), President Laura Roslin (portrayed by Mary McDonnell) and Starbuck (portrayed by Katie Sackhoff). Unique words from the series include "frack" and other spacecraft in the series include the Atlantia and Pacifica.

Battlestar Galactica

This Canadian bay is situated between the provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick (the latter of which is the home to the eponymous national park and the Hopewell Cape) as well as a small portion bordering the state of Maine (which borders New Brunswick). It has the highest tidal range in the world due to its very high tide and extremely fast water (100 billion tons of water moving daily). Campobello Island (summer home of FDR) is located there.

Bay of Fundy

This town in northern Bavaria, Germany is best known for its annual music festival that features performances of operas by Richard Wagner. The city famously housed him and his first theater. Grace Bumbry became the first black diva to perform there, portraying Venus in "Tannhauser". Wagner's father-in-law, Franz Liszt, died there during one of the festivals.

Bayreuth

This 20th century English composer was best known for his operas "Peter Grimes", "Albert Herring" (about crowning a May King) and "War Requiem", as well as the orchestral showpiece "A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra". He additionally adapted "The Turn of the Screw" and "Billy Budd" into operas. He also wrote "Gloriana" for Elizabeth II's coronation.

Benjamin Britten

This Vermont city was named for a 1777 Revolutionary War battle that was actually ought in New York by the Green Mountain Boys. It is home to a namesake women's college.

Bennington

This American actress and sex symbol of the 1940s (was the most popular pin-up girl) was best known for her movies "Down Argentine Way" (famously replacing Alice Faye, resulting in their career rivalry), "Mother Wore Tights", "Moon Over Miami", "A Yank in the R.A.F" and "How to Marry a Millionaire" (alongside Marilyn Monroe). She was famously married to Jackie Coogan and bandleader Harry James.

Betty Grable

This area on the outer surface of a ship's hull (where the bottom curves to meet the rest of the vertical sides) is the lowest internal portion of the hull that would rest upon the ground if there was no water. When there is a leak in a ship, a special pump is used for the incoming water to get rid of the gross water and keep the ship afloat.

Bilge

This tall, exotic flower (typically blue/orange) native to South Africa is also known as the crane flower. It is the floral emblem of the city of Los Angeles and is of the genus Strelitza reginae. Its name originates from its similarity to the avians native to the island of New Guinea, who are famous for hanging upside-down.

Bird of Paradise

This novel series, penned under the pseudonym Laura Lee Hope, ran from 1904 to 1979, revolving around the two sets of fraternal twins in the titular family (Nan and Bert as well as Flossie and Freddie).

Bobbsey Twins

This 1980s American TV series starred Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari, revolving around their misadventures as two single men working in advertising.

Bosom Buddies

This central public park in the capital of Massachusetts is the oldest of its kind in the United States. Famous streets adjoining the park include Beacon Street (shares its name with the Beacon Hill neighborhood) and Boylston Street. Parts of the park include Parkman Bandstand, Public Garden and Parkman's Plaza. It marks the start of the Freedom Trail.

Boston Common

The last of his 56 children died in 1850 at age 87.

Brigham Young

A new studio album in 2020 gave this rock legend a top 5 album in six consecutive decades, his first being in 1975.

Bruce Springsteen

This large cauldron-like hollow crater remnant forms at the summit of a volcano shortly after the collapse of a magma cone in a volcanic explosion. Examples include Crater Lake in Oregon and Ngorongoro in Tanzania. It comes from the Spanish word for "cauldron".

Caldera

This form of strength training consists of body weight movements of large muscle groups, typically via standing, grasping, pushing, etc. The name comes from the Greek for "beauty" and "strength" and can include pushups and jumping jacks. Dorothy Parker famously said "Wit has truth to it; wisecracking is simply _______________ with words".

Calisthenics

These flowering plants found in eastern and southern Asia were named by Linnaeus after a Jesuit botanist. They are featured in an Alexander Dumas book "The Lady of _____________" (Verdi based "La Traviata" on it), which features the titular courtesan, Marguerite Gautier. It is the genus from which most teas are made.

Camelia

This legendary place has been identified as being in Caerleon, Wales and in Winchester, England.

Camelot

This French word for duck shares its name with an unfounded rumor or story.

Canard

This hill is one of the Seven Hills of Rome (contrasted with the Palatine, which is the hill where Romulus and Remus were found), notable for being the site of the Temple of Jupiter. In modern times, it houses a complex of art galleries.

Capitoline

Also known as cellulose nitrate, this highly flammable first synthetic plastic was invented in the 1960s when it was commonly used for photographic film or motion pictures (John Wesley Hyatt pioneered the use and even incorporated it in billiards balls). The term has evolved to mean a nostalgic term for motion pictures, but the material is still used to make ping-pong balls.

Celluloid

This Fleet Admiral of the U.S Navy and Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet during World War II helped turn the tide of the war at the Battle of Midway (creating the strategy of "Island Hopping") and served as the U.S representative for Japan's 1945 surrender (alongside U.S Supreme Allied Commander Douglas MacArthur) on the USS Missouri. He famously remarked about the Battle of Iwo Jima that "uncommon valor was uncommon virtue". He additionally formed the Blue Angels, a flight demonstration squad of the U.S Navy. A class of aircraft carriers (which are built in hangar bays) that can carry one hundred planes on its flight deck as well as an Oakland Freeway are named for him.

Chester Nimitz

On meeting this comedian, Gerald Ford remarked "You're a very funny suburb."

Chevy Chase

Abbreviated CDF, this nonprofit organization founded in 1973 focuses upon child advocacy and research.

Children's Defense Fund

This reddish-brown aromatic pickling spice comes from a dried unopened flower bud native to the Molucca Islands (also known as the Spice Islands) of Indonesia. Along with cinnamon and nutmeg, it makes up allspice. Its name comes from the Latin for "nail" (which is also its shape) and it lends its name to a type of knot (______ hitch which can be used to tie bear bags) as well as a type of flower (________ pink which is also known as a carnation). When added to fruit, they form pomanders. They are also used in the Swedish drink glogg, often paired with baked ham, used as a flavor in gum as well as cigarettes, and are a popular flavor in Asian incense.

Cloves

This Canadian actor got his start as part of the original "Not Ready for Prime Time Players" cast on "SNL", before going on to have some of his sketches turned into movies including "Blues Brothers" (played Elwood and starred alongside John Belushi, who tragically passed away at age 33, as the role of Jake) and "Coneheads" (portrays an alien trying to get a green card). Other famous sketches of his include his portrayal of Julia Child trying to prepare a chicken, his depiction of the Festrunk Brothers (along with Steve Martin) in the "Two Wild and Crazy Guys" sketch, and as co-host of "Weekend Update" (famously saying "Jane, you ignorant slut."). He additionally starred in "Ghostbusters" (co-wrote it with Harold Ramis), "Trading Places" (alongside Eddie Murphy), "Dragnet" (played Joe Friday and starred alongside Tom Hanks), "The Twilight Zone" (alongside Albert Brooks), "Neighbors" (starred alongside John Belushi), "Doctor Detroit", "Soul Man", "Chaplin" (played Mack Sennett) and "Driving Miss Daisy" (nominated for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor).

Dan Aykroyd

This 1980s English electronic synth-pop band consisted of Dave Gahan (lead singer), Martin Gore (keyboard and guitar) and Andy Fletcher (keyboard). They are best known for their albums "Speak & Spell", "A Broken Trio", "Black Celebration and Music for the Masses", "Violator" and "Songs of Faith and Devotion". Famous songs of theirs include "Blasphemous Rumours", "Personal Jesus", "People Are People" and "Halo" (Jenna Elfman appeared in the music video). They took their name from a French fashion magazine.

Depeche Mode

This 1944 crime noir film directed by Billy Wilder (Raymond Chandler wrote the screenplay) starred Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck. The plot revolves around a murder done to receive the titular inheritance from a clause in a life insurance policy, that multiplies the payout by two when a death is accidental. It is based on a novel by James Cain featuring the character Walter Huff.

Double Indemnity

This musical stringed instrument has two varieties: the hammer (trapezoidal in shape and has its strings struck by handheld hammers) and the Appalachian (a three or four stringed instrument that is played on the lap by strumming). Its name comes from the Latin for "sweet song" or "sweet melody".

Dulcimer

This thick membrane surrounds the brain and spinal cord; it is the outermost of the three membranes called meninges that protect the central nervous system. Its name comes from the Latin for "hard mother".

Dura Mater

This 2003 nonfiction book by Lynne Truss features a panda with a gun on its cover; it emphasizes the importance of punctuation and bemoans its current state.

Eats, Shoots & Leaves

This flowering plant of genus Sambucus goes into wine (in the play "Arsenic and the Old Lace" poison is administered via it) and is also used in syrups to help with immunity. In pop culture, the movie "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" had the line "Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of __________________ wine" and Elton John has the song "___________ Wine".

Elderberry

Sophocles, Euripides and Eugene O'Neill all wrote plays with this woman's name in the title.

Elektra

This Catholic religious sister of the United States is known for being the founder of the country's parochial school system. She founded the first Catholic girl's school in the nation in Maryland and founded the Sisters of Charity congregation. She became the first person born in the United States that was canonized by the Catholic church and the New Jersey school, _________ Hall is named for her.

Elizabeth Ann Seton

In the 1970s, he held more cabinet posts than anybody (4) in US History, including Attorney General.

Elliot Richardson

This town in England, south of London, is primarily known for its springs, which are famous for its mineral water that is rich in the namesake white salt (identified as magnesium sulfate which has uses such as a soaking aid for swelling). It is the home of a namesake derby (Steve Cauthen famously won it in 1985), which alongside the Guinea Stakes and the St. Leger Stakes, comprise the English Triple Crown.

Epsom

This genus of woody trees and mulberry shrubs can also be known as fig trees of the carica variety. They are native to the tropics and are widely cultivated for their fruit. The elastica variety produces rubber (a rubber plant that produces Indian rubber) and secretes the liquid latex. The religiosa variety is known as the bodhi tree.

Ficus

Elected to the House of Representatives in 1966, he was the first Republican to represent Texas.

George H.W Bush

This top aide to Charles de Gaulle became Prime Minister of France from 1962 to 1968, before ascending to the presidency from 1969 to 1974 (succeeding de Gaulle). The Paris Center of Contemporary Arts is named for him.

Georges Pompidou

This 1944 musical comedy directed by Leo McRarey starred Bing Crosby (who famously sings "Swinging on a Star" which won an Oscar for Best Song) and Barry Fitzgerald (nominated for the Oscar for both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor). The film is about a young priest named Father O'Malley, who takes over an established parish. It was the highest grossing film of the year and won the Oscars for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (won by Fitzgerald) and Best Actor (won by Crosby). Its sequel was "The Bells of St. Mary's".

Going My Way

This large city in Mexico is the capital of the state of Jalisco and shares its name with a Spanish province. It is the home to murals painted by Jose Clemente Orozco.

Guadalajara

Bright new lighting installed in 1880 on a New York City street that crosses Manhattan diagonally led to this three-word nickname.

Great White Way

This type of partial bone fracture in which the bone bends and breaks on one side most commonly occurs in children, as they have soft bones.

Greenstick

This Skye Terrier from Scotland became famous in 19th century Edinburgh for spending fourteen years guarding the grave of its owner until its own death in 1872.

Greyfriars Bobby

This 1959 musical is based upon the life of striptease burlesque artist Gypsy Rose Lee, who famously wrote "The G-String Murders" and was known as "The Best Undressed Woman in America". She additionally starred in the musical "Star and Garter" and had a son with director Otto Preminger. The musical follows her mother's life and her efforts to raise her daughters (Baby Louise Havoc, who was based on Rose Lee, and Baby June Havoc, who was based on the real-life sister of Rose who became an actress) to perform on stage. The music was by Jule Styne with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Arthur Laurents. Songs from the musical include "Everything's Coming Up Roses" (most popular song), "Together (Wherever We Go)", "Small World", "You Gotta Get a Gimmick", "Let Me Entertain You", "All I Need is the Girl" and "Rose's Turn". Ethel Merman and Jack Klugman starred in the original production, while Natalie Wood starred in the 1962 film adaptation. Bette Midler starred in the TV production while Angela Lansbury, Tammy Blanchard, Patty LuPone (won a 2008 Tony) and Tyne Daly (played the mother and also won a Tony) starred in revivals throughout the years. Jerome Robbins famously choreographed.

Gypsy

This fictional detective created by American author Michael Connelly first appeared in the 1992 book "The Black Echo". He is an LAPD police homicide detective and Vietnam War veteran. He was portrayed by Titus Welliver in the TV adaptation.

Harry Bosch

This fictional blue anthropomorphic coonhound cartoon character (voided by Daws Butler) was the titular character of his show which ran from 1958-1961 (by Hanna-Barbara productions). He is known for his North Carolina southern drawl and his tone-deaf rendition of "Oh My Darling, Clementine". Yogi Bear first debuted on the show (famously stealing a picnic basket) and it became the first cartoon series to win an Emmy.

Huckleberry Hound

This Missouri-born expatriate starred in the 1935 French film "Princess Tam-Tam".

Josephine Baker

This late 20th century English romance novelist is best known for her character Lucky Santangelo (in the books "Lucky" and "Lady Boss"). She also wrote "Hollywood Wives", "Hollywood Husbands", "Stud", "American Star", "Rock Star" and "Lethal Seduction". She is the sister of Joan Collins and is famous for wearing animal print clothing.

Jackie Collins

This Irish virtuoso flutist from Belfast, Ireland (known as "The Man with the Golden Flute" has had a career spanning from the 1950s onwards.

James Galway

This American author is famous for her "Earth's Children" series that is set in prehistoric Europe and explores human activity during that time, particularly the interactions between the Cro-Magnon and Neanderthal. Ayla is the heroine of the series and specific novels include "Clan of the Cave Bear" and "The Mammoth Hunters".

Jean Auel

On St. Patrick's Day 1993, she was appointed Ambassador to Ireland.

Jean Kennedy Smith

This American artist is notable for his paintings of the American Revolutionary War (leading him to be called "The Painter of the Revolution"), including his 1817 work "The Declaration of Independence" (which hangs in the U.S Capitol Rotunda and is on the reverse side of the two-dollar bill).

John Trumbull

This 1889 flood in the namesake Pennsylvania city resulted from the failure of the South Fork Dam, which led to over 2,000 deaths. David McCullough wrote a detailed historical account of it.

Johnstown Flood

This Buena Vista, California theme park began in the 1920s as a roadside boysenberry stand but is now owned by Cedar Fair as an amusement park. On Halloween, the second word in its name is replaced with "scary" and Elvira has been known to sing at it. Other parks of the park include the Mott Museum (contains the painting of "The Last Supper" on a pin, a dance area that has been the site of many raves, log flume rides and a silver bullet ride (with the slogan "Ready, aim scream").

Knott's Berry Farm

This Mexican-American golfer (known as "Merry Mex" and "The Super Mex") from Dallas won the U.S Open, The Open Championship, and PGA Championship twice in the 1960s through 1980s. His followers were known as "fleas".

Lee Trevino

Though this three-named woman was not primarily known as a suffragist, in 1879 she became the first female resident of Concord, Massachusetts to register a vote in a local election.

Louisa May Alcott

This plant variety of fern (of the genus adiantum) is named for its fronds ability to shed water without becoming wet. It differs from the tree variety (native to China) which is of the genus and species Ginkgo biloba.

Maidenhair

This chief of the Wampanoag tribe is best known for allying with the Pilgrim settlers at Plymouth colony, helping them avoid starvation and shoring up his own tribe's defenses. Other famous members of his tribe include his sons Wamsutta and King Philip, as well as the interpreter Squanto.

Massasoit

This early 20th century German physicist (and professor at the University of Berlin) originated quantum theory and discovered energy quanta (light measured in pockets of energy), earning himself a Nobel Prize. His constant (H) states that energy (i.e. the smallest amount of energy that can be emitted as electromagnetic radiation, which is also known as a quantum) could only be a multiple of an elementary unit (E) based upon the frequency of radiation (V). The era of the earliest stage of the Big Bang is named for him.

Max Planck

This American home and commercial appliance owned by Whirlpool Corporation was founded in Iowa in 1893. They are known for their washing machines (including the wringer-type made until 1983) which has the tagline "So simple, a child could do it" (said by pitchman Gordon Jump). They also make other appliances like fridges and share their name with a type of blue cheese also found in Iowa.

Maytag

This American actress and daughter of Tippi Hedren became famous in the 1980s movies "Body Double" and "Something Wild" before going on to star in "Working Girl" (plays an ambitious secretary in this film alongside Kevin Spacey and Harrison Ford that featured the Oscar-winning song "Let the River Run" by Carly Simon), "Buffalo Girls", "RKO 281", "Crazy in Alabama", "Bonfire of the Vanities" and "Disaster Artist". She was married to Don Johnson (had her daughter Dakota Johnson with him) and Antonio Banderas.

Melanie Griffith

This Boston-based boy band got their start in the late 1980s with founding members Jonathan and Jordan Knight, Joey McIntire, Donnie Wahlberg and Danny Wood. They had the famous song "The Right Stuff" from their album "Hangin' Tough". They also did a recent tour and album with the Backstreet Boys.

New Kids on the Block

This Brazilian novelist is best known for his 1988 allegorical work "The Alchemist" and also wrote "The Fifth Mountain" about the prophet Elijah and his conflict with Jezebel, who instituted the worship of Baal.

Paulo Coelho

In this nursery rhyme, the titular character "had a wife but couldn't keep her", which ends up with him putting his wife in a shell of the fruit referenced in the title ("he put her in a ____________ shell"). In the second verse, he "had another but couldn't love her" but then he "learned to spell and then he loved her very well".

Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater

This English comedic actor is best known for his potrayal of Inspector Clouseau in "The Pink Panther" series (including the sequel "A Shot in the Dark"). He also starred in "I'm All Right Jack", "The Prisoner of Zenda" (played three parts), "Lolita", "Dr. Strangelove" (Oscar nominated for not only playing the title role but also playing Captain Mandrake and President Muffley), "What's New, Pussycat" (name and theme of the movie comes from a Tom Jones song in this film that also starred Peter O'Toole), "Casino Royale", "The Mouse that Roared", "The Party" (plays an actor from India), and "Being There" (plays a gardener named Chance who only knows life from what he sees on TV, but somehow still becomes a valued member of D.C society). He also directed the 1991 film "The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez" (a silent film that remade the 1920 movie "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari"). Geoffrey Rush, John Lithgow (who starred as Blake Edwards, the director of "The Pink Panther" and Charlize Theron starred in his biopic "The Life and Death of _______________________".

Peter Sellers

This edible root vegetable of the mustard family (resembles a beet and comes from the Latin for "root") has a pungent, crisp and sharp flavor, with its sprouts/shoots eaten raw as part of salads. The Asian white variety from Japan is called "daikon" and other varieties include Scarlett Globe and White Icicle. The red variety is often a garnish and is sometimes carved into a rose. Along with cabbage, it is the main ingredient in kimchi.

Radish

This African-American standup comedian of the 1970s is best known for his standup specials "Live & Smokin'", "Is it Something I Said?", "Live in Concert", "Live on Sunset Strip" and "Here and Now". He acted in the movies "Silver Streak" (starred alongside Gene Wilder for the first time in this movie about the titular train), "Blue Collar", "Which Way is Up?", "Greased Lightning" (played the character Wendell Scott), "Harlem Nights" (alongside Eddie Murphy), "Lady Sings the Blues" (Diana Ross' film debut), "The Green Berets" (alongside John Wayne), "Brewster's Millions" (remake of the Denis O'Keefe movie), "Bustin' Loose", "Blazing Saddles" (famous for the line "Mongo only pawn in game of life."), "Jo Jo Dancer", "Your Life is Calling" and "Superman III". Known for his "trial by fire method", he said "When you're on fire and running down the street, people will get out of your way". His daughter Rain starred in the Showtime's "Awakening".

Richard Pryor

This Italian whey cheese (made from milk whey left over from other cheese) comes from the Italian word for "recooked" and is most famously used in cheesecake. It is used in manicotti pasta as well as the cannoli (a Sicilian dessert). Cottage cheese is sometimes used as its substitute.

Ricotta

This peninsula on the southern edge of the New York City borough Queens is known to be a popular summer retreat for its resort beach (which the Ramones famously sung about). It is named for the peninsula which borders the ________ Inlet at the entrance of Jamaica Bay. It is known for its nature preserve (called Far ___________) and is connected to Brooklyn via the Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge.

Rockaway

This 1950s Italian-American heavyweight boxer nicknamed "The Brockton Blockbuster" had the original last name "Machegiano" and is the only heavyweight champion to finish their career undefeated. He holds ones of the highest knockout rates of all time and is known for his bouts with Ezzard Charles and "Jersey Joe" Walcott.

Rocky Marciano

This 1960s and 1970s British pop rocker started off with his group, the Faces, but is best known for his albums "Every Picture Tells a Story" (features the hit song "Maggie May" which includes the lyric "Wake up Maggie, I think I've got something to say to you"), "Fly Me to the Moon", and "Unplugged and Seated". Other hits of his include "Sailing", "Downtown Train" (with the lyric "All my dreams fall like rain"), "Infatuation", "Have I Told You Lately", "Angel" (written by Jimi Hendrix), "Let Me Be Your Car" (written by Elton John), "Forever Young", "You're In My Heart (The Final Acclaim)", "This Old Heart of Mine" (released in 1990), and "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" (platinum hit which had the lyric "If you want my body...so come on sugar"). He was married to blonde model Rachel Hunter.

Rod Stewart

This circular arrangement of leaves or structures resembling leaves share their name with floral windows with stained glass that are often used in Gothic architecture. In zoology, they refer to a flower-like marking found in the fur/skin of animals that are uniquely patterned (i.e. leopard spots).

Rosette

For his unconventional, but effective use of the media, Advertising Age named him the 1992 Adman of the Year.

Ross Perot

These amphibians, characterized by their lizard-like appearance and lack of lungs, have tails at both the larval and adult stage. They are brightly colored and their main family is that of newts (whose larvae, called efts, are terrestrial but as adults are aquatic), whose common type is the red-spotted variety. Other types include the American mudpuppy (also known as the water-dog), the Red Hills, the olm, and the hellbender (largest type). It shares its name with a type of kitchen broiling equipment.

Salamander

This fictional character retired after the only woman he ever loved, opera singer Irene Adler, passed away.

Sherlock Holmes

This Japanese massage has its roots in Eastern Medicine (by using acupuncture to stimulate the circulatory system), but there is not scientific evidence showing that it can prevent any disease. It comes from the Japanese word for "finger pressure".

Shiatsu

This Canadian actress and model is best known for her marriage and relationship with Gene Simmons, lead singer of Kiss. She famously guest starred on the "Tom Show", alongside Tom Arnold.

Shannon Tweed

This Scottish singer emerged in 1981 with singles "Modern Girl" and "Morning Train (9 to 5)". Other hits of hers include "We've Got Tonight" (with Kenny Rogers), "Sugar Walls", "For Your Eyes Only" (James Bond theme of the movie of the same name, in which she made history by being the first singer to appear on screen while singing the theme), "Strut", "U Got the Look", "The Arms of Orion" (with Prince), "The Lover in Me" and "What Comes Naturally". She famously guest starred as Sonny's girlfriend in "Miami Vice".

Sheena Easton

This wooden walking stick and club/cudgel associated with Irish folklore is named for a southeastern Irish town. It is typically made from a stout knotty blackthorn stick with a large knob on top.

Shillelagh

This American singer-songwriter got his start in the 1950s as the founder and frontman of the Motown (name of his record label which he later led) vocal group, the Miracles. He is best known for his songs "Cruisin'", "You've Really Got a Hold On Me", "Going to a Go-Go" (with the lyric "There's a brand new place I've found, where people go from mile round"), "I Second That Emotion" and "Tears of a Clown" (number one hit that references the opera "Pagliacci" and contains the lyric "Now if there's a smile on my face"). His real first name is William.

Smokey Robinson

This 1949 musical composed by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein is based upon the James Michener book "Tales of the __________________". The plot centers around a young navy nurse named Nellie Forbush stationed in the area around World War II, who falls in love with a plantation owner named Emile de Becque, but struggles to accept his mixed-race children. There is a secondary romance between a U.S marine and a Tonkinese woman named Liat (daughter of a character named Bloody Mary), who is famously sung about in "You've Got to Be Carefully Taught". Other famous songs include "Bali Ha'i" (sang by Bloody Mary), "Cockeyed Optimist", "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair" (Clairol famously uses that song in advertisements), "Some Enchanted Evening", "There's Nothing Like a Dame" (with the lyric "We ain't got dames" and "We got sunlight on the sand, we got moonlight on the sea"), "Happytime", "Younger than Springtime" (sang by Lt. Cable), and "I'm in Love With a Wonderful Guy" (with the lyric "I'm as corny as Kansas in August"). The musical was famously revived in 2008, and won a record seven Tony's.

South Pacific

Beginning in 1952, he hosted a weekday talk and interview show on Chicago's Fine Arts Radio Station.

Studs Terkel

This lightweight cart has two wheels and a seat for the driver, but no body. It is generally pulled by a horse (called a trotter) for harness races.

Sulky

This American oil brand owned and operated by Chevron famously sponsored the Met prior to its acquisition (and 1987 bankruptcy, which at the time made it the largest company to seek bankruptcy protection). They also famously acquired Getty Oil in 1984. Its logo features a white lonestar in a red circle and the Company has the following famous jingle: "You can trust your car to a man that wears the star" (Bob Hope famously used to appear in advertisements). Milton Berle (known as "Mr. Tuesday Night") operated a theater named after the Company.

Texaco

This pungent fluid obtained by the distillation of resin harvested from pine trees is mainly used as a specialized solvent in paint chemistry (specifically as a paint thinner and paint remover) and a source material for organic synthesis. When distilled, it becomes a yellowish substance called rosin (which is used to rub on a bow). The Greek wine retsina is said to taste like it.

Turpentine

This American financial services company headquartered in Denver was originally a huge telegraph (and later telephone in 1876) company that was created by J.P Morgan to create a transcontinental telegraph network (famously sending the first singing telegram). It is now known best for their money transfer services and actually ended all telegram services in 2006. They have been leaders throughout their history, offering the first credit cards and replacing landlines with microwave frequency beams. MCI acquired part of the company in 1982 and Thomas Edison briefly worked there.

Western Union

This 20th century Dutch-American abstract expressionist was born in Rotterdam prior to emigrating to the US in 1926. He was part of a group of action painting artists, which came to be known as the New York School. He is known for painting on huge canvases and was married to fellow abstract expressionist, Elaine Fried.

William de Kooning

This national environmental symbol of the US Forest Services is best known for the mottos "Give a hoot - don't pollute" and "Lend a hand - care for the land", as well as other PSA songs.

Woodsy Owl

Name these orders named for their founders and considered as mendicant (need to live as beggars like Jesus to have the austere way of life). 1) This Catholic church order founded in 1216 to preach the gospel and oppose are known for their members wearing black coats (called scapulars) over their white habits. They had the nickname Black Friars and Jacobins and were instrumental in leading the Spanish Inquisition. Thomas Aquinas (and his Thomism followers) and Torquemada are the most famous ones. 2) This Catholic church order was founded in 1209 in Assisi and are known for their members wearing gray. Junipero Serra was a famous member (founded missions in San Diego) and there are several missions of this order in San Antonio and Capuchin, Italy. A famous church of theirs in Nazareth is known as St. Joseph's workshop. Other orders of theirs include Poor Clares.

1) Dominicans 2) Franciscans

Name the following rivers: 1. The easternmost river of Mesopotamia, or modern-day Iraq, that originates from Lake Hazar, Turkey and flows through Baghdad, Mosul and Ninevah of the Assyrian Empire. 2. The westernmost and longest river of Mesopotamia, or modern-day Iraq, that flows through Fallujah, Basra, and the Tabaqah Dam in Syria (which created Lake Assad), Babylon (including the Hanging Gardens of Babylon), and the Sumerian city of Ur.

1. Tigris 2. Euphrates

Also known as the National Theatre of Ireland, this Dublin theater was associated with the Irish Literary Revival of the early 20th century and served as a nursery to many of the Irish playwrights of the time (with W.B Yeats serving as in the initial director). It is still currently active is a repertory theater.

Abbey Theatre

This historic site is comprised of two massive rock-cut temples made from sandstone in the namesake village located in upper Egypt on the Sudan border. They are part of the Nubian Monuments and serve as a lasting monument to Ramses II. As a result of the creation of Lake Nasser from the Aswan High Dam, UNESCO helped move it to protect it from being flooded.

Abu Simbel

This colony of New France located in the modern day Maritime Provinces (mainly Nova Scotia). It originally was a region ruled by the French via discovery by Champlain. Residents of that region went through a diaspora and are now mainly settled in Louisiana (referred to as Cajuns). It shares its name with a Maine national park as well as the homeland subtitled in Longfellow's poem "Evangeline".

Acadia

This Japanese Emperor from 1989 to 2019 succeeded his father, Hirohito of the Showa Dynasty, upon his death, before abdicating for his son, Naruhito. He was reclusive but famously made an appearance after the 2011 Fukushima disaster. Other members of his royal family include his wife, Michiko Soda, and his daughter, Sayako Kuroda (also known as Princess Nori). His reign was the first of the Heisei Era.

Akihito

This soft/mineral rock of marble-like material is used for carving and is sometimes processed for plaster powder. It can be defined as a massive white type of gypsum, and is sometimes referred to as onyx-marble or of the oriental variety. It is lightly colored and translucent, used throughout history to decorate artifacts (such as building material in a column). It is also used as the shooter in marbles.

Alabaster

This country-rock duo comprised with siblings Don and Phil best known for their popular songs of the 1950s and 1960s including "Bye Bye Love" (with the lyrics "I'm through with counting the stars above"), "Wake Up Little Susie" (with the lyrics "We fell asleep, our goose is cooked"), "All I Have to Do is Dream" (with the lyrics "Whenever I want you" and "Only trouble is, gee whiz"), "When Will I Be Loved", "Bird Dog" (with the lyric "Johnny was a bird dog"), "Problems", "Cathy's Clown", "On the Wings of a Nightingale", and "That's Old Fashioned (That's the Way Love Should Be)".

Everly Brothers

This is the term for a planet outside the solar system (i.e. orbiting another star). They first ones were discovered orbiting a pulsar (a star emitting regular bursts of radio waves) and there are expected to be hundreds of billions in the Milky Way.

Exoplanet

This 2006 graphic novel by American cartoonist Allison Bechdel chronicles her childhood in rural Pennsylvania, in particular her complex relationship with her father. It was adapted into a Broadway musical (winning a 2015 Tony) and the featured songs revolve around the funeral home that is the setting of the work.

Fun Home

This cocktail is made from equal parts peach schnapps and orange juice (sometimes including lemonade and/or vodka).

Fuzzy Navel

This 1970s American sitcom produced by Norman Lear (spun off from "Maude", which itself was a spinoff from "All in the Family") revolves around the Evans family of Chicago. Jimmie Walker starred as J.J (known for catchphrase "Dyn-o-mite"), Esther Rolle starred as Florida and John Amos played James. Janet Jackson also briefly starred.

Good Times

This 1959 novella and first published book by Phillip Roth won the National Book Award for Fiction. It was adapted into a movie starring Ali MacGraw (played Brenda), Jack Klugman and Richard Benjamin (plays Neil).

Goodbye, Columbus

This 1970s American disco and funk band led by Harry Wayne Casey is best known for their songs "That's the Way (I Like It")" (with the lyrics "uh-huh, uh-huh"), "(Shake Shake Shake) Shake Your Booty", "I'm Your Boogie Man", "Keep It Comin' Love", "Get Down Tonight" (first number one hit), "Boogie Shoes", "Please Don't Go" and "Give It Up".

KC and the Sunshine Band

This stringed pear-shaped instrument in the lute family is plucked with a plectrum. It typically has four courses of double metal strings (for a total of 8) and is normally used in folk music (famously by Bill Monroe in the bluegrass genre and by Bruce Hornby in "_________ Rain"). Varieties include the Neapolitan/roundback, the archtop and the flatback. It shares its name with a kitchen appliance that can slice vegetables and is featured in the book "Captain Corelli's ____________" (shares its name with an Italian composer).

Mandolin

This insect order that eats aphids and caterpillars is notable for its four membranous wings and network of tiny veins (which gives the order its name).

Lacewing

Tennyson wrote "She took the tax away and built herself an everlasting name" about her.

Lady Godiva

These commercial ships of a country that engage in transportation and commerce of goods (foreign and domestic) and services in the navigable waters of a country are managed by the government and private sector. In the United States, Kings Point, New York is home to their academy. A notable one is "Mayaguez", famously captured by the Khmer Rouge in 1975.

Merchant Marine

This ten-cent coin manufactured by the U.S Mint from 1916 through 1945 that is also referred to as a Winged Liberty Head dime. It depicts Lady Liberty with wings on her head and preceded the FDR dime. A bundle of sticks called fasces were featured on its back.

Mercury Dime

This second largest city in Myanmar is located on the Irrawaddy River and contains a large amount of teak wood. It is the title of a Rudyard Kipling poem which has the line "On the road...where the flyin' fishes play...where the dawn comes up like thunder...calling him back." It additionally shares its name with a hotel in Las Vegas (which has the word "Bay" added to the end of it) that is known for its large shark tank/reef.

Mandalay

The name of this dialect comes from the Hind word "mantri" which means counselor.

Mandarin

This short, unfolded stand-up collar on a shirt or jacket derives its name from Chinese bureaucrats of the Qing Dynasty. It can also be called a "Mao Collar", "Standing Collar", "Band Collar" or "Choker Collar".

Mandarin collar

This American police-procedural on ABC ran from 1993 to 2005 and explored the struggles of the detectives of Manhattan's 15th precinct. Characters include Andy Sipowicz (played by Dennis Franz, who was the lead actor of the show and stayed for its whole duration, but also starred in "Hill Street Blues"), John Kelly (played by David Caruso who famously left the show mid-season, later joining "CSI: Miami"), Diane Russell (played by Kim Delaney who also starred in "Philly"), Bobby Simone (Hispanic character played by Jimmy Smits, a former star of "LA Law", who was Sipowicz's most famous partner), Danny Sorenson (played by Rick Schroeder), Greg Medavoy (played by Gordon Clapp) and A.D.A Laura Michaels Kelly (played by Sherry Springfield). The show was created by Steven Bochko and David Milch, with Bill Clark executive producing.

NYPD Blue

Martha Graham and the Wallendas were among the acts featured on the opening night of this 6,200 seat theater on December 27, 1932.

Radio City Music Hall

This American toy company founded in 1917 by Antonio Pasin in Chicago is best known for their popular red toy wagon. The company also produces scooters, tricycles, bicycles, horses and ride-ons with the United Auto Workers union helping to produce some of the toys.

Radio Flyer

This 20th century Soviet-born ballet dancer known as "The Lord of the Dance" started his career in the Kirov Ballet in Leningrad, before defecting in 1961 to the West (started performing at the Royal Ballet and Paris Opera Ballet). He famously portrayed Rudolf Valentino and was partnered with Margaret Fonteyn. He made his TV debut in the US on "Bell Telephone Hour" and also starred in "The King and I" ballet.

Rudolf Nureyev

The title of this huge hit 1977 album was the idea of the bass player, who specified that it should be spelt the British way.

Rumours

This 1980s American hip-hop group founded in Queens, New York City by Joseph Simmons (brother of entrepreneur Russell Simmons and known as Reverend Run), Darryl McDaniels (known as DMC) and Jazon Mizell (known as Jam Master Jay) are best known for their albums "King of Rock" and "Raising Hell". Their best known songs are "Walk This Way" (remake of the Aerosmith song that later Aerosmith sang with them). Other songs of theirs include "It's Tricky" (sampled from "My Sharona" and containing the lyrics "It's tricky to rock a rhyme that's right on time"), "You Be Illin'" and "Christmas in the Hollis" (with the lyrics "Mom's cooking chicken and collard greens").

Run-DMC

This Canadian rock band led by guitarist Alex Liefson, drummer John Rutsey, bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee, and drummer/lyricist Neil Peart. They are best known for initially achieving commercial success in the 1970s with the albums "Fly By Night", "2112", "A Farewell to Kings" and "Hemispheres". They additionally had the 1980s albums "Permanent Waves", "Motion Pictures", "Signals" and "Counterparts" as well as their hit albums from the 21st century when the regrouped, including "Vapor Trails", "Snakes and Arrows", and "Clockwork Angels". Their best known songs are "Tom Sawyer", "Limelight", "The Spirit of the Radio", "Working Man", "Prime Mover" and "Closer to the Heart".

Rush

Also known as an "Oxford", these low-heeled flat casual shoes are characterized by a plain toe and decorative panel, which is shaped like the object is named for. It is usually white with a contrasting leather band. Along with poodle skirts and bobby socks, it was part of the fashion of 1950s teen girls, featuring as the school shoe.

Saddle Shoes

This 1960s American sitcom depicts the home life of a family of benign monsters, led by Herman (Frankenstein's Monster and portrayed by Fred Gwynne) of 1313 Mockingbird Lane. His wife Lily is a vampire, the grandpa a Dracula (had a car called Dragula and was portrayed by Al Lewis), the son a werewolf (portrayed by Eddie Wolfgang) and the normal daughter Marilyn. It was rebooted in 1980 with John Schuck and Lee Meriwether (who was known for playing Catwoman) starring.

The Munsters

This London theater in the West End that was originally called Royal Victoria (or Royal Coburg) is now known for its Shakespeare productions (made famous by Laurence Olivier who launched the National Theatre there).

The Old Vic

In area, it is the largest country whose borders are fully in Europe.

Ukraine

Also known as diazepam, it acts as an anxiolytic tranquilizer to treat conditions such as anxiety, seizures, withdrawals, muscle spasms or insomnia. It includes the side effects of sleepiness and a lack of coordination. It was introduced in 1963 by Hoffmann-La Roche and has been widely prescribed since.

Valium

This largest island in the Republic of Fiji contains the capital Suva and the majority of the population.

Vitu Levu

This river mainly flows through Indiana (coming from Ohio and then forming the Illinois-Indiana border before then flowing into the Ohio River) and is the longest river in the state. It is the title of the state song of Indiana.

Wabash River

This 1980 stage musical with book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble, lyrics by Al Dubin and Johnny Mercer, and music by Henry Warren was originally directed by Grover Champion, who tragically died right before the opening. The musical revolves around Peggy Sawyer, a girl from Pennsylvania auditioning in New York and a host of characters who are trying to put on the show "Pretty Lady". It is based on a 1933 movie musical (choreographed by Busby Berklee) and the lyrics of the titular song include "Come & meet those dancing feet, on the avenue I'm taking you to." Another famous line from the musical is "You're going out a youngster, but you've got to come back a star." It additionally features the song " Shuffle Off to Buffalo".

42nd Street

This American investigative news show on CBS has been broadcast since 1988. It mainly focuses on true crime cases.

48 Hours

Blake Edwards directed this 1964 American comedy film, which was the second installment in "The Pink Panther" series. It starred Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau alongside Elke Sommer.

A Shot in the Dark

This 1976 novella by Norman MacLean detailed life as part of a Montana family in which "there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing". The focus of the story was the relationship between two brothers. It was adapted into a 1992 film set on the Gallatin River, directed by Robert Redford and starring Brad Pitt.

A River Runs Through It

This phrase popularized by George H.W Bush when he said in his speech accepting the 1988 Republican Presidential Nomination was later spun off by him as the name of an organization of volunteer centers.

A Thousand Points of Light

This American fantasy animated Cartoon Network TV series of the 2010s featured the exploits of a boy Finn and his best friend/adoptive brother Jake, who is a dog with the magical power to change shape and size at will. They live in the post-apocalyptic land of Ooo, where they interact with characters like Princess Bubblegum, the Ice King, Marceline, and BMO (a robotic gaming device).

Adventure Time

This first independent Protestant denomination founded by black people is known as A.M.E and even spread to West Africa. It was founded by Reverend Richard Allen of Philadelphia in 1816 in order to escape the discrimination from other denominations.

African Methodist Episcopal

This American television writer and producer was best known for creating the soap operas "One Life to Live" (about the Buchanan and Lord families), "All My Children", "Loving" and "The City". She was also the head writer for the soap "The Guiding Light" and was referred to as "The Queen of Modern American Soap Opera".

Agnes Nixon

This state has the fewest farms in the United States

Alaska

Also known as longfin tuna, it is found across the world's oceans and is one of the most important fish in tuna canning. It primarily eats cephalopods and has a distinctive blue and silver color (but is considered white-meat tuna and is the only kind of tuna that can be called white). It is of the species alalunga and can be used in a Nicoise Salad.

Albacore

This president of Peru (from 1990 to 2000) declared himself dictator in 1992 and has been imprisoned since 2009 for human rights violations. He was Peru's first leader of Japanese descent.

Albert Fujimori

This early 16th century Renaissance/Reformation painter from Nuremburg, Germany is best known for his woodcut designed engravings "Meisterstiche" (meaning "master stitch"), "Knight, Death and the Devil", "Saint Jerome in his Study", "Four Apostles" (shows John holding Martin Luther's bible translation), "Adam and Eve" (depicts them holding tree branches) and "Melencolia I". He was additionally known for his printmaking, drawings (a famous one includes hands praying), and self-potraits.

Albrecht Durer

This 1960s and 1970s Prime Minister of Italy was infamously kidnapped by a leftist terrorist group called the Red Brigades in 1978. He was killed in captivity.

Aldo Moro

This inventor and his wife are buried on an estate called Beinn Bhreagh on Canada's Cape Breton Island.

Alexander Graham Bell

He was the youngest four star general in the history of the United States and later became the head of NATO as well as White House Chief of Staff under Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon (replacing H.R Haldeman for the latter), before serving as Reagan's Secretary of State from 1981 through 1982. After the assassination attempt of Reagan, he famously said "I am in control here.". He has the middle name Megis and attempted a presidential run in 1987.

Alexander Haig

This chest pain or constricting/choking pressure is typically caused by insufficient blood flow to the heart muscle (can indicate coronary artery disease which has to be treated via bypass). It is known to sometimes precede a heart attack and the word comes from the Latin for "strangling and anxiety". Nitroglycerin tablets and beta blockers are sometimes administered as a treatment.

Angina

This African-American dancer founded his namesake dance theater in New York City in 1958 to express the African-American experience through dance. His most famous choreography is the ballet "Revelations" and another famous one is "The River" (with Duke Ellington's music).

Alvin Ailey

This 1982 romantic comedy starring Richard Gere, Debra Winger and Louis Gossett Jr. (won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, making him the first black male to win the award). It tells the story of a candidate for Naval Officer, his townie girlfriend, and his hard-driving sergeant. Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes sang the Oscar winning song "Up Where We Belong" (with the lyrics "far from the world we know, up where clear skies blow") and Buffy St. Marie co-wrote it.

An Officer and a Gentleman

This Italian ocean liner from Genoa was notable for sinking on July 25, 1956 when it collided with the ship "Stockholm" on the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts. It was named after a famous Italian admiral, who was known as "The Liberator of Genoa".

Andrea Doria

This African-American political activist is best known for being a proponent of feminism and Marxism (famously running as VP on the Communist Party ticket in 1980). She led anti-Vietnam War protests and was controversially held in jail on charges related to the 1970 Soledad Brothers case for a year (before being acquitted in 1972). She additionally was a Black Panther and UCLA professor.

Angela Davis

This American actress got her start in the movie her father John directed called "A Walk with Love and Death" before breaking out and winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in "Prizzi's Honor" (also directed by her father). She additionally starred in "Enemies, A Love Story", "Grifters" (alongside John Cusack), "Crimes and Misdemeanors", "Manhattan Murder Mystery", "The Addams Family" (played Morticia in the role made famous by Carolyn Jones and starred alongside Raul Adams, who played Gomez), "The Witches", "The Royal Tenenbaums" (alongside Gene Hackman, Ben Stiller, Luke Wilson and Gwyneth Paltrow), "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou" and "The Darjeeling Limited". She additionally starred in the TV show "Smash" as Eileen Rand.

Anjelica Huston

This genus of horned armored dinosaurs with plates was the last of the non-avian dinosaurs of the Cretaceous period. Its generic name means "fused lizard" and it is known for being quadrupedal. It is descended from the Stegosaurus, but differs from it due to its extremely small head and brain as well as for having spikes on the end of its tail (as opposed to more plates).

Ankylosaurus

This American actress was part of a prominent 1960s comedy team with her husband Jerry Stiller (they famously advertised Blue Nun wine on their radio show, whose title was their last names). She is the mother of Ben Stiller.

Anne Meara

This tree of the poplar genus is native to cold regions with cool summers, particularly in the Northern Hemisphere. A famous type of these deciduous trees are the Quaking variety, which are named for how their leaves tremble/move in the wind. A famous colony of them occur in the Pando Grove of Utah. They share their name with a famous skiing town in Colorado (where Hunter S. Thompson famously ran for mayor) as well as a Dodge Chrysler brand of car.

Aspen

This savory gelatin made with meat stock or broth is set in a mold to encase other ingredients (like meat, seafood, vegetables or eggs). It is sometimes referred to as a jelly and was named for its color, which resembles that of a snakes.

Aspic

This ancient astronomical instrument was a handheld model of the universe and was generally used to measure altitude, determine latitude, survey, triangulate, or figure out the positions of other stars/planets. It was eventually replaced by the sextant.

Astrolabe

This 20th century American blues singer-songwriter (known as "The King of the Blues" as well as "The Blues Boy from Beale Street" early in his career) from Mississippi revolutionized playing the electric guitar (he called his "Lucille") via fluid string bending, shimmering vibrato, and staccato picking. He sang "Sinner's Prayer" (alongside Ray Charles), "One Kind Favor", "The Thrill is Gone", "Rock Me Baby", "Blues Summit", and was featured on U2's "Rattle and Hum" album.

B.B King

This spa and hot springs town in southwestern Germany (originating from the original Roman baths) is located at the border of France and the Black Forest Mountain Range. The city is located in its namesake state and contains a famous museum devoted to the work of Faberge and the Festspielhaus Opera House. It is similar to the spatown Wiesbaden in Hesse, which many 19th century European authors frequented.

Baden-Baden

This religion established in the 19th century in parts of Iran and the Middle East has its supreme governing institution in Haifa, Israel, where members of the faith go for their religious pilgrimage (all the way up to Mount Carmel). It teaches of an omnipotent God who manifests himself through the world's religions. Their founder Bab was martyred for his beliefs and originally started their movement (then called Babi), which claimed that a new prophet would arrive. Baha'u'llah claimed to be said prophet and, as such, was imprisoned most of his life. In New Delhi, the Lotus Temple serves as a large institution of the faith and Wilmette, Illinois also has a famous house of worship.

Baha'i

This Russian stringed musical instrument with a classic triangular wooden, hollow body, fretted neck and three strings is played with a plectrum. Two of the strings are usually tuned to the same note and the instrument is often used for Russian folk music and dancing. It is referenced in the Beatles' song "Back in the U.S.S.R".

Balalaika

This important figure during the reign of King George III was the arbiter of men's fashion, a role he gained via his friendship with the future King George IV. He is remembered for being the preeminent dandy of style and good looks. A dressing table, fashion plate and fashion boutique were named for him.

Beau Brummell

This type of French wine known for its famous "noveau" type (released each November) gets its name from a region in Burgundy (it is a type of Burgundy wine) from where it is from.

Beaujolais

This type of alcohol got its name from a group of medieval monks (known as the Black Monks who got their name from the Patron Saint against poisoning) from Abbey Fecamp in Normandy (or Monte Cassino in Italy). It was actually only made in 1863, from an old medicinal recipe turned into herbal liqueur. It is now blended with brandy (known as B&B) and also is used in a Kentucky Colonel cocktail and the Bobby Burns cocktail (with sweet vermouth and Scotch).

Benedictine Liqueur

This thin-leaved deciduous hardwood tree is widespread in the Northern Hemisphere, particularly in New England (Robert Frost famously wrote a poem about it). Types include the canoe (the largest type whose bark is used to make canoes), paper (famously has white wood), silver, and white. It gives its name to a lake in Superior National Forest and is the state tree of New Hampshire.

Birch

This vacuum cleaner and floor care manufacturing company was founded in 1876 by the inventor of the carpet sweeping machine, who lent his name to the company. His wife Anna became the first female CEO in the US when she took over some time later.

Bissell

This American manufacturer of power tools and other hardware accessories was founded in 1910 in Towson, Maryland by the namesake duo. Products of theirs include drills (created first cordless drill), dustbusters, workmate (lumber holder) and the edgehog (a trimmer).

Black & Decker

This police-procedural TV show began running on CBS in 2010, revolving around the Irish-Catholic Reagan family of New York City law enforcement. Tom Selleck (as police commissioner Frank Reagan), Donnie Wahlberg (as detective Danny Reagan) and Bridget Moynihan (as the A.D.A) star.

Blue Bloods

This American dancer-director of movies/musicals best known for choregraphing "The Pajama Game" (first musical set in a factory), "Damn Yankees", "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying", "Sweet Charity", "Pippin", "Chicago", "Cabaret" (won the Oscar for Best Director), "The Little Prince" (he starred as the snake), "Lenny", "All that Jazz" (based upon his life), "Dancin'" (last hit) and "Star 80" (last film he directed). He additionally won 8 Tony's for Best Choreography (setting a record) and is noted for his style of turned in knees and jazz hands (which he invented). He was married to dancer Gwen Verdon and is the only person to win an Oscar, Tony and Emmy in the same year.

Bob Fosse

This American R&B singer and pioneer of new jack swing is best known for getting his start with the 1980s band New Edition before embarking on his solo career (best known for his album "Don't Be Cruel" which had the songs "My Prerogative" and "Every Little Step"). He was famously married to Whitney Houston.

Bobby Brown

This American golfer helped design Augusta National in Georgia (where he was from) and co-founded the Masters Tournament. His peak was in the 1920s when he became the most successful amateur golfer ever, famously winning the Grand Slam in 1930 (meaning he won all four major golf tournaments in a year and still is the only man to do so), but prematurely retired at the age of 28. He is a character in the movie "The Legend of Bagger Vance" as well as the movie "Stroke of Genius" (portrayed by Jim Caviezel).

Bobby Jones

This main research library of Oxford University was named for a diplomat and patron of the Elizabethan era.

Bodleian Library

This three word movie quote was the protagonist's second line of dialogue in a 1962 movie, the first in a 25-film series.

Bond. James Bond

This Greek musical instrument is a member of the long-necked lute family and has a flat top and a fretted keyboard. It has steel strings and is played with a plectrum, thus producing a sharp metallic sound.

Bouzouki

This American actress is best known for being the first African-American to be nominated for the Oscar for Best Actress (which she did for her 1954 performance in "Carmen Jones", in which Harry Belafonte also starred). Halle Berry won an Emmy for portraying her in "Introducing _______________________".

Dorothy Dandridge

This American figure skater, notable for winning Gold in the 1988 Olympics in Calgary, was a famous recurring character in "South Park" (featured in a song in the film) and won an Emmy for "Carmen on Ice".

Brian Boitano

This American director is best known for his psychological thriller films "Carrie", "Dressed to Kill" (starring Michael Caine and Angie Dickinson), "Scarface", "The Untouchables", and "Mission Impossible". He also directed "The Fury" (with Daryl Hannah), "Blow Up" (tribute to the Antonioni film "Blow Up"), and "Phantom of the Paradise" (based upon "Phantom of the Opera").

Brian de Palma

This unit of heat is defined as the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit. It is equal to about 1,055 joules and is abbreviated BTU. The cooling capacity of air conditioners is often measured with them.

British Thermal Unit

This largest type of frog in North America (the Goliath frog is the largest in the world) is named for its loud call (called "jug-o-rum") that it makes during mating season. It is famously sung about in "Joy to the World" by Three Dog Night which references that Jeremiah was one.

Bullfrog

This squat, plank and jump exercise shares its name with a Pennsylvania seed company (largest seed company in the US) that sells products like Bartlett pears and Roma tomatoes.

Burpee

This American composer composed pop songs in the 1950s through 1980s (frequently with lyricist Hal David); most famously "This Guy's in Love With You", 'Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" (from the movie "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"), "What the World Needs Now is Love" (for Jackie DeShannon), "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence" (contained the lyric "nothing she said could keep her man from going out to fight" and was inspired by the Jimmy Stewart and John Wayne movie), "Say a Little Prayer" (for Dionne Warwick, who was the main voice of the songwriting team of him and Hal David, beginning withe song "Don't Make Me Over"), "Always Something There to Remind Me" (remade by the Naked Eyes in 1983), "(They Long to Be) Close to You", "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" (written for their 1968 musical "Promises, Promises" that was based on the movie "The Apartment"), "The Blob" (theme for the 1958 Steve McQueen movie), "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)", "Painted From Memory" (album he had in collaboration with Elvis Costello) and "That's What Friends Are For" (charity single for AIDs). He was married to Carol Bayer Singer and Angie Dickinson (the latter of which famously said "I am over him except when I hear that damn music").

Burt Bacharach

This Irish whiskey is distilled in its namesake city in Northern Ireland at the location "Old ___________ Distillery". The city gets its name from the nearby river, the water of which is used in the distillation process.

Bushmills

Coming from the Spanish for "horse", it is a term for a Mexican or Spanish gentleman. It translates to English as "cavalier" and was featured in the O. Henry story "The ______________'s Way". Disney had a 1944 film about "The Three ______________" featuring Donald Duck, Jose Carioca and Panchito.

Caballero

Translating to "hunter" in Italian, it refers to a meal prepared "hunter-style" with onions, herbs, tomatoes, bell pepper and wine. It is most commonly made with braised chicken, but can sometimes be made with rabbit or salami.

Cacciatore

This 20th century French chanteuse singer (known as "The Little Sparrow" was best known for her famous ballad "La Vie en Rose" (which was also the title of her biopic in which Marion Cotillard won the Oscar for Best Actress for her portrayal). She is buried in the graveyard Pere Lachaise and also sung "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien" and "Mon Dieu".

Edith Piaf

This modern American director got his start in 1982, screenwriting "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" (based on his own book and starring Sean Penn), before having his biggest directorial hit "Jerry Maguire". His favorite project was the 2000 comedy-drama "Almost Famous" (featuring the character Penny Lane), which is a semi-autobiographical story about a teenage music journalist who goes on tour with an up and coming band. He won an Oscar for screenwriting for it. Other works of his include "Singles" (the movie soundtrack utilized Seattle grunge), "Say Anything...", "Vanilla Sky", "Elizabethtown" (starring Orlando Bloom" and "We Bought a Zoo". He additionally wrote the liner notes for the Led Zeppelin concert film "The Song Remains the Same".

Cameron Crowe

This 19th century French composer and organist is best known for his masterpiece "Carnival of the Animals". He additionally composed "Introduction and Ronde Capriccioso", the spooky "Dance Macabre" (featuring a xylophone used to mimic rattling bones) and "Samson and Delilah".

Camille Saint-Saens

This Uruguayan card game of the rummy family (comes from the Spanish for "basket") and variant of 500 rum was a massive fad in the 1950s. It is typically played with four players and two decks of cards (and four jokers), with players attempting to make melds of seven cards (of the eleven they are dealt) of the same rank and then going out by playing all the cards in their hand. Variations include Bolivia and Samba.

Canasta

This dynasty of Frankish origin (also known as the "House of France") ruled from 987 to 1792 and again from 1814 to 1848. The cadet branches of the House of Valois and House of Bourbon were party of the dynasty (as the direct line ended in 1328). They following the Carolingian Dynasty and were named for the son of Hugh the Great (who had the dynastic last name).

Capetian

Also known as Cornelius McGillicuddy, this baseball manager holds the record for the longest-serving manager in MLB history (thus, also the records for most wins and most losses). He led the Philadelphia Athletics for. 50 years (from 1901 to 1950) and won several World Series with the team. His descendants of the same name served as representatives and senators from the state of Florida.

Connie Mack

This 2013 film tells the true story of the eponymous merchant marine Richard (played by Tom Hanks) who had been taken hostage by Somali pirates as part of the 2009 Maersk Alabama hijacking. It features the famous line "Look at me. I'm the captain now."

Captain Phillips

This largest living rodent in the world is native to South America and primarily resides near bodies of water (which they wade through using their webbed feet) in the savanna or forest. They are typically hunted for their meat/hide as well as their fat grease.

Capybara

This American track & field star is best known for winning ten Olympic Gold Medals for the 100m (1984 and 1988 Gold, winning the latter when Ben Johnson was disqualified), 200m (1988 Gold), 4x100m (1984 and 1992 Gold) and the long jump (his most dominant event in which he won 65 straight competitions as well as the Gold from 1984 through 1996, and holds the current world record).

Carl Lewis

This American actor and comedian began his career in the 1950s when he got his start on "The Show of Shows" and "Caesar's Hour" (starring Sid Caesar). He teamed up with his co-star Mel Brooks to create several comedy albums (including "The 2000 Year Old Man" sketch), but is best known for being the creator and producer of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" (he played TV star Alan Brady, though he did play Rob Petrie in the pilot) which starred Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore and Ed Asner. He additionally starred in the films "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" and "The Russians Are Coming". He directed "Enter Laughing", "The Jerk", "Where's Poppa", "Oh, God!" and "All of Me". He is the father of actor-director Rob (was married to Penny Marshall), author Annie and artist Lucas.

Carl Reiner

This Brazilian singer and actress was known as "The Brazilian Bombshell" and famously wore her signature tutti-frutti hat (used in the logo of the company Chiquita) and outfit. She got her start in the late 1920s in Brazil before starring in the musical "The Streets of Paris" and the movie "Down Argentine Way". She also starred in the 1940s hits "That Night in Rio" and "The Gang's All Here" (sang "The Lady in the Tutti-Frutti Hat").

Carmen Miranda

This 1930s American actress was best known for her roles in screwball comedies, getting her start in the films "High Voltage", "The Rackateer" and "The Arizona Kid". After signing with Paramount and marrying William Powell, her star power increased and she acted in "Twentieth Century" (alongside John Barrymore), "Hands Across the Table" (starting her business partnership with Fred MacMurray), "My Man Godfrey" (alongside William Powell) and "Nothing Sacred". She then married Clark Gable (he proposed at the Brown Derby restaurant and they famously called each other "Pa" and "Ma") and finished her career starring in "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" (by Hitchcock) and 'To Be or Not To Be". She tragically died in a plane accident in 1942. The director Penny Marshall was named for her

Carole Lombard

This insect of the genus "Atta" is indigenous to forests and is best known for building nests inside woods (but, unlike termites they do not eat the wood). Their nests typically involve trees, but sometimes they venture out to houses.

Carpenter Ant

This baseball manager from Kansas City was best known for winning championships with the Yankees (won five consecutive championships and holds the record for being in the most World Series) throughout the 1950s. He additionally went on to be the manager of the Mets in the 1960s, but they regularly finished in last place. He lived to an old age and was known for his famous quips including "Most people my age are dead" and "[players should] line up alphabetically by height". His autobiography was entitled "Casey at the Bat".

Casey Stengel

This kidney (or comma) shaped oily nut that grows from its namesake tree most commonly found in India and Brazil (it is native to the latter) is high in protein, Vitamin B, and iron. Poison ivy, mangoes, sumac, and pistachios are members of their plant family.

Cashew

This British singer-songwriter was best known for his success in the 1960s and 1970s with "Matthew and Son", "Father and Son", "Wide World", "Moonshadow" (with the famous line "being followed by a moonshadow"), "Peace Train" (famously covered by 10,000 Maniacs and Dolly Parton with the lyrics "Now I've been crying lately, thinking about the world as it is") and "Morning Has Broken". His hit albums include "Tea for Tillerman", "Teaser and the Firecat" and "Catch Bull at Four". In 1977 he converted to Islam, adopting the moniker Yusuf Islam.

Cat Stevens

This vacuum valve (or picture/vacuum tube) contains electron guns which create beams to display images (most famously used in television sets and computer images). Since the early 2010s, these have been replaced by flat panel displays, which are cheaper and smaller. It also forms the basis of an oscilloscope.

Cathode Ray Tube

Latin for "Let the buyer beware", it has become a proverb regarding the sales of goods and specifically as a disclaimer of warranties arising from asymmetric information. It was the tagline of the show "Let's Make a Deal" and its corollary is "Caveat Venditor" (or "Let the seller beware").

Caveat Emptor

This director and Hollywood legend was quoted as saying "I believe I can take any 60 pages of the bible and make a great picture".

Cecil B. Demille

This rotating device uses its namesake force to separate various components of a fluid by spinning it at high speeds in a container; thereby, it separates fluids of different densities (or solids from liquids). It is often to blood by separating red blood cells from plasma (hematocrit) and can be considered a medical device. They have the bottle, ulta tubular and vacuum types. It was invented by Theodore Svedberg.

Centrifuge

This unit of length, subdivided into 100 links, makes up 1/10 of a furlong. It was used in surveying, prior to becoming an obsolete measure.

Chain

Known as "The Queen of Funk", this R&B artist is best known for her song "I Feel For You" and for being part of the band Rufus. She originally performed the song "I'm Every Woman", before it was covered by Whitney Houston.

Chaka Khan

This senior minister within the government of the United Kingdom resides at 11 Downing Street and is equal to a finance minister in other countries (having responsibilities such as being in charge of taxation). William Pitt, the younger, was the youngest to hold the role and other famous prime ministers who have held the role include Neville Chamberlain, Winston Churchill, Gordon Brown, Harold MacMillan, and John Major. The name of the title comes from a term for a tablecloth that was once used as an abacus.

Chancellor of the Exchequer

This 20th century American artist and New Yorker cartoonist introduced his darkly humorous, ghoulish and macabre characters in the 1930s. They became known as a famous family and the titular characters on a famous TV show.

Charles Addams

This wood ventriloquist dummy of Edgar Bergen (father of actress Candice Bergen) has the personality of a mischievous Irish boy who wore a monocle and a top hat. He performed on the radio and TV from the 1930s to the 1970s (originally getting his start on Rudy Valee's show). W.C Fields had a famous feud with him and his sidekick dummy was called Mortimer Snerd.

Charlie McCarthy

This English musician is best known for being the drummer of the Rolling Stones from 1963 until his 2021 death. He was influenced by jazz and nicknamed "The Wembley Whammer".

Charlie Watts

This French green-yellow herbal liqueur that has been made by Carthusian monks since 1737 is named for their monastery-hermitage and also shares its names with a color. It is made from basil and can make the Tipperary cocktail alongside whiskey and vermouth.

Chartreuse

This American comedic actor was best known for part of the a comedy act with Tommy Chong throughout the 1970s and 1980s (called "_______ and Chong" and even extended their act to movies like "Up in Smoke"). He additionally starred as Don Johnson's partner in "Nash Bridges" and Kevin Costner's caddie in "The Tin Cup". Other roles of his were in the movies "Spy Kids", "Born in East L.A" (he gets deported to Mexico in this movie which parodies Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A"), "The Lion King" (played one of the hyenas) and the TV show "Golden Palace" (plays a Miami chef). He notably wrote a children's book about being a school bus driver.

Cheech Marin

This French term for a nobleman of the lowest rank literally translates to "knight" or "horseman" and serves as one of the classes in the French Legion of Honor (the highest order of merit in France). It is also the last name of French actor Maurice, who famously starred as Honore Lachaille in "Gigi" (which is best known for his duet with Hermione Gingold entitled "I remember it Well" and his solo song "Thank Heaven For Little Girls"). He also starred in "Innocents of Paris" (where he sang "Yes! We Have No Bananas") and "Louise" (which had the lyrics "Every Little Breeze Seems to Whisper Louise"). It is also the last name of Tracy, the author of the historical work "Girl With a Pearl Earring".

Chevalier

This art term refers to the use of strong contrasts between light and dark to achieve a sense of volume. It comes from the Italian for "light and dark". Da Vinci famously pioneered it (a comic was written about his use of it) and Rembrandt and Caravaggio advanced it (for example, in the latter's "The Denial of St. Peter") by using it as a technique.

Chiaroscuro

This flowering plant herb with edible leaves is the smallest member of the onion family and is similar to the shallot and scallion. Its green stalks (or scapes) are diced and famously used as an ingredient in food such as baked potatoes (accompanying sour cream which it is normally paired with), vichyssoise soup and green goddess salad dressing.

Chives

This 1970s and 1980s American tennis player from Fort Lauderdale is best known for her record number of titles won at the French Open (she was famously dominant on the clay court) and the U.S Open, as well as her rivalry with Martina Navratilova. She famously wore a tennis bracelet and won a major every year from 1974 to 1986 (setting the record for most matches won at the time of her 1989 retirement). She has been married to John Lloyd, Andy Mill and Greg Norman.

Chris Evert

This American illustrator and writer of children's books such as "Jumanji" and "The Polar Express", both of which won the Caldecott Medal, also wrote and illustrated "The Garden of Abdul Gasazi" and "Zathura".

Chris Van Allsburg

This 19th century English romantic writer was best known for her poems "Goblin Market", "Remember", "Who Has Seen the World" and "In the Bleak Midwinter". Her brother, Dante Gabriel, was a poet-painter of such works as "Prosperine" (depicting Persephone eating a pomegranate) and "La Ghirlandata", but more famously founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.

Christina Rossetti

This 20th century Anglo-American novelist was best known for his work "Goodbye to Berlin" (inspiring the musical "Cabaret" and the play "I am a Camera", the latter of which comes from a line in the book) as part of his "Berlin Stories". He also wrote "A Single Man" and "Christopher and His Kind". He was friends with W.H Auden, and they wrote a travel book of China together.

Christopher Isherwood

This African-American singer-songwriter from St. Louis is known as "The Father of Rock & Roll", as he expanded rhythm & blues to modern rock with songs in the 1950s such as "Maybelline" (adapted from the country song "Ida Red"), "Sweet Little Sixteen" (with the lyric "all the cats want to dance with sweet little sixteen"), "Back in the U.S.A", "Roll Over Beethoven", 'Rock and Roll Music", and 'Johnny B. Goode" (known for its difficult guitar work). Later hits of his include "My Ding-a-ling" (with the lyric "We got the new alma mater"). He was known for his signature "duck walk" dance and the documentary "Hail! Hail! Rock 'n Roll" celebrated his 60th birthday.

Chuck Berry

This 1990 novel by Irish novelist Maeve Binchy was adapted into a 1995 movie, revolving a group of buddies who attend Trinity College in the 1950s. It starred Chris O'Donnell and Minnie Driver.

Circle of Friends

This 1991 Western comedy film starring Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirby and Jack Palance (Ukranian actor who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for this role where he portrayed Curly, who was described as "a saddlebag with eyes") which revolves a group of New York City friends who go on a two week cattle drive. Jake Gyllenhaal also makes his debut in this film (starring as Crystal's son). There was a sequel, subtitled "The Legend of Curly's Gold". The movie shares its name with the backup band for singer Spike Jones.

City Slickers

This nocturnal mammal native to tropical Asia and Africa resembles a cat (it is sometimes called a cat, despite not actually being one). They are best known for having their musk scent (via their secretions) that are bottled into a namesake perfume. It has a prehensile tail, used for grasping.

Civet

This 1980 novel of prehistoric fiction by Jean Auel revolves around interactions between Neanderthals and Cro-Magnon humans. It is the first of the "Earth's Children" book series and revolves around the protagonist Ayla (portrayed by Daryl Hannah in the movie adaptation), who famously uses a sling weapon.

Clan of the Cave Bear

This 20th century American inventor is considered the founder of the modern frozen food industry (known as "The Father of Frozen Foods"), due to his idea of flash-freezing food (which arose from his work as a fur trader with the Inuit of Labrador, Canada). This led to the invention of the double belt freezer an quick-freeze machine. He also invented fish sticks (known as "herring savories") and started his namesake freezing company (later sold to General Foods).

Clarence Birdseye

This American musician, nicknamed "The Big Man", is best known for being the saxophonist as part of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, famously appearing on the cover of the album "Born to Run". Other hits of his include a feature on Aretha Franklin's "Freeway of Love" (about riding in a pink Cadillac) and a duet with Jackson Browne in "You're a Friend of Mine".

Clarence Clemons

This is the last name of the father and son attorneys general that served under Harry Truman and Lyndon Johnson.

Clark (Tom and Ramsey)

This is the popular name for the pair of ancient obelisks re-erected in London (located on the Victoria embankment) and New York City (located in Central Park outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art) in 1877 and 1881, respectively. They were removed from Egypt after their leader donated it. They were originally built by Thutmose III in Alexandria.

Cleopatra's Needle

This adrenal steroid hormone is mainly injected to help treat arthritis by suppressing various elements of the immune system. It was invented in 1949 by Percy Julian and dubbed "the miracle drug".

Cortisone

This crystalline form of aluminum oxide is a translucent rock-forming mineral. It has two primary gem varieties (ruby and sapphire), depending upon the transition metal. It is one of the hardest minerals and its worthless emery variety (used as part of an emery nail filing board) is commonly used as an abrasive on sandpaper and other large tools. Varieties with three bands of light are called "stars" and other varieties with one band are referred to as "cats eyes".

Corundum

This opera buffa by Mozart translates to "all women do the same" or "thus do they all". The plot of the story revolves around female fickleness.

Cosi Fan Tutte

This New York City cabaret nightclub in Harlem lasted as a performance venue for many black entertainers of the era (most famously Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway) from 1923 to 1940. Francis Ford Coppola directed a 1984 movie about it (starring Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Bob Hoskins and Nicolas Cage), using its name as the title.

Cotton Club

This 1972 Elton John song (co-written by Bernie Taupin) from his album "Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player" became his first number one song. It features the lyrics "But the biggest kick I ever got was doin' a thing called...", "While the other kids were rocking 'round the clock, we were hopping and bopping..." and "Me and Suzie had so much fun, holding hands and skimming stones...".

Crocodile Rock

These French appetizers consist of slice or whole raw vegetables that are typically dipped in a vinaigrette sauce. It means "rawness" in French.

Crudités

This Dutch Island located in the lesser Antilles of the southern Caribbean Sea, off the coast of Venezuela, has its capital at Willemstad. Along with Aruba and Bonaire, it forms the ABC islands of the Dutch Caribbean (it is the largest of the three). The island is known for its namesake blue liqueur (made from bitter oranges) which is used in drinks like Mai Tais (with rum), Blue Lagoons (with lemonade) and Blue Hawaiians. The drink is often substituted with triple sec or Cointreau.

Curacao

This American DJ is best known for being part of a hip-hop duo with Will Smith (a.k.a The Fresh Prince). Famous hits by them include "Parents Just Don't Understand" and "Summertime".

DJ Jazzy Jeff

This contemporary American glass artist from Takoma, Washington is best known for his "blown glass" art, moving it to the realm of a large-scale sculpture. He is blind in one eye.

Dale Chihuly

This region of Croatia is on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea and is known for its hinterlands. The largest city in the area is Split and it is known as the Croatian coast or Riviera. A famous dog breed derives its name from the area.

Dalmatia

This American screenwriter of "Roman Holiday", "Exodus", "Spartacus", "Kitty Foyle" and "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" was part of the Hollywood Ten, a group of individuals who refused to testify in front of HUAC during their investigation of communism in Hollywood. He was effectively blacklisted and was even uncredited in some of his famous works. He wrote the 1930s novel "Johnny Got His Gun" and Bryan Cranston portrayed him in a biopic.

Dalton Trumbo

This American comedian is best known for being part of "SNL" from 1986 to 1993 (for which he won several awards). He was notable for his characters "The Church Lady" (also known as Enid Street who has the catchphrase "Well, isn't that special"), president George H.W Bush, and Hans (alongside Kevin Nealo who played Franz, notable for their catchphrase "Pump you up"). He was also in the movies "Tough Guys", "Opportunity Knocks", "Trapped in Paradise", "The Master of Disguise" and "Wayne's World" (plays Garth and stars along Mike Myers, who plays Wayne, in this film adaptation of a "SNL" skit). He was also in the show "Blue Thunder" alongside Dick Butkus.

Dana Carvey

This American professional ballet company founded in 1969 in New York City is known as "The First Black Classical Company". It was founded by Arthur Mitchell and Karol Shock on 152nd Street.

Dance Theatre of Harlem

This literary character is the owner of an estate in Derbyshire and is described as "proud" at least half a dozen times.

Darcy

This American actress broke out in the 1952 movie-musical "Singin' in the Rain", and went on to star "The Affairs of Dobie Gills", "Susan Slept Here", "Bundle of Joy", "The Catered Affair" and "Tammy and the Bachelor" (her performance of the song "Tammy" in the movie went number one on Billboard). She additionally starred in "How the West Was Won" "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" (was nominated for an Oscar for her portrayal), "Two Weeks with Love" (sang "Abba Dabba Honeymoon"), "The Singing Nun", "Divorce American Style", "What's the Matter With Helen", "Charlotte's Web", "Mother" (directed by Albert Brooks) and "In & Out". She additionally had her own titular TV show, performed in the musical "Irene", and guest-starred in "Will & Grace" (as Grace's mother). She was married to Eddie Fisher (who went on to marry Elizabeth Taylor) and later Harry Karl. She was the mother to Carrie Fisher and famously owned a Las Vegas hotel-casino.

Debbie Reynolds

This linguistic term refers to the changing of the form of a noun to express its syntactic function in a sentence via inflection. Therefore, it lists all noun possibilities for a word. It is the noun form of the word "decline". Nunnation means to add a final letter "n" after this is done.

Declension

This mosquito-borne tropical disease caused by the namesake virus can result in fever, headache, vomiting, rash, and most notably muscle/join paint. Its name comes from the Swahili for "cramp" and it can also be called breakbone fever.

Dengue Fever

This skin resurfacing procedures uses a rapidly rotating device to sand the outer layers of the skin. It is often used to remove tattoos, wrinkles and acne scars. When used with the prefix "epi-", the procedure only removes the surface skin layer.

Dermabrasion

This English actress is best known for playing the catsuit wearing (and partner to Patrick MacNee), Emma Peel on the 1960s TV series "The Avengers" (Uma Thurman also portrayed the character in film). She was also the Bond girl in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (starring George Lazenby as James Bond), Olenna Tyrell in "Game of Thrones", the titular character in the TV show "Mrs. Bradley's Mysteries" and Medea in the titular play (won the 1994 Tony for Best Actress in a Play).

Diana Rigg

This American actress is best known for her roles in the miniseries "Lonesome Dove" as well as the movies "A Walk in the Moon", "Perfect Storm", "Unfaithful" (won the Oscar for Best Actress for portraying a woman who cheats on her husband, played by Richard Gere), "Under the Tuscan Sun" (plays a writer who impulsively buys an Italian villa), "Must Love Dogs", "Nights in Rodanthe" (also alongside Richard Gere), "Fierce People", "Hollywoodland" and "Untraceable".

Diane Lane

In this 2012 film set just before the Civil War, a German dentist declares that the title character's surname is Freeman.

Django Unchained

This Florentine sculptor of the Renaissance is best known for his bronze sculptures of "David", "Magdalene Penitent", "Saint George" and "Equestrian Monument of Gattamelata", which were all financed by Cosimo de' Medici. He used the relief technique to bond sculpted pieces to a background and the polychrome method to sculpt in many colors. He was the teacher of Bertollo, who taught Michelangelo.

Donatello

He was the first elected black governor in the United States, serving Virginia from 1990 to 1994.

Douglas Wilder

This term for a guest ranch is oriented for visitors/tourists on vacation, whom are referred to as "greenhorns" or "tenderfoots". Wickenburg, Arizona is the capital of the world for these.

Dude Ranches

Scholars believe that this American author, born in 1809, was named after a character in "King Lear".

Edgar Allan Poe

This 18th century English writer is best known for his work on codifying the rules of card and board games (most famously the game whist as part of his "Short Treatise on the Game of Whist", bridge and backgammon), which helped standardize and systematize games. Other treatises of his include "24 Rules for Learners". The phrase "According to ___________" has come to mean "strictly according to the rules" as well as an appeal to authority.

Edmond Hoyle

This large species of the deer family is typically 600 pounds and is also known as the wapiti (meaning "white rump"). The males have large antlers they shed each year and the species is native to North America, as well as Central and East Asia. In Europe, it is called a moose.

Elk

This biblical city is famous for its witch of whom King Saul famously consulted with. She correctly predicted his upcoming downfall after raising up the spirit of Samuel. It additionally lends its name to a moon planet in "Star Wars: Return of the Jedi" and the College of Witches in Mary Stewart's "The Little Broomstick".

Endor

This 20th century American short story writer and novelist from Jackson, Mississippi mainly wrote about the American South (particularly her home state): most famously in her 1973 Pulitzer Prize winning novella "The Optimist's Daughter". Other works of hers include "One Writer's Beginnings", "The Robber Bridegroom", "Why I Live at the P.O" and "Delta Wedding".

Eudora Welty

This early 20th century Italian tenor opera singer from Naples was known for his famous performances in wide variety of roles including "Carmen", "Over There" (by George M. Cohan), "I Pagliacci", "Rigoletto" (as the Duke of Mantua). He was portrayed in the 1951 biopic "The Great ____________" and his vinyls were recorded on 78 rpm discs. Xavier Cugat, the famous bandleader, was often his accompaniment in performances.

Enrico Caruso

This 1940s American actress got her start as a competitive swimmer before her discovery at the Aquacade, resulting in her start in the Andy Hardy movie "A Guy Named Joe". She appeared in a series of aqua-musicals (including "Bathing Beauty" which had elaborate swimming numbers) and famously portrayed Australian swimmer Annette Kellerman in the movie "The Million Dollar Mermaid" (her nickname and title of her autobiography) alongside Maria Tallchief. She was married to four men including Ben Gage and Fernando Lamas (met him while filming dangerous while wet).

Esther Williams

This man, who died in Boston in the mid-20th century won 4 Pulitzers, all for drama.

Eugene O'Neill

This 1990s American sitcom (spun off from "Perfect Strangers") revolved around a middle-class African-American family called the Winslows (led by their father Carl who was a policeman). The breakout star of the show was Jaleel White who portrayed their nerdy neighbor Steve Urkel who became known for his catchphrases, including "Did I do that?".

Family Matters

This fictional Roman Catholic priest and amateur detective was featured in several short stories in the early 20th century by English novelist G.K Chesterton.

Father Brown

This town in Portugal is known for its civil parish that has been associated with the reported supernatural appearance of Mary, mother of God, as witnessed by three shepherd children in 1917 (including the later famous Lucia dos Santos). After being recognized by the Catholic Church, a shrine complex called the Sanctuary of Our Lady was built in the city (now a destination site for many pilgrims). The town as named for a Moorish Christian Princess and Pope John Paul II was nearly assassinated there.

Fatima

Given first name Roscoe, this American comic silent film actor of the 1910s and 1920s had his career derailed by rape and murder charges in 1921 (though he was ultimately acquitted, he had to change his name to William Goodrich to avoid negative press). Movies of his include "Butcher Boy" (Buster Keaton's debut).

Fatty Arbuckle

This Canadian-American actress was best known for starring as Ann Darrow in the 1933 film "King Kong", dubbing her as one of the scream queens. She is best remembered for her iconic scene with King Kong atop the Empire State Building, as well as her scenes with him on Skull Island.

Fay Wray

This species of pit viper native to Central and South America is noted for its brown color. It is the largest one of its variety and in combination with its venomous fang bite, it earns the designation of being the "ultimate pit viper". Its name comes from the French in reference to its spear/lance-shaped head.

Fer-de-lance

This 20th century Southern writer of the Southern Gothic style (which is indicative of regional settings with grotesque characters in violent situations) wrote her famous novels "Wise Blood" and "The Violent Bear it Away", as well as the short story collection "A Good Man is Hard to Find".

Flannery O'Connor

This emission of light by a substance, typically relating to minerals that glow under either ultraviolet light or lamps, that has absorbed light or other electromagnetic radiation is a form of photoluminescence/luminescence in which the emitted light has a longer wavelength and lower photon energy. As such, it only lasts for as long as absorbed energy does (which is how it differs from phosphorescence which lasts long after the energy does).

Fluorescence

This French specialty is made out of the liver of force-fed and exercise-denied duck or goose (referred to as "gavage"). Beef Wellington is served with the pate variety (specialty of Strasbourg and whole region of Alsace in which it is made with a truffle and served as hors d'oeuvres) along with mushroom paste, before it is served and cooked. It literally translates as "fat liver" and is substituted in Jewish delis with chicken liver.

Foie Gras

This American actor and comedian was best known for frequently guest hosting "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson" as well as for being the star of the HBO show "The Larry Sanders Show" (he plays the titular late night talk show host alongside Wallace Langham and featured the famous episode "The Flip"). He famously said "Nice guys finish first. If you don't know that then you don't know where the finish line is.". He additionally hosted in the Emmys in 2004.

Garry Shandling

This American actress made her film debut in "Tootsie" (playing a soap opera actress) before going on to star in "The Fly" (David Cronenburg film that also starred her then husband Jeff Goldblum and ended with her dying while pregnant with a mutant), "Earth Girls Are Easy" (musical also starring Jeff Goldblum revolving around aliens partying in LA), "Beetlejuice" (alongside Alec Baldwin, Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder), "The Accidental Tourist" (won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Muriel Pritchett in this Anne Tyler adapted novel in which William Hurt also starred), "Thelma and Louise" (alongside Susan Sarandon with Brad Pitt having a supporting role) and "A League of Their Own" (played Dottie Hinson with Madonna also starring). Other films of hers include "Transylvania 6-500" and a few Remy Harlin films (she was also married to him) including "The Long Kiss Goodnight" (the title comes from a euphemism for death).

Geena Davis

This ABC daytime medical soap opera began in 1963 (and is still running) and revolves around the Quatermain and Spencer family in Port Charles, New York. Famous characters include the supercouple Luke & Laura (whose wedding episode guest starred Elizabeth Taylor and broke viewership records), Dr. Noah Drake (portrayed by Rick Springfield) and Robert Scorpio. Famous actors on the show include Anthony Geary (played Luke), John Beradino, Leslie Charleson, Jack Wagner (as Frisco, but he later left to star in "Melrose Place"), Inigo Rademacher (hails from Australia), F. Hughes (plays the police commisioner), Tia Carrere (played Jade Soong), June Lockhart (as Felicity's grandmother) and Demi Moore (as Jackie Templeton). The song "Think of Laura" was a staple of the show (intended to depict Luke & Laura's love).

General Hospital

This geological rock formation within sedimentary and volcanic rocks are hollow and spherical. Within these formations, masses of mineral water that can contain crystal nodules are deposited (via hydrothermal fluids). It is the state rock of Iowa and comes from the Greek for "earthlike".

Geode

This American comedian (known as "The Comic Straight Man") had a long career spanning vaudeville, radio, film and television. He had a famous career partnership and marriage to his wife Gracie Allen (who died in 1964). He lived to be 100 (dying in 1996) and continued to perform until his death. He won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for the 1975 movie "The Sunshine Boys" (alongside Walter Matthau). He also starred as God in the 1977 divine comedy movie "Oh, God!" (alongside John Denver which spawned the sequel "Oh God! You Devil!"). He also wrote the books "100 Years: 100 Stories", "How To Be 100 - Or More", and "Gracie: A Love Story". Frank Gorshin portrayed him in the Broadway show "Say Goodnight, Gracie" (the title comes from a line he said every night on his radio show with his wife, to which she responded "Goodnight Gracie!"). He also starred in the original "18 Again" and had a hit single when he was 80 entitled "I Wish I Was Eighteen Again".

George Burns

This 20th century American comedian was dubbed "the dean of counterculture comedians" and was best known for his "seven dirty words" routine (of words you can't say on TV), which resulted in a famous court case. He had a 1972 comedy album "Class Clown", wrote the Grammy-winning album "FM & AM", starred in the sitcom "That Girl" (alongside Marlo Thomas), hosted the very first "SNL" in 1975, frequently performed on HBO (his last special was "It's Bad For Ya'"), starred in the movie "With Six You Get Eggroll" (his first movie), portrayed the "Hippy Dippy Weatherman" character, and wrote the book "Brain Droppings". A famous quote of his was "Scientists have discovered the vaccine for apathy, but no one is showing the slightest interest". He died in 2008.

George Carlin

This 20th century "Mother of American Modernism" is best known for her paintings of of enlarged flowers (which many thought evoked sexual imagery), New York skyscrapers and New Mexico landscapes (famously painting in Taos, where she resided and also painted other pictures of the Southwest). She married Alfred Stieglitz, an art director, and they famously collaborated on pieces such as "Lake George", "Red Hills with White Shell", "Red Canna", "Summer Days", "Horse's Skull with Pink Rose", "Sky Above the Clouds IV", "Mule's Skull with Pink Poinsettia", "Pelvis with Moon", "From the Faraway, Nearby", "Cow's Skull: Red, White and "Blue" (this was part of her period of painting bones, including animal skulls) and "Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1" (set the record for highest price sold for a work by a female artist). She also had a close friendship with Ansel Adams.

Georgia O'Keeffe

This American comedian and actress was one of the seven original "Not Ready For Prime Time Players" cast on "SNL" (for which she won an Emmy in 1978). Famous sketches of hers include her "Baba Wawa" portrayal of Barbara Walters, her recurring character "Roseanne Roseannadanna", "Candy Slice" and "Lisa Loopner". Her famous catchphrase (and memoir title) was "It's Always Something". She was married to Gene Wilder (starred together in "Haunted Honeymoon"), before dying of ovarian cancer in 1989. The story "Bunny, Bunny" is about her life.

Gilda Radner

Name this profession in which one installs glass into windows (or sometimes other doors), often with the use of suction cups.

Glazier

This ice cream brand (merged with Breyer's in 1993) is owned by Unilever and was started by Harry Burt in Youngstown, Ohio in the early 1920s. It was a fixture of the 1950s and was known for their ice cream trucks that sold chocolate-coated ice cream bars on sticks. In a Monty Python skit, someone buys an albatross instead of it.

Good Humor

This lawless border area of Thailand, Laos and Myanmar located at the confluence of the Ruak and Mekong River is home to one of the largest opium trafficking and producing regions regions in the world (centered in the Thai city of Sop Ruak). It shares its name with a business district located in Pittsburgh (named for the confluence of the Alleghany, Monongahela and Ohio Rivers).

Golden Triangle

This French brand of liqueur created by the Lapostolle family is made from Cognac brandy and the distilled essence of bitter orange and sugar. The most famous product of it is Cordon Rouge and it can be used in crepes Suzette, a Cadillac Margarita (replacing triple sec), and a Platinum Blonde cocktail (alongside rum and cream).

Grand Marnier

In addition to a pendulum, Foucault made a simple one of these to prove that the Earth rotated.

Gyroscope

This 1940s and 1950s country singer (one of the original members of the Country Music Hall of Fame and backed up his band The Drifting Cowboys) is best known for his songs "Move It On Over", "Lovesick Blues", "Jambalaya", "Your Cheatin' Heart" (shares its name with his 1964 biopic starring George Hamilton and features the lyric "will make you weep"), "Cold, Cold Heart" (with the lyric "Why can't I free your mind and melt your cold, cold heart"), "Hey Good Lookin'" (with the lyric "Whatcha got cookin'? How's about cookin' somethin' up with me?") and "I'm so Lonesome I Could Cry". He was married to Audrey Shephard and was part of the Grand Ole Opry before his untimely death at the age of 29 in 1953. His son by the same name (called Jr.) was also a country star, singing "Family Tradition" (with the lyrics "If I get stoned and sing all night long, it's a family tradition"), "There's a Tear in My Beer" (duet with his father), "Waylon's Guitar", and "All My Rowdy Friends Are Comin' Over Tonight" (which he adapted to the original Monday Night Football Theme that ESPN ultimately changed in 2011).

Hank Williams

This early 20th century actor was best known for being one of the most influential comedians of the silent film era. Known for wearing horn-rimmed glasses, his films often included thrill sequences of extended chase/daredevil scenes (for example, his famous stunt of hanging from the hands of a clocktower in "Safety Last!", which lent his name to his biography "The Man on the Clock" as well as his autobiography "An American Comedy"). In one of his stunts, he lost some of his fingers and another film of his is "The Sin of Harold Diddlebock".

Harold Lloyd

This dish, associated with Harvard, goes back to the start of the school; the wife of the first headmaster made an awful version.

Hasty Pudding

This Australian-American singer is best known for her 1970s signature hit "I Am Woman" (with lyrics "I am woman, hear me roar" and "I am strong, I am invincible"), which became an anthem for second-wave feminism. Other hits of hers include "Delta Dawn" (with the lyric "What's that flower you've got on?"), "You and Me Against the World" and "Angie Baby". At one point, she served as commissioner of Parks & Recreation for the state of California.

Helen Reddy

This 19th century French post-impressionist outdoor painter of dreamy landscapes in his invented native or primitive artistic style became an influence to future avant-garde painters. He was known as "La Douanier" (or the customs officer) as his day job was that of a toll and tax collector (only began painting in his 40s). His most famous works are "Sleeping Gypsy" (features a lion), "The Hungry Lion", "Tiger in a Tropical Storm", "The Hungry Lion Throws Itself on an Antelope", "Tropical Forest with Monkeys", "The Dream" (housed in MOMA), "The Snake Charmer", "Unpleasant Surprise", "To Celebrate the Baby" (known for their disproportionate figures) and "Boy on the Rocks". He was part of the Barbizon School of Art.

Henri Rousseau

This infectious disease results in the inflammation of the liver tissue which can result in jaundice or in sever cases, cirrhosis (liver scarring/hardening), as well as liver failure. The "A" and "E" varieties are spread by contaminated food/water, the "B" variety is spread via sexual transmission, the "C" variety is spread through needle sharing (can be treated with Interferon), and the "D" variety can only be gotten by those with the "B" variety. The "A", "B" (and thus the "D") varieties can be prevented through immunization (via a gamma shot). It can also be caused by alcohol. David Crosby (singer of the Byrds and Crosby, Stills, and Nash) famously suffers from it.

Hepatitis

Under a 1958 act, these two former US presidents became the first former presidents to be eligible for a pension.

Herbert Hoover and Harry Truman

This long-necked, long-legged wading bird differs from egrets in that they are not white (though egrets are part of the same family as them). A common type include the Great Blue variety (famously sketched by John James Audubon) which resides in America.

Heron

This genus of flowering plants comprises several species renowned for their large, showy flowers. The yellow variety is the state flower of Hawaii and has seven known species in the state. They are also known as rose mallows or roses of Sharon. There is a popular tea variety made from its flowers as well.

Hibiscus

The common name of the genus Carya, these trees are typically used for their edible nuts (like pecans or walnuts) or wood (tough hardwood used in barbecues). They are typically grown in temperate climates and varieties include the shagbark type. The name of the tree comes from the Algonquin and it lends its name to a food company called _________ Farms. James K. Polk was known as "Young __________" and Andrew Jackson was known as "Old _________".

Hickory

This German royal dynasty is most famous for being the rulers of Prussia, ending upon the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II after World War I. It was elongated from its original name, "Zollern".

Hohenzollern

This vehicular tunnel under the Hudson River connects SoHo in lower Manhattan to Jersey City, New Jersey. It is operated by the Port Authority and opened in 1927 (at the time it was the longest continuous underwater vehicular tunnel in the world). It was originally called the Canal Street Tunnel, but was renamed after the chief engineer of the tunnel, who died before it was opened. The air in the tunnel comes from giant fans in four 10-story towers.

Holland Tunnel

This fictional device from the TV series "Star Trek: The Next Generation" uses projected light and electromagnetic energy to create the illusion of solid objects (i.e. virtual reality). Its purpose is to create a realistic 3D simulation of a setting that participants can interact with.

Holodeck

This region makes up part of the northern most state in Germany (Schleswig-___________), which borders the Jutland Peninsula and has its capital at Kiel. It was won from Denmark by Austria and Prussia in an 1864 war. The namesake species of dairy cow (the black and white variety) are the world's highest producing dairy animals (and most popular in the United States) actually originated from the Netherlands. It lends its name to other foods like veal __________ (cutlet garnished with fried egg).

Holstein

This term in the Hebrew Temple comes from the Latin for "Sanctum Sanctorum" and refers to the inner part of the sanctuary where the Ark of the Covenant was held. It is located in Jerusalem under the Dome of the Rock and is the holiest site in Judaism.

Holy of Holies

This 1941 American drama film directed by John Ford tells the story of the Morgans, a Welsh mining family, chronicling their life in the Welsh coal mines. It won the Oscar for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Supporting Actor (won by Donald Crisp). It is based on the novel by Richard Llewellyn. Maureen O'Hara also starred.

How Green Was My Valley

This 1961 musical by Frank Loesser with book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert is based on the Stephen Mead book of the same name. It originally starred Robert Morse and Rudy Vallee (crooner who played Bigley) and was revived in 1995 (with Matthew Broderick, who won multiple Tony Awards for his performance, and Megan Mullaly) and again in 2011 with Daniel Radcliffe. The plot revolves around the window washer Finch finding a book that helps him rise in the ranks of a company that is headed by Bigley. Songs include "The Company Way", "Coffee Break" and "A Secretary is Not a Toy".

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

This bombastic and controversial sports journalist and former lawyer became prominent on ABC Sports during his tenure from 1953 through 1985, where he famously was on "Monday Night Football (alongside Keith Jackson and Don Meredith) and "Wide World of Sports". He detailed his story and abrasive style (for "telling it how it is") in his memoir "I Never Played the Game". Other events he was part of was commentating the first Ali-Frazier match (Jon Voight portrayed him in "Ali") and playing himself in the Woody Allen film "Bananas". John Turturo portrayed him in the 2002 movie "Monday Night Mayhem" and his original last name was Cohen.

Howard Cosell

These railed carriage seats positioned on the backs of elephants (or sometimes camels) are used to carry individuals during processions.

Howdah

These animated characters, first seen onscreen in a 1938 film are known in Spain as Juanito, Jorgito and Jaimito.

Huey, Dewey and Louis

This 1980s/1990s Australian rock band was led by the Farriss Brothers and lead singer Michael Hutchence (upon his death they created the reality show "Rock Star" to find his replacement as lead singer). They are known for their singles "Original Sin", "What You Need", "Need You Tonight" (most popular song), "Meditate", "New Sensation", "Devil Inside", "Never Tear Us Apart" and "Suicide Blonde". The names of their most popular album are "Listen Like Thieves", "X" and "Kick".

INXS

This cycle of twelve narrative poems by Alfred Lord Tennyson was published from 1859 through 1889, telling the story of King Arthur and his Knights from beginning to end. It was famously dedicated to Prince Albert.

Idylls of the King

This 1990s American sketch comedy series created by Keenan Ivory Wayans starred the rest of the Wayans family (Damon, Kim, Shawn and Marion) with Jim Carrey, Jamie Foxx and Jennifer Lopez (she portrayed a member of the dance troupe, The Fly Girls) also appearing in main/recurring roles. The show was known for its catchphrase "Homey, don't play that" (said by the clown who was portrayed by Damon Wayans).

In Living Color

This 20th century American author is best known for writing about L.A policemen in his stories "Hollywood Station", "The Onion Story", "The New Centurions" and "The Blue Knight" (about cop Bumper Morgan). He came up with the concept of the TV show "Police Story".

Joseph Wambaugh

This 1987 musical with music by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine intertwines several Brothers Grimm fairy tales including "Little Red Riding Hood", "Jack and the Beanstalk", "Rapunzel" and "Cinderella". It was adapted into a 2014 Disney film starring Meryl Streep (sings "Witch's Lament" and was nominated for an Oscar). Judi Dench portrayed the giant and Vanessa Williams also starred while the show ran in 2002 on Broadway.

Into the Woods

This city in the Scottish highlands is regarded as the capital of the region. It is the northernmost city in the UK and is home to the Highland Games as well as the Loch Ness Monster. It shares its name with a city in Nova Scotia as well as a type of overcoat with a removable cape.

Inverness

This 20th century American writer was best known for his biographical novels, particularly "Lust for Life" (about Vincent Van Gogh) and "The Agony and the Ecstasy" (about Michelangelo). He also wrote "Passions of the Mind" about Sigmund Freud and "Love is Eternal" about the Lincolns.

Irving Stone

This Mesopotamian goddess associated with love, beauty, war and fertility (similar to Venus and the sign Virgo) was known as "The Queen of Heaven", and famously had a temple in Uruk. Nebuchadnezzar II famously built her namesake gate out of blue-glazed brick in Babylon in 575 BCE. She additionally is featured prominently in the epic of "Gilgamesh". She shares her name with a 1987 Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman farce film (the former plays the untalented singer Lyles Rogers), which was directed by Elaine May.

Ishtar

This island of England on the English Channel (largest island in the English Channel) has historically been part of Hampshire and is the largest island by area and the second largest island by population (excluding Great Britain and Ireland) of the United Kingdom. It is a holiday island located just off the southern coast of England and is known for its yachting (setting of the original America's Cup). It was also the location where Queen Victoria died and where Charles I briefly escaped to. Lord Mountbatten served as governor and lord-lieutenant of the island. In 1970, Jimi Hendrix and The Who performed there, leading the festival there to be called "The British Woodstock".

Isle of Wight

This 19th century British romantic artist (full first name: Joseph Mallord William) was best known for his landscape paintings (was a contemporary of fellow landscape painter John Constable) as well as turbulent, marine seascape paintings. He is best known for his works "The Fighting Temeraire", "Venice" (depicting the Grand Canal), "Hannibal Crossing the Alps" (depicted during a snowstorm) and "Rain, Steam and Speed" (depiction of the Great Western Railway). A famous British visual arts prize is named for him and the Tate Gallery in London houses many of his works.

J.M.W Turner

This first heavyweight boxing African-American champion (from 1908 through 1915) was known as "The Galveston Giant". His 1910 fight with James Jeffries was considered "The Fight of the Century". The play "The Great White Hope" (term referring to anyone who could outbox him, which eventually turned out to be Jess Willard in 1915) was loosely based upon him. James Earl Jones starred in the movie adaptation. Ken Burns featured him in the documentary "Unforgivable Blackness" and he shares his name with a modern American singer songwriter.

Jack Johnson

This mythical creature of American folklore is described as a rabbit with the horns of an antelope. Wall Drug stores in South Dakota display them as a tourist attraction.

Jackalope

This American actor began his career in the 1920s as a child actor in silent films (the first famous child actor), most famously Charlie Chaplin's "The Kid". He eventually ended up suing his parents over his squandered film earnings, leading to laws for the protection of child actors. He renewed his career in the 1960s when he played Uncle Fester in "The Addams Family" TV series. He was famously married to Betty Grable.

Jackie Coogan

This American pilot served as the head of the WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) Program during World War II, but is best known for being the first woman to break Mach One (the sound barrier), which she did so flying a plane in 1953.

Jacqueline Cochran

This American politician served as White House Chief of Staff and Treasury Secretary under Ronald Reagan as well as White House Chief of Staff and Secretary of State (from 1989-1992) under George H.W Bush (he additionally ran many of the latter's campaigns). Rice University's School of Public Policy is named for him.

James Baker

This 20th century American chef pioneered cooking shows on television, leading him to be called "The Dean of American Cuisine". His emphasis on American cooking involved using fresh and wholesome ingredients, as demonstrated in his culinary school in Greenwich Village, New York City. He has a namesake award presented to outstanding chefs (considered the Oscars of the food world) and was notable for his cookbooks and TV shows in the 1940s (including "Cook it Outside" and "I Love to Eat").

James Beard

This 15th century Flemish painter from Bruges was one of the innovators of early Netherlandish painting as part of the Northern Renaissance, and is best known for his pieces "The Ghent Altarpiece" (depicts Adam and Eve with wings) and the illuminated miniatures of the Turin-Milan Hours. He also painted the "Arnolfini Portrait" (famously featured in the opening sequence of "Desperate Housewives" and depicts a fertile woman and her dog, the latter of which represents fidelity), "The Annunciation" (Gabriel telling Mary that she would be the mother of Jesus) and "Man in the Red Turban". His brother Hubert was also a famous painter

Jan Van Eyck

On radio, this pair was played by the creator's daughter, Joan Burroughs and her husband.

Jane and Tarzan

This blockbuster movie was based on a 1974 novel, and has been described as a mixture of "Moby Dick" and "Enemy of the People".

Jaws

This lefty American musician had a four year run of singing and playing the electric guitar (famously making use of the wah-wah pedal) in the 1960s that culminated in his 1970 overdose death at the age of 27 in London (occurred two weeks before the death of Janis Joplin who was also 27). He was considered one of the most influential singers and rock and blues history due to his psychadelic style. Hailing from Seattle, he got his start with Little Richard before moving to England and breaking out with his band, The Experience (featuring Noel Redding) with hits such as "Hey Joe" (with the lyric "Where you goin' with that gun in your hand?"), "Manic Depression", "Purple Haze" (with the lyric "Actin' funny, but I don't know why, 'scuse me while I kiss the sky") and "The Wind Cries Mary". He achieved fame in the US after his performance at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival (famously burned a guitar), which resulted in his third and final album "Electric Ladyland" (featuring a cover of the Bob Dylan song "All Along the Watchtower") going number one. His other albums were "Are You Experienced" and "Axis: Bold as Love". He additionally headlined Woodstock with his Fender Stratocaster in 1969 (famously sang "The Star Spangled Banner"), coined the phrase "Freak Flag" (for unconventional leanings) and at his death was the world's highest performer.

Jimi Hendrix

At the time of his 1937 death, he had given over $500 million to charity.

John D. Rockefeller

This 1960s author is best known for his work "The Magus" and "The French Lieutenant's Woman" (a seductive Victorian-era romance that Harold Pinter adapted into a movie starring Meryl Streep).

John Fowles

This early 20th century English novelist and playwright is best known for his "Forsyte Saga".

John Galsworthy

This Canadian folk-pop-rock singer-songwriter got her start in the late 1960s with her most famous songs "Big Yellow Taxi" (with the lyric "They paved paradise and put up a parking lot", which was later covered by the Counting Crows), "The Fiddle and the Drum", "Chelsea Morning", "Both Sides Now" (also recorded by Judy Collins), "You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio", "A Free Man in Paris", "Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm", and "Woodstock". Famous albums of hers include "Blue", "Court and Spark", "Clouds", "Miles of Aisles". She famously dated Graham Nash and was backed up by jazz bassist Jaco Pastorius.

Joni Mitchell

This 20th century American writer is best known for his work of comparative mythology "The Hero with a Thousand Faces" as well as his famous philosophy of "Follow your bliss". He famously said "the very dreams that blister sleep, boil up from the basic, magic ring of myth". He was featured on the PBS series "The Power of Myth" alongside journalist Bill Moyers, which was about their set of interviews. He shares his name with a founder of a namesake soup company (which originally started as a New Jersey canning company).

Joseph Campbell

This large, dark black type of olive is named for a Greek city (the capital of the Messenia region where the composer Yanni was born). Olives of that type are specifically grown in that region and are used in Greek salads.

Kalamata

This fermented fizzy milk drink, similar to liquid yogurt or kumiss (made from mare's milk) is most commonly consumed in Eastern Europe (as it originates from the Caucuses) They are a good source for probiotics.

Kefir

This British author of historical novels and thrillers is best known for his work "The Pillars of the Earth" (about the building of a 12th century cathedral), "The Eye of the Needle" (featuring German spy Henry Faber), "The Key to Rebecca" (about a World War II code and based off a Daphne du Maurier novel), "Lie Down with Lions", "The Man From St. Petersburg", "Edge of Eternity" and "On the Wings of Eagles" (about H. Ross Perot's rescue of EDS workers from an Iran prison).

Ken Follett

This thermally insulated chamber or type of oven (that can go up to very high degrees) produces a temperature sufficient to complete a process, such as hardening, dying, or chemically changing. The most common example is the process of firing clay (or other ceramics product) to pottery, tiles and bricks (known as bisquing). It is the tool of porcelain workers who also use the tools of a wheel and glazing tongs. Other construction materials made from it are Portland Cement (made in a cement plant), or _____-dried wood (known as "k/d"). The name comes from the Latin for "stove" or "kitchen".

Kiln

This term for a whole herring (which is a small, oily fish) split in butterfly fashion from tail to head and then cooked cold-smoked/salted is a commonly consumed breakfast food in the UK.

Kipper

This modern American author wrote "The Nightingale", "Firefly Lane" and "The Great Alone".

Kristin Hannah

In books by him, the Kingdom of Noland which is ruled by an orphan named Bud borders a country called Ix, where Queen Zixi reigns.

L. Frank Baum

It is the only Great Lake whose bottom is above sea level.

Lake Erie

This city in northwest Arizona is best known for its London Bridge tourist attraction.

Lake Havasu City

This lake, located in Ontario, Manitoba and Minnesota, is located on the Northwest Angle, which drains into Lake Winnipeg. After the Great Lakes, it is the largest freshwater lake in the US and is the site of the northernmost point in the contiguous US. Tim O'Brien used it as the title of his book about the Vietnam War.

Lake of the Woods

This practice (or practitioner) of shaping/cutting stones, minerals or gemstones into decorated items such as engraved gems, can also refer to killing via stones when it is conjugated with the suffix -ate.

Lapidary

This thick white liquid sap (sometimes referred to as the milk of the plant) comes from the rubber tree (known as ficus elastica) and can be emulsified to make rubber. The poppy flower also produces it, which creates codeine. It is a central ingredient in paint (sometimes called exterior paint) as well as a type of glove.

Latex

This 20th century British novelist is known for his "Alexandria Quarter" (first novel is "Justine") and "The Avignon Quintet" (first novel is entitled "Monsieur, or the Prince of Darkness" and the middle one is called "Constance, or Solitary Practices"). He spent much of childhood on the Greek island of Corfu alongside his brother Gerald who became a nature writer.

Lawrence Durrell

This 20th century Swiss architect (who later moved to France) is regarded as one of the pioneers of modern architecture and also originated brutalism by favoring using cement. He was heavily involved with urban planning and his real name is Charles Eduardo Jennerett. He famously said "A house is a machine for living in". He is most famous for designing Harvard's Carpenter Center for the Performing Arts, the UN Building (was part of a team and specifically inspired the construction of the tall Secretariat building), the Savoy House (notable for being on stilts) and the house of Swiss collector Raoul La Roche. He famously collaborated with cubist painter Amadee Ozenfant, founding the L'Esprit Nouveau magazine together.

Le Corbusier

This French word for "garden" or "plant" shares its name with a type of fragrance. Incisions that cloud the emerald share the name as well.

Le Jardin

This American country music singer got her start with the 1996 hit song "Blue", and later transitioned to pop music with the songs "How Do I Live", "I Need You" and "Can't Fight the Moonlight". Her most famous albums are "You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs", "Twisted Angel", "The Woman" and "Family". She had a famous duet with Elton John with the song "Written in the Stars" and notably starred in the TV film "Holiday in Your Heart" (which was based on her novel of the same name).

LeAnn Rimes

This nonprofit organization in the United States was founded in 1920 in Chicago by Carrie Chapman Catt right after the passage of the 19th amendment. It's purpose was to help women take a larger role in public affairs and in modern times, they are additionally known for sponsoring presidential debates.

League of Women Voters

This American family TV sitcom ran from 1957 through 1963 and revolved around the titular boy, Theodore Cleaver (played by Jerry Mathers); in particular, his adventures as a inquisitive, naïve child of the Mayberry suburb. His parents were June and Ward Cleaver (the latter of which Hugh Beaumont portrayed) and his brother's name was Wally. Eddie Haskell, Miss Landers, and Lumpy were significant supporting characters.

Leave it to Beaver

This large scallion vegetable with edible leaf sheaths of the genus Allum is an onion relative. It is famously part of Welsh cuisine (even worn as part of a famous celebration since it is the national emblem) and is used in the following foods: vichyssoise soup (chilled soup with potato and chive garnish) and cock-a-______ie (made from chicken).

Leek

One of the individuals who drove in the Golden Spike in Utah in 1869 was this man, who later founded a university.

Leland Stanford

This American baseball manager (also known as "The Lip" or "Lippy") wrote the autobiography "Nice Guys Finish Last" and managed the Dodgers in the late 1930s and early 1940s. He was married to Larraine Day.

Leo Durocher

This African-American soprano diva from Laurel, Mississippi became the first black leading performer at the Metropolitan Opera in 1961 (in "Il Trovatore"), making her the first African-American opera singer to earn international acclaim. Her most famous roles were that in Verdi's "Aida" and Bess in "Porgy and Bess". Her given first name was Mary.

Leontyne Price

This plant-like organism arises from algae that live amongst fungi in a symbiotic relationship of mutualism. They produce nutrition through photosynthesis and common names for types of them include the word "moss" (such as reindeer moss and beard moss), even though they are not technically mosses. They can be found in trees, rock and the underground, and additionally make up the color of litmus tests.

Lichen

This community area in the North Side of Chicago is home to the eponymous zoo and is known for its view of the John Hancock skyscraper. It is also home to the bust of the symphony conductor, Georg Solti.

Lincoln Park

This 20th century musician was best known for playing the vibraphone (also known as the vibes) as part of the Decca label. He was part of Benny Goodman's quartet and was known as "Hamp".

Lionel Hampton

This outermost rocky shell of the Earth is composed of the crust and upper mantle. It comes from the Greek for "stone ball" and is located right on Earth's surface below the atmosphere (coupled with the hydrosphere which is the surface water of the Earth).

Lithosphere

This 1986 horror-comedy musical film directed by Frank Oz was based on the off-Broadway show of the same name (by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman), which itself was an adaptation of a 1960 Roger Corman film (in which Jack Nicholson and Jonathan Haze). The Broadway show was rebooted in 2002 with Joey Fatone of NSYNC starring. The movie stars Rick Moranis (plays a Skid Row floral shop worker named Seymour) who discovers a sentient female carnivorous plant (who he names Audrey II after his fellow florist and love interest), voiced by Levi Stubbs, that feeds on human blood. Steve Martin portrays the villainous dentist who is addicted to nitrous oxide (laughing gas) and Vincent Gardenia plays the shop owner Mr. Mushnik. Songs include "Suddenly Seymour", "Dentist!", "Feed Me" and "Grow For Me".

Little Shop of Horrors

This term for the prescribed order of a customary public worship/religious ceremony performed by a (typically Christian) religious group usually involves a cantor performing the chief singing. It represents participation with the divine and is a type of formal ritual or body of rites (such as the Eucharist, Gregorian Chants as music, or having haggadah for Passover Seder). It comes from the Greek for "public service" and the second Vatican Council famously phased out using Latin during it.

Liturgy

This American brand of syrup introduced in the 1880s is known for its snow-covered dwelling on its label. It has original, lite, and sugar-free varieties.

Log Cabin Syrup

This 1920s actor nicknamed "The Man of a Thousand Faces" (which was the name of his biopic in which James Cagney portrayed him) was known for his groundbreaking use of makeup to play grotesque characters, particularly in the silent horror films "Hunchback of Notre Dame" and "The Phantom of the Opera". His son of the same name was also in actor, starring in the movies "The Wolf Man", "The Mummy" and "Dracula".

Lon Chaney

This tidal estuary of the Atlantic Ocean lies between Connecticut in the north and the namesake New York island to the south. It stretches all the way to the East River as well as the Connecticut River and has a mix of saltwater and freshwater. The Thames River in Connecticut flows to it as well.

Long Island Sound

This 1869 novel by English author R.D Blackmore revolves around a romance between a group of historical characters of Exmoor (primarily the titular character whom is played by Barbara Hale in the 1951 movie that is abducted by a gang of outlaws). It shares its name with a brand of shortbread cookies made by Nabisco.

Lorna Doone

Son of the founder of his namesake family company, this artist and designer, associated with the Art Nouveau and Aesthetic movements of the 19th and 20th century, is known for his designs of colored glass (particularly stained glass windows) and lamps (including lampshades). He established his own studio and called his iridescent glass favrile.

Louis Comfort Tiffany

Often referred to as a diamond (form of a rhombus) with two acute (typically 45 degrees) and two obtuse angles. It shares its name with a medicated sore throat cough drop candy pill made from zinc that can also be used to help stop smoking.

Lozenge

This large city in central Switzerland near the Alps is a major tourist destination due to its location on the same-named lake (which is also called the "Lake of the Four Forest Cantons" due to it being the site of the formation of the Swiss Confederation) as well as containing the famous Chapel Bridge (which is a symbol of the city). It is one of the settings in "The William Tell Overture" and inspired the name of Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata". It is also the name of another term for alfalfa.

Lucerne

This Labour Defense Minister of Israel during the Six-Day War of 1967 became a worldwide fighting symbol and national hero of the state. He was known for his eyepatch (lost his left eye in Syria during World War II while liberating Lebanon from Vichy France) and resigned from office after the Yom Kippur War of 1973.

Moshe Dayan

This is the largest island in the Indian Ocean.

Madagascar

This is the term for a baton twirler whose performance is usually accompanied with dance. They are primarily associated with marching bands during parades.

Majorette

This last book of the Old Testament states "Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and dreadful day of the lord". Canonically, he is the last of the twelve minor prophets (known as "The Messenger"), and is thus a harbinger of the end times and of the Messiah (Christians believe this to be the first reference to John the Baptist as the promised messenger). It was also a pseudonym of Sir Walter Scott and the name of a group of brothers in "Happy Days".

Malachi

In 1992, Angela Bassett played Betty Shabazz in this film

Malcolm X

On July 27, 1971 Richard Nixon gave her the first of the new US dollar coins.

Mamie Eisenhower

A cemetery on this island has the graves of Robert Fulton and two of the four first Treasury Secretaries.

Manhattan

In 1992, he became the first foreign head of state convicted by a U.S jury.

Manuel Noriega

This largest island in the world that is located in fresh water is formed by the Amazon delta and is located in Brazil.

Marajo

This American politician was the first female representative and senator from Maine, and the first woman to serve in both houses of Congress. She was a moderate Republican (one of the first people to speak against Joseph McCarthy) and became the first woman to be placed in nomination for a major party's convention, which she was in 1964. Nikita Khrushchev famously called her "The devil in disguise of a woman".

Margaret Chase Smith

This American astronomer was best known for discovering a comet (the first to discover a comet using a refractor telescope) in 1847. She became the first woman to work as a professional astronomer after accepting a job at Vassar in 1865. She later became the first woman that was part of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Maria Mitchell

This NASA program ran from 1962 to 1973 with the purpose to explore other planets, particularly the inner solar system. With probes built by the JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), NASA was able to explore Venus, Mars (the exploration of Mars was the first spacecraft to orbit the surface of another planet and the first to photograph the surface of another planet) and Mercury.

Mariner Program

This fruit preserve is made from the juice and peel of citrus fruits (which is then boiled with sugar and water). It is typically made from the Spanish Seville bitter orange, but the name of the preserve comes from the Portuguese for "quince". The Scottish city Dundee lends its name to a famous brand of it and the character Paddington Bear is very fond of it.

Marmalade

This general term for a large ground squirrel are the heaviest members of the squirrel family and are most often found in groups during the summer (they hibernate in winter). They are part of the rodent order and examples include woodchucks, groundhogs and the yellow-bellied variety.

Marmot

This 19th century American entrepreneur was best known for founding his namesake Chicago Department Store company (his full name with an apostrophe "S" at the end), which was later acquired by Macy's. The National History Museum in Chicago is named for him. One of his descendants that shared his name famously merged the newspapers the Sun and the Times into the Sun-Times.

Marshall Field

This largest Massachusetts islands is located south of Cape Cod and is near the island of Nantucket (whose name means "sandy, sterile soil, tempting no one"). It is best known for its grapes as well as for being a popular tourist Summer colony for vacationers (famously the Kennedy's, including JFK Jr.). It is home to the city of Amity (where "Jaws" is set) as well as Edgartown, Aquinnah and Oak Bluffs. It was originally discovered by Giovanni Verrazano and is barely separated from the island of Chappaquiddick.

Martha's Vineyard

In an 1875 book, she wrote "Disease is an experience of the so-called mortal mind."

Mary Baker Eddy

This modern American actress is best known for starring in "Sky High", "10 Cloverfield Lane", "Live Free or Die Hard", "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" (played Ramona Flowers) and "Birds of Prey" (played Huntress). She is married to Ewan McGregor.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

This main character of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (who was portrayed by Mary Tyler Moore) was a secretary at a Minneapolis TV station, where she interacts with characters such as Lou Grant (played by Ed Asner) and the anchorman Ted Baxter. Outside the station, her best friend and landlady was Phyllis (played by Iowan Cloris Leachman) and her mother (portrayed by Nanette Fabray) had a recurring role. The lyrics of the theme song of the show were "Who can take a nothing day and make it all seem worthwhile?".

Mary Richards

This yellow and brown fly native to sub-Saharan Africa is one of the most destructive fruit pests in the world, typically attacking citrus crops. There were outbreaks in the 1980s in California and Florida (originally discovered in the latter state in 1929) and in order to eradicate them, the toxic insecticide malathion was sprayed. It is also known as the medfly or ceratitis capitata.

Mediterranean Fruit Fly

This organic compound made from mint oil (key compound in the peppermint herb) has anesthetic and counterirritant properties, resulting in it being widely used to relieve throat irritation. As such, it is also a popular flavor of cigarettes.

Menthol

This automaker's trademark symbolizes the three places where its engine was used: land, air and water.

Mercedes Benz

This large insurance company is known for their Park Avenue location and their Snoopy blimp and commercials. They give their name to the stadium of the New York Jets and New York Giants, which is known for its great line of sight.

MetLife

This Japanese melon liqueur (comes from the Japanese word for "green" and has a green bottle) shares its name with the first name of Mrs. Goto, a virtuoso Japanese-American violinist from Osaka (who is known by her first name), and the first name of Mrs. Ito (the 1989 World Champion and 1992 Silver Medalist in figure skating).

Midori

This thick Italian soup made with vegetables (typically peas or carrots) is often served with the addition of pasta or rice. It literally translates to "big soup", "medley" or "something served".

Minestrone

This 1962 novelty song by Bobby "Boris" Pickett has become a perennial Halloween favorite ever since. Lyrics from the song include "to get a jolt from my electrodes" and "I was working in the lab late one night when my eyes beheld an eerie sight".

Monster Mash

This volcanic British overseas territory in the Caribbean Sea (nicknamed "The Emerald Isle of the Caribbean" both for its resemblance to Ireland and for the Irish ancestry of many of its inhabitants, as demonstrated in its flag which shows a woman holding an Irish harp), specifically in the Leeward Islands (the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles island chain in the West Indies). In 1995, the Soufriere Hills volcano on the southern part of the island erupted, destroying the capital Plymouth and forcing most inhabitants to flee by 1997. There are current plans to move the new capital to the city of Brades. The name of the island itself means "saw-toothed mountain" and it was named after a Spanish mountain abbey.

Montserrat

This family of scary-looking nocturnal large eels with long snouts and sharp teeth were immortalized in a parody of the Dean Martin song "That's Amore" (with the lyric "When the moon hits your eye, like a big pizza pie"). They lack scales and fins and typically eat plankton (eating them whole).

Moray

This flower that unfurls into full bloom at daybreak (but only stays open for a few hours) is known to be a counterclockwise climbing vine. Varieties include blue dawn, moonflower and sweet potatoes. It shares its name with an Oasis album (which has the parenthetical "What's the Story") and a Katherine Hepburn movie in which she plays a tomboy.

Morning Glory

This original name of K2 (second highest mountain in the world that is located in the Karakoram Range) was named for the first surveyor of the mountain.

Mount Godwin-Austen

This second highest mountain in Africa, located directly on the Equator, is named for the country it is located in. William Holden founded a safari club named after it.

Mount Kenya

This most abundant and widespread of all North American birds is also a popular game bird. Known for their sad cooing cries, they are the national bird of the British Virgin Islands and are typically gray or brown. They are also known as rain doves, turtle doves or Carolina pigeons.

Mourning Dove

In 1899, James Atkinson patented his new and improved one of these (including its spring-powered snapping action).

Mousetrap

Not only the name of Captain Nemo's nuclear submarine in "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" (in which they famously encounter a squid), the name of a fitness company (sells Bowflex), the name of the first submarine (built by Robert Fulton), the name of a poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes ("The Chambered ___________"), and the name of the first atomic submarine (developed in 1954 in Connecticut and crossed the North Pole under the sea), but also a pelagic marine mollusk of the cephalopod family (including the famous chambered type). They are characterized by their cone-shaped head and have external shells (containing mother-of-pearl) with compressed or depressed whorl sections. Due to their age, they are often considered living fossils.

Nautilus

This fermented malt lager beverage contains very low alcohol content (typically less than half of one percent) and was one of the few types of alcohol allowed to be produced during Prohibition. Modern varieties include O'Doul's.

Near Beer

This American singer from Brooklyn (known as "The Jewish Elvis") is best known for the following songs: "Cracklin' Rosie", "Song Sung Blue" (with the lyrics "ev'rbody knows one" and "ev'ry garden grows one"), "Cherry, Cherry" (with the lyric "She got the way to move me"), "Longfellow Serenade" (with the lyric "c'mon baby ride"), "I've Been This Way Before", "If You Know What I Mean", "Desiree", "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" (Barbra Streisand famously covered it, resulting in a duet mashup), "America" (with the lyric "On the boats and on the planes"), "Yesterday's Song", "Heartlight" (based on the movie "E.T" and contains the lyrics "Let it shine wherever you go", "The Chanukah Song" (famously sung by Adam Sandler), "I Am...I Said" (featuring the lyrics "L.A's fine but it ain't home, New York's home but it ain't mine no more" as well as "Not even the chair"), "Love on the Rocks", "Play Me" (with the lyric "You are the sun, I am the moon"), "Forever in Blue Jeans" (with the lyric "And long as I can have you here with me I'd much rather be"), "Kentucky Woman" (with the lyric "shines with her own kind of light"), "Hello Again", "September Mom", "Solitary Man" (hit the top 100 twice), "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" (also sung by the Holies and inspired by "Boy's Town"), "Girl You'll Be a Woman Soon" and "Sweet Caroline" (his first million record seller that is also played at Boston Red Sox home games and features the lyrics "Where it began I can't begin to knowin', but then I know its growin' strong" as well as "Good times seem so good"). His most famous album is "Hot August Night" and he additionally starred in the 1980 film "The Jazz Singer".

Neil Diamond

This American actor from Nebraska is best known for his performances in the movies "The Prince of Tides" (starred alongside Amy Irving and Barbra Streisand, the latter of which also directed), "Affliction" and "Warrior" as well as the miniseries "Rich Man, Poor Man" (alongside Peter Strauss) and the TV show "Graves". He also starred in "The Deep" (alongside Jacqueline Bissett with the plot revolving around deep sea diving), "Who'll Stop the Rain", "Lorenzo's Oil" (he plays the father Augusto and Susan Sarandon also stars), "North Dallas Forty", "Extreme Prejudice", "48 Hrs." (alongside Eddie Murphy), "Jefferson in Paris" (alongside Thandie Newton), "Down and Out in Beverly Hills" (he plays a homeless man who tries to drown himself and Richard Dreyfuss also stars), "Three Fugitives", "Everybody Wins", "Cape Fear" (Juliette Lewis plays his daughter), "Under Fire" (plays a journalist in Nicaragua), "The Thin Red Line" (alongside Sean Penn in this depiction of the Battle of Guadalcanal), "Hotel Rwanda" (plays a Canadian colonel), "Tropic Thunder" (plays Four Leaf Tayback) and "Angel Has Fallen". He was the 1992 People's Sexiest Man Alive.

Nick Nolte

This American agriculture cooperative of cranberry growers (to a lesser extent they also grow the other bog fruit, the grapefruit) is headquartered in Massachusetts. They created the first juice box/blends (most famously, the original cranberry juice cocktail) as well as craisins. Other juice blends of theirs include the Cran-Apple and Cran-Tangerine.

Ocean Spray

This large herding dog breed from Great Britain is also known as a Shephard's dog or a bobtail. They have very shaggy fur covering their face and eyes, and as such, require diligent grooming. The Beatles' song "Martha, My Dear" was written about one.

Old English Sheepdog

This British nursery rhyme describes a merry king who called for his pipe, bowl and musicians ("fiddlers three"). He is described as "a merry old soul" and is the namesake of a famous NYC bar.

Old King Cole

This nursery rhyme features the titular character who "went to the cupboard to give the poor dog a bone, when she came there the cupboard was bare, and so the poor dog had none". In the rest of the rhyme, she goes to the baker to buy her dog some bread while the dog fakes its death. Other verses in the rhyme include the dog smoking a pipe and standing on its head, as well as the titular character going to an alehouse. The rhymes spawned several more comical adventures, which were detailed in further stories.

Old Mother Hubbard

In 2004, after a century as a household name, its last model rolled off the assembly line in Lansing, Michigan.

Oldsmobile

This Tanzanian paleoanthropological site in the Great Rift Valley near the Serengeti Plain is best known for being the location of research performed by Mary and Louis Leakey (where they discovered ancient tools). It is known as "The Cradle of Mankind".

Olduvai Gorge

Based on a ballet, this 1944 Broadway musical begins at 6:00AM in a Brooklyn Navy Yard.

On the Town

Also known as the slimehead or deep sea perch, this large, deep sea fish from New Zealand is known for its long life span (over 140 years). Due to their slow maturation time, they are often overfished.

Orange Roughy

This order of chivalry founded by Edward III of England in 1348 is the most senior order (and the oldest) of knighthood in the British Honours System, only outranked by the Victoria Cross and George Cross. It is abbreviated Kg (in reference to the knights) and George is the patron saint.

Order of the Garter

Also known as wild marjoram (name of the plant it is grown from), this woody perennial aromatic green herb species (whose leaves are used for cooking, most commonly in pizza) of flowering plant in the mint family. It is native to the Mediterranean but is also grown elsewhere in the temperate zones of the Northern Hemisphere.

Oregano

This term refers to the several participants who help carry the casket during a funeral. They are typically close with the deceased and often wear white gloves. If additional ones outside the typical four are required, those extra ones are referred to as "honorary". David Schwimmer starred in a movie with it as the title.

Pallbearer

This genetic color of horse consists of a gold coat and a white/silver mane and tail (with the degree of color varying from bright white to yellow). Due to their distinct color, they are often used as parade horses. Famous ones of the type include Roy Rogers' Trigger and Mister Ed (1960s sitcom). It shares its name with a type of grape.

Palomino

This red spice made from dried and ground red peppers (often pimento) adds color and flavor to dishes. It is often used in Hungarian cuisine (where the name originates); most famously in the stew dish, goulash. In French, dishes cooked with it are referred to as "La Hongroise". It is also used in dry rub (mixture for the herb and spice blend that goes on ribs), munster cheese, sauerkraut, and deviled eggs.

Paprika

This 19th century French post-impressionist painter was best known for his works "Leda and the Swan", "The Bathers" (part of his series which depicted nudes and included the work "Large Bathers"), "Self-Portrait with Beret", "Mont Sainte-Victoire", "Turning Road at Montgeroult" and "The Card Players". He was highly influential due to his expansion of impressionism, leading him to be described by both Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso as "The Father of Us All". He is also known for his still life works (including "With a Plate of Apples" and "Curtain, Pitcher, Bowl and Fruit") and his landscape works, "rendering perspective only through color".

Paul Cezanne

This musical scale has five notes per octave, unlike major scales which have seven notes.

Pentatonic Scale

This ground subsoil that continues to be below freezing (on either land or the ocean) throughout the year most commonly occurs in the northern hemisphere (due to the large amount of tundra).

Permafrost

This American folk singer and banjo player of the 1940s through 1960s was best known for his solo career as well as for being part of the band, the Weavers, (notable for their recording of Lead Belly's "Goodnight Irene" and for being banned from the TV series "Hootenanny"). His best known songs are "Where Have All The Flowers Gone?" (with the lyrics "When will they ever learn?" and "Gone to young girls, every one"), "Little Boxes" (about decrying suburbia), "If I Had a Hammer", "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" (with the lyric "When I was a young man and had never been kissed"), and the original "Turn! Turn! Turn!" (adapted from the Book of Ecclesiastes and featuring the lyric "A time to dance, a time to mourn" in this song most famously sung by the Byrds). He additionally helped popularize the spiritual "We Shall Overcome" during the Civil Rights Movement and in 1997 and 2009 won Grammy's for Best Traditional Folk Album (for "Pete" and "At 89" respectively). He additionally wrote a picture book about the Abiyoyo giant from South African folklore and was a champion of the environment, especially related to defending and restoring the Hudson River. His sister was also a well-known folk singer.

Pete Seeger

This television actor, best known for playing "Columbo" in the titular series for which he won four Emmy awards (known for the famous line "Just one more thing.") also starred in the movies "Murder, Inc.", "Pocketful of Miracles", "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World", "The Great Race", "Anzio", "Murder by Death", "The Cheap Detective", "The In-Laws" (alongside Alan Arkin), "The Princess Bride" (plays the narrator), "Wings of Desire", "The Player" and "Next". He famously narrated the "Scared Straight" documentaries and also had a false eye.

Peter Falk

This American food conglomerate with the stock symbol "OAT", is owned by Pepsico and is best known for their titular food product (including the steel cut variety), oatmeal, and cereal (including Life Cereal). It was formerly known as the American Cereal Company (its first product was the namesake oatmeal). The mascot on its label is named Larry. Their puffed wheat cereal was part of a famous advertisement in which it was shot from guns.

Quaker Oats

This is the outermost visible region/shell of a star (including the Sun) from which light is emitted. Sunspots are the dark areas located upon it.

Photosphere

This term is used to describe prose fiction in which the adventures of a roguish "appealing hero" of the lower classes lives by his wits in a corrupt society. The novels aren't meant to be realistic, but instead comical and satirical. The novel type originated in the Spanish Golden Age of the 1500s and comes from the Spanish for "rogue" or "rascal". Examples include "Pickwick Papers", "Being There" (Jerry Kosinski's tale of Chance the Gardener) and "Saint Jack" (by Paul Theroux).

Picaresque

"Tuileries" and "The Great Gate of Kiev" were two of the artworks that inspired this classical work, completed in 1874.

Pictures at an Exhibition

This region in northwest Italy borders France and Switzerland to the north and the region of Lombardy to the south (the Po River is the border for the latter). It is best known for its sparkling wine (notably made in the city of Asti), Frangelico liqueur, and namesake white truffle. It is the second largest region in Italy (after Sicily) and its capital is Turin. Due to its border with the Alps, the region has lent its name to any large expanse of land (or glacier) at the foot of a mountain (for example, there is one in Virginia between the Atlantic Coastal Plain and the Appalachians).

Piedmont

This rice-wheat dish involves cooking in a stock or broth and adding spices, meat and vegetables. It is typically considered a Middle-Eastern (or Persian) dish with aromatics like garlic and fennel, as well as rice stirred in hot butter or oil (before being simmered on a range top). The South American variety can use quinoa in place of rice.

Pilaf

This term for a not sharp individual lends its name to the demon villain in the Clive Barker adapted movie "Hellraiser". It also lends it name to the titular comic book character (whose real name is Zippy) who is known for his catchphrase "Are we having fun yet?". It is also the name of a song by the Ramones, leading to their catchphrase "Gabba Gabba Hey!".

Pinhead

Meaning "pinched" or "plucked" in Italian, this playing technique of stringed instruments involves plucking the strings, instead of using a bow.

Pizzicato

This diverse collection of typically aquatic organisms that cannot propel themselves (and thus are often found on the ocean's surface) are a food source to fish, bivalves, and whales, making them the first link on the food chain. Famous types include bacteria, archaia, dinoflagellates, algae, protozoa, and even jellyfish. Other types are the phyllo-, phyto- (plant kind), and zoo- varieties. They can also be airborne, like spores or seeds, and their name comes from the Greek for "wandering" or "drift".

Plankton

British zoologist George Shaw looked for stitches when he first saw this Southern Hemisphere mammal in 1799, thinking he was tricked.

Platypus

This type of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and securing it in place. It is most commonly used in clothing (typically done at the waistband in skirts and cummerbunds) and upholstery. Examples include Lady Windermere's Fan, the kick (found on skirts), box (opposite are the inverted variety), and accordion (has bellows).

Pleat

Often referred to as the Ice Age, this geological epoch was the most recent period in which Earth was covered in glaciers. It is the epoch occurring just before the current one and was the time of the Neanderthals.

Pleistocene

This northern Italian staple dish of boiled cornmeal mush made from maize or buckwheat can be served in porridge, pudding, or loaf forms. In some parts of Italy, chestnut meal is used instead as the main ingredient.

Polenta

This phylum, notable for containing sponges, is named for their bodies which are full of pores and channels, which allow water to circulate through them. They are the simplest multicellular animals.

Porifera

This vertical plane of space in a theater surrounded by its namesake arch and the stage floor, separates it from the auditorium. It serves as a frame into which the audience observes the events taking place on the stage. It can be referred to as a "picture frame" stage and the term comes from the Greek for "before the stage" or "entrance to a tent".

Proscenium

This hard crystalline mineral composed of silica (silicon dioxide) and second must abundant mineral in Earth's crust has several different varieties including flint (used as flintlock in old guns), granite (most common plutonic rock), _________ite (comes from grain made of sandstone, which is formed through a mixture of grain particles and itself is also a variety of this mineral), loess (similar to wind-blown silt), gneiss (banded, coarse-grained rock that also contains feldspar), carningorn (from Scotland), amethyst (purple-violet gem), citrine (translucent-yellow in color that can be sold as topaz), crystals (famously the Swarovski type and other ones commonly used radio frequencies and for timekeeping purposes in electronic watches), rhinestones, petrified wood, and chert (the form of it that includes jasper and agate). It can be used to split light into a spectrum and create an electric charge via crystal compression (known as the piezoelectric effect).

Quartz

This Queen of Sweden succeeded her father Gustavus Adolphus in 1632 (reigned until her 1654 abdication) and was best known for attempting to make Stockholm a very learned city (famously inviting Rene Descartes there to teach) after the Peace of Westphalia. She famously chose not to marry and was known as "The Minerva of the North". Greta Garbo famously portrayed her.

Queen Christina

This Queen of Denmark, second of her name, has served since 1972, succeeding her father Frederick IX to become the first female Queen of Denmark since the 1400s. She attended Cambridge prior to her ascension.

Queen Margrethe

This most populous city of The Philippines was at one point designated as the capital. It is named for the second president of the country and is right outside Manila.

Quezon City

This French egg tart dish consists of a pastry crust filled with a savory custard/cream and pieces of cheese, meat, seafood, and/or vegetables. This best known variety is the Lorraine type, which includes lardons/bacon. The title of a famous book by Bruce Feirs states that real men don't eat it.

Quiche

This traditional game involves tossing metal, rope or rubber things over a set distance outside to land over or near a spike (also called a hob, mott or pin).

Quoits

This Italian Renaissance painter with the last name "Sanzia da Urbino" (meaning he served the city of Urbino) is best known for his work "The School of Athens". He additionally painted a depiction of the garden Gethsemane, the fresco "Disputa", "Sistine Madonna" (known for his painting series featuring many iterations of Madonnas with angels and cherubs, which also includes "Madonna and the Goldfinch"), and "The Transfiguration (featuring Jesus). He shares his name with an angel referenced in Jewish texts, who is also the patron saint of the blind and the angel who presides over spirits in the afterworld, and several of his works are in the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. He was known for designing tapestries (woven wall hangings) and other items for Pope Julius (around the same time as Michelangelo), several of which are in the Sistine Chapel. He even has a namesake room in the Vatican and some of his works are also found in papal apartments. He notably died at the age of 37 in 1520 (buried at the Pantheon) and was the son of fellow painter Giovanni Santi. In the 1800s, a group of painters called the pre-__________ites grew to believe his compositions had negatively affected art and wanted to return to the time preceding him.

Raphael

This 1985 American comedy-horror movie is based on the H.P Lovecraft series novelette of the "Herbert West-____________". The plot revolves around medical students (Herbert West is played by Jeffrey Combs and David Gale has a notable supporting role in which he gets decapitated) making deceased bodies undead.

Re-Animator

This 1990s American TV series on Nickelodeon starred the titular sociopathic chihuahua and good-natured (but dim-witted) cat. Billy West famously voice-acted on the show and it featured the song "Happy Happy Joy Joy".

Ren & Stimpy

This 20th century English actor is best known for his Tony-winning stage performances in "Anne of a Thousand Days" and "My Fair Lady" (starred alongside Julie Andrews in the stage version and reprised the role in the film adaptation, for which he won the Oscar for Best Actor, alongside Audrey Hepburn). He additionally starred in the movies "Storm in a Teacup", "Major Barbara", "Blithe Spirit", "Anna and the King of Siam", "The Yellow Rolls-Royce" (alongside Ingrid Bergman), "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" (alongside Gene Tierney), "The Agony and the Ecstasy", "Cleopatra" (alongside Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor) and "Doctor Doolittle" (featuring the Oscar-winning song "Talk to Animals"). He was married to six different women including Rachel Roberts and has a famous son, Noel.

Rex Harrison

These red, fleshy edible stalks of the buckwheat family are grown and eaten as fruit (despite being a vegetable), but their green leaves are highly poisonous. It resembles pink celery (referred to as "celery with a sunburn") and is also known a pipeplant. Known for its tart taste, it is commonly used in pies, crumbles and other desserts. It shares its name with a slang term meaning a baseball quarrel/squabble.

Rhubarb

This American singer of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s got his start alongside his family on the 1950s family-friendly show "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" (his famous brother David was also on the show). He then went on to star in the movie "Rio Bravo" and had the hit number one song "Poor Little Fool" (which was the first song to debut number one on the Billboard Hot 100). Other famous songs by him are "Garden Party" (which he sang with the Stone Canyon band and featured the lyric "Johnny B. Goode...playing guitar like ringin' a bell"), "Be-Bop Baby", "Travelin' Man" (with the lyric "...down in old Mexico, if you're in Alaska stop and see"), "Fools Rush In", "I'm Walkin'" (features the line "I'm lonely as can be and I've waited for your company") and "Hello Mary Lou". His sons Matthew and Gunnar also started a band, named for the family last name.

Ricky Nelson

This lead singer of the 1990s band White Zombie had the hit songs "Mars Needs Women" as well as the hit movies "House of 1,000 Spirits" and "The Devil's Rejects". He also had the album "The Hillbilly Deluxe".

Rob Zombie

This 19th century German composer of the Romantic era famously married the distinguished piano player, Clara Wieck. He suffered from severe mental illness and was institutionalized later in life. He is mainly known for his lieder compositions including "Carnaval", "Symphonic Studies", "Kinderszenen" (scenes from his childhood), "Nachtlied" (meaning "night song"), "Papillon" (12 piano pieces that literally translate to "butterfly"), "Kreisleriana" and "The Fantasie in C". He wrote four symphonies including the famous "Spring" (his first symphony) about his wedding, "Rhenish" (about life on the Rhine), as well as the opera "Genoveva".

Robert Schumann

A cleft in limestone in England sheltered Reverend Augustus Toplady from a storm, becoming a musical landmark, and inspiring this popular hymn.

Rock of Ages

This early style of Rock & Roll music originated in the 1950s south, blending country with R&B (which is why it is a hybrid word). It was popularized by artists such as Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley, Johnny Burnette and Jerry Lee Lewis. Later on, the Stray Cats (trio led by Brian Setzer, best known for "The Stray Cut Strut") also performed in that style.

Rockabilly

This 1960s Australian professional tennis player nicknamed "The Rocket" was best known for his record number of singles titles and for being the only player to win all Grand Slams in a single calendar year twice. The Center Court at the Australian Open is named for him.

Rod Laver

This 1990s ABC TV sitcom starred diner-owner (though she had several jobs throughout the show) Roseanne Bar (Tom Arnold's ex-wife who famously ran for president in 2012 and had a cooking show called "Domestic Goddess" as well as reality series about running a macadamia farm and the show "She-Devil", which also starred Ed Begley Jr. She hails from Utah and lived in Iowa with Arnold after giving up her daughter at age 18) and her working-class family in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois. It was rebooted in 2018, but shortly cancelled after Barr's controversial comments. Instead, a spinoff entitled "The Connors" was aired without her presence. John Goodman (played Dan Connor), Laurie Metcalf (played the sister Jackie), Michael Fishman (played the child DJ) and Sarah Gilbert (played the child Darlene) starred. The character of the third child was portrayed by both Lecy Goranson and Sarah Chalke, while the titular character's mother and grandmother was portrayed by Estelle Parsons and Shelley Winters, respectively.

Roseanne

Monsieur Crescendo and Signor Vaccarino ("Mr. Racket") were derisive nicknames for this composer, whose last opera dates from 1829.

Rossini

This 20th century American cartoonist is best known for his works depicting complicated gadgets that perform simple tasks in a complex and convoluted manner. This led to the reference of his namesake "machines" to depict similar gadgets and processes. One of his recurring comic strips was "Boob McNutt" and he is the namesake of the award presented yearly by the National Cartoonists Society.

Rube Goldberg

In the 1960s, he told Newsweek "I have no country. For me, a country is just a place to dance".

Rudolf Nureyev

This dog breed developed from sighthounds (hunt from sight instead of smell) of the Middle East, where nomadic tribes would use them to hunt game animals. It is named for an ancient Arabic city and was considered to be a royal dog in Ancient Egypt. They are sometimes referred to as Persian Greyhounds or Gazelle Hounds.

Saluki

This 20th century American composer was best known for his composition "Adagio for Strings" (theme of the movie "Platoon"). He additionally composed the opera "A Hand of Bridge" and "Antony and Cleopatra" (which was composed for the opening of the Metropolitan Opera House in the Lincoln Center and features a famous scene with figs). He was in a relationship with fellow composer Gian Carlo Menotti for much of his life.

Samuel Barber

From Sydney, Australia go 7,000 miles east and less than 1/2 a degree of latitude north to this capital, also near the Pacific Ocean.

Santiago

The Star of India is one of the gems.

Sapphire

This French phrase refers to the ability to act or speak appropriately in social situations. Directly translated, it means "to know how to do". It shares its name with the nemesis of the animated character Klondike Kat.

Savoir Faire

This American author and lawyer is best known for his novels "Presumed Innocent" (Harrison Ford starred in the film adaptation), "Innocent", "One L." (based on his experiences in Harvard Law School) and "The Burden of Proof".

Scott Turow

These scrollworks, carvings or engravings done in bone or ivory were artwork done by whalers. They were engraved on the byproduct of whales like bone or cartilage (most commonly done from the whale bones, sperm whale teeth, baleen, or walrus tusks).

Scrimshaw

This city is the closest port to Asia in the lower 48 states.

Seattle

This 20th century Russian composer from St. Petersburg was best known for his works "Peter and the Wolf" (different instruments represent different animals such as the clarinet representing the cat, the French horn representing the wolf, and the oboe representing the duck), "The Love for Three Oranges", "Lieutenant Kije", "Classical Symphony", "Alexander Nevsky" (about the historical hero), "Fourth Piano Concerto" (written only with his left hand) and "Romeo and Juliet (ballet featuring "Dance of Knights"). He worked with Sergei Diaghilev of Ballet Russes, making the ballets "Scythian Suites", "Chout", "La pas d'acier" and "The Prodigal Son". He also wrote the operas "The Gambler" (adapted from a Dostoyevsky work), "The Fiery Angel" and "War and Peace". He died in 1953, the day before Stalin died.

Sergei Prokofiev

This Russian composer and pianist achieved fame with his 1901 work "Piano Concerto No. 2", and later the more difficult work "Piano Concerto No. 3" (also known as "Opus 30 Concerto"). He additionally wrote "Etudes-tableaux for Piano" and "Prelude in C-Sharp Minor". After the Russian Revolution, he left for America (specifically Beverly Hills), where he only wrote a few more works until his death, including "Rhapsody on the Theme of Paganini", "Symphony No. 3" and "Symphonic Dances". He was good friends with the Russian pianist Vladimir Horowitz.

Sergei Rachmaninoff

This American comedic actor of the 1950s onward pioneered the famous TV shows "Your Show of Shows" (He won the Best Actor Emmy and Imogene Coca won the Best Actress Emmy in this show adapted from the movie "Ten From Your Show of Shows") and "Caesar's Hour". Neil Simon, Pat Carroll, Woody Allen, Nannette Fabray, and Carl Reiner wrote for both shows. He additionally starred in the movies "Grease", "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World", "Silent Movie", "History of the World: Part 1", "Cannonball Run II", and "Vegas Vacation". Peter O'Toole's character in "My Favorite Year" is based upon him and his autobiography was entitled "Where Have I Been?".

Sid Caesar

Also known as silicon dioxide, it is most commonly found in nature as quartz (which makes up sand/glass via borate and flint). Gamma rays can be used to crystallize it into amethysts and the hydrated gel version refers to opals. They can also be made into garnet/onyx stones and make up the skeletons of some creatures.

Silica

The elaborate prologue of this 1890 ballet features a christening and a curse.

Sleeping Beauty

This youth competition uses a gravity racer (also known as a motor-less vehicle) raced down a downhill road only propelled by gravity (i.e. with no engines). It gets its name from the shape of the racers and divisions include stock and masters. The All-American World Championship Finals have been occurring since 1933 in Akron, Ohio.

Soap Box Derby

This constant stream of charged particles (plasma) released from the upper atmosphere of the Sun (also known as the corona) moves at over a million miles per hour. The plasmas gas mainly consists of electrons, protons and alpha particles with kinetic energy. In 2001, NASA sent the spacecraft Genesis to collect these particles. Auroras (of the Northern/Southern Lights) result from this phenomenon (via Earth's magnetosphere), which also causes the tails of comets to point directly away from the Sun.

Solar Wind

Also called a sunroom, this room permits abundant daylight (via glass enclosure) and landscape views while sheltering from the weather. It comes from the Latin for "sun terrace" and can also be used to refer to a sundial.

Solarium

This third orbiter of the Space Shuttle program (after Columbia and Challenger) flew from 1984 to 2011, and now resides in the Air & Space Museum. It famously carried the Hubble Telescope into orbit and was assembled at Edwards Air Force Base. John Glenn famously flew on it in 1998 and it captured two satellites in 1984, bringing them back to Earth. It was named for a ship of Captain Cooks and shares its name with a 2017 "Star Trek" series. In 1994, Sergei Krikalev flew on it (becoming the first Russian aboard any US spaceship) and Judith Resnick flew on its inaugural voyage (becoming the second American woman in Space).

Space Shuttle Discovery

This first orbiter of the Space Shuttle System was launched in 1976 to perform atmospheric flight tests; however, it was not capable of spaceflight and never made it to orbit (though, it did make a famous flight around NYC). It was named after the ship in "Star Trek".

Space Shuttle Enterprise

This American sitcom that aired from 1996 to 2002 revolved around a semi-fictionalized version of the New York City mayor's office. Created by Gary David Goldberg and Bill Lawrence, Michael J. Fox stars as Deputy Mayor Mike Flaherty, Barry Bostwick plays the mayor, Alan Ruck plays the Chief of Staff, and Michael Boatman plays a mayoral aide known for his suicidal dog Rags. In later seasons, Charlie Sheen starred and a Spin Doctor's tune was used as the theme song.

Spin City

This medal is awarded annually since 1915 by the NAACP and is named for a former chairman of the board of the organization. It recognized outstanding achievement by an African-American. A research center at Howard University shares the name.

Spingarn

This key development in the industrialization of textile manufacturing reduced the amount of work needed to make cloth by allowing workers to work multiple spools. It was invented in England by James Hargreaves.

Spinning Jenny

This verbal error occurs when the speaker transposes the initial sounds of two or more words, often to humorous effect. An examples includes saying "a well-boiled icicle" instead of a "well-oiled bicycle". Identifying them include "Can you give me one of these for our date tonight? There's a chain wreck on the freeway and I can't make it" (it would be rain check) and "When your army is ready to take flight wag this." (it would be white flag).

Spoonerism

This coming-of-age rock musical by Duncan Sheik with lyrics by Steven Slater is based upon a 19th century German play ("Fruhlings Erwachen" by Frank Wedekind). Opening in 2006 with Lea Michele, it tells the story of teenagers discovering the inner and outer tumult of adolescent sexuality.

Spring Awakening

This system of locks, canals and channels in Canada and the United States was authorized in 1955 (and complete in 1959 by the Army Corps of Engineers and the Department of Transportation) and lets oceangoing vehicles travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes (going all the way to Lake Superior in Duluth).

St. Lawrence Seaway

This lipid-lowering medication reduces illness and mortality in people with cardiovascular disease. It is the most common cholesterol lowering drug along with the brands Lipitor (from Pfizer), Crestor and Zocor.

Statin

In 1752, one of the first races in this sport was run -- 4 miles from Buttevant Church to St. Mary's Doneraile.

Steeplechase

This English fashion designer and animals rights activist is the daughter of Paul and Linda McCartney.

Stella McCartney

Also known as a longshoreman (or docker/dockworker), they load and unload cargo from ships.

Stevedore

His left arm is buried at Ellwood Farm near Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Stonewall Jackson

This monolithic granite peak in Rio de Janeiro (referred to locally as Paco de Acucar) is located at the mouth of a peninsula in Guanabara Bay. It is considered an inselberg or island mountain and named for its shape. It shares its name with a Maine ski resort.

Sugarloaf Mountain

In this physical property, electrical resistance vanishes and magnetic flux fields are expelled from the material. It was first observed when the slippery element mercury was cooled towards absolute zero.

Superconductivity

This county in southeast England shares its name with a two-seated, four wheel carriage (referenced in the song from "Oklahoma!" entitled "The ________ With the Fringe on Top" which has the lyrics "Chicks & ducks & geese better scurry" and "Wheels are yeller, the upholstery is brown, the dashboard's genuine leather") that can also be known as a buggy. The 14th century philosopher William of Ockham (of Occam's Razor fame) hailed from there and it shares its name with the middle name of cowboy star William Hart and Richard III's horse.

Surrey

This green, leafy vegetable is similar to the beetroot and spinach beet. It has large stalks which are prepared separately from the leaf blade.

Swiss Chard

This 1960s and 1970s American country singer was best known for being "The First Lady of Country Music" (famously married George Jones) and for her songs "Stand By Your Man" and "D-I-V-O-R-C-E".

Tammy Wynette

Known as plaid in North America, this crisscrossed, horizontal and vertical multi-colored band pattern of cloth originated in Scotland. All kilts have that pattern and the sack variety is used in bagpipes.

Tartan

This cold sauce, made out of mayonnaise, chopped pickles, capers, lemon juice and herbs, is often served with fried fish and fried oysters. The variety made by Heinz features a fish on the label and originally got its name from initially being paired with raw steak. Spongebob Squarepants famously says its when he is dissatisfied.

Tartar Sauce

This 1970s American actor was noted for his bald head and deep voice, famously playing James Bond arch-villain Ernst Stavro Blofield (who is known for stroking his cat) in the movie "On Her Majesty's Secret Service") as well as the titular tough guy in the TV show "Kojak". He famously reopened the vault of the Titanic in 1987, starred as Pontius Pilate in "The Greatest Story Ever Told" and acted in "The Dirty Dozen" (alongside Charles Bronson and Jim Brown).

Telly Savalas

This 1983 Oscar-winning Best Picture was written, directed and produced by James L. Brooks (won the Oscar for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay). It was based on the Larr McMurtry novel of the same name. It follows 30 years of the relationship between a daughter and her mother. Debra Winger (played the daughter Emma who has an affair with John Lithgow's character and later dies of cancer), Shirley MacLaine (won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of the mother Aurora), Jack Nicholson (won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of the astronaut named Garrett Breedlove, who lives next door), Danny DeVito, Jeff Daniels (plays Debra Winger's character's spouse) and John Lithgow star. A sequel was released, entitled "Evening Star".

Terms of Endearment

This American period drama television series is based on the 1994 novel of the same name by Caleb Carr. Daniel Bruhl (plays Dr. Lazlo Kriezler who has the titular profession which is an old term for a psychiatrist), Luke Evans, and Dakota Fanning investigate a serial killer who is murdering street children in 1890s New York City.

The Alienist

This 2000 Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Michael Chabon follows the lives of two Jewish cousins (Czech artist Joe and Brooklyn writer Sammy) who work in the comic book industry and revolves around their experiences before, during and after World War II.

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

This 1983 comedy-drama film directed by Lawrence Kasdan revolves around a group of baby boomer friends who reunite 15 years after graduating the University of Michigan as a result of the suicide of their friend Alex (who was originally supposed to be Kevin Costner but all of his scenes were cut). Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum (played a People Magazine reported who famously says "Some of us are scum."), William Hurt, Meg Tilly, Mary Kay Place, and Kevin Kline star. The soundtrack features the Marvin Gaye song "I Heard it Through the Grapevine".

The Big Chill

This NBC crime television series debuted in 2013 and follows Red Reddington (played by James Spader) as a former Navy Officer, turned high profile criminal, who voluntarily surrenders to the FBI (specifically rookie profiler Elizabeth Keen, who is played by Megan Boone) in order to help them find the most dangerous criminals in the world. Other characters in the show include the Pavlovich brothers.

The Blacklist

This 1960s American rock band led by Roger McGuinn (also known as Jim) are best known for their folk songs played with the 12-stringed Rickenbacker guitar including "Mr. Tambourine Man" and "Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There is a Season)" (the latter of which was originally written by Pete Seeger and is based off a Bible passage in Ecclesiastes). They later transitioned to psychadelic rock with their song "Eight Miles High". Another member of the band was David Crosby (later part of Crosby, Stills and Nash), who at point spent time in jail for drug possession.

The Byrds

On April 15, 1912, Officer Charles Lightoller became the last of 700 people to board this ship.

The Carpathia

This 1968 British historical drama was set in Christmas 1183 during the turmoil of Henry II, played by Peter O'Toole, and Eleanor of Aquitaine, played by Katherine Hepburn -- for which she won her third Oscar for Best Actress (famously tying that year with Barbra Streisand who won for "Funny Girl"). A famous plot point is Henry rescuing Eleanor from imprisonment. Anthony Hopkins (as Richard the Lionheart) and Timothy Dalton also make their film debuts. It was originally a play by James Goldman and later adapted into a TV movie starring Glenn Close and Patrick Stewart.

The Lion in Winter

This British clipper ship built in 1869 (in Scotland) was one of the fastest tea clippers of its era (famously traversing the journey between England and Australia faster than any other ship), before being phased out upon the invention of the steamship. It is now preserved in England as a museum and a modern brand of Scotch is named for it.

The Cutty Sark

Known as the Distant Early Warning Line, it was a system of radar stations housed on geodesic domes in the Canadian arctic built in 1957 by the US and Canada to detect potential incoming Soviet bombers. It was transitioned into a more generic aerospace system in 1993.

The DEW Line

This 1951 science fiction film depicts a humanoid visitor to Earth named Klaatu and his robot Gort, who are there to deliver a powerful message as the nuclear arms race ramps up. It was directed by Robert Wise and is based on the short story "Farewell to the Master" by Harry Bates. It is known for its creepy score, making use of the Theremin. It was remade in 2008 with Keanu Reeves starring.

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Sigmund Romberg wrote the music for his 1926 operetta inspired by an Arab revolt in French Morocco.

The Desert Song

This 1980s American comedy series revolves around the two rural Georgia cousins Bo (played by John Schneider) and Luke (played by Tom Wopat and by Johnny Knoxville in the film adaptation). Other characters include their family members Daisy (played by Catherine Bach and by Jessica Simpson in the film adaptation) and Uncle Jesse as well as the other characters Cooter (portrayed by Ben Jones), the corrupt policeman Boss Hogg and Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane. The main characters notably drive a 1969 Dodge Charger, nicknamed "General Lee". Waylon Jennings sings the theme song "Good 'ole Boys" featuring the lyric "Makin' their way the only way the know how...".

The Dukes of Hazzard

On July 21, 1969, a major part of a transport known by this one-word name was never seen again.

The Eagle

Called the First American Volunteer Group of the Republic of China Air Force, they were formed to oppose the Japanese invasion of China in 1941. Initially created by Claire Lee Chenault, they famously flew P-40 Warhawk aircraft which were used to drop bombs on Japan. A cargo airline of the same name was formed afterwards and John Wayne starred in a movie using their name as the title.

The Flying Tigers

This circus act and familial group of daredevil stunt performers performed highwire acts without a safety net. They got their start in 1928 at Madison Square Garden and were led by their patriarch Kurt, and thus known by their family last name. They had a famous act in Sarasota, Florida.

The Flying Wallendas

This 1981 British romantic film directed by Karol Reisz was adapted by Harold Pinter from John Fowles' titular 1969 novel. Meryl Streep (plays Sarah and Anna) and Jeremy Irons star.

The French Lieutenant's Woman

This American steam locomotive, built in 1855 for the Western & Atlantic, is most well-known for as the engine stolen by Union spies (most famously, James Andrews) in the 1862 Great Locomotive Chase in Georgia, which was an effort to cripple the Confederate rail network during the Civil War. Buster Keaton made a movie based upon it.

The General

This 1964 Bossa Nova and Jazz song by Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto won the Grammy Record of the Year. The song describes a Brazilian girl from the titular beach of Rio de Janeiro as "tall and tan and lovely". It was composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim.

The Girl from Ipanema

This 1910 opera by Puccini was inspired by a play of the same name by David Belasco. It revolves around the California Gold Rush of 1849 and was later adapted into another opera by John Adams in 2017. It is referred to in Italian as "La Fanciulla" and characters include Minnie the saloon owner and some minor outlaws.

The Girl of the Golden West

This 1994 American family comedy film was based upon Hal Roach's series of short films called "Our Gang" (that had been syndicated for TV with the film name). Shirley Temple was famously rejected from the shorts. Characters include Spanky, Alfalfa, Stinky, Darla, Froggy (known for his croaking voice) and Petey the Pitbull (known for the ring around his eye). Exploits revolved the "He-Man Woman Hater's Club" and the show inspired the name of the band Spanky and Our Gang.

The Little Rascals

This modern TV show on ABC began in 2013 and revolve around the titular creator's childhood experiences in 1980s Pennsylvania. Wendi McLendon-Covey (plays the mom Beverly who is often called "Smothers"), Jeff Garlin, Sean Giambrone, Haley Orrentia, A.J Michaela (also stars in the spin-off series "Schooled") and George Segal (played Pops) star.

The Goldbergs

This TV show debuted in 2015 and revolved around the autistic savant Shaun Murphy (played by Freddie Highmore), who is a surgical resident at a fictional San Jose hospital. Hill Harper stars in a supporting role.

The Good Doctor

This 1970s memoir told of harsh places that metaphorically were like an island chain "from the Bering Strait almost to the Bosporus".

The Gulag Archipelago

This priceless object dates back to the "French Blue", which was set in gold and suspended from a neck ribbon when Louis XIV wore it on ceremonial occasions.

The Hope Diamond

These six-panel tapestries woven in Flanders from wool and silk from 1500s Parisian cartoons are considered to be one of the great works of the European Middle Ages.

The Lady and the Unicorn

This 1971 coming-of-age drama film directed by Peter Bogdanovich is based on the Larry McMurtry novel of the same name (its sequel is "Texasville"). It tells the story of two high school friends from Texas and ends with the screening of the 1948 John Wayne Western "Red River", which is the final film ran in an old theater. Cybil Shepard, who later dated Bogdanovich, debuted in the film (famously saying "Whatcha all comin' back here in the dark?) and Timothy Bottoms & Jeff Bridges starred as well. Ben Johnson and Cloris Leachman also starred, both winning Oscars for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress, respectively.

The Last Picture Show

This 1983 historical fantasy novel by Marion Zimmer Bradley tells the story of King Arthur, but from the perspective of female characters (particularly Morgan La Fay).

The Mists of Avalon

This ABC TV Show (executive produced by Aaron Spelling who also produced "Melrose Place" and "Charlie's Angels") ran from 1977 to 1986 and was set on the luxury passenger ship, "The MS Pacific Princess", with the story revolving around the crew and passengers. Characters included Captain Merill Stubing (played by Gavin MacLeod), Doctor Adam (known as "Doc"), Yeoman Purser Gopher (played by Fred Grandy, a future congressman from Iowa), Cruise Director Julie McCoy (played by Lauren Tewes) and Bartender Isaac (portrayed by Ted Lange). Teri Hatcher famously guest starred briefly as a mermaid dancer and Robert Urich starred as the captain in the 1998 reboot (which had ALF the alien make a cameo). Paul Williams was the composer and the theme song was sung by Jack Jones (Dionne Warwick in the final season), featuring the lyric "Love, exciting and new".

The Love Boat

This 1989 novel by Oscar Hijuelos is subtitled "Play Songs of Love" and revolves around the lives of the Castillo brothers (musicians from Cuba who settled in New York City in the 1950s). It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (making it the first novel by a U.S born Hispanic to do so) and was adapted into a 1992 movie (featured the song "Beautiful Maria of My Soul" and starred Armand Assante as well as Antonio Banderas). It also had a 2005 musical adaptation.

The Mambo Kings

Victory in 1805's Battle of Derna on the coast of North Africa inspired a lyric in this song of US history, made official in 1929.

The Marine's Hymn

This group of volcanic islands of the coast of mainland Alaska in the Bering Sea were formerly called the North Fur Islands. They are named for a Russian navigator and trader (who explored the islands) and were used in the past for seal hunting purposes. They now are actually home to a large fur seal population

The Pribilof Islands

This 1967 comedy film (later adapted into a 2001 musical in which Nathan Lane starred as Max Bialystock, for which he won a Tony, and Matthew Broderick co-starred as Leo Bloom), written and directed by Mel Brooks (won the Oscar for Best Screenplay) starred Zero Mostel (as Max), Gene Wilder (as Leo), Dick Shawn (plays the actor L.S.D who plays Hitler) and Kenneth Mars (as Franz). The film revolves around a group of individuals in Schubert Alley trying to stage the worst musical they possibly can as part of a scam, eventually settling on one about Hitler. Famous songs include "Der Guten Tag Hop-Clop", "Where Did We Go Right?", "Along Came Bialy", "The King of Broadway", "In Old Bavaria", "Heil Myself", "Prisoners of Love" and "Springtime for Hitler" (which was the name of their musical). The movie inspired the 1991 U2 album "Achtung Baby" and a famous line from the musical is "When you've got it, flaunt it."

The Producers

A flag bearing a white anchor & caduceus on a blue field represents this US government official.

The Surgeon General

"Let's all sink with the King" is a line from the opening scene of this Shakespeare play.

The Tempest

This cabinet department is in charge of printing the postage stamps.

The Treasury Department

Originally a royal and imperial palace on the right bank of the Seine in Paris (in front of the Louvre), it served as the usual residence of French monarchs prior to its 1871 burning. All that is left behind are the gardens of the same name.

The Tuileries

This nonprofit charity corporation provides live entertainment, performances, and social clubs to members of the United States Armed Forces and their families. It was started in 1941 and has continually worked in partnership with the US government.

The USO

This phrase meaning the aristocracy is derived from the part of the loaf served to honored guests.

The Upper Crust

This newspaper was once advertised as "The Daily Diary of the American Dream"

The Wall Street Journal

This 1970s American historical drama television show revolved around the titular family from rural Virginia (Jefferson County) who navigated the times of the Great Depression and World War II. Earl Hammer created the show, which featured the memorable characters John-Boy and Jim-Bob. Famous actors on the show included Will Greer (as Grandpa or Zeb), Judy-Norton Taylor (famously posed for Playboy) and Michael Learned (played Olivia and won an Emmy for her portrayal). The series grew out of a TV movie "Homecoming: A Christmas Story" and John Ritter notably guest starred as a preacher on the show.

The Waltons

This 1969 bloody revisionist Western film, directed by Sam Peckinanh, starred William Holden, Warren Oates and Ernest Borgine. It revolves around an aging outlaw gang on the US-Mexico border who are trying to adapt to the modern world of 1913. A famous line from the movie is "If they move...kill 'em". It also shares its name with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid's gang.

The Wild Bunch

A 2000 Library of Congress exhibit called this 1900 work of children's literature "America's greatest and best-loved home grown fairytale".

The Wizard of Oz

Following Messidor, this summer month in the 18th century French Revolutionary Calendar had a name meaning "heat gift".

Thermidor

This j-shaped organ that can hold up to a quart is located on the upper left side of the abdominal cavity.

The stomach

This 20th century American painter, muralist, and printmaker from Missouri was best known for being part of the Regionalist Art Movement, in which his fluid, sculpted figure showed everyday people in scenes of life. His murals adorn the Capitol Building in Jefferson City, Missouri (including a mural of Jesse James robbing a train), as well as the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri. Other works of his include "America Today" and "A Streetcar Named Desire". He also taught Jackson Pollock in New York City.

Thomas Hart Benton

This explorer was born in Larvik, Norway on October 6, 1914.

Thor Heyerdahl

This American chef known for founding the Gramercy Tavern in New York City is the head judge on the Bravo reality shows "Top Chef" and "Best New Restaurant".

Tom Colicchio

This 20th century American novelist is best known for his work "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues", which revolves around Sissy Hankshaw, a girl who has enormous thumbs and hitchhikes across the US. He also wrote "Still Life with Woodpecker".

Tom Robbins

This architectural structure made from an open framework or lattice of interwoven pieces of metal (or other material) can be created via the Espalier method. It is normally made to support and display climbing plants (including Wisterias) and shrubs, thus allowing light and air to reach them. The word comes from the Latin for "three threads".

Trellis

This American rock band, consisting of vocalists Danny Hutton, Cory Wells, and Chuck Negron, got its start in the 1960s, popularizing the songs "An Old Fashioned Love Song" (with the lyric "comin' down 3 part harmony") and "Joy to the World" (starts off with the lyric "Jeremiah was a bullfrog" and also has the lyric "Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea"). Their other famous hits are "One" (with the lyric "the loneliest number"), "Pieces of April", "Eli's Comin'" (written by Laura Nyro), "Never Been to Spain" (with the lyric "Oh, I've never been to heaven but I've been to Oklahoma"), "Black and White" (written in honor of desegregation), "Shambala" (about a Buddhist kingdom) , and "Try a Little Tenderness".

Three Dog Night

This term for the demonstration squad of the U.S Air Force (that can fly up to two Mach and use their heads-up display to help them perform moves like the Immelmann turn or a barrel roll, the latter of which is done by completely flipping longitudinally shares its name with a loud avian of Native American mythology (known for producing severe weather like lightning from their eyes and storms from their wings). Ford adopted the name for their 2-seater luxury car from the 1950s onward (as a pre-Mustang version which they again reintroduced in the 2000s) as did a "brown bag vino" brand of wine by Gallo (which can be substituted for Night Train wine). Mozilla uses the term for their open source email client as well. The show "_______________ are Go" is a puppet show by Gerry Anderson and the L.A Roller Derby uses the name as their team name. It is referenced in the song "Fun, Fun, Fun" by The Beach Boys which has the lyric "Well she got her daddy's car..."

Thunderbird

This 20th century blonde American actress was best known for getting her start in Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" (in the movie, she is the first one attacked) and "Marnie" (titular role). She additionally starred in the movies "A Countess from Hong Kong", "Citizen Ruth", and "I Hate Huckabees". In her later life, she lived on the Shambala Wildlife Preserves and helped refugees from Vietnam. She is the mother of actress Melanie Griffith (and grandmother of Dakota Johnson). Sienna Miller portrayed her in the TV movie "The Girl".

Tippi Hedren

This European tourist attraction was opened in 1843 and it was frequented by Hans Christian Anderson and Walt Disney, both of whom found inspiration there.

Tivoli Gardens

This Polynesian Kingdom (last remaining Kingdom in the South Pacific) with a legislative assembly is an archipelago (includes Kao Island) with a large Methodist population. They are led by the Tupou dynasty who rules from the capital Nuku'alofa. The islands are located near Fiji, Samoa (the name of the Kingdom actually comes from the word "south" because it is located due south of Samoa) and Pitcairn Island. In 1999, the country appointed a court jester who ended up stealing money from the government. Captain Cook originally named it "The Friendly Islands" (famously gifting the country a tortoise). The islands contain the flower Heilala and originated the word "taboo" (comes from their language). They notably have not signed the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

Tonga

This type of hat with a narrow brim (or no brim at all) was popular in 13th through 16th century France. It is now the traditional headgear of professional cooks and in Canada, is primarily used as heavy stocking knit cap.

Toque

This region of Earth is also called "The Tropics" (due to its warm climate) and location in between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn.

Torrid Zone

This practice is invoked when acute care cannot be provided to everyone, so there needs to be an assignment of the degree of wounds/illnesses in order to determine the order or prioritization of patients treated. This is typically done in an emergency room. The word comes from the French for "sorting".

Triage

This parasitic disease caused by roundworms in the intestine most commonly occurs when eating undercooked pork. It can result in painful joints and shares its name with a Woody Allen character in his Athens-set play "God".

Trichinosis

The Texaco Star Theater opened on June 8, 1948 on this day of the week.

Tuesday

This 1997 memoir by American author Mitch Albom (also wrote "The Five People You Meet in Heaven") is subtitled "An old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson" and revolves around a series of visits he made to his former sociology professor (who was dying of ALS), during which they discussed topics important to life and living. Hank Azaria and Jack Lemmon (won an Emmy for his performance) starred in the TV film adaptation.

Tuesdays with Morrie

This opera by Giacomo Puccini is best known for its famous aria "Nessun Dorma" which was famously sung later by Pavarotti. It is based on a play by Carlo Gozzi (which itself was based on a Persian story) that follows Prince Calaf who has to solve three riddles to marry the titular Chinese Princess from Peking.

Turandot

Also called the eardrum, this thin, cone-shaped membrane separates the external ear from the middle ear, which is where it is located. Its function is to transmit sounds from the air to the cochlea; as such, if it ruptures, hearing loss can occur.

Tympanic Membrane

What the ancient Greeks called "monokeros", we call this that is part of myth and legend.

Unicorn

This American actress got her start as a child, portraying Barbara Cooper Royer on the sitcom "One Day at a Time" (Bonnie Franklin and MacKenzie Phillips also starred), before starring in "Touched by an Angel" and "Hot in Cleveland" (alongside Betty White). She has won Emmy's for her shows on the Food Network and was notably married to Eddie Van Halen. She is a diet spokesperson for Jenny Craig and wrote the book "Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time".

Valerie Bertinelli

This term for a winemaker comes from the Latin for "wine" and means someone who makes/sells wine. The Gallos are the largest family of this profession in America.

Vintner

This Latin phrase translates to "voice of the people", and is now used to refer to the opinion of the majority. In journalism, it refers to short interviews with the public.

Vox Populi

This 1960s and 1970s American singer and actor from Norfolk became one of the best known Las Vegas entertainers, earning the nicknames "The Midnight Idol", "Mr. Las Vegas" and "Mr. Entertainment". His best known songs are "Daddy, Don't You Walk So Fast", "Years", "Red Roses for a Blue Lady" and "Danke Schoen" (notably used in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and his most famous hit). He starred in the movie "The Adventures of Ford Fairlane" (alongside Andrew Dice Kelly) and in the James Bond movie "License to Kill". McCarren Airport in Las Vegas is located on a boulevard named after him and the Talk of the Town Theater in Branson is named for him as well.

Wayne Newton

This Scottish nursery rhyme titular figure is a personification of sleep who got his name from the satiric name of William of Orange. In the rhyme he asks "If the children are in bed, for its past 8 o'clock?" and then "runs through the town, upstairs, downstairs in his nightgown". He shares his name with a Rudyard Kipling titular character of a collection of short stories.

Wee Willie Winkee

The dip used to kill characters in this 1988 movie consisted of acetone, benzene and turpentine (all paint thinner ingredients).

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Named for the sound it makes, this endangered species (there were notably just 21 in 1941) is the tallest North American bird. They are notably noisy and typically reside in Canada.

Whooping Crane

This 1998-2006 TV show was rebooted from 2017-2020 (with Minnie Driver playing Lorraine Finster), but originally starred Eric McCormack as the titular gay lawyer (last name Truman) and Debra Messing as the straight interior designer (last name Adler). Megan Mullaly (also stars on "Bob's Burgers") portrays the wild Karen Walker a.k.a Anastasia Beaverhausen and Sean Hayes acts as the Cher-obsessed Jack McFarland. Famous guest stars include Gregory Hines (played the tap-dancing boss), Debbie Reynolds and Blythe Danner (as the mothers) and Madonna (as Karen's potential roommate.

Will and Grace

This Puritan is best known for serving as the governor of the Plymouth colony intermittently after the signing of the Mayflower Compact by the Pilgrims in 1620. He famously detailed his experiences in the journal "Of Plymouth Plantation" (notably describing the first Thanksgiving) and wrote poetry of the nearby city of Boston.

William Bradford

Falsley accused of murder, a character in this Nobel-winning novelist's 1948 novel becomes "tyrant over the whole county's white conscience".

William Faulkner

This American actor is best known for his performances in the movies "Sunset Boulevard" (plays the narrator Joe Gillis who is dead in a swimming pool at the beginning of the movie), "Golden Boys" (plays a boxer based on the Clifford Odets work), "Sabrina" (alongside Humphrey Bogart and Audrey Hepburn), "Picnic" (starred alongside Kim Novak and famously was forced to shave his chest hair in order to be in conformity with the motion picture code), "Executive Suite" (alongside Barbara Stanwyck), "Love is a Many-Splendored Thing" (alongside Jennifer Jones), "Born Yesterday (alongside Judy Holliday), "The World of Suzie Wong" (alongside Nancy Kwan), "The Bridge on the River Kwai", "The Wild Bunch" (plays the character Pike Bishop, the leader of a group of robbers, in this film in which Warren Oates also stars) and "Network". He won the Oscar for Best Actor for his performance in "Stalag 17" (set in a P.O.W Camp) and an Emmy for the Television Film "The Blue Knight". He was also the founder of the Kenya Safari Club and famously guest-starred on "I Love Lucy" (has lunch with Lucy at the Brown Derby).

William Holden

This American author and journalist won the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for his novel "Ironweed". His novels are generally part of the "Albany Cycle", which revolves around the fictional Irish-American Phelan family and the gangster, Legs Diamond.

William Kennedy

Prior to Eisenhower, this president was the last to preside over the admission of a new state.

William Taft

This modern American trumpeter from Louisiana and Artistic Director of Jazz at the Lincoln Center is best known for his nine Grammy award wins for both classical and jazz music (first to win for both awards in the same year), as well as for being the first person with a jazz composition that won the Pulitzer Prize (for "Blood on the Fields"). His brother Branford plays the saxophone (performed an album with Sting and was the musical director on "The Tonight show with Jay Leno", leading to them earning the moniker "The First Family of Jazz" (when they played with each and their father, Ellis in New Orleans). Other compositions by him include "The Democracy! Suite", "Jump Star", and "Them Twos" (ballet for which he specifically wrote "Sex" and "Horror"). He was famously given his first trumpet by Al Hirt.

Wynton Marsalis

Of the six countries that border the Red Sea, it is the last alphabetically.

Yemen

This book by Dr. Seuss features the titular reptile and his quest to become the King of the Pond of the island of Sala-ma-sond, which is ultimately foiled by the mistreated bottom turtle named Mack, who burps and sends the titular reptile to the mud.

Yertle the Turtle

This traditional Jewish education institution focuses on the study of Rabbinic literature (specifically the Talmud) and is intended to train future rabbis. It comes from the Hebrew for "sitting" and shares its name with an Orthodox Jewish University.

Yeshiva

This Italian dessert can be made from egg yolks, sugar and sweet wine (typically marsala) when it is in beverage form. It can also be made in a custard form from the same ingredients, but then is also whipped/frothed before being served in a champagne coupe along with fruit.

Zabaglione