Jeopardy! – All Questions and Answers Guide

 

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1795

• The Lexington Public Library, this southern state’s oldest, was founded in 1795 • Kentucky
• This slave, the subject of an 1857 Supreme Court case, was probably born in 1795 • [Dred] Scott
• British forces seized the Dutch Cape Colony in what’s now this country. • South Africa
• On Jan. 3, 1795, this British pottery maker died in Etruria near Stoke-On-Trent • [Josiah] Wedgewood
• A fur-trading post was built on the site of this city 175 miles north of Calgary • Edmonton [Alberta]

1896

• In 1896, this candy-coated popcorn & peanut mixture got its name • Cracker Jack ^ Crackerjack
• Prudential Insurance began using this landmark rock in its ads • the [Rock] of Gibraltar
• On Aug. 17, 1896, gold was found in Bonanza Creek, a tributary of the Klondike, in this present territory • the Yukon [Territory]
• U.S. triple jumper James Connolly won the first Olympic gold medal at the Games in this city • Athens
• England’s first autos were built in this city famous for Lady Godiva’s ride • Coventry

1899

• This gangster nicknamed “Scarface Al” was born January 17, 1899 • [Al] Capone
• This country became a British Protectorate in 1899, 91 years before its occupation by Iraq • Kuwait
• Acetylsalicylic acid, better known as this, was introduced into widespread medical use • Aspirin
• In 1899, August Strindberg moved from Lund to this capital city • Stockholm
• This American territory, whose capital is Pago Pago, was created by an 1899 treaty • [American] Samoa

1986

• Hours before their wedding, Prince Andrew & Sarah Ferguson were made the Duke & Duchess of this • York
• His Presidential Library & Museum was dedicated October 1 in Atlanta • [Jimmy] Carter ^ [Jim] Carter
• Sweden was the first country outside the USSR to detect radiation from this nuclear disaster • Chernobyl
• This Scientology founder died at the age of 74 • [L.] [Ron] Hubbard ^
• This “Smooth Operator” from Nigeria won a Grammy Award for Best New Artist • Sade

1990

• In January 1990, this party in Poland voted itself out of existence • The Communists
• The U.S. lifted sanctions against this country since its former strongman Noriega was under arrest • Panama
• In April, this Himalayan kingdom legalized political parties, banned since 1960 • Nepal
• In the third round of balloting May 29, 1990, he was elected President of the Russian Federation • [Boris] Yeltsin
• In March 1990 it became the 3rd nation to put a satellite in lunar orbit • Japan

1992

• On September 22, the General Assembly voted to expel Yugoslavia from this organization • The United Nations
• In August, she announced she’d quit acting to devote herself to fitness videos & life with Ted Turner • [Jane] Fonda
• Princess Stephanie of this country gave birth to a son by Daniel Ducruet, a former royal bodyguard • Monaco
• Former dissident Kim Young Sam was elected President of this country in December • South Korea
• Nannerl Overholser Keohane was named the Eight President of this Durham, N.C. University • Duke

1995

• In April, the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in this city was bombed • Oklahoma
• In the Philippines, this former First Lady ran for congress & won • [Imelda] Marcos
• In January, the government began reintroducing the endangered species of these into Yellowstone • Wolf
• In a February address, Boris Yeltsin defended the Russian military actions against this breakaway republic • Chechnya
• In July, military leaders in this country freed Nobel Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest • Myanmar

16th Century America

• In 1521, Ponce De Leon set out to colonize what is now this state • Florida
• In 1540, Garcia Lopez De Cardenas discovered this more than 200-mile-long natural wonder • the Grand Canyon
• This British explorer stopped for a month in the San Francisco area during his round-the-world trip • Sir [Francis] Drake
• This Governor of Cuba left to explore America in 1539; he died during his return trip at the Mississippi • [Hernando] DeSoto
• Members of this persecuted French religious group established settlements in the 1560’s • the Huguenots

17th Century America

• On Nov. 21, 1620, after a 66-day voyage, this ship reached Cape Cod • the Mayflower
• In 1607, Edward M. Wingfield was ousted as president of the Virginia colony at this site • Jamestown
• George Fox, leader of this British religious group, toured the Colonies in 1672 • Society of Friends
• In 1631, this Governor of New Netherland was removed due to liberal policies toward wealthy landowners • [Peter] Minuit
• In 1678, at age 15, this future minister of the Second Church of Boston graduated from Harvard • [Cotton] Mather

18th Century Americans

• When caught as a spy in September 1776, he was disguised as a Dutch school teacher • [Nathan] Hale
• During the last years of the Revolution, he worked on his “Notes on the State of Virginia” • [Thomas] Jefferson
• He protested the Stamp Act through his widely circulated copper engravings • [Paul] Revere
• About 60% of the essays in “The Federalist” were written by him • [Alexander] Hamilton
• In 1770, this future president defended the British soldiers accused in the Boston Massacre & won the case • John Adams

1901-1910

• In 1908 this British liner crossed the Atlantic in a record 4.6 days; the Germans sank it in 1915 • The Lusitania
• The April 18, 1906 natural disaster in this city destroyed 25,000 buildings & left 225,000 homeless • San Francisco
• In 1910, this future President was elected to the New York Senate • [Franklin] [D] Roosevelt
• On Nov. 3, 1903, this country rebelled against Colombian rule & proclaimed its independence • Panama
• On Sept. 1, 1909, Frederick Cook claimed to have beaten him to the North Pole by one year • [Robert] [E.] Peary

1980s Pop Music

• Papa Don’t Preach was a hit for Madonna & “Father Figure” was a hit for this singer • [George] Michael
• Christopher Cross’ song “Think of Laura” became a hit after it was featured on this daytime soap • General Hospital
• In 1983 this group had its first No. 1 hit in the U.S. with “Every Breath You Take” • The Police
• According to the title of a Tears For Fears hit, “Everybody Wants To” do this • Rule the World
• His 1983 Hit “Beat It” featured Eddie Van Halen on guitar • [Michael] Jackson

1980s Television

• This character was a 16-year-old resident physician at Eastman Medical Center • Doogie Howser [MD]
• Before he played Joey Russo on “Blossom”, he was Joey Donovan on “Gimme a Break” • [Joey] Lawrence
• In the tradition of “Have gun, will travel, wire Paladin” in 1985 it was “Odds against you? Call…” him • The Equalizer
• Airwolf, stolen & used by Stringfellow Hawke, was one of these • a chopper
• On “Family Ties” this was the nickname of Irwin Handelman, Alex Keaton’s best friend • Skippy

1990’s Movies

• This actor directed & narrated 1992’s “A River Runs Through It” • [R.] Redford ^ [Robert] Redford
• In this 1994 Woody Allen film, John Cusack plays a playwright who gets mixed up with The Mob • Bullets Over Broadway
• The romance “An Affair To Remember”, figured prominently in this 1993 Tom Hanks film • Sleepless In Seattle
• Mel Gibson won an Oscar for directing himself as Scottish hero, William Wallace, in this epic • Braveheart
• This 1994 prison film with Tim Robbins & Morgan Freeman, was based on a Stephen King tale • The Shawshank Redemption

1990s Television

• TV series whose motto is “The truth is out there” • The X Files
• After her appearance on “Friends”, NBC decided to star her in a sitcom & voila — she’s “Suddenly Susan” • [Brooke] Shields
• This drama follows the plight of Bailey Salinger & his 4 siblings, orphaned by a car wreck • Party of Five
• Sara Michelle Gellar has a stake in the title role of this TV show based on a 1992 movie of the same name • {Buffy the Vampire Slayer}
• This WB show focuses on 4 teenagers growing up in Capeside, a Massachusetts coastal town • Dawson’s Creek

1990s Theatre

• This hit musical, based on a Disney film, features magical special effects & Tony-winning costumes • {Beauty & the Beast}
• In 1996, Lou Diamond Philips began reigning on Broadway in this Rogers & Hammerstein musical • The King and I
• This 1993 musical starred Bernadette Peters in the title role played on film by Marsha Mason • {Goodbye Girl}
• In 1997, Liza Minnelli returned to Broadway, filling in for Julie Andrews in this musical • {Victor, Victoria}
• This show, a celebration of dance, music & song from Ireland, made its U.S. debut in 1996 to sold-out crowds at Radio City Music Hall • Riverdance

19th Century Americans

• In February 1895, the U.S. reserves of this were down to a dangerously low $41,000,000 • gold
• He never appeared at his 1868 impeachment trial • Andrew Johnson
• In 1855, Congress allocated $30,000 to buy 33 of these to use as pack animals in the southwest desert • camels
• After U.S. forces burned York in April 1813, the British burned this city in reprisal in 1814 • Washington [D.C.]
• This institute, opened in Alabama in 1881, first emphasized farming & crafts • Tuskegee [Institute]
• His song “Old Folks at Home” originally appeared under Edwin P. Christy’s name • [Stephen] Foster
• His 1828 work “An American Dictionary of the English Language” contained about 70,000 entries • Noah Webster
• About a month after this President’s April 27, 1822 birth, he was named Hiram • [Ulysses] [S.] Grant
• By around 1800, this American began marketing his furs to China • [John] [Jacob] Astor
• Myra Bradwell, founder of the Chicago Legal News, got this famous woman’s insanity verdict reversed in 1876 • [Mary] [T] Lincoln
• Less than 3 years after his debates with Lincoln, he died of typhoid fever • [Stephen] Douglas
• After retiring in 1869, this Secretary of State traveled the world, including a stop in Alaska • [William] Seward
• In Washington, D.C.’s Statuary Hall, a sculpture of this orator represents New Hampshire • [Daniel] Webster
• This “Great Pacificator” helped negotiate the Treaty of Ghent, which ended the War of 1812 • [Henry] Clay
• He served in Congress & the New York State Senate before his arrest for fraud in 1871 • [William] Tweed

20th Century America

• In 1907, “A Mutt” the first successful daily comic strip, was launched; it would later be called this • Mutt and Jeff
• In 1987, 19-year- old Mathias Rust penetrated 400 miles of Soviet defenses, landing his Cessna in this square • Red [Square]
• In 1950, eating out became easier with the introduction of this first credit card • Diners Club [Card]
• In 1922, DeWitt Wallace & his wife, Lila Acheson, founded this monthly magazine • Reader’s Digest
• He served as Secretary of the Navy before becoming Governor of Texas in 1963 • [John] Connally
• This Nation of Islam minister led the Million Man March in Washington, D.C., October 16, 1995 • [Louis] Farrakhan
• Energy Turns the World was the theme of the 1982 World’s Fair held in this Tennessee city • Knoxville
• On October 14, 1933, Germany pulled out of this international organization • The League of Nations
• In 1969, this Israeli leader visited the Milwaukee elementary school she had attended • [Golda] Meir
• The USSR may have lost several men in previous attempts to put one in space before his 1961 success • [Yuri] Gagarin
• In April 1964, Ford introduced this new sporty car with a $2,368 sticker price • the Mustang
• On July 5, 1975, this Hawaiian volcano erupted for the first time in over 26 years • Mauna Loa
• On April 6, 1917, America entered World War I & this composer wrote “Over There” • [Georges] [M.] Cohan
• In March 1925, this State passed a law banning the teaching of evolution in public schools • Tennessee
• He served in the House for 30 years before becoming FDR’s first Vice-President in 1933 • [John] [N.] Garner

20th Century Authors

• He published his first novel, “A Daughter of the Snow”, the year before “The Call of The Wild” • [Jack] London
• It reportedly took him about 10 years to write “The Catcher In The Rye” • [J.] [D.] Salinger
• This “Airport” author was born in England & served with the Royal Air Force during WW II • [Arthur] Hailey
• In 1962, he published “Travels With Charley”, and won the Nobel Prize For Literature • [John] Steinbeck
• An African- American woman named Sula Peace is the heroine of this “Beloved” author’s novel “Sula” • [Chloe] [Anthony] Wofford

20th Century Women

• She served as a truck driver & mechanic during WWII, before becoming Queen of the U.K. • [Queen] Elizabeth the Second
• This Pakistani Prime Minister was the first foreign woman president of the Oxford Union • [Benazir] Butto
• Her third husband, Gregory Bateson, was also an anthropologist • [Margaret] Mead
• Shannon Miller won 5 Olympic medals in this sport in 1992 • gymnastics
• In 1995, this first woman elected to both houses of Congress, died in Skowhegan, Maine • [Margaret] Chase Smith

3-Letter Words

• A small part for an actor • a bit
• Sometimes it’s just this part “of the iceberg” that shows • the tip
• It precedes dog, rod & pants • hot
• It’s a promise to God • a vow
• It’s from the Latin for “to choose” • opt

4-Letter Words

• A synonym for a small island; Ireland is an emerald one • isle
• It’s a slang term for a potato • a spud
• This device is used to soften the tone of an instrument such as a trumpet • a mute
• This heaviest fencing sword has a bowl- shaped guard & a long, narrow blade with no cutting edge • an epee
• A summoning gesture, it precedes “and call” • beck
• It’s pretty “apparent” this is the beneficiary of a will • an heir
• Groucho said he wouldn’t belong to one that would accept him as a member • a club
• The crop of a bird; something may get stuck in yours • the craw
• A long story chronicling the history of a family like the Forsytes • a saga
• Someone who’s described as nasute has a large one of these features • a nose

5-Letter Words

• It’s a small broom used as a clothes brush • a whisk
• According to Longfellow, it’s what Priscilla wanted John Alden to do for himself • speak
• It means a square of turf; if you create one on a golf course, you should replace it • a divot
• The first 5-letter cardinal number is three & the first 5-letter ordinal number is this • first
• A straight line joining any 2 points on an arc, or 3 or more musical tones sounded in harmony • a chord
• Something known to be feasible is this “-and-true” • tried
• Popular term for a British policeman, or a type of hairpin • Bobby
• From the Latin word for “dutiful”, it means religiously devout • pious
• It’s Hawaiian for a veranda • lanai
• It can mean to move ahead, or to shape metal after heating • forge
• From late Latin excaldare, to wash in hot water, it means to burn with a hot liquid • scald
• Dean or Gillespie • Dizzy
• This water is carbonated, with a little quinine, lemon & lime in it • tonic
• It’s a dance in duple time with a step-close- step-hop pattern • a polka
• It’s the seed coverings & debris left over after threshing wheat • chaff

’50s Film Facts

• This Disney film, based on a book by Englishman Lewis Carroll, had its world premiere in England in 1951 • [Alice] in Wonderland
• When Sandra Dee played this tiny beach bunny, James Darren was Moondoggie & Cliff Robertson played Kahuna • Gidget
• Elizabeth Taylor was a year younger than James Dean when they made this 1956 film • Giant
• Clare Boothe Luce protested the 1955 Venice showing of this Glenn Ford- Sidney Poitier high school film • Blackboard Jungle
• Jimmy Stewart spies on his neighbor, Raymond Burr, in this Hitchcock classic • Rear Window

7-Letter Birds

• Through evolution, this Antarctic bird lost its long feathers & its wings became small and stiff • the Penguin
• To maintain balance, it doesn’t fly with fish in its pouch • the Pelican
• Another word for this barnyard bird is chanticleer • a Rooster
• The house or English species of this small brown bird is found worldwide • a Sparrow
• Its plumes are dyed to make large, really large fans • the Ostrich

9-Letter Words

• On February 14 this person is singled out as one’s sweetheart • a Valentine
• This means of transportation often found in a mall is usually angled at 30 degrees from the horizontal • an escalator
• This waterproof canvas covers an athletic field to protect it from the elements • a tarpaulin
• One of these Catholic books of questions & answers was prepared at the Council of Trent in 1566 • Cathechism
• This measure of a star’s brightness can be apparent or absolute • magnitude

 

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“A” in Geography

• Tasmania was separated from the mainland of this continent about 12,000 years ago • Australia
• This U.S. state has thousands of lakes, including Minchumina, & Teshakpuk • Alaska
• In area, this North African country is the continent’s second largest • Algeria
• The Buene is the only river in this Balkan country that can be used for shipping • Albania
• Armenia is bordered by this country on the east & on the southwest • Aserbaijan
• This country in Southwestern Asia has 2 official languages, Pashto & Dari, a dialect of Persian • Afghanistan
• This Canadian province’s motto is “fortis et liber”, “strong and free” • Alberta
• Continent on which you would find the Filchner Ice Shelf • Antarctica
• Name shared by a former capital of Guatemala & a Caribbean Island near Barbuda • Antigua
• The National Library of Turkey is in this city • Ankara

“A” in Science

• It’s the primary hormone that prepares you for “fight or flight” • adrenalin
• This inert gas symbolized Ar is used to fill lightbulbs to prevent the tungsten filament from evaporating • Argon
• Correctly, John Dalton said all matter was made of these; incorrectly, he claimed they were indivisible • Atom
• This protozoan has been described as a “mass of living jelly” • Amoeba
• Foods that offer a “complete” protein contain all 9 essential ones of these • Amino Acids

“A” Plus

• Some biologists classify the blue-green types of these simple organisms as bacteria • Algae
• It precedes mail, sick & mattress • Air
• A city in southeast Texas, or a famous chipmunk • Alvin
• It’s an automaton that resembles a human being • an android
• The Left Handed Dictionary defines this as “A man you can shut up by closing a book” • an author

A.K.A.

• It’s game show host Winston Conrad Martindale’s famous nickname • Wink
• This mentalist’s real name is George Joseph Kresge, Jr. — How “Amazing” • Kreskin
• Robert Smith was the real name of this late, “Lycanthropic” DJ, known for his howl • Wolfman Jack
• Because another actress had the same name, Donna Miller changed to this, before she moved to “Knots Landing” • [Donna] Mills
• This singer, who appeared in “Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome”, was born Annie Mae Bullock, in Nutbush, Tenn. • [Tina] Turner

Actor Directors

• When his 1972 film “Beware the Blob!” was reissued, it was subtitled “The movie J.R. shot” • [Larry] Hagman
• He directed himself, dad Lloyd & brother Jeff in the movie “The Thanksgiving Promise” • Beau Bridges
• A Bronx Tale the first film directed by this “Taxi Driver” star, earned critical praise, not Bronx cheers • [Robert] DeNiro
• This daughter of director John made her own directing debut with the TV movie “Bastard Out of Carolina” • [Anjelica] Houston
• Peter Ustinov directed the 1962 film version of this Herman Melville novel and played Captain Vere in it • Billy Budd

Actors & Actresses

• This star of “Nell” & “The Silence of the Lambs” has a degree in literature from Yale • Jodie Foster
• As Angela Bennett in this 1995 film, Sandra Bullock found her identity deleted from the information superhighway • the Net
• He had a role on TV’s “Dallas” before starring in films like “Seven” & “Seven Years in Tibet” • [Brad] Pitt
• She earned an Oscar Nomination for starring in “The Rose” & an Emmy Nomination for playing Mama Rose in “Gypsy” • [Bette] Midler
• He played The Joker in 1989’s “Batman” & in 1994 turned into a “Wolf” • [Jack] Nicholson

African History

• In the 1860s, John Hanning Speke concluded that Lake Victoria was the source of this river • The [White] Nile
• In 1870, a rich diamond field was found where this country’s city of Kimberley now stands • South Africa
• In 1931, this emperor gave Ethiopia its first written constitution • [Haile] Selassie
• In 1936, this 16-year-old succeeded his father, Fuad I, as King of Egypt • [King]
• On April 11, 1979, his dictatorial rule of Uganda was ended by exiles & Tanzanian forces • [Idi] Amin

Airlines

• Founded in 1920, it’s the second-oldest airline in the world, mate • Quantas
• They “Love to fly and it shows” • Delta Air Lines
• Planes operated by this airline can be recognized by a shamrock logo on their tails • Aer Lingus
• Formerly the national airline of the Soviet Union, it’s now the national airline of Russia • Aeroflot
• With the assistance of a German company, this Brazilian airline was founded in 1927 • Viacao Aerea Rio Grandense

All Wet

• This British river flows through the Bard’s birthplace • The Avon [River] ^ The Avon
• The Red Sea is an arm of this ocean • The Indian [Ocean]
• The Chagres River supplies some of the water that operates this canal’s locks • The Panama [Canal]
• In April 1862 David Farragut ordered his fleet up this river • The Mississippi [River]
• The ancient Roman Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinenisum, now Cologne, Germany, is on this river • The Rhine [River]

Alternative Rock

• A No. 1 album in December 1994 was this group’s “Vitalogy” • Pearl Jam
• In 1995 this group featuring Michael Stipe went on its first tour in 5 years • R.E.M.
• She refused a Grammy for Best Alternative Performance for the CD “I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got” • [Sinead] O Connor
• Siouxsie’s group • The Banshees
• This Chicago-based band’s major label debut, “Siamese Dream” went platinum • The Smashing Pumpkins

American History

• As early as 1879, a telephone system was installed in Butte in this state • Montana
• In 1878, the first salmon canneries were built in this new American possession • Alaska
• The gold rush in this Rocky Mountain state began in 1858 when gold was discovered at Cherry Creek • Colorado
• This former Texas president was one of only 2 Southern senators to vote against the Kansas-Nebraska Act • [Sam] Houston
• In Pinckney’s Treaty of 1795, Spain granted the U.S. the right to navigate this river • the Mississippi [river]
• On Oct. 20, 1803, the Senate ratified the treaty for this land acquisition • The Louisiana Purchase
• Benedict Arnold & this man’s Green Mountain Boys captured Ticonderoga May 10, 1775 • [Ethan] Allen
• In 1866, he became General of the U.S. Army, the first officer so designated • [US] Grant
• The name of this anti-Jackson party was introduced to the Senate by Henry Clay April 14, 1834 • The Whig [Party]
• In 1843, Daniel Webster resigned as this President’s Secretary of State • [John] Tyler
• As a result of this 1861-1865 conflict, over 600,000 died & 375,000 were wounded • The Civil War
• In 1955, this Cook County clerk was elected Chicago’s mayor • Richard J. Daly
• John Adams was appointed Chief Justice of this state’s highest court in 1775, but resigned in 1777 • Massachusetts
• In 1813, this partner of Meriwether Lewis became governor of the Missouri Territory • [William] Clark
• This 1862 act provided 160 acres of public land to those who would settle & cultivate it for 5 years • The Homestead [Act]
• Unaware of the Treaty of Ghent signed earlier, the British attacked this Louisiana city on Jan. 8, 1815 • New-Orleans
• The British gained Charlestown Peninsula, now in Boston, by winning this June 17, 1775 battle • [Battle] of Bunker Hill
• On Nov. 7, 1811, this territorial governor of Indiana lost 62 of his men at Tippecanoe • [William] [Henry] Harrison
• In 1794, this Chief Justice negotiated a treaty calling for British evacuation of the Northwest • [John] Jay
• After defeating the Indians at Fallen Timbers, this “mad” General built a fort on the Maumee River • [General] [A] Wayne
• Founded in 1607, the Popham Colony on the Kennebec River was this state’s first English settlement • Maine
• Wilson Price Hunt, an employee of his fur company, pioneered what became The Oregon Trail • [John] [Jacob] Astor
• After aiding the U.S. in the Battle of New Orleans, this pirate was pardoned • [Jean] Laffite
• In December 1952, this President-elect visited the front lines during the Korean War • [Dwight] [David] Eisenhower
• Under the terms of the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty of 1901, England gave up its rights to build & manage this canal • The Panama [Canal]

American Literature

• While walking, this Washington Irving character comes upon a party of odd-looking men, playing ninepins • [Rip] Van Winckle
• In “Moby Dick”, this Captain dies when a harpoon line loops around his neck & pulls him overboard • [Captain] Ahab
• In this Steinbeck work, dimwitted Lennie Small has a vision of his aunt Clara • {Of Mice and Men}
• The New Pilgrim’s Progress was the subtitle of his “The Innocents Abroad” • [Samuel] Clemens
• Book One of this Willa Cather novel is entitled “The Shimerdas” • {My Antonia}

American Novelists

• As a teenager, he wrote copy for his brother’s newspaper, The Hannibal Journal • [Mark] Twain
• When this author of “The Scarlet Letter” began getting published, he added a “W” to his last name • [N] Hawthorne
• This author based the character Philboy Studge in “Breakfast of Champions” on himself • [K] Vonnegut [Jr.]
• In a John Steinbeck work, this title object, found by Kino the fisherman, is as big as a seagull’s egg • The Pearl
• Sinclair Lewis spent several months researching midwestern protestantism for this 1927 novel • {Elmer Gantry}

Americana

• To recapture the spirit of the Old West, this South Dakota city legalized gambling in 1989 • Deadwood [city]
• A museum in Des Plaines Illinois, traces the history of this fast food chain • McDonalds
• In 1923, this state adopted the nickname “The Wonder State”; In 1953 it became the “Land of Opportunity” • Arkansas
• At 726 feet, the second-highest dam in the U.S. is named for this 5’11” person • Herbert Hoover
• An archive in Plymouth, Vermont, has photos, family films & voice recordings of this U.S. President • [Calvin] Coolidge

Anagrams

• An astute art critic knows the Venus de Milo is one • a statue
• Hours elapse while you’re this in bed • asleep
• When a U.S. lawyer hangs out his shingle, it’s usually in this language • english
• Heads turn here whenever the devil walks by • Hades
• A knight didn’t have to travel far to run into one of these rascals • a Varlet
• I like to eat a sub when I ride this vehicle • the bus
• This room might be at the end of a house • the den
• Someone who helps change this baby garment should be repaid with a kindness • a diaper
• It’s a good ole name for a lion or a pope • a leo
• David Hyde Pierce knows all his lines as this character on “Frasier” • Niles

Anatomy

• The skin has 2 main layers: the dermis & this thinner, outer portion • the epidermis
• Most of the iodine in the body is concentrated in this gland • the thyroid [gland]
• This part of the brain, below the cerebrum, is responsible for balance & posture • the cerebellum
• This spiral-shaped part of the inner ear is named for its resemblance to a snail’s shell • the cochlea
• They’re the chief arteries, one on each side of the neck, that carry blood to the head • the carotid

Ancient Americans

• Von Humboldt popularized this group name; they called themselves Tenochca, Mexica & Colhua Mexica • the Aztecs
• The 2 major contributions of the Olmecs, the mother culture of Mesoamerica, were writing & this time tracker • the calendar
• Like Monet, the Mayans used this pond flower as a motif in their art • the waterlily ^ the water lily
• C. 1200-1465 the Chimu Empire controlled about 600 miles of what’s now this South American country’s coast • Peru
• Almost 400 workshops for this black volcanic glass have been discovered in Teotihuacan • Obsidian

Ancient Egypt

• An essential feature of this embalming process was desiccation by means of dry natron • mummification
• The Egyptians called their land Kemet, the Black Land, from the mud left by this river’s inundation • the Nile
• This famous Queen was replaced by her daughter as Akhenaten’s principal wife • [Queen] Nefertiti
• Hieroglyphics were Greek to scholars until this 1799 discovery supplied Greek equivalents • the Rosetta [Stone]
• The pyramid of Menkaure was the last of the major 3 built at this site, southwest of modern Cairo • Gisa

Ancient Rome

• Marcus Gavius Apicius wrote one of these in the 1st century; Apician means gourmet • a cookbook
• Suetonius says this emperor sang while Rome burned & his last words were, “What an artist dies with me” • Nero
• In 313, Constantine declared this religion legal • Christianity
• About 40 of these underground cemeteries stretch approximately 350 miles around Rome • the catacombs
• This largest stadium in ancient Rome held about a quarter of a million spectators • the Circus

Andrew Lloyd Webber Musicals

• In this Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, an actress becomes the most powerful woman in Argentina • Evita
• On June 19, 1997 it surpassed “A Chorus Line” as Broadway’s longest-running show • Cats
• Patti LuPone, Glenn Close & Betty Buckley have all played Norma Desmond in this show • {Sunset Blvd.}
• From 1992 through ’96, Ted Neeley toured in a revival of this musical; he played the title role on film • {Jesus Christ Superstar}
• Characters in this musical include Dinah The Dining Car, Belle The Sleeping Car & Greaseball • {Starlight Express}

Animal Groups

• A shrewdness of these large primates may be full of Chimps or Gorillas • Apes
• Nevermore will we mention that a group of these birds is an unkindness • Ravens
• You’ll hear many peeps out of a peep of these • Chickens
• When someone wishes you “good” these at Christmas, they may be referring to a group of magpies • Tidings
• Gather a group of these animals in Wisconsin & you’ll have a cete • Badgers

Animals

• With its black spots, this fastest land mammal may be mistaken for a leopard • the cheetah
• The Condor is a bird & the Conger is one of these • an eel
• This very slo-o-o-w creature can turn its head 270 degrees, likes to hang upside down & is three-toed • a Sloth
• Most of the world’s lemurs live on this Island off Africa’s East coast • Madagascar
• The Silvery Blue, the Spring Azure, & the Common Oakblue are blue-winged types of this beautiful insect • the butterfly
• This continent is home to both Pacas & Alpacas • South America
• One of these Chilopoda Arthropods has as many as 177 pairs of legs; most have 15 to 23 pairs • Centipedes
• Brush wolf is another name for this howling canine • a coyote
• These brightly-colored aquarium fish were named for French statesman Francois-Nicolas Mollien • Mollies
• Rattlesnakes belong to the pit group of this snake family • Viperidae
• Like the Falcon or Hawk, the Shrike is classified as a bird of this • prey
• Almost 99% of a jellyfish’s body is made of this substance • water
• These bivalves stay under the mud by extending their siphons into the water • clam
• The spectacled bear is the only bear found on this continent • South America
• This Arctic pinniped’s 2 upper canine teeth may grow up to 20 inches or more • the walrus

Annual Events

• If you want to celebrate Old Dover days, head for this state in early May • Delaware^
• Every October, this state capital hosts the South Carolina State Fair • Columbia
• April events in this capital include the Georgetown House Tour & the Georgetown Garden Tour • Washington D.C.
• Fort Valley, Georgia is a center for growing this fruit, which it honors with an annual festival • peaches
• Dogsled races are part of the Fur Rendezvous held each February in this largest Alaskan city • Anchorage
• In celebration of this holiday, Knott’s Berry Farm turns into Knott’s Scary Farm • Halloween
• Observances in this state include Indian Day in September & Will Rogers Day in November • Oklahoma
• On Hangul, Korean Alphabet Day, children compete in this art of beautiful handwriting • calligraphy
• The name of this Jewish holiday is Hebrew for “Head of the Year” • Rosh Hashanah
• In Texas, Confederate Heroes’ Day is celebrated on January 19, the birthday of this general • [R.] [E.] Lee

Antonyms

• Knobs on your stereo control treble & this • bass
• This antonym of bliss “loves company” • misery
• Use 4 of the 5 letters in “floor” to build this antonym of it • roof
• This antonym of supine describes a type of piano • upright^
• In the word predetermined “pre” is a prefix & “ed” is this • a suffix

Apostles

• Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life” • Thomas
• Jesus told him, “Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men” • Simon
• Jesus found him “sitting at the receipt of custom”, which means collecting taxes • Matthew
• Considered the first called, he’s also alphabetically first on the lists in the New Testament • Andrew
• Luke said Satan entered into this apostle • Judas [Iscariot]

April Fool’s Day

• On April 1, 1945, U.S. forces landed on this largest of the Ryukyu islands; in 1972 we returned it to Japan • Okinawa
• The “Core” of this computer company goes back to its founding on April 1, 1976 • Apple
• On April 1, 1789, the House had its first quorum & elected Frederick A.C. Muhlenberg to this post • Speaker of the [House]
• This country was declared an Islamic Republic on April 1, 1979 • Iran
• Its official date was April 1, 1990, the 21st time it had taken place in the U.S. • The [U.S.] Census

Archaeology

• Alabastrons are ancient unguent jars often made of this, hence their name • Alabaster
• It’s the term for labyrinthine, subterranean cemeteries, such as the ones in Rome • catacomb
• Human sacrifices were once thrown into the Cenote, or sacred well, at Chichen Itza, in this country • Mexico
• Greek statues of this creature often have women’s heads & wings, unlike the monument at Giza • Harpies
• He uncovered tombs of Mycenaean kings in 1876, a few years after finding ancient Troy • [H.] Schliemann
• Fossils of this early man were first discovered in a German valley in 1856 • Neanderthal [Man]
• Scientists learn about ancient plant life by studying fossilized grains of this, from flowers • pollen
• These scrolls were uncovered by a Bedouin boy, exploring a cave at Qumran in 1947 • The Dead Sea [Scrolls]
• Snaketown, on the Gila River in this state, is the best-studied village of the Hohokam culture • Arizona
• The ruins at Angkor Wat were discovered in this southeast Asian country, around 1860 • Cambodia

Architecture

• Jacques-Ange Gabriel designed the classically elegant Petit Trianon at this French palace • Versailles
• Though this Maine city’s State House has been remodeled, it retains its original Charles Bulfinch facade • Augustai
• This architect of Welsh descent named his homes in Wisconsin & Arizona for the Welsh poet Taliesin • [Frank] [Lloyd] Wright
• From Latin for “little tub”, it’s a domelike structure often found atop a roof • a cupola
• To an architect, it’s a buttress or a supporting strut; to a cowboy, it’s a metal device worn on a boot • a spur
• This Defense Department headquarters was designed by G.E. Bergstrom to conserve structural steel • The Pentagon
• Often used to absorb thrusts from roof vaults, these supports come in hanging & flying varieties • buttresses
• Examples of his geodesic domes were built in Baton Rouge, LA. & on Oahu, among other places • [R.] [B.] Fuller
• Begun in 1785, his capitol building in Richmond was based on a Roman temple in France • [Thomas] Jefferson
• The 1st winners of the Pritzker Architecture Prize received this British sculptor’s “Ode To Architecture” • H. Moore

Around the World

• The name of these South American mountains may be derived from Anti, a Quechuan word for “east” • The Andes
• Women of India often drape the end of this wrapped garment over their heads • a sari
• Almost all Bedouins in the Middle East speak this language • Arabic
• This grain is Laos’ chief agricultural product • Rice
• Queen’s University, 1 of the 2 universities in Northern Ireland, is in this capital city • Belfast
• At 3,414′, Carrauntoohill, in the mountains of Kerry, is this country’s highest peak • Ireland
• Air Canada is headquartered in this French-speaking city • Montreal
• The name of this city’s Limehouse District may be derived from its limekilns or “lime oasts” • London
• Fish is the main export of Maldives, an island country in this ocean • The Indian [Ocean]
• The Catholic University of Valparaiso was founded in this South American country in 1928 • Chile
• In 1994 this Asian city’s Disneyland greeted its 150 millionth visitor • Tokyo
• This famous block of limestone is set into a castle tower near Cork • The Blarney Stone
• Tages-Anzeiger Zurich & Neue Zurcher Zeitung are 2 of this country’s leading newspapers • Switzerland
• You can visit the Museum Carolino- Augusteum as well as Mozart’s birthplace in this Austrian city • Salzburg
• If you want to see Matisse’s “Dance”, dance over to this West 53rd Street museum • MOMA
• World Book calls this South American country “The World’s Largest ‘Coffeepot’” • Brazil
• 16th century guild houses line the Groote Market in this Belgian port city • Antwerp
• Since ancient times, peridot has been mined on the island of Zabarjad, off the coast of Egypt in this sea • The Red [Sea]
• The Barong, a dance from this Indonesian island, dramatizes a battle between a creature & a witch • Bali
• Manitoulin, the world’s largest island in a lake, lies in Lake Huron in this Canadian province • Ontario

Art

• Emanuel Leutze used the Rhine as a model for his painting of “Washington Crossing” this river • The Delaware
• A Pieta, now in the cathedral of Florence, was originally meant for this artist’s tomb • Michelangelo
• He painted a series of “Haystacks” before turning to water lilies • [Claude] Monet
• His “Anatomy lesson of Dr. Tulp”, established him as one of Amsterdam’s great portrait painters • Rembrandt
• This Venetian, who painted “The Rape of Europa”, probably lived past the age of 90 • Titian
• This capital’s Pompidou Center houses a museum of modern art, a music research institute & a public library • Paris
• These colored chalk-like sticks are made with a pigment & a weak adhesive such as gum tragacanth • Pastels
• In 1988, a Japanese buyer paid $38 million for this Spaniard’s “Acrobat and Young Harlequin” • [Pablo] Picasso
• She was commissioned to paint a mural for the women’s building at the 1893 Columbian Exposition • [Mary] Cassatt
• This art movement, begun in Zurich in 1916, was named for a French word meaning “hobbyhorse” • Dada
• The “Mona Lisa” was one of the few paintings he finished during his 2nd residence in Florence • [Leonardo] Da Vinci
• Botticelli featured members of this prominent family in his “Adoration of the Magi” • The Medici
• Sadly, when this Belgian Surrealist was a teenager, his mother drowned herself • [Rene] Magritte
• You can see his “Majas on a Balcony” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art • [F] [De] Goya
• In 1983, he skirted 11 islands in Biscayne Bay with sheets of pink plastic • Christo [Javacheff]
• This “Starry Night” painter gave up his theology studies in 1878, but became a lay minister • [Vincent] Van Gogh
• In this technique of painting on plaster, softer, less brilliant colors, are used • Fresco
• 14 years after he painted his mother, he was elected president of The Society of British Artists • [James] [A.M.] Whistler
• In this painting technique, egg yolk is used as a binder for a pigment-water mixture • Tempera
• This Cretan spent his last 6 years working in Toledo, on 3 paintings, for the hospital of St. John the Baptist • [D] Theotokopoulos

Art & Artists

• He painted more than 100 pictures of George Washington & the Vaughan portrait is in the National Gallery • [Gilbert] Stuart
• An example of social realism is his “Epic of the Mexican people…” in Mexico’s Palacio Nacional • [Diego] Rivera
• Inside the bar, Tynemouth shows this Maine-based artist’s mastery of the watercolor medium • [Winslow] Homer
• After assaulting a fellow knight, Caravaggio fled this island • Malta^
• Wassily Kandinsky joined Gropius at this design school in 1922 & remained there until 1933 • The Bauhaus
• She’s the subject of Andy Warhol’s 1962 “Marilyn Diptych” • [Marilyn] Monroe
• An X-ray of his “Blue Boy” has revealed the figure of a small dog that was painted out • [Thomas] Gainsborough
• In 1481 Botticelli led a group of painters in frescoing this newly erected Vatican chapel • The Sistine
• He was inspired to create such works as “Bronco Buster” by watching sculptor Frederic Ruckstull work • [Frederic] Remington
• Constantin Brancusi was noted for his stark sculptures of this kind of animal “in space” • a bird

Artists & Their Subjects

• In 1808 Antonio Canova sculpted this emperor’s sister Pauline as a seminude reclining Venus • Napoleon I
• In 1874 Manet painted this artist with a similar name “working on his boat in Argenteuil” • [Claude] Monet
• He painted ladies of the evening “at the salon of the Rue des Moulins” in 1894 • [Henri] [De] Toulouse Lautrec
• Pre-Raphaelite artist Sir John Everett Millais painted his “Hamlet” heroine afloat in a pond • Ophelia
• In a famous 1745 self-portrait, this English engraver & satirist depicted himself with his dog • [William] Hogarth
• His 1891 painting of “A Street in Tahiti” is in the Toledo Museum of Art • [Paul] Gauguin
• Thomas Sully’s 1815 portrait of this orator is in the Colonial Williamsburg Collection • [Patrick] Henry
• Picasso’s “Family of Saltimbanques” shows people who work for one of these spectacles • a circus
• In 1930 she created a series of paintings of a jack-in- the-pulpit • [Georgia] O’Keeffe
• Riemenschneider sculpted this biblical couple for a chapel in Wurzburg, Germany • Adam & Eve

Asia

• This, Asia’s highest point, is over 29,000 feet above sea level • [Mount] Everest
• North Vietnam was separated from South Vietnam by this, DMZ for short • The Demilitarized Zone
• This title of the rulers of Tibet was first bestowed by Altan Khan on Sonam Gyatso • Dalai Lama
• Nishapur, Iran was the birthplace & contains the grave of this famous 11th century poet • Omar
• In the 19th century Karachi, now in this country, was developed by the British as a major port city • Pakistan

Astronomy

• Earth is located about 3/5 of the way from the center of this galaxy • The Milky Way
• It’s the “Red Planet” • Mars
• The greenhouse effect is responsible for 800 degrees F. temperatures on this planet • Venus
• Even the Hubble space telescope can’t see surface features on this smallest planet • Pluto
• In 1987, astronomers got their best look at one of these exploding stars in almost 400 years • a Super Nova
• It’s the only star on which astronomers have observed spots • the Sun
• In 1504, Columbus scared the locals in Jamaica when he predicted one of these • an eclipse
• Betelgeuse is a red supergiant in this constellation of the hunter • Orion
• Features on this planet include a mountain ridge named Aphrodite & a crater named Cleopatra • Venus
• The perijove is the point at which a satellite of this planet comes closest to it • Jupiter

Authors

• This author of “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings”, was born Maguerite Jonhson • [Maya] Angelou
• As a youngster, this “Billy Budd” author, worked in his brother’s fur store in Albany • [Herman] Melville
• He was born Truman Streckfus Persons on September 30, 1924 in New Orleans • [Truman] Capote
• From 1846 to 1849, he was surveyor of the port of Salem, Mass. • [Nathaniel] Hawthorne
• Sherwood Anderson helped this Mississippi author publish his first novel, “Soldiers’ Pay” • [William] Faulkner
• This “Les Miserables” author was the son of an officer in Napoleon’s army • [Victor] Hugo
• In April 1995, he had the hardcover & paperback fiction bestseller with “The Rainmaker” & “The Chamber” • [John] Grisham
• In 1969 his “Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters”, was published posthumously • [John] Steinbeck
• He worked on “Remembrance of Things Past” for at least 12 years • [Marcel] Proust
• This creator of Ichabod Crane passed the bar exam in 1806 but never practiced much law • [Washington] Irving
• This “Canterbury Tales” author was born the son of a wealthy London vintner sometime before 1343 • [Geoffrey] Chaucer
• He wanted to change the title of his “The Great Gatsby” to “Under The Red White and Blue” • [F.] [Scott] Fitzgerald
• This “Sophie’s Choice” author set his 1st novel, “Lie Down In Darkness”, in his native Virginia • [William] Styron
• As a teenager, this author of “The Pilgrim’s Progress”, fought for Parliament in the English Civil War • [John] Bunyan
• This novelist & lover of Chopin, was descended from Augustus II, King of Poland • [George] Sand

Autobiographies

• In 1995, this former British Prime Minister published her 2nd volume of memoirs, “The Path To Power” • [Margaret] Thatcher
• In “Return To Earth”, this 2nd man to walk on the moon told of the pressures he faced on & off the job • [Ed] [B.] Aldrin
• In 1980, this former Vice- President, published his autobiography, “Go Quietly… Or Else” • [Spiro] [T.] Agnew
• Among this late entertainer’s autobiographies are, “The Man In The Straw Hat” & “I Remember It Well” • [Maurice] Chevalier
• Despite its title, “The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas” is actually a book about this woman • [Gertrude] Stein

Awards

• The 1994 Nobel Peace Prize was shared by Israeli leaders Shimon Peres, Yitzhak Rabin, & this PLO leader • [Y.] Arafat
• In 1993, this tennis great was awarded a medal of freedom, posthumously • [Arthur] Ashe
• This reggae singer was en route to Jamaica to receive the order of merit when he died in 1981 • Bob Marley
• In 1990, this cable mogul won the Walter Cronkite Award for excellence in journalism & telecommunication • [Ted] Turner
• In 1985 Steven Jobs & this partner were recipients of The National Medal of Technology • [Stephen] Wozniak

 

B

“B.A.”s

• It’s a popular nickname for New York City • The Big Apple
• She was featured on “All in the Family”, then came “Maude”, “Amanda’s” & “Golden Girls” • [Beatrice] Arthur
• Jose De San Martin, father of Argentine independence, is buried in a cathedral in this city • Buenos Aires
• It’s where you go for strikes & spares • a bowling alley
• This French phrase is commonly used to wish someone a healthy, hearty meal • bon appetit

“B” Words

• During one of these heavy snowstorms, visibility is less than one-quarter mile • a blizzard
• It’s a 4-letter synonym for boast • brag
• In medicine, it’s the opposite of malignant • benign
• It’s the sports event that combines cross-country skiing with rifle shooting • biathlon
• Emerson said that this “without grace is the hook without the bait” • beauty

Ballet

• Jerome Robbins played the comical role in the 1942 ballet, about this woman of Troy • Helen of [Troy]
• The Russian title of this fairy tale ballet is “Zolushka”; the French title is “Cendillon” • Cinderella
• This Cubist designed the scenery & costumes for the 1919 ballet, “The Three-cornered Hat” • [Pablo] Picasso
• At the beginning of Nijinsky’s ballet “Jeux”, one of these sports balls bounces onstage from an unseen court • Tennis
• Igor Youskevitch was noted for playing Stanley, in the ballet version of this Tennessee Williams play • {Streetcar Named Desire}
• George Skibine’s ballet, “Tragedy At Verona”, is based on this play • {Romeo and Juliet}
• Le Beau Danube, with music by Johann Strauss, is set in a public park in this city • Vienna
• Twyla Tharp’s “Push Comes to Shove”, was one of the first American works created for this Russian star • [M] Baryshnikov
• This sitarist’s older brother Uday, created the ballet “Radha and Krishna” for Anna Pavlova • [Ravi] Shankar
• This choreographer not only created “Fancy Free”, he danced in it, as one of the 3 sailors • [Jerome] Robbins
• In a 1938 ballet, this “youthful” outlaw’s mother & his Mexican sweetheart, are played by the same dancer • Billy the Kid
• Leonide Masine’s 1932 ballet, “Jeux d’enfants”, is danced to music by this “Carmen” composer • [George] Biset
• This great Russian dancer had his body painted blue & silver for the 1912 ballet “Le Dieu Bleu” • [Vaslav] Nijinsky
• In 1948, this future star of the film “Gigi”, played the Sphinx in a French ballet about Oedipus • [Leslie] Caron
• A large egg contains an evil sorcerer’s soul in this ballet, whose French title is “L’Oiseau de Feu” • The Firebird

Baseball

• Pitcher Nolan Ryan set a Major League record in 1973 by recording 383 of these • strike outs
• In 1978, this Cincinnati Red set a modern-day national league record with a 44-game hitting streak • [Pete] Rose
• Only 3 players have hit 600 major league home runs: Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth & this Giants outfielder • [Willie] Mays
• In 1995, he broke Lou Gehrig’s record for consecutive games played • [C.] Ripken [Jr.]
• Tommy Lasorda managed this team to 4 national league pennants & 2 world series championships • The [L.] [A.] Dodgers

Baseball Hall of Famers

• Quick as you can say his name, in 1962 he was the first black player inducted • Jack Robinson
• Willie Mays was the Say Hey Kid; he was Stan The Man • [Stan] Musial
• He played in 2,130 consecutive games; no wonder he was the pride of the Yankees • [Henry] [L.] Gehrig
• Baseball’s batting leader for the 1940s &50s • T. Williams
• This Detroit Tiger played 2,488 games in right field • [Al] Kaline

Been-Her

• For this 1959 film, a female impersonator taught actors Jack Lemmon & Tony Curtis how to be girls • Some Like It Hot
• The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, a 1994 movie, featured the music of this Swedish group • Abba
• John Leguizamo, Wesley Snipes & this “dirty dancer” donned dresses in “To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar” • [Patrick] Swayze
• In this 1982 comedy, Dustin Hoffman played Michael Dorsey & Dorothy Michaels • Tootsie
• This cross-dressing diva played the title role in the music video “Supermodel” ( You Better Work ) • RuPaul

Before & After

• B.C. • Before Christ
• It’s where you shouldn’t put the cart • before the horse
• It’s a small earthquake or tremor that follows a major one • an aftershock
• Many types of this lotion used on the face contain alcohol & perfume • aftershave
• It’s a synonym for the hereafter • the afterworld

Begins & Ends with “T”

• A male feline • tom [cat]
• The name of this device used to stop bleeding may come from a french word for “turn” • a tourniquet
• One who plays hooky from school might find himself pursued by this type of officer • truant
• It’s the period between sunset & dark when the sun is just below the horizon • twilight
• The Roman God Jupiter used this weather phenomenon as a weapon, by Jove • a thunderbolt

Bestsellers

• One of her bestsellers was “Aunt Erma’s Cope Book” in 1979 • [E] Bombeck
• His 1976 book, “Trinity”, didn’t make a quick exodus from the charts • [Leon] Uris
• This Richard Bach book flew to the top of the 1972 & 1973 lists • Jonathan Livingstone Seagull
• This James Michener book topped the chart for one year, not for 100 years • Centennial
• It was no fantasy that his “The Silmarillion” was the top-seller for 1977 • Tolkien

Bewitched

• In 1996, Melissa Joan Hart began playing this title TV witch • Sabrina the [Teenage] [Witch]
• In this Arthur Miller play, Abigail Williams accuses Elizabeth Proctor of being a witch • The Crucible
• Cher was a “bewitching” sculptor in this movie based on a John Updike novel • The Witches of Eastwick
• The three witches in this Shakespeare play brewed up a charm from such items as tooth of wolf and eye of newt • Mac Beth
• In a very grim Grimm tale, she pushed a witch into an oven • Gretel

Biblical People

• Genesis 6:9 called this ark builder “A just man and perfect in his generations” • Noah
• His “Wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt” • Solomon
• This King cast Shadrach, Meshach & Abednego into a fiery furnace • Nebuchadnezzar
• Mary is the New Testament version of this Old Testament name by which Moses’ sister was known • Miriam
• Pilate gave the body of Jesus to this man, who wrapped him in linen & laid him in a sepulchre • J. of Arimathea

Biblical Words & Phrases

• Can the leopard change these? means “It’s impossible” • spots
• To “pass over” this river means to reach the promised land • The Jordan
• Unworthy or sinful people are known as a “generation of” these poisonous creatures • vipers
• To prepare for action is to do this to “your loins” • {gird up}
• Pale horse is a metaphor for the approach of this • Death

Biographies

• Slave and Citizen is N.I. Huggins’ book about this American orator • [Frederick] Douglass
• Noel B. Gerson called his biography of this Marquis “Statue In Search of a Pedestal” • The [Marquis] [De] Lafayette
• Leon Edel’s 5-volume biography of this “Daisy Miller” author, appeared between 1953 & 1972 • [Henry] James
• King of the Night was a 1989 book about this former late night television host • [Johnny] Carson
• Jack’s Book is an oral biography of this beat generation writer • [Jack] Kerouac

Biology

• Insensitive to light, your blind spot is where this nerve joins the eye • the optic [nerve]
• A hormone called glucagon raises the level of this in the blood • glucose
• Fungi such as mushrooms lack this green pigment • chlorophyll
• One book describes this protozoan as a “mass of living jelly” • the amoeba
• This part of the small intestine is named for the fact that it’s about as long as the width of 12 fingers • the Duodenum

Bird Parts

• It’s the marsupial receptacle, a chipmunk cheek or the sac under a pelican’s bill • a pouch
• A caruncle is a fleshy outgrowth, like this on the top of a rooster • a comb
• Collective term for all the feathers of a bird • plumage
• Also called the ventriculus, it’s the part of a bird that grinds food using stones or grit • the gizzard
• It’s the claw of an eagle • the talon

Bird Words & Phrases

• If someone makes a fatal mistake, this bird “is cooked” • a goose
• It’s the bird term for a theatrical flop that doesn’t “gobble” up enough business • a turkey
• When you have the advantage, you’re sitting in this seat — meow! • the cat-bird [seat]
• When you travel by the most direct route, you’re going “as” this bird “flies” • a crow
• It means to peddle one’s wares by calling out, perhaps like a bird of prey • hawk

Birds

• Species of this large bird with a long neck include Demoiselle, Sandhill & Whooping • cranes
• World Book calls it the “night watchman of our gardens” • the owl
• This Australian Kingfisher is sometimes called a laughing jackass • a kookaburra
• With a wingspan of up to 9 1/2 feet, this vulture is North America’s largest flying land bird • the [California] Condor
• The Adjutant Birds of Southeast Asia are members of this family known for family deliveries • storks
• Benjamin Franklin called this national symbol “a bird of bad moral character” • the Bald Eagle
• The males of this familiar “redbird” have a black mask around their eyes & bill • the Cardinal
• Sailors refer to these large, wandering seabirds as Gooneys • Albatross
• The Mallard is one of the most widespread wild species of this bird • a duck
• A bird’s feathers grow out of pits called these • Follicle
• It’s the only bird larger than an Emu • the Ostrich
• The Budgerigar or Budgie is the most popular of these colorful pet birds • the Parakeet
• The “Sacred” species of this long-billed wading bird was sacred to the ancient Egyptians • the Ibis
• Over 5 feet long, the Trumpeter is the largest species of this bird • the Swan
• Hawaii’s state bird the Nene, is a close relative of this Canadian bird • the [Canada] Goose

Bitter Battles

• The Confederate victory at Chancellorsville paved the way for this early July, 1863 Pennsylvania battle • Gettysburg
• The 1824 battle of Ayacucho marked the end of this European country’s power in South America • Spain
• The Battle of Austerlitz, one of his greatest victories, is sometimes called the battle of the three emperors • Napoleon the 1st
• The Battle of the Argonne, during this war, was part of a general offensive against the Hindenburg Line • World War 1
• The recapture of Antwerp was a goal of this 1944-45 battle, Germany’s last great offensive in the West • Ardennes ^ the Battle of the Bulge

Black America

• After 20 years in office, Tom Bradley retired in 1993 as mayor of this large city • Los Angeles
• She’s Jackie Joyner-Kersee’s famous sister-in-law • F. [G.] Joyner
• In 1877, this orator was appointed Marshal for the District of Columbia • Frederick Douglass
• The Voice of Harlem, he served in the house of representatives 1945-67 & 1969-70 • [Adam] [C.] Powell [Jr.]
• For the hundreds of slaves she led to freedom, she’s nicknamed the “Moses” of her people • [Harriet] Tubman
• For President Clinton’s inauguration, she wrote & recited the poem “On the Pulse of Morning” • [M.] Angelou
• 1995 marked the 30th anniversary of the Civil Rights march from Selma to this Alabama city • Montgomery
• Duke Ellington first gained national attention while appearing at this famous Harlem nightclub • The Cotton [Club]
• In 1869, the National Convention of Colored Men was established with this orator as its president • [Frederick] Douglass
• A native of Chicago, in 1992 she became the first Black American woman elected to the Senate • [Carol] Moseley-Braun

Bodies of Water

• The temperature & salinity of this smallest ocean vary as the ice cover freezes & melts • The Arctic [Ocean]
• U.S. naval personnel in Cuba call it “Gitmo” for short • Guantanamo [Bay]
• It separates Tierra Del Fuego from the tip of the South American mainland • The Strait of Magellan
• Site of a massive oil spill in 1989, it was named for the third son of King George III • Prince William Sound
• Ciudad Bolivar & Ciudad Guayana are the major cities on this Venezuelan river • The Orinoco
• The Gulf of Mexico & the Gulf of Saint Lawrence are arms of this ocean • The Atlantic [Ocean]
• This South American river carries more water than any other in the world • The Amazon [River]
• In China it’s officially known as Chang Jiang or “Long River” • The Yangtze
• The Ebro is this country’s only major river to flow into the Mediterranean Sea • Spain
• The Swedish Islands of Gotland & Oland lie in this sea • The Baltic [Sea]

Body Parts

• This disk-shaped organ in a pregnant woman provides the baby with food & oxygen • the placenta
• When blood goes through these organs, it turns red • the lungs
• The lacrimal glands secrete these • tears
• The lower end of this 4 1/2-inch tube divides into 2 bronchi • the trachea
• The chief storage areas for iron are in the bone marrow, the spleen & this organ • the liver

Books & Authors

• In 1997, this author of “Watchers” & “Intensity” published a new thriller, “Sole Survivor” • [Dean] Koontz
• This “Godfather” author called “The Fortunate Pilgrim”, re-released in 1997, his best book • [M.] Puzo ^ [Mario] Puzo
• This preacher dressed casually or formally on different dust covers for his 1997 book “Just As I Am” • [Billy] Graham
• He wrote the 1995 bestseller “The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success” • [D.] Chopra ^ [Deepak] Chopra
• Colin Dexter & Dick Francis contributed to a book about this PBS anthology series • Mystery!
• Dinosaurs live again in the 1995 novel, “The Lost World”, Michael Crichton’s sequel to this book • {Jurassic Park}
• It was said this James Michener book did for Maryland’s eastern shore what “Centennial” did for Colorado • Chesapeake
• Jubal Sackett, his last western novel about the Sackett family, was published in 1985 • [L] L’Amour
• This “Gorky Park” author’s novel, “Nightwing”, was a thriller about plague-carrying vampire bats • Martin [Cruz] Smith
• In 1959, this author of “The Natural” won a National Book Award for “The Magic Barrel” • [Bernard] Malamud
• Illustrated by his daughter Amy, “The Little Baby Snoogle-Fleejer”, is this former President’s first children’s book • [Jim] Carter
• This author of “Acceptable Risk”, has been dubbed “The master of the medical thriller” • [Robin] Cook
• While it took him two years to write “The Firm”, he wrote “The Pelican Brief” in under 4 months • [John] Grisham
• Theodor Geisel, better known by this pseudonym, wrote “I Wish That I Had Duck Feet”, under the name Theodor LeSieg • Dr. Seuss
• This Plato dialogue in 10 books, begins with a discussion of the nature of justice • [Plato’s] Republic
• Soon after arriving in Key West in 1928, he completed “A Farewell To Arms” • [Ernest] Hemingway
• Lucy Westenra becomes a vampire in this 1897 Bram Stoker novel • {Dracula}
• The Moon Lady was the first children’s book by this author of “The Joy Luck Club” • [Amy] Tan
• This Philip Roth book begins, “The first time I saw Brenda, she asked me to hold her glasses” • {Goodbye Columbus}
• “Heaven and Hell” was the last novel in his “North And South” trilogy • [John] Jakes

British Authors

• He had yet to complete “Oliver Twist”, when he began writing “Nicolas Nickleby” • [Charles] Dickens
• In 1995, he published “East, West”, his first book of adult fiction since “The Satanic Verses” • [Salman] Rushdie
• The title of his novel ,”Far From The Madding Crowd”, is found in “Elegy Written In A Country Churchyard” • [Thomas] Hardy
• One of the last works of this “Pilgrim’s Progress” author was a verse “Book For Boys and Girls” • [John] Bunyan
• Some consider this author’s “The History of Henry Esmond”, his greatest work, not “Vanity Fair” • [William] [M.] Thackeray
• This James Bond creator, was a Moscow correspondent for Reuters, in the early 1930s • [Ian] Fleming
• He wrote “The Jungle Book” partly for his daughter Josephine, while living in the U.S. • [Rudyard] Kipling
• The initials P.G., in his name, stood for Pelham Grenville • [P.] [G.] Wodehouse
• In 1688-89 this “Moll Flanders” author participated in the glorious revolution • [Daniel] Defoe
• In 1958, he published a follow-up to “Brave New World”, titled “Brave New World Revisited” • [Aldous] Huxley

British History

• King John’s failure to honor this document in 1215 led to a rebellion by the barons • The Magna Carta
• The title “Defender of the Faith” was first bestowed upon this king in 1521 by Pope Leo X • Henry the 8th
• The Treaty of Bretigny in 1360 brought a brief period of peace during this war • The Hundred Years [War]
• In the 1560s, Richard Davies, Bishop of St. David’s, helped translate the New Testament into this language • Welsh
• During the 18th century, England gained control over the Miskito Indians in Honduras & this country • Nicaragua

British Royal Love Affairs

• This King romanced Mary Boleyn before her sister Anne lost her head over him • [King] Henry the Eighth
• A tall, thin mistress of George I was nicknamed this, for a tall, thin thing folks dance around on May 1st • [Mary] Pole
• She blamed Prince Albert’s early death in part on anxiety over her son Bertie’s fling with an actress • [Queen] Victoria
• This King named Lackland didn’t lack a love life: he had at least 7 children out of wedlock • [King] John
• This famous diarist’s wife called King Charles II’s mistress ‘Moll’ Davis “The most impertinent slut” • [Samuel] Peeps

British Royalty

• King Stephen of England was the third son of Stephen, Count of Blois & Adela, the daughter of this conqueror • William the 1st
• Cecil Beaton photographed this former King & his American – born wife on their 1937 wedding day • the Duke of Windsor
• She was stripped of her Princess title after her half – sister Elizabeth was born in 1533 • Bloody Mary
• This King was nicknamed “Dollheart” in sharp contrast to his brother Richard The Lionheart • [King] John
• He was Chancellor of Salford Univ. for 23 years, until his daughter-in-law, Fergie, succeeded him in 1991 • [Prince] Philip

Broadway

• This singer starred in “Come Back To The Five And Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean” on Broadway & in film • Cher
• In 1995, she returned to Broadway in a 31st anniversary production of “Hello, Dolly!” • [Carol] Channing
• His play “Bus Stop” was revived on Broadway in 1996 • [William] Inge
• “An American Daughter” by this “Heidi Chronicles” playwright, opened on Broadway in 1997 • [Wendy] Wasserstein
• He recently collaborated on his first musical, “The Capeman”; maybe there’s a part for Art • [Paul] Simon

Broadway Songs

• In “Paint Your Wagon”, “The rain is Tess, the fire is Joe and they call the wind” this • Mariah
• In a Jerry Herman song, this woman’s name follows “you charm the husk right off of the corn” • Mame
• Track Down This Murderer is sung near the end of this Andrew Lloyd Webber musical • The Phantom of the [Opera]
• According to a song from “Annie” “You’re never fully dressed without” one of these • A Smile
• In “A Chorus Line” they’re the first 3 words of “What I Did For Love” • {Kiss Today Goodbye}

Business & Finance

• This business associate may be dormant, general, limited, secret or silent • a Partner
• It’s your group of investments; a diversified one minimizes risk • a Portfolio
• It’s an illegal stock transaction based on information not available to the general public • Insider Trading
• On a firm’s books, an uncollectable account used to reduce net profit is called this • a write-off
• Similar to a commission, this “fee” is paid to the person who brought the buyer & seller together • a Finder’s [Fee]

Business & Industry

• It’s the toothpaste brand that contains “fluoristat” • Crest
• In 1951, parties were first held across America to sell this line of plastic houseware • Tupper ware
• Initially, Campbell thought about calling this line “fork soups” • Chunky [soups]
• This clothing chain has used photos of stars like Steve McQueen wearing khakis to sell its khakis • Gap
• This automaker’s name means “3 diamonds” in Japanese & its logo has 3 diamond shapes • Mitsubishi
• E. A. Stuart named his condensed milk after this flower • the Carnation
• In 1961, Coca-Cola introduced this, now the world’s leading lemon-lime soft drink • Sprite
• In 1995 it replaced its “what you want is what you get” slogan with “have you had your break today?” • McDonald’s
• Wittnauer has been making these items for over 115 years • Watch
• One of its former slogans called it “the candy mint with the hole” • Life Savers
• Orbit, a sugar-free gum introduced by this Chicago company in 1977, failed • [WM.] Wrigley [Jr.]
• In 1979, the Bechtel Corp. won the right to help clean up this Pennsylvania nuclear plant • Three Mile Island
• This business magazine gained a large readership under its founder’s son, Malcolm • Forbes
• In 1870, he & his associates, including his brother William, founded the Standard Oil Co. of Ohio • J. [D.] Rockefeller
• This company’s first computer, the HP 2116A, debuted in 1966 • Hewlett-Packard
• NCR was the 5th-largest U.S. computer company when it was acquired by this communications giant in 1991 • AT&T
• This Montreal-based spirits maker, which already owned Tropicana, acquired Dole Juices in 1965 • Seagram
• Once run by members of a religious community, this refrigeration co. was acquired by Raytheon in 1965 • Amana
• Like Levi Strauss, the Gap is headquartered in this Pacific coast city • San Francisco
• Brownies a la mode is one of this ice cream company’s “extraas” • Haagen-Dazs
• In 1906, this auto firm introduced its Silver Ghost model • Rolls Royce
• Before moving to Chicago in 1856 this department store owner clerked in a Pittsfield, Mass. dry goods store • [Marshall] Field
• This stagecoach company owned the pony express during the last few months of its existence • Wells Fargo [&] [Company]
• In 1962 he founded Electronic Data Systems after working for IBM for 5 years • [H.] [Ross] Perot
• This German family began its steel-making business by setting up a plant in Essen in 1811 • the Krupp [family]
• In 1935, John Tyson bought 500 of these creatures in Arkansas & sold them for a profit in Chicago • Chickens
• This company stressed the durability of its appliances with its “lonely repairman” ad campaign • Maytag
• This company’s roots date back to the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company, founded in 1866 • Nestle
• In 1941, Delta Air Lines moved its headquarters from Monroe, Louisiana to this city • Atlanta
• In 1958 Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit for this Dallas electronics firm • Texas Instruments
• Slurpee is one of the brand names belonging to this operator of “7-Eleven” convenience stores • the Southland [Corp.]
• Completes the decaf coffee slogan “fill it to the rim with…” • Brim
• Word for a 1/2 hour TV ad bought by a company to demonstrate one or more products • an Infomercial
• In the 1850’s this company introduced the installment plan to allow people to buy its sewing machines • Singer
• In 1992 this Pittsburg pickle maker established a factory in Cairo, Egypt • [H.J.] Heinz [Company]

Business Biggies

• Called Big Blue, it controlled nearly 80% of the computer market in the 1960’s & 1970’s • I.B.M.
• This world’s largest car rental company grew out of a Chicago concern with 12 Model T’s • Hertz
• HSY is the New York Stock Exchange symbol for this confectioner • Hershey [Foods] [Corporation]
• In 1986 Capital Cities bought this television network for $3.5 billion • ABC
• Hercules, a Delaware-based chemical maker, spun off from this company in 1912 • DuPont

 

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California Cities

• At 465 square miles, it’s California’s largest city in area • Los Angeles
• This city near the U.S.-Mexico border is home to a naval base & a world-famous zoo • San Diego
• This city’s Moscone Center has over 500,000 square feet of exhibit & meeting space • San Francisco
• This upscale community was founded in 1906 by the Rodeo Land & Water Company • Beverly Hills
• This Silicon Valley city served as California’s first capital, from 1849 to 1851 • San Jose

Candies & Confections

• Spun sugar is another term for this treat that’s often twirled onto a stick • candy floss
• This confection, toasted over an open fire, was originally made from the roots of the althaea officinalis plant • the marshmallow
• Joy of Cooking’s recipe for Hawaiian candy calls for 1/2 a cup of this fruit, drained & crushed • pineapple
• The name of this chewy kind of candy comes from nux, Latin for “nut” • nougat
• Attar of these flowers is the traditional flavoring of Turkish Delight • roses

Cardinals

• This French Chief Minister doubted the loyalty of Louis XIII’s wife because she was born in Spain • [Card.] Richelieu
• Before becoming a cardinal, Pietro Bembo was librarian of this Venice Cathedral • St. Mark
• Robert Bellarmine warned this Italian against publishing his views on the solar system • Galileo
• The first American consecrated a bishop in St. Peter’s Basilica, he became archbishop of N.Y. in 1939 • [Cardinal] [Francis] [J.] Spellman
• Richard Cushing was named archbishop of this U.S. city 14 years before becoming a cardinal • Boston [Mass.]

Caribbean Cuisine

• Soup & “steak” made from the meat of this shelled reptile are specialties of the Cayman Islands • turtles
• In Montserrat the delicacy known as Mountain Chicken is actually an enormous one of these amphibians • frogs
• While visiting Curacao, daring diners may sample the soup made from this large lizard • the iguana
• In Puerto Rico, mofongos are these cooking bananas mashed, fried & sometimes stuffed with meat or fish • plantains
• Jerk pork is one of the signature dishes of this island country • Jamaica

Casablanca

• A major port in North Africa, Casablanca is located on the coast of this ocean • The Atlantic
• Casablanca is the largest city in this country • Morocco
• Casablanca is known as Dar El-Beida in this language • Arabic
• In January 1943, FDR & this British Prime Minister met in Casablanca to discuss the war effort • [Winston] Churchill
• It’s what Casablanca means in Spanish • White House

Cathedrals & Churches

• Victor Hugo described it as “A vast symphony in stone;” Quasimodo would agree • Notre Dame [Cathedral]
• James Renwick designed this Fifth Avenue cathedral in the Gothic Revival style • Saint Pat’s [cathedral]
• The Basilica of the Holy Blood in Bruges in this country contains a relic believed to be drops of Christ’s blood • Belgium
• This English city’s modern cathedral, built in 1962, stands next to the bombed-out ruins of the old one • Coventry
• The cathedral of this northern Italian city looks quite fashionable with its 135 marble spires • Milano

Cats

• One of the 1st of these cats in the U.S. was given to Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes by the consul in Bangkok • a Siamese
• Since 1910 the English have called this “Iranian” cat the Longhair • the Persian
• In a condition called Heterochromia Iridis, one of the cat’s eyes remains this color from birth • Blue
• The first Cornish Rex was a mutant kitten named Kallibunker who was born in this English Duchy in 1950 • Cornwall
• The 4 categories of this cat are Rumpy, Rumpy Riser, Stumpy & Longie • the Manx

Celebrities

• In 1995, after nearly 2 years of marriage, Lyle Lovett & this “Pretty Woman” called it quits • Julia Roberts
• Before “It’s not unusual” became a major hit, he performed under the name “Tiger Tom” • [Tom] Jones
• The real last name of this “Phantom of the Opera” star is Dumble-Smith • [Michael] Crawford
• This star of “My Cousin Vinny” once recorded a jazz-blues album as Little Joe Ritchie • [Joe] Pesci
• In 1995 she stood by her former man, George Jones, as they released their 1st duet album in 15 years • [Tammy] Wynet
• On March 20, 1969, he married Yoko Ono in the Registrar’s office in Gibraltar • [John] Lennon
• This “Murder, She Wrote” star provided the voice of Mrs. Potts, the teapot, in “Beauty and the Beast” • [Angela] Lansbury
• While considered an Australian, this “Lethal Weapon” star was actually born in Peekskill, New York • Mel Gibson
• She left husband Ludlow Smith after 2 weeks, her love affair with Spencer Tracy lasted 27 years • Katharine Hepburn
• Country music star Christina Ciminella Judd goes by this first name • Wynonna

Celebrities Speak

• When an actress asked what her best side was, this “Lifeboat” director said, “My dear, you’re sitting on it” • [Alfred] Hitchcock
• Sam Goldwyn reportedly said, “A producer shouldn’t get” these stomach disorders, “he should give them” • ulsers
• Howard Hughes said of this movie star, “His ears made him look like a taxicab with both doors open” • [Clark] Gable
• When she won an Oscar for “Tootsie” she was grateful “To have Dustin Hoffman as my leading lady” • [Jessica] Lange
• Woody Allen said “It’s not that I’m afraid to” do this, “I just don’t want to be there when it happens” • die

Celebrities’ Middle Names

• Middle name shared by Jamie Curtis & Kathie Gifford • Lee
• Desiree was the middle name of this star who married a man named Desi • [Lucille] Ball
• Bridget Fonda’s middle name; it’s her famous aunt’s first name • Jane
• It’s a “gem” of a middle name for actor Lou Phillips • Diamond
• It’s the middle name of Sarah Parker, who went on a “Honeymoon in Vegas” • Jessica

Century Names

• Rudolf II of this Austrian dynasty was crowned King of Bohemia in 1575 • the Hapsburg [Dynasty]
• This Queen’s mother, Anne Boleyn, had been a Lady-in-Waiting for Catherine of Aragon • [Queen] Elizabeth
• In 1538, this conquistador’s forces captured & executed his rival, Diego de Almagro • [Francisco] Pizarro
• This native of Crete studied with Titian in Venice before moving to Toledo • [El] Greco
• Ferdinando, a member of this ruling family of Florence, became a Cardinal when he was only 14 • the Medici

Cheese, Please

• A 1573 book said a perfect cheese should not be “like Lot’s wife, all” this seasoning • salt
• Eugene Field wrote, “the best of all physicians is” this fruit “pie and cheese” • apple [pie]
• Cheshire cheeses were once shaped like grinning cats, which may have inspired this author’s cheshire cat • [Lewis] Carroll
• Guinness says the world’s largest cheese was a 40,060-lb. cheddar, made in 1988 in this U.S. State • Wisconsin
• Traditional carbonara sauce has cream, eggs, bacon bits & this cheese in it • parmesan

Children’s Literature

• In “The Brass Bottle”, Horace Ventimore buys an antique brass bottle that contains one of these beings • genies
• Not only could this nursery rhyme character “Eat No Fat”, he had a cat with only one ear • Jack Sprat
• Dr. Seuss’ Bartholomew Cubbins finds that, every time he removes one of these, another appears • hats
• A series of dreams he had about lions helped inspire his Narnia books • C.S. Lewis
• This book’s first edition said it was “translated from the original Equine, by Anna Sewell” • {Black Beauty}
• His “Kidnapped” was first published as a serial in Young Folks magazine • [R.] [L.] Stevenson
• Welsch is the real name of this “Spy” in a 1964 novel by Louise Fitzhugh • Harriet
• He dedicated “Now We Are Six” to Christopher Robin’s best friend, Anne Darlington • [A.A.] Milne
• This Mary Mapes Dodge novel contains the story of a boy who thrust his finger into a hole in a dyke • {The Silver Skates}
• Green Grass of Wyoming was the 2nd sequel to this novel about Ken McLaughlin & his half-wild filly • {My Friend Flicka}

Chinese History

• Around 1300, this capital city was called Tatu or Khanbalick • Peking
• The secret of making this cloth was a Chinese monopoly until the 4th century • silk
• This calculating device was introduced into China during the Yuan Dynasty; it existed earlier in Europe • the abacus
• Mongol conqueror Temujin took this title in 1206 when he achieved rule of all of Mongolia • Genghis Khan
• This grass roots anti-foreign movement originated in Shantung Province in 1898 • The Boxer [Rebellion]

Christmas Movies

• This Capra classic was based on a Philip Van Doren Stern short story written for a Christmas card • [It’s] a Wonderful Life
• In this 1988 film, network president Bill Murray is visited by the ghosts of Christmas • Scrooged
• Tim Allen’s movie debut, it was 1994’s top comedy film • The Santa Clause
• It’s the 1990 story of an 8-year-old boy accidentally abandoned at Christmas • Home Alone
• Arnold Schwarzenegger & Sinbad vie for a Turbo Man action figure in this 1996 Christmas movie • Jingle all the Way

Civil War Generals

• Barnard E. Bee was credited with giving this fellow general the nickname “Stonewall” • Thomas Jackson
• On completing his “March To The Sea”, he led one through the Carolinas • [William] [T] Sherman
• P.G.T. Beaureguard was made a full general after his victory in the first Battle of this • Manassas ^ Bull Run
• The Confederacy lost its 2nd-ranking general when Albert S. Johnston was killed at Shiloh in this state • Tennessee
• The first general to command the Army of the Potomac, he was replaced by Ambrose Burnside in 1862 • [Georges] [B.] McClellan

Classic Television

• The Ballad of Jed Clampett was the theme to this sitcom • The Beverly Hillbillies
• It’s opening asked “Can two divorced men share an apartment without driving each other crazy?” • The Odd Couple
• On this British import, Honor Blackman preceded Diana Rigg in playing Patrick Macnee’s partner • The Avengers
• For 7 years Clint Eastwood kept “Them Dogies Rollin” on this Western • Raw hide
• Mid-1960s science fiction series in which you’d hear the robot exclaim, “Warning. Warning.” • Lost in Space

Cold Sports

• There are penalties in this sport for fighting, tripping & slashing with the stick • Hockey
• Depending on the user’s height, they can be 6-7 feet long & 3-4 inches wide • skis
• In 1984 & 1988, she took home the Gold Medal in ladies’ figure skating • [Katarina] Witt
• A well-known course for this 2- or 4-man sport is The Mount Van Hoevenberg Run in Lake Placid • Bobsledding
• In this Olympic sport, the player starts in a sitting position & then lies down • the luge

Colleges & Universities

• Graduates of this New Haven school include Nathan Hale & George Bush • Yale
• In Indianapolis, Indiana University & this university share a campus • Purdue [U.]
• The main campus of the University of Colorado lies at the base of the Rockies in this city • Boulder
• This University has a school of biomedical sciences at Oak Ridge • The [Univ.] of Tennessee
• City in which the Belarus State University is located • Minsk
• This famous lexicographer was one of the founders of Amherst College • [Noah] Webster
• Aberystwyth is home to the oldest college of this country’s university • Wales
• A landmark on this California school’s campus is the 279-foot-high Hoover Tower • Stanford [University]
• This University named for a President is located 4 blocks from the White House • Georges Washington [Univ.]
• Oberlin college in this state was a center of antislavery activity • Ohio
• Alabama’s “Crimson Tide” uses this animal, a favorite of Republicans, as a mascot • an elephant
• It was originally founded as Rhode Island College in 1764 • Brown [Univ.]
• This college was named for Margaret Johns’ great-grandson • Johns Hopkins [College]
• The 6 Claremont colleges occupy contiguous campuses in Claremont in this state • California
• The main building at this Poughkeepsie college was based on the Tuileries in Paris • Vassar [College]
• The Fighting Irish play football for this University • Notre-Dame [U.]
• USC can refer to the University of Southern California or the University of this state • South Carolina
• The John Fitzgerald Kennedy School of Government is a graduate school at this University • Harvard [Univ.]
• The Juilliard school is located in this performing arts complex • Lincoln Centre
• Duke University’s undergraduate College of Arts & Sciences shares its name with this Dublin college • Trinity

Colonial Americans

• In 1774, this Pennsylvanian was stripped of his Deputy Postmaster General’s office • [Benjamin] Franklin
• In 1622, John Rolfe, widower of this Indian princess, was presumed killed in an Indian massacre • Pocahontas
• From 1733 to 1743, this future British general served as Georgia’s first governor • [James] Ogletorpe
• In 1636, he bought land at the head of Narragansett Bay • [Roger] Williams
• Tradition says he was the first Pilgrim to set foot on Plymouth Rock • [John] Alden

Colorful Books

• It was Alice Walker’s third novel • {The Color Purple} ^ {Color Purple}
• In 1935, Hemmingway wrote about these “Hills of Africa” • The Green
• In it, Billie Holiday said she didn’t like singing the same song, the same way, two nights in a row • {Lady Sings the Blues}
• In 1941, Walter Farley created this now classic animal tale • {The Black Stallion}
• Chapter VI, of this Hawthorne classic, is titled “Pearl” • {Scarlet Letter}

Colors

• Buttercup, a vivid shade of this color, is named for the flower • yellow
• It’s a mollusk gem, or a shade of pink or gray • pearl
• Italians call this color arancio • orange
• The last name of English potter Josiah, or the pale shade of blue he introduced in the late 1700s • Wedgewood
• It’s the pale tan color of an oval nut, or the nut itself • almond
• Fire-engine is a bright shade of this color • red
• It’s a light yellowish brown, or the shade you turn after bathing in the sun • tawny
• Named for the Irish town, Killarney is a shade of this color • green
• Dove & mouse are different shades of this color • grey
• Nevada’s state colors are blue & this; it helps if you know the state nickname • silver
• Mandarin & tangerine are shades of this • orange
• It means to cover up wrongdoings or a mixture to brighten up a fence • whitewash
• Nickname for U.S. currency, from the color on the reverse • green backs
• Often used to describe a hair color, the name of this lustrous shade of black is a bird, too • raven
• Shade of paint you need for most of the exposed areas on the U.S.S. Missouri • grey

Common Bonds

• Bee, Receiving, Chorus • line
• Potato, Chocolate, Poker • chips
• Forward, Khyber, Eurail • pass
• Crater, Swan, Veronica • lakes
• Saw, Sail, Sword • fish
• Sand, Mouse, Booby • traps
• Yellow, Strait, Nehru • jackets
• Wet, Navajo, Security • blankets
• Legal, Launch, Lily • pad
• Traffic, Tennis, Kangaroo • courts
• Band, Coconut, Puka • shell
• Mud, Eskimo, Shepherd’s • pie
• Costume, Surprise, Slumber • party
• Daiquiris, Yogurt, Assets • frozen
• Reuben, Club, Hero • sandwiches
• Bulletin, Ironing, Skate • board
• Tartar, Tabasco, Worcestershire • sauce
• Blue, John, Leno • Jay
• Cowboy, Bowler, Top • hats
• Sante Fe, Oregon, Chisholm • trails

Composers

• His “Maple Leaf Rag” the most famous instrumental rag, was composed in 1899 • [Scott] Joplin
• This composer of “The Four Seasons” wrote 46 operas but only 21 of the scores survive • [Antonio] Vivaldi
• This “Carmen” composer completed “Noe” an opera left unfinished by his father-in-law • [George] Bizet
• This “Creation” composer’s last 12 symphonies, Nos. 93 to 104, are known as the “London” symphonies • [Franz] [J.] Hayden
• In 1809 Princes Kinsky & Lobkowitz & Archduke Rudolph guaranteed him an income if he’d remain in Vienna • [Ludwig] [Van] Beethoven
• This Austrian’s father, Leopold, wrote “Versuch einer grundlichen violinschule”, a treatise on violin playing • [Wolfgang] [Amadeus] Mozart
• In 1907 Hungarian Bela Bartok was appointed professor of piano at this capital’s Academy of Music • Budapest
• In 1837 Franz Liszt introduced this composer to writer George Sand • [F.] Chopin
• As a piano duet, his overture to “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” was introduced by him & his sister in 1826 • [Felix] Mendelssohn
• In 1888 the remains of Beethoven & this Lieder composer were buried side by side in a Vienna cemetery • [F.] Schubert

Congress

• In 1994 Fred Thompson won the Tennessee Senate seat once held by this man who became Vice President • [Al] Gore
• By law this daily publication is supposed to provide “substantially a verbatim report of proceedings” • The Congressional Record
• In 1973 the Senate created a select committee on presidential campaign activities to probe this scandal • Watergate
• While a simple majority can censure a member, it takes this fraction of those voting to expel one • two-thirds
• Ranking after majority & minority leaders, these people try to keep their party members in line • The Whips

Containers

• A kid or a politician doesn’t want to be caught with his hand in this container • a cookie jar
• One may contain a selection of songs or photos; its name is from Latin for “white” • an album
• One may hold a tempest or a dormouse • a teapot
• A casket is a coffin; a strongbox is this similar word • a coffer
• It holds entertainment- seeking soldiers or water for soldiers • a canteen

Contemporaries

• While Thomas Chippendale built furniture, this Thomas constructed the Declaration of Independence • [T.] Jefferson
• While John Alden was living in the paradise he found in America, this John was writing “Paradise Lost” • [John] Milton
• In 351 B.C., Plato could have heard one of Demosthenes’ speeches on this Macedonian’s threat to Athens • Philip [II] of [Macedonia]
• Diamond Jim Brady didn’t have a country named for him, but in 1895 this diamond magnate did • [Cecil] Rhodes
• While Abelard was wooing Heloise in Europe, this “Rubaiyat” author was writing in the mideast • [Omar] Khayyam

Cotton

• A simple version of this machine that removes seeds from cotton fibers, was used in ancient times • a Cotton Gin
• This part of the cotton plant, which contains the fibers, begins to grow as the flower dies • The Boll
• This state’s San Joaquin Valley, is one of the leading cotton-producing areas in the U.S. • California
• Cotton is compressed into these 480-pound units, that measure about 55″ by 25″ by 45″ • Bales
• This type of cotton fabric with raised ribs, comes in wide wale & pinwale varieties • Corduroy

Countries of the World

• Most of this Mediterranean country’s population lives along the Nile River • Egypt
• The northern third of this Grand Duchy is an extension of the Belgian Ardennes • Luxemburg
• The Kathmandu Valley is a flat basin in the center of this country • Nepal
• Argos is believed to be the oldest city in this country • Greece
• Cologne, Bonn & Aachen are located in the area of Germany called this, after a river • The Rhineland
• This country consists of 13 states, plus the federal territories of Labuan & Kuala Lumpur • Malaysia
• You’ll find this country’s major airports in Varna, Burgas & Sofia • Bulgaria
• The inhabitants of this country are known as Burkinabe • Burkina Faso
• South Africa is bordered on the west & north by this country that became independent in 1990 • Namibia
• Odense & Svendborg are major ports on Fyn, an island of this country • Denmark

Country Cooking

• A national Philippine dish, adobo contains chicken & pork, and the “milk” of this palm fruit • Coconut
• A German specialty, Braunschweiger is a smoked sausage traditionally made from this organ meat • Liver
• Watch out for the hot peppers when partaking of this Szechuan Chinese dish made with chicken & peanuts • General Tao’s [Chicken]
• It is the traditional meat in souvlaki, a popular Greek dish • Lamb
• Rad Na & Pad Woon Sen are popular noodle dishes from this country • Thailand

Crossword Clues “A”

• Crocodile cousin (9 letters) • alligator
• Guinevere’s groom (6 letters) • Arthur
• Gourmet’s Garment (5 letters) • an apron
• Oak offspring (5 letters) • acorn
• Gorgeous Gardner (3 letters) • Ava

Crossword Clues “V”

• Spoils getter (6 letters) • the victor
• A shot in the arm (11 letters) • vaccination
• Bat Man (7 letters) • a vampire
• Wordy (7 letters) • verbose
• A safe place (5 letters) • a vault

 

D

Dance

• Decade associated with the Charleston • the 1920’s
• This dance of 3 or more people, weaving around each other, comes in a popular Virginia version • a reel
• The Haka is a traditional dance of these native New Zealanders • the Maoris
• Aaron Copland composed “Appalachian Spring” under the title “Ballet for Martha”, because it was for her • [Martha] Graham
• The Viennese version of this dance stressed the first step & sped up the tempo • the Waltz
• The Kathak is an exciting rhythmic dance from this country, while the Kathakali is a Hindu dance drama • India
• The soles of a clog dancer’s shoes are traditionally made of this material • wood
• The Hora is performed in a circle & the Quadrille uses this formation • square
• The Sevillana evolved from the Seguidilla, a lively dance from this country • Spain
• The Djoged is a modernized version of the Legong, the best-known dance of this Indonesian island • Bali

Decorative Arts

• Developed in the 1500s, the mogul style of this country was greatly influenced by Persian art • India
• The Tarasco Indians who live in this country’s state of Michoacan, are noted for their pottery & weaving • Mexico
• This streamlined, geometrical style, popular in the 1920s, is also known as Art Moderne • ArtDeco
• In the 1800s, decorative trays were often made from this molded, pulped paper substance • papier mache
• It’s the term for bone or ivory objects, once carved by sailors & often decorated with whaling scenes • scrimshaw
• Nashiji, a laquerware technique developed in this country, features flakes of gold leaf • Japan
• Valenciennes is one of the finest “pillow” types of this delicate, openwork fabric • lace
• This country’s Capodimonte porcelain factory was founded in 1743, on the grounds of a royal palace • Italy
• From the Latin filum (thread) & granum (grain), it’s delicate ornamental work, done with fine, metal wire • filigree
• The “India Papers”, used as wallpaper in 17th Century Europe, were actually made in this Asian country • China

Deserts

• At 3 1/2 million square miles, this desert is about as big as the United States • The Sahara [Desert]
• The Sonoran & Colorado Deserts border this large one, east of Los Angeles • The Mojave [Desert]
• This continent’s Gibson Desert was named for explorer Ernest Giles’ companion, who died looking for water • Australia
• Boer Trekkers who crossed this desert in the 19th century called it The Thirstland • The Kalahari [Desert]
• China’s Jiuquan Satellite Launching Center is in Gansu Province near the edge of this desert • The Gobi

Disguises

• Participants in the famous Boston Tea Party were disguised as these • Indians
• Disguised as a clergyman, Thomas Blood stole the British crown from this site in 1671 • London Tower
• He was a swan for Leda & a cuckoo for Hera • Zeus
• Dressed as a beggar, he discovered his wife Penelope had been faithful during his long trip • Odysseus
• Legend says, in 878, this “Great” English King dressed up like a minstrel to spy on the Viking camp • Alfred the [Great]

Disneyland

• Of the Haunted Mansion, Jungle Cruise or Swiss Family Treehouse, the one that’s been at Disneyland since opening day • the [Jungle] Cruise
• Simba was the “mane” attraction in the popular parade inspired by this film • The Lion King
• On Disneyland’s 40th birthday, July 17, 1995, Randy Travis led a sing-along from the top of this “alpine” mountain • The Matterhorn
• A time capsule buried at this castle in 1995 will be opened on Disneyland’s 80th anniversary in 2035 • Sleeping Beauty’s [Castle]
• The exciting ride named for this character, is a perilous journey through The Temple of the Forbidden Eye • Indiana Jones

Dogs

• Barry, one of these brandy-carrying dogs, rescued 40 people in the early 19th century • the Saint Bernard
• The Siberian is the only officially recognized variety of this sled dog • the Husky
• The most famous “rough” type of this dog is undoubtedly Lassie • a Collie
• The toy version of this “French” dog was created by breeding down the miniature • the poodle
• Tenzing Norgay, conqueror of Everest, was a breeder of these small Tibetan dogs • the Lhasa Apso

Doohickeys

• It’s a small swiveling wheel, attached to the bottom of pieces of furniture • a caster
• It’s the penpoint you insert into the tip of a fountain pen • a nib
• They’re the raised bars on the neck of a guitar • fret
• It hangs inside a bell & strikes the sides to produce ringing • a clapper
• Proper term for the roller on a typewritter • the platen

Dr. Who?

• About 5 years after writing his first Sherlock Holmes novel, he quit medicine to write full time • Sir [Arthur] [Conan] Doyle
• His 2 essays “On the circulations of the blood” were written to Jean Riolan, a professor of anatomy in Paris • [William] Harvey
• In 1798, he wrote on “The causes and effects of … a disease known by the name of cow pox” • [Edward] Jenner
• This 16th century doctor said he gazed into a bowl of water on a tripod to divine his prophecies • Michel de Notre-Dame
• This Texas doctor, famous for his advances in heart surgery, is a transplant from Lake Charles, Louisiana • [Michael] Debakey

Drama

• In 1971, author Joseph Heller dramatized this 10-year-old book • Catch 22
• In this play, Veta Simmons tries to get her brother, Elwood P. Dowd, committed to a sanitarium • Harvey
• Mercedes Ruehl played the lusty Serafina Delle Rose in the 1995 revival of his play “The Rose Tattoo” • Tennessee Williams
• This playwright’s “A Moon For the Misbegotten” was based on his alcoholic brother James • [Eugene] O’Neill
• This William Inge play takes place in a Kansas restaurant, during a blizzard • {Bus Stop}

 

E

“Elle”

• She wrote, “I knew then that ‘ W-A-T-E-R ‘ meant the…cool something that was flowing over my hand.” • [Helen] Keller
• This star of “Ellen” shared some of her outrageous observations in “My Point … And I Do Have One” • [Ellen] Degenerus
• This wonder from Down Under appeared in the films “Sirens” & “Jane Eyre” • [Elle] Macpherson
• God Knows, a 1984 novel by this “Catch – 22” author, is a satire narrated by King David • [Joseph] Heller
• These magicians perform “cruel tricks for dear friends” • Penn and Teller

E.R.

• This is “taken” by pressing one or more fingers against the skin over an artery • the pulse
• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is popularly referred to by this abbreviation • CPR
• It’s measured during your heart’s 2 phases, systolic & diastolic • blood pressure
• This yellowing of the skin & eyes is caused by too much bilirubin in the blood • jaundice
• Without treatment, this disease, transmitted by dog bites, is usually fatal • rabies

Easter Parade

• Easter is the Christian version of this Jewish feast with which it often coincides • Passover
• Thousands of New Yorkers traditionally stroll down this Avenue on Easter showing off their new clothes • Fifth [Avenue]
• The Venerable Bede traced the word easter to Eostre, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of this season • Spring
• Oberammergau, Germany is home to a famous one of these performances that dramatize the Easter story • a Passion Play
• This period that ends with Easter imitates Jesus’ fast in the wilderness • Lent

Economics

• It’s the unit of currency of the most populous country in North America • the dollar
• In 1990, about 2/3 of Americans over 65 relied on this for over half their income • Social Security
• The Laffer, the Phillips & the Lorenz are examples of these lines used by economists • curves
• The high-yield, high-risk bonds of the 1980s were known by this 4-letter word • junk
• The formula to determine this, the CPI, is basically the Laspeyres Index formula • the Consumer Price Index

Edible Quotes

• Clifton Fadiman described cheese as this liquid’s “Leap toward immortality” • Milk
• When “The owl and the pussycat went to sea… They took some” of this sweet, “And plenty of Money” • Honey
• In “The Taming of the Shrew” Shakespeare wrote, “There’s small choice in” these “rotten” fruits • Apple
• British Prime Minister who said “We have not journeyed all this way… because we are made of sugar candy” • [Winston] Churchill
• Thackeray wrote a ballad about this Provencal seafood stew, calling it “A sort of soup, or broth, or brew” • Bouillabase

Emperors & Empresses

• Carolus Magnus is the Latin name of this king of the Franks & the Emperor of the Romans • Charlemagne
• This “Fiery” Roman Emperor reportedly said, “I have only to sing to have peace once more in Gaul” • Nero
• He was a Rear Admiral in the Austrian navy before he became Emperor of Mexico • Maximilian
• This Ethiopian Emperor’s wife, Wayzaro Menen, was a great- granddaughter of Menelik II • R. Tafari
• This emperor for whom a wall is named, built a spectacular villa at Tivoli near Rome • Hadrian

Ends in “DA”

• Aussie waltzer • Matilda
• Mrs. F. Scott Fitzgerald • Zelda
• What’s called the 17-year locust is really this • a cicada
• It’s just the domed type of a building for a round-table discussion • a rotunda
• It’s not a snake in the grass, it’s a snake in the river– a really big snake in a South American river • an Anaconda

Ends in “DY”

• She plays TV’s “Moesha” • Brandy [Norwood]
• Little Orphan Annie’s dog • Sandy
• In 1883, he opened his Wild West show in Omaha, Nebraska • William Cody (Buffalo Bill)
• St. John, New Brunswick is the largest city on this Bay noted for its high tides • The [Bay] of Fundy
• It’s the collective English name for Dante’s “Inferno”, “Purgatorio” & “Paradiso” • The Divine Comedy

Ends with “Z”

• Variations of this dance include The Boston & Viennese • The Waltz
• Often printed with flowers, this glazed fabric has been used to make drapes & slipcovers as well as dresses • chintz
• Begun in 1967, it was the USSR’s third man-in-space program • Soyuz
• German for “replacement”, this word describes something artificial & usually inferior • ersatz
• This November birthstone comes in a variety of colors, including pink, blue & golden • topaz

English Grammar

• Also known as an interrogation mark, it ends an interrogative sentence • a question [mark]
• Generally, adverbs end with these 2 letters • LY
• It’s the word used incorrectly in the sentence, “My friend and myself attended the party” • myself
• Can, may & should are considered auxiliary ones • verbs
• It’s acceptable to end a sentence with one of these parts of speech, as in “She knew what to look for.” • a preposition

Epic Poets & Poetry

• He abandoned his long-planned epic about King Arthur to write what became “Paradise Lost” • [John] Milton
• This approximately 14,000-line Dante work is divided into 100 cantos • {Divine Comedy} ^ {The Divine Comedy}
• Emperor Augustus overturned this poet’s request that his “Aeneid” be destroyed after his death • Virgil
• Tradition holds that this poet lived in the 12th century B.C., in Chios or Smyrna • Homer
• He wrote a second mock epic, “The Dunciad”, as well as “The Rape of the Lock” • [Alexander] Pope

Etiquette

• We’re told this “Doesn’t grow on trees”, but it may be tied to an artificial tree at an anniversary party • money
• Caudle is the traditional drink once widely served at the party following this baby ceremony • a baptism
• Etiquette books dispute the propriety of serving this popular shrimp appetizer in sherbet glasses • A [Shrimp] Cocktail
• These may be used as decorations on a luncheon table, but should not be lit during the day • Candles
• For an audience with the Pope, this scarf with a Spanish name, is an appropriate woman’s head covering • Mantilla
• On rainy days, be especially careful not to poke other people with the point of this device • [your] umbrella
• Obituaries often state that a contribution may be made to a charity “in lieu of” these • flowers
• If you see an adult wearing a bib in a restaurant, he’s probably eating this large crustacean • a lobster
• In a wedding party, it’s the male equivalent of the maid of honor • the bestman
• At a formal dinner, this should hang down about 18 inches; it should not reach the floor • the table cloth

European Food & Drink

• Howtowdie is a Scottish dish of boiled chicken served with spinach & a poached one of these • eggs
• Gundel, a famous restaurant in this Hungarian capital, is noted for its crepes in chocolate sauce • Budapest
• Bistecca Alla Fiorentina, a grilled steak dish, is a specialty of this Italian city • Florence
• Leyden cheese, produced in this low country, is flavored with cumin & caraway seeds • Holland
• The confection Tocino De Cielo, or “heavenly bacon”, is a specialty of this country • Spain

European Geography

• The highest peaks in these mountains between Spain & France lie in the Maladeta Range • The Pyrenees
• It’s the capital of Italy’s Firenze province • Florence
• This longest river in Western Europe is navigable to the Schaffhausen Falls at Lake Constance • The Rhine
• This new republic consists mainly of the historic regions of Moravia & Bohemia • The Czech [Republic]
• Swedes call this gulf Bottniska Viken; the Finnish call it Pohjanlahti • [Gulf] of Finlan

 

F

Fabrics & Textiles

• In 552, Emperor Justinian sent 2 monks to China to discover the secret of this fabric • silk
• The city of Damascus gave us the name damask & the city of Mosul gave us the name of this fabric • muslin
• The chief hair fiber used in textiles today comes from this kind of animal • a lamb
• A true donegal type of this fabric will have flecks of many colors in the weave • tweed
• The name of this popular fabric is an alteration of the word expand • spandex
• This fabric used to make jeans, is usually woven with a blue cotton warp & white cotton filling • denim
• A homburg is made of this matted wool, fur or hair fabric • felt
• This “waled” fabric is actually a kind of velvet whose pile has been cut in a striped pattern • corduroy
• The name of this fabric with woven-in plaids, checks, etc. may come from genggang, a Malay word • gingham
• Kevlar, a fiber created by this company in 1965, is used in bulletproof vests • DuPont

Familiar Phrases

• A person with a hidden flaw is said to have “feet of” this from a dream image in Daniel 2:33 • Clay
• Many aquatic animals swim open-mouthed & appear to drink constantly, hence the phrase “to drink like” one of these animals • a fish
• The depressing expression “down in” these is probably derived from a Middle Dutch word for “haze” • The Dumps
• Akin to “caught in the act”, to be “caught” this way alludes to a murderer smeared with blood • red-handed
• If you’re out of favor, you’re “in” this pet residence • the dog house
• When you travel by the most direct route, you’re going “as” this bird “flies” • the crow
• An archaic word for the jaw gave us the phrase “to lick” these in anticipation • chops
• In the 1920s, this “feline sleepwear” term described something first-rate • the cat’s pajamas
• The phrase “No news is” this dates at least as far back as the 17th century • good news
• Latin for “voice of the people”, it refers to popular sentiment • vox populi

Famous Americans

• On Dec. 1, 1862 he said, “In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free” • [Abraham] Lincoln
• This last President born in a log cabin was shot by Charles Guiteau July 2, 1881 & died Sept. 19 • [James] [A.] Garfield
• In the 1770’s he gave his salary as Postmaster General to wounded soldiers’ relief • [Ben] Franklin
• This Superintendent of Union Army nurses during the Civil War was known as the “gentle warrior” • [D.] Dix
• In 1848, this editor of the New York Tribune filled a vacancy in Congress, serving 3 months • [Horace] Greeley
• In the wee hours of an April morning in 1775, this silversmith warned, “the British are coming” • [Paul] Revere
• In 1845, the remains of this frontiersman & his wife Rebecca were moved from Missouri to Kentucky • [Daniel] Boone
• Soon after his father’s death in 1743, he went to live with half brother Lawrence at Mount Vernon • [George] Washington
• In 1898, the Spanish-American war ended when Manila surrendered to Gen. Merritt & this Admiral • [Admiral] [George] Dewey
• In addition to opening U.S. trade with Japan, he helped found Liberia as a haven for free blacks • [Matthew] Perry
• Arriving in Australia from the Philippines in 1942, he said, “I came through and I shall return” • [General] [Douglas] MacArthur
• This architect’s Imperial Hotel in Tokyo rode out the 1923 earthquake because of its “floating” design • [Frank] [Lloyd] Wright
• This CEO of Occidental Petroleum was a co-owner of New York City’s Knoedler gallery • [Armand] Hammer
• In the 1840’s this frontiersman guided John C. Fremont’s 3 expeditions into the west • [Kit] Carson
• In the Federalist No. 51, he put forth a case for the separation of powers & a system of checks & balances • [James] Madison

Famous Couples

• Julie Nixon married him Dec. 22, 1968, a month before her father’s Presidential Inauguration • [D.] Eisenhour Jr.
• Fire over England Vivien Leigh’s first film with this future husband, ignited their romance • [Laurence] Olivier
• Finance consultant Richard Ney was once married to this actress who played his mother in “Mrs. Miniver” • [Greer] Garson
• Sir Alexander Korda married this protegee in 1939, the same year she starred in “Wuthering Heights” • [Merle] Oberon
• This British actor was Elizabeth Taylor’s second husband & Margaret Leighton’s third husband • [Michael] Wilding

Famous Educators

• This black educator’s own education was obtained at the Hampton Institute in Virginia, 1872-75 • Booker [T.] Washington
• This mass educator & legislator was known as the “father of American public education” • [Horace] Mann
• In 1907, she opened her first children’s house in a Rome slum • [Maria] Montessori
• This former Secretary of Education chaired the National Endowment for the Humanities 1981-85 • [W.] [J.] Bennett
• Between 1836 & 1857, Truman & Smith Publishers of Cincinnati issued 6 of his “eclectic readers” • [William] [H.] McGuffey

Famous Firsts

• Conducted in 1790, the first of these in the USA showed a population of 3.9 million • a Census
• The first drive-in movie theater opened in Camden in this state in 1933 • New Jersey
• In 1954, Roger Bannister became the first person to run this far in under 4 minutes • 1 mile
• She was the first English child born in America • [Virginia] Dare
• Considered the first victim of the Cold War, a right wing society is named for him • [J] Birch

Famous Mexicans

• This former Dodger pitcher was nicknamed “El Toro” • [Fernando] Valenzuela
• This star of the film “Zorba the Greek” was born in Chihuahua, Mexico • [Anthony] Quinn
• This “Evil Ways” rock group founder was born in Autlan De Navarro in 1947 • [Carlos] Santana
• This guerrilla leader of the Agrarian movement helped Madero overthrow Diaz in 1911 • [Emiliano] Zapata
• In January, 1995, this president declared an “economic emergency” & enacted crisis measures • [Ernesto] Zedillo

Famous Names

• In 1986, he became Archbishop of Capetown & head of the Anglican church in South Africa • [Desmond] Tutu
• Paul Hewson, better known as Bono, is this group’s lead singer • U2
• This brother of an assassin gave his last performance April 4, 1891, playing Hamlet in Brooklyn • Edwin Booth
• In 1881, this Christian Science leader founded the Massachusetts Metaphysical College • [M.] [B.] Eddy
• Vasari said this Renaissance man painted the left-hand angel in Verrocchio’s “Baptism of Christ” • [Leonardo] Da Vinci
• 2 months before his own death, Robert Kennedy attended the funeral of this slain civil rights leader • Martin L. King [Jr.]
• In December, 1994, he announced his retirement & the closing of his institute, founded with Virginia Johnson • [William] Masters
• This fashion designer named his company “polo” because it suggested class & elegance • [Ralph] Lauren
• He taught chemistry for several years at Notre Dame before becoming head football coach in 1918 • [Knute] Rockne
• This doctor who invented many foot care products published his “Dictionary of the Foot” in 1916 • [Dr.] [William] Scholl
• College basketball’s Player of the Year in 1979, he joined the Celtics the same year • [Larry] Bird
• She was criticized for serving hot dogs to King George VI at Hyde Park in 1939 • [Eleanor] Roosevelt
• In 1995, for her ground-breaking study of African chimps, she was awarded the Hubbard Medal • [Jane] Goodall
• His record, as the youngest International Grand Master in chess, stood from 1958 to 1991 • [Bobby] Fischer
• Patty Hearst was sent to jail for bank robbery after this famous attorney lost her case • [F.] [Lee] Bailey

Famous Philosophers

• This Greek thinker, known for his “Method”, apparently supported himself as a stonecarver • Socrates
• This 17th century Frenchman is considered the founder of Modern Philosophy • [Rene] Descartes
• In 1963 this existentialist published his autobiography, “The Word” • [Jean-Paul] Sartre
• He served as a teacher in Concord, Mass. & as a tutor of Emerson’s brother’s children • [H.] [D.] Thoreau
• This “Critique of Pure Reason” author taught at Konigsberg University for over 40 years • [Immanuel] Kant

Famous Relatives

• This partner of David Brinkley was a descendant of John Adams & John Quincy Adams • [Chet] Huntley
• This leading lady of the film “Grease” is the grand daughter of Nobel Prize- winning physicist Max Born • [O.] Newton John
• Orson Bean’s great – grandmother & this “Silent” President’s mother were sisters • [Calvin] Coolidge
• This great female modern dancer & choreographer, who died in 1991, was a direct descendant of Miles Standish • [Martha] Graham
• This “Come Back, little Sheba” playwright was said to be a distant relative of John Wilkes Booth • [William] Inge

Famous Scientists

• Her book “Radioactive” was published posthumously in 1935 • [Marie] Curie
• In 1921 he testified about his peanut products before the House Ways & Means committee • [Georges] [W.] Carver
• In 1926 this botanist was buried under a cedar tree in the yard of his Santa Rosa, California home • Luther] Burbank
• This physicist used a voice synthesizer to recite his vows at his 1995 wedding to Elaine Mason • [Stephen] Hawking
• Uranieborg & Stjerneborg were this Danish astronomer’s observatories on the island of Ven • [Tycho] Brahe

Famous Texans

• Roy Rogers’ leading lady, this “Queen of the West” is a native of Uvalde, Texas • [Dale] Evans
• This singer, turned sausage entrepreneur, is a member of the Texas Hall of Fame • Jim Dean
• The son of Mexican-American parents, this famous golfer was born near Dallas in 1939 • [Lee] Trevino
• He debuted with the Houston Symphony when he was 13; at 23 he won the Tchaikovsky Piano Competition • [Harvey] [L.] Cliburn
• This Marine colonel & key figure in the Iran-Contra affair was born in San Antonio • [Oliver] North

Far Away

• Callao, the port of Lima, handles about 3/4 of this country’s imports • Peru
• Venice is known as the “Queen of” this sea • The Adriatic
• This administrative capital of South Africa was the capital of the former province of Transvaal • Pretoria
• Much of this range that begins in the Arctic & divides Asia & Europe is less than 1,000 meters in height • The Urals
• Gilbertese, a Micronesian language, is widely spoken in Kiribati, an island country in this ocean • The Pacific [Ocean]

Fashion

• Shapes of these include clerical, wing & shawl • collars
• Chanel is credited with making these a fashion item; Lana Turner made them a trademark • sweaters
• It’s a piece of net or tulle, attached to a hat, that hangs down to cover the face • a veil
• An Inverness coat has a full-length or half-length detachable one • a cape
• Kathy Ireland designed an activewear line for this national discount store chain • K-Mart

Fashion History

• Low-waisted dresses & bobbed hair typified the flapper look of this decade • the 1920s
• After the Jacobite Rebellion, these Scottish plaid patterns were banned by British law • tartans
• This men’s headdress, made by winding fabric around the head, inspired a draped hat worn by women • a turban
• In ancient Rome freeborn boys wore the toga praetexta, which was white with a border of this color • purple
• A broad necktie & a broad scarf were named for this fashionable English racetrack • Ascot
• This ancient Roman garment, developed from the tebenna, a cloak worn by those darn Etruscans • the toga
• The couturier Balenciaga moved to Paris in 1937, after civil war broke out in this, his native country • Spain
• Knickers were named for this fictional character, created by Washington Irving • [Diedrich] Knickerbocker
• Born in 1778, this ultimate English dandy wore elegantly tailored clothes with elaborate cravats • [Beau] Brummell
• This fashionable Empress, the wife of Napoleon III, was nicknamed the “Queen of the Crinoline” • Eugenie

Feelin’ Gouty

• A joint in this part of the body is the most likely spot to be hit by gout • The toes
• In 1997, the journal Nature reported that this giant meat-eating dinosaur may have been a gout sufferer • Tyrannosorus Rex
• Gout didn’t stop this reformer from nailing his 95 theses to a Wittenberg church door • [Martin] Luther
• This resort city, once a haven for British gout victims, gave its name to a type of wheelchair • [City] of Bath
• This author was crippled by gout; Blifil’s mother dies of it in his novel “Tom Jones” • [Henry] Fielding

Fiction

• Michael Corleone of “The Godfather” also appears in this author’s novel, “The Sicilian” • [Mario] Puzo
• A writer named Nathan Zuckerman, is featured in several books by this author • [Philip] Roth
• Philip Carey is the central character in this Somerset Maugham novel • Of Human Bondage
• In an 1891 novel, Basil Hallward is the painter of this man’s mysterious portrait • [Dorian] Grey
• His story of “Peter Pan In Kensington Gardens”, was published in 1906 • [James] [M.] Barrie

Fictional Characters

• The name of this, “A Christmas Carol” character, has become synonymous with avarice • [E] Scrooge
• In this James Dickey novel, Ed Gentry, Drew Ballinger, Bobby Trippe & Lewis Medlock, take a canoe trip • Deliverance
• Early in the novel, Jonathan Harker is sent to help this Count purchase property in England • [Count] Dracula
• In this novel, the nearsighted Piggy & sensitive Simon are killed before the boys are rescued • Lord of the Flies
• This Nathaniel Hawthorne heroine is publicly exhibited before a pillory for 3 hours • [H] Prynne
• Senator & Mrs. Bird aid Eliza, as she flees the Shelby Estate, in this Harriet Beecher Stowe book • {Uncle Tom’s Cabin}
• In “The Godfather”, Santino Corleone is better known by this nickname • Sonny
• In her “The Bell Jar”, Doreen is picked up by Lenny Shepherd, A New York disk jockey • [Sylvia] Plath
• Blackmailer Arthur Geiger is murdered in this author’s “The Big Sleep” • [Raymond] Chandler
• Last name of ‘Poe’ twins, Roderick & Madeline, whose house fell • Usher
• In “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”, Evangeline St.Claire is better known by this nickname • [Little] Eva
• Agatha Christie’s Famous detective, Hercule Poirot, hails from this country • Belgium
• Defense attorney Sandy Stern appears in this author’s “The Burden of Proof” & “Presumed Innocent” • [Scott] Turow
• Gregor Samsa experiences this title process in a 1915 Franz Kafka story • The Metamorphosis
• This George Eliot title character is the weaver of Raveloe • Silas Marner

File Under “H”

• Only 2 inches long, the smallest bird is a species of this • hummingbird
• At its completion in 1936, this was the world’s tallest dam • Hoover [Dam]
• This Dutch seat of government doubles as the capital of South Holland Province • The Hague
• With modern ones dating from the 1960’s, it’s a facility for the care of terminally ill patients • a hospice
• One of Ireland’s national pastimes is this stick & ball game similar to field hockey • hurling

File Under “Q”

• It’s a bed cover made at a bee • a Quilt
• He’s the only U.S. Vice President filed under “Q” • [Dan] Quale
• Name given to the standard layout of a typewriter keyboard • Qwerty
• It can be the object of a hunt or a place to excavate stone • a quarry
• Name shared by the Philippines first President & its second-largest city • Quezon

Film Epics

• Warren Beatty portrayed John Reed, author of “Ten Days that Shook the World”, in this 1981 epic • Reds
• Mel Gibson charges into battle as Scottish avenger, William Wallace, in this 1995 epic • Braveheart
• Cecil B. De Mille directed this biblical epic twice, once as a silent, the other in 1956 as a talkie • The 10 Commandments
• David Lean’s sweeping saga of this British adventurer was reissued in 1989, with previously unseen footage • {Lawrence of Arabia}
• In a 1961 film, Charlton Heston portrayed this legendary Spanish hero • {El Cid}

Film Trivia

• The yacht carrying this “Love Goddess” in the 1948 film “The Lady From Shanghai” is Errol Flynn’s • [Rita] Hayworth
• At a June 1995 auction, the white suit John Travolta wore in this film sold for $145,500 • {Saturday Night Fever}
• This dancer first appeared with Ginger Rogers in the 1933 film “Flying Down To Rio” • [F.] Astaire
• Barbra Streisand wanted Elvis Presley to co- star with her in this film, but Kris Kristofferson got the role • A Star is Born
• In 1914 this director appeared as an extra in “The Squaw Man”, his first Hollywood film • [Cecil] [B.] DeMille

Films of the 50’s

• More than 300 sets were built for this 1959 classic, including the 18-acre Circus Maximus • Ben-Hur
• One of Humphrey Bogart’s most powerful roles was Captain Queeg in this 1954 film • The Caine Mutiny
• Ronald Reagan monkeyed around with a chimp in this 1951 comedy • {Bedtime for Bonzo}
• He played Brick to Elizabeth Taylor’s Maggie in “Cat On A Hot Tin Roof” • [Paul] Newman
• Film in which Judy Holliday tells Broderick Crawford, “You’re just not couth!” • {Born Yesterday}

Films of the 70’s

• At the beginning of this film, George C. Scott addresses his troops in front of a huge American flag • Patton
• Peggy Sue, “That’ll Be The Day” & other songs in this 1978 film were sung by its star, Gary Busey • The Buddy-Holly [Story]
• This 1979 nuclear disaster film, starring Jane Fonda & Michael Douglas, had no background music • The China Syndrome
• The world’s tallest building, “The Glass Tower” in San Francisco, is the setting for this 1974 disaster film • The Towering Inferno
• In a 1976 remake, this title beast plummets to his death, from atop the World Trade Centre • King Kong

Films of the 90’s

• In 1994, “Silent Fall” introduced this teenage beauty, who became a star in “Stealing Beauty” • [Liv] Tyler
• Daniel Day-Lewis starred in the 1996 movie adaptation of this Arthur Miller play • The Crucible
• Geena Davis & Susan Sarandon take the ultimate road trip & meet Brad Pitt, in this 1991 movie • Thelma & Louise
• This actress tried to come between Dermot Mulroney & Cameron Diaz in 1997’s “My Best Friend’s Wedding” • [Julia] Roberts
• Bette Midler, Diane Keaton & Goldie Hawn were a trio of spurned spouses in this 1996 movie • The 1st Wives’ Club

Flags

• The red stripe on Indonesia’s flag stands for courage; this color stripe stands for purity • white
• Angola’s flag features a segment of a cogwheel & this large knife used to clear underbrush • a machete
• The words “semper fidelis” appear on the flag of this armed services branch • The [U.S.] Marine [Corps]
• The 11 stripes of this African Republic’s flag represent the signers of its 1847 Declaration of Independence • Liberia
• While no longer linked with Egypt, this country still uses the flag of The United Arab Republic • Syria

Flightless Birds

• Only 2 species of this bird live in the Antarctic through the year: the Adelie & the Emperor • the Penguin
• At one time Australia offered a bounty for these large birds because they were destroying crops • Emu
• The Solitaire is a more agile relative of this extinct bird • the Dodo
• Although this New Zealand bird stands only about 12 inches high, it lays eggs about 5 inches long • the Kiwi
• In central Argentina, Gauchos with bolas hunt this large bird for sport • the Rhea

Flying

• With 16 planes built, construction of this supersonic transport ended in 1979 • the Concord
• It’s the nickname of the H-4 Hercules, the flying boat Howard Hughes piloted in 1947 • the Spruce Goose
• In 1995, Eileen Collins became the first American woman to pilot one of these • a spaceshuttle
• By 1940, Artem Mikoyan & Mikhail Gurevich produced the first of these soviet fighter planes • the MiGs
• The National Aviation Hall of Fame was established in this Ohio city in 1962 • Dayton

Food

• Lavender is often included in Herbes De Provence, an herb mixture from the south of this country • France
• A wax bean is a variety of green bean that’s this color • tan
• This ham is made from pigs fed the whey left over from making Parmigiano cheese • Prosciutto
• This starchy variety of banana is also called the cooking banana • the plantain
• Genoise, true & hot-water are varieties of this “absorbent” cake • sponge
• In Chicken Kiev the breast is wrapped around a large pat of this • butter
• A cherrystone can be a pit or a type of this seafood • a clam
• Probably the most famous Dutch cheese, it contains more fat than Edam • gouda
• This thickening agent is made from the endosperm of the corn kernel • cornflour
• This lingual meat may be boiled, then baked with creole sauce & garnished with parsley • tongue
• Valencias account for about half the crop of these grown each year • oranges
• The name of this dish, often made of leftovers, comes from the French word hacher, meaning “to chop” • hash
• Vegetables cooked A la Grecque are stewed in lemon juice, seasonings & this oil • olive [oil]
• Durum, the hardest type of this grain, is often made into semolina flour • wheat
• This soft cheese, found in greek salad, is made from the milk of sheep or goats • feta
• Some say these dried treats are tastier made from seeded grapes than from the seedless ones • raisins
• Chop suey, cioppino & vichyssoise were all invented in this country • The United States
• Juniper is used to smoke Germany’s Westphalian form of this meat • ham
• Once this substance is clarified, it has a higher burning point • butter
• The Bismarck type of this fish is made of fillets cured in vinegar, salt & onions • herring

Food & Drink

• The raw milk sold in health-food stores hasn’t gone through this sterilization process • pasteurization
• 1-2″ thick, this expensive “French” cut of meat comes from the small end of the tenderloin • a Filet
• A Chimichanga is one of these Mexican food items that’s been fried, filling & all • Burritos
• In Veal Oscar the cutlets are traditionally topped with crayfish or this seafood • crab
• The Bigarade is one of the oldest known varieties of this citrus fruit • the orange
• This Oriental sauce is made by fermenting boiled legumes & roasted wheat • tamari
• Duncan & Ruby Red are varieties of this large fruit that has sections • a grapefruit
• One type of this breakfast item cooked in an iron, may be made with boiled mashed yams or winter squash • a waffle
• Liptaure cheese is often flavored with these little fish, minced or in a paste • anchovies
• This tuna has the lightest flesh & is the only one that legally can be called “white” • Albacore

Food Facts

• The traditional sauce served with roast lamb contains confectioners sugar, vinegar & these leaves • mint
• A Genoise is a light sponge cake whose name is derived from this city • Genoa
• Fannie Farmer’s recipe for Beef A la Lindstrom calls for 2 of these, boiled & mashed • potato
• Jan In Die Sak or “John In The Bag” is a dessert from this African Country • S. Africa
• This variety meat, the lining of a ruminant’s stomach, is usually sold blanched & parboiled • Tripe

For the Birds

• Most canaries produced through selective breeding are this color • yellow
• The Great Horned species of this bird will sometimes feed on related species • owls
• The red-legged species of this bird may be the original one in the Christmas pear tree • a Partridge
• In 1918 William Beebe wrote a “monograph of” this bird Epicureans serve under glass • The Feasant
• The Ruby-throated species of this small bird makes an annual nonstop 500-mile migration • the Hummingbird

Foreign Authors

• This author of “Around The World In 80 Days” also wrote librettos for operettas • [Jules] Verne
• Nikos Kazantzakis continued the adventures of this homeric hero in a 33,333-line sequel • Odysseus
• Italian author Carlo Collodi is best remembered for his story of this puppet • Pinocchio
• Although he spent most of his life in Prague, Franz Kafka spoke & wrote in this language • German
• Most of Nadine Gordimer’s novels, including “July’s People”, are set in this country where she grew up • South Africa

Foreign Currency

• In Japan, paper currency in this unit is printed in denominations of 1,000, 5,000 & 10,000 • the Yen
• In 1986, this foreign country issued commemorative coins honoring the Statue of Liberty • France
• Prior to 1971, this monetary unit was divided into 20 shillings of 12 pence each • a pound [sterling]
• In this Asian country, a tugrik is equivalent to 100 mongos • Mongolia
• It’s the monetary unit of Suriname, formerly Dutch Guiana • the guilder

French Cuisine

• Oeufs Brouilles may sound fancy, but they’re simply these items scrambled • eggs ^ egg
• These little fish are dusted with salt, quick-fried & marinated to make anchois marines • anchovies
• Named for its pale color, Bombe Dame Blanche is typically made with this ice cream flavor • Vanilla
• Canard Rouennais En Chemise is the Rouen type of this bird, poached & served in a pig’s bladder • duck
• Fraises Cardinal are these berries chilled, covered with raspberry puree & sprinkled with slivered almonds • strawberry

Fruits & Vegetables

• The choke, the fine, hairlike growth covering the heart of this vegetable, is inedible • an Artichoke
• The bell, or green, type of this is produced by the same plant as the pimento, or red • [Sweet] Pepper
• This is the favored variety of grape for making grape jelly • the Concord
• Native Americans showed the early colonists how to make a sweet sauce from this red fruit • cranberries
• Vegetable spaghetti, whose flesh forms spaghetti-like strands, is this type of vegetable • a squash
• According to a recent survey, this tropical fruit is the most popular fruit at the breakfast table • the banana
• As its name suggests, the Juan Canary Melon is this color when ripe • yellow
• The ground roots of this endive relative are used to flavor “New Orleans” coffee • chicory
• Also called an Idaho potato, it’s considered the best variety for baking • the Russet
• The field type is used for animal feed & hominy; the sweet type is used for a variety of dishes • corn
• The “red” & “golden” apple varieties, with this word in their names, are the most widely grown in the U.S. •
• Delicious [apple]
• Brabanconne is a garnish made with these miniature cabbages • Brussels Sprouts
• Ogden Nash said of this vegetable, when it’s “raw” it “develops the jaw,” but “stewed, is more quietly chewed” • celery
• They make borscht red • beets
• This fruit is sometimes called a pawpaw though the true pawpaw is an entirely different fruit • the papaya
• This vegetable can be “stuffed”, or shredded, to make Sauerkraut • cabbage
• These sweet, heart-shaped peppers are usually sold in jars, either alone or stuffed in olives • pimentos
• A casaba is a melon & a catawba is one of these • a grape
• Resembling overgrown scallions, they’re an integral ingredient of Vichyssoise • leeks
• Popular in Israel, a Sabra is the fruit of these prickly plants • a cactus
• You can eat the pod as well as the seeds of the oriental snow variety of this vegetable • the peas
• These are made by dehydrating plums in an oven • prunes
• Members of the Laurel family include cinnamon, sassafras & this guacamole ingredient • the avocado
• The hydrogenated oil of this palm fruit has been used as margarine’s primary ingredient • the coconut
• Heads up! Its name is the Italian word for flowering cabbage tops • broccoli

Furniture

• Styles of these include swing, cabriole & spiral; take them away & a stool wouldn’t have one to stand on • leg
• This synonym for sofa, comes from a French verb for “to put to bed” • a couch
• Simply, it’s an open-topped box, that’s pulled out from a piece of furniture • a drawer
• Furniture from the Federal Period is mainly made from this reddish-brown wood • mahogany
• The spoon-backed chair became popular in a British style, named for this 18th C. Queen • [Queen] Anne
• One may be dining, parsons, or drawing • a table
• A low seat with no back & 3 or 4 legs; one in a bar is usually taller • a stool
• This piece of hall furniture is specifically for holding bumbershoots • an umbrella stand
• In this process of distressing new furniture to look old, birdshot may be used to create wormholes • antiquing
• It’s the French equivalent of a whatnot • an etagere

 

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“G” Whiz !

• A swinging couch suspended from a vertical frame, or a light aircraft with no engine • a glider
• This shade of red has the same name as a birthstone • garnet
• A coarse material made from jute, or the kind of sack made from it • gunny
• Meadowlark Lemon was one for 24 years • Globe trotter
• This German composer of the opera “Alceste” taught singing to Marie Antoinette • [C.] [W.] Gluck

Games

• This is a game of guessing words or phrases acted out, sometimes syllable by syllable • Charade
• Of Boccie, Bagatelle & Baccarat, the one that doesn’t use balls • Baccarat
• It’s the number of dice you toss on your first roll in Yahtzee • five
• In this game, a person whose eyes are covered must determine a person’s identity by feeling the face • Blind Man’s Bluff
• The winner of a game of war winds up with this many cards • 52

Gardening

• Hybrid perpetuals like the American beauty were the main type of these in American Gardens 1840-1880 • Roses
• The Sphagnum or Peat type of this plant has been used as a bedding & packing material • moss
• The oscillating type of this irrigation device sprays back & forth in a rectangular pattern • a sprinkler
• Scarification is a technique where hard-shelled ones of these are scratched to help them sprout • seeds
• Compared to a tree, this type of plant produces its branches near, at, or below the soil surface • a shrub
• With work, this potted Christmas plant can be made to bloom again the following year • a pointsettia
• You have to plant your Cucurbita Pepo seeds in the spring if you want these for the end of October • pumpkins
• This flower of love is the one Japanese beetles love best • the rose
• Though used as annuals, pansies & petunias are actually these • Perennials
• To attract these small birds, plant fuchsia, phlox, nasturtium or hollyhock • Humming Birds

Gems

• Sapphires come in many colors, but the finest ones are this color • Blue
• This country’s diamond rush began after some Boer children found a 21-carat stone in 1866 • South Africa
• Auguste Verneuil developed the flame-fusion process of creating these red gems artificially • Rubies
• This “sea-colored” gem, a birthstone for March should be cleaned often to retain its sparkle • Aqua-marine
• The most valuable non-cultured ones of these come from the Persian Gulf • Pearls

Gems & Jewelry

• One of the largest canary- yellow diamonds is owned by & named for this Fifth Avenue jewelry firm • Tiffany’s
• The jewelry Rene Lalique designed in this “New Art” style often featured dreamy feminine figures & opals • Art Nouveau
• Uruguay is an important source of this transparent purple variety of quartz • Ametyst
• This highly prized form of corundum gets its red color from minute amounts of chromium • Rubies
• The National Museum of Natural History has a 22,892.5 carat one of these golden gems • a Topaz
• In 1847, Louis Cartier founded an elegant jewelry firm in this capital city • Paris
• One of the most important mines for these green gems, is found at Muzo, Colombia • Emeralds
• The Jonker, a 726-carat gem of this kind, was discovered in South Africa in 1934 • Diamonds
• It’s the color of the Star of India, a famous 563-carat sapphire • Blue
• The “Sherry” type of this golden gemstone is sometimes heated to turn it pink • Topaz
• Term for a lump of gold; the farther it’s traveled from its source, the more rounded it is • a Nugget
• This blue September birthstone symbolizes clear thinking • Sapphires
• These hardest stones are most often cut in the form of brilliants with 58 facets • Diamonds
• This fossil resin used in jewelry, burns with a bright flame & pleasant fragrance • Amber
• This iridescent material that lines the inner surface of abalone shells is also called nacre • Mother-of-Pearl
• Flaws are considered desirable in this green beryl gem • Emeralds
• The Koh-I-Noor is one of the best known of these gems • Diamond
• The fire type of this gem is red; the prase, green • Opals
• Montana & Cape Rubies are actually this January birthstone • Garnets
• Non-blue examples of this corundum gem are called fancy • the Sapphire

Generals

• Horemheb, general to this boy Pharaoh, fought the Hittites in Syria • Tutankhamon
• This Israeli lost his left eye fighting with Allied forces in Lebanon during WWII • [Moshe] Dayan
• In the early days of WWI, General Erich Ludendorff captured the fortress city of Liege in this country • Belgium
• In early 1864 this man replaced Henry W. Halleck as General-in-Chief of the Union Army • [Ulysses] [S.] Grant
• At the outbreak of WWII, General Joseph Stilwell became Chief-of-Staff to this Generalissimo • [C.] Kai-Shek

Geography

• This current runs up the east coast of the U.S., then veers into the North Atlantic • The Gulf Stream
• Czechs call this river they share with the Germans, the Labe • The Elbe
• The Gulf of Mannar separates Sri Lanka from this country • India
• Cape Skagen or the Skaw lies at the northern end of this Danish Peninsula • Jutland
• Port Said is one of this country’s principal seaports • Egypt
• This Southeast African country was named for an island possibly named for an Arab ruler, Musa Al-Biq • Mozambique
• The “States” on this sea include Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania • The Baltic [Sea]
• When founded in 1736, this Costa Rican capital was called Villa Nueva • San Jose
• The highest point in this Canadian province is in Cape Breton Highlands National Park • Nova Scotia
• This river’s name is from Sindhu, a Sanskrit word for “river” • The Indus [River]

Gold Rushes

• During this country’s gold rush, Melbourne served as an outfitting center for prospectors • Australia
• Years after gold was found at his mill on January 24, 1848, he was bankrupt • [John] [A.] Sutter
• In 1896, gold was discovered at Babbit Creek, in this area of the Yukon • The Klondike
• The gold rush into the Transvaal, was halted by this 1899-1902 war • The Boer
• At the turn of the century, Cripple Creek in this state, was the richest gold field in America • CO

Golf

• Many pros began their careers in this capacity, carrying clubs for others • as a caddie
• One of the 4 tournaments in The Grand Slam of women’s golf is named for this entertainer • [Dinah] Shore
• The shape & distribution of these impressions on a ball vary from brand to brand • the dimples
• It’s the term for the uncut grass on either side of the fairway • the rough
• This other name for a golf course is from a Scottish term for a stretch of rolling, sandy coastal land • the links

Gone Fishin’

• The rainbow variety of this fish is a part of the same genus as the Atlantic salmon • trout
• These snakelike fish constitute the order Anguilliformes • eel
• Farming of the channel species of this fish is a rapidly-growing business in the southern U.S. • catfish
• The silver dollar fish resembles this feared fish of the Amazon Basin but is strictly herbivorous • the Piranhas
• This fish is called a Muskie for short • the Muskellunge

Gone to the Dogs

• The Chow probably originated in the northern part of this continent, but no one knows exactly where • Asia
• In names of dog breeds, this nationality precedes water spaniel, setter & wolfhound • Irish
• When first born, this coach dog is pure white; the spots appear in 3 or 4 weeks • a Dalmatian
• Descended from the otterhound, the Airedale type of this dog is a fine swimmer • a Terrier
• This dog’s name refers to its impressive pedigree; it really should be called “blooded” • the Bloodhound

Gone With the Wind

• According to Bob Dylan, it’s what’s “Blowin’ in the Wind” • The Answer
• Sans wind, this capital was so choked with le smog Oct. 1, 1997 that it banned half its motorists from driving • Paris
• Guinness lists Commonwealth Bay on this southern continent as the world’s windiest place • Antarctica
• It’s called the “Windy City” in part for the winds that blow off Lake Michigan • Chicago [Illinois]
• This poet wrote most of “Ode to the West Wind” on a windy day in the woods near Florence • [P] [B] Shelley

Good Ideas

• Prince Boris Golitsyn invented an electromagnetic one of these & was probably paid “Richter” scale • a seismograph
• In 1711 trumpeter John Shore invented this 2-pronged pitch setter • a tuning fork
• Garrett Morgan’s “Safety Hood” was one of these, used by WWI soldiers • a gaz mask
• In 1910 this Swiss company produced its first wrist chronometer; it still makes expensive watches • Rolex
• These French brothers developed the 1st popular color photographic process, introduced in 1907 • the Lumiere

Gourmet Cuisine

• The word “Malossol” on a caviar label means the roe is preserved with a minimum of this seasoning • salt
• These chocolate confections are so called because they resemble the fancy fungi of the same name • Truffles
• Ancient Romans cultivated these gastropods on farms, fattening them on meal & wine • escargot
• Eggs Meyerbeer, named in honor of the composer, is made with these organs the French call rognons • kidneys
• Served with Bearnaise sauce, this thick cut of beef is named for a French statesman, not a French castle •
• Chateau Briand

Government & Politics

• The U.S. Mint & The Bureau of The Public Debt are divisions of this cabinet department • Treasury
• In 1982 this Surgeon General called smoking “The most important public health issue of our time” • [C.] [E.] Koop
• You can find The Bill of Rights on display in this D.C. Building’s exhibition hall • The [National] Archives
• He’s the only U.S. President to have served as director of the CIA • [George] Bush
• The Office of Space Flight is a division of this U.S. Agency • N.A.S.A.

Great Scots

• This telephone inventor was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1847 • [Alexander] [G.] Bell
• Having no heirs when he died in 1931, this tea merchant left most of his estate to Glasgow charities • [Thomas] [J.] Lipton
• He spent the latter part of 1773 touring the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson • [James] Boswell
• In 1787, this philosopher & economist was named Lord Rector of The University of Glasgow • Adam Smith
• For his discovery of penicillin, he was knighted in 1944 • Sir [Alex] Fleming

Guiness Records

• This Oak Brook, Illinois corporation operates the world’s largest food service chain • McDonald’s [Corporation]
• Eta Carinae is the most famous luminous of these, over 5 million times as luminous as our sun • a star
• The largest of these in the human body is usually the gluteus maximus • a muscle
• This Asian city-state is the world’s largest container port • Singapore
• Fender Stratocaster belonging to this man, who died in 1970, sold for a record $338,580 in 1990 • [Jimi] Hendrix

 

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“H”istory

• It became a U.S. Territory in 1900 & was attacked 18 years before becoming a State • Hawaii
• From 1954 to 1969, he was president of North Vietnam • [Ho] [Chi] Minh
• The U.S. arsenal at this Shenandoah Valley location was raided October 16, 1859 • Harpers Ferry
• Roman Emperor from 117-138, he built walls in Germany as well as in Britain • Hadrian
• The Dutch East India Company sponsored his 1609 search for the Northwest Passage • [Henry] Hudson

“Hoo”

• Cheer “for Hollywood” • hooray
• Any Indianan • a Hoosier
• They’re found below the fetlocks • hooves
• Popular in the 1860s, crinolines were a type of this women’s fashion • a hoop skirt
• This synonym for hoodlum may be from the last name of an Irish one in 1890s London • Hooligan

Halloween

• This magician who died on Halloween is said to haunt the ruins of his Hollywood Hills estate • [Harry] Houdini
• As Laurie, this actress did a lot of screaming in the first “Halloween” film • [Jamie] [Lee] Curtis
• Phrase that begins the rhyme “…smell our feet, we want something good to eat” • Trick or Treat
• In an animated special, Linus van Pelt & Sally Brown patiently await the arrival of this mythic being • The [Great] Pumpkin
• To celebrate Halloween, this California amusement park goes from “Berry Farm” to “Scary Farm” • Knott’s

Health & Medicine

• It’s the x-ray procedure used to detect breast cancer at an early stage • a mammogram
• In spinal fusion 2 or more of these bones are joined • the vertebrae
• It’s recommended that you avoid aspirin & alcohol when suffering from the “peptic” type of this • an ulcer
• Australian nurse Sister Elizabeth Kenny was famous for her methods in treating this often paralyzing disease • polio
• It’s the letter most commonly found at the top of a Snellen chart • E

Heraldry

• Purpure is the heraldic term for this color • purple
• Used to represent a third son, a mullet is one of these symbols, often having 5 points • a star
• A heraldic bird that appears to be doing this, is described as volant • flying^
• This fur, worn by royalty, is represented by black tails on a white or silver ground • ermine
• The Lord Lyon King of Arms is The Chief Herald of this United Kingdom country • Scotland

Herbs & Spices

• Lavender can be used to protect linen from these Lepidopterans • moths
• The Madras type of this Indian spice mixture is hotter than the standard kind • curry [powder]
• The French variety of this herb the French call Estragon is more refined in taste than the Russian • tarragon
• This spice, produced by the Piper Nigrum Plant was once so rare it was used as currency • [Black] pepper
• Once believed to render man immortal, this smart-sounding herb is mixed with onions in poultry stuffing • sage

Highways & Byways

• The name of this famous street is French for “Avenue of the Elysian Fields” • The [Avenue Des] Champs-Elysees
• The Passetto, a fortified corridor, connects Castel Sant’Angelo with this “City” • Vatican [City]
• This oldest public park in the U.S. is between Beacon & Tremont Streets • Boston Commons [park]
• This city’s Unter den Linden was laid out to connect the Royal Palace with the Tiergarten • Berlin
• The Sacred Way zigzagged from the entrance of this Oracle’s ancient sanctuary to the Temple of Apollo • [Oracle] of Delphi

Hints from Heloise

• Don’t throw this away: take it out of your medicine bottles & use it to apply nail polish remover • cotton
• If your hamster’s wheel squeaks, Heloise suggests applying this sticky stuff, also known as petrolatum •
• Vaseline
• Before baking the peanut butter type of these, Heloise flattens them with a potato masher • cookies
• Heloise pulls this bathroom headgear over her face when she tries on dresses in a store • a shower cap
• Heloise makes the “throw” type of these from fabric remnants & stuffs them with old pantyhose • pillows

Historic Names

• In 1914, this future Italian dictator was expelled from the Socialist Party • [Benito] Mussolini
• As a youth, this ancient philosopher is said to have been “the ugliest boy in all China” • Confucius
• He was the last Dutch governor of New Netherland • [Peter] Stuyvesant
• For her nursing reforms & care of the sick, she was the 1st woman to receive the British Order of Merit • [Florence] Nightingale
• This deranged Roman was known as “The Horse Emperor” • Caligula
• As requested, she was buried at Mark Antony’s side in 30 B.C. • Cleopatra
• In 1947, Francisco Franco honored this Argentine First Lady with the Cross of Isabel the Catholic • [Eva] Peron
• Speusippus, a nephew & disciple of this philosopher, succeeded him as the head of the Academy • Plato
• This general & premier who led Japan into war in 1941 was hanged as a war criminal in 1948 • [Hideki] Tojo
• Though born in Hartford, Conn., he patented his repeating pistol in England • [Samuel] Colt

Historic Nicknames

• This Icelandic explorer was nicknamed “Leif the Lucky” after he rescued sailors from a wrecked ship • [Leif] Erikson
• This U.S. senator nicknamed “Tail Gunner Joe” was actually a desk officer • [Joe] MacCarthy
• North African victories earned this German Field Marshal the nickname “The Desert Fox” • [Erwin] Rommel
• Koba was an early nickname of this Georgian-born Soviet dictator • [Joseph] Stalin
• He won the nickname “Old Rough and Ready” in the Seminole wars • [Zachary] Taylor

Historical Operas

• Handel’s opera about Julius Caesar & this queen is considered one of his greatest • Cleopatra
• Andre Gretry composed a 1784 opera about this crusader king & his favorite minstrel, Blondel • Richard the First
• Meyerbeer’s opera “Les Huguenots” takes place in 1572 in Touraine & this capital city • Paris
• In an 1837 opera by Donizetti, this queen loves the Earl of Essex but he loves the Duchess of Nottingham • [Queen] Elizabeth 1
• Massenet’s opera about this Castilian hero is set in 12th century Seville • El Cid

History

• In 1770, during the first of his 3 Pacific voyages, he discovered a passage between Australia & New Guinea • [Captain] [James] Cook
• In 1862, he became Prussia’s Prime Minister under King William I • [Otto] [Von] Bismarck
• In January 1926, Theodoros Pangalos declared himself dictator of this country; he was deposed in August • Greece
• This North African city-state held Spain from about 500 B.C. to 201 B.C. • Cartage
• In 1616, he convinced James I to release him from the Tower of London to lead a search for El Dorado • Sir [Walter] Rally
• In 1963, this 88-year-old former P.M. announced he’d not run for another term in Parliament • Sir [Winston] Churchill
• In 1870, this country’s Isabella II abdicated in favor of her son Alfonso • Spain
• From 618 to 907, China was ruled by this dynasty whose name sounds like a breakfast drink • The Tang [Dynasty]
• In 394 B.C., Admiral Conon of this city-state defeated a Spartan fleet at Cnidus • Athens
• From June to September 1759, Gen. Montcalm defended this city against British General James Wolfe • Quebec [City]
• In 1993, he hinted he’d be willing to give up power if the U.S. ended its embargo of Cuba • [Fidel] Castro
• In 1951, Macao became an overseas province of this country, & in 1974 a “special territory” • Portugal
• In 1867, Emperor Franz Joseph created this dual monarchy • Austro Hungarian
• At its height, the Aztec Empire covered roughly one-fifth of what’s now this country • Mexico
• Tradition says this country’s first emperor, Menelik I, was the son of King Solomon & the Queen of Sheba • Ethiopia
• This U.S.-Canadian waterway was formally opened at St. Lambert, Quebec June 26, 1959 • The Saint-Lawrence Seaway
• Since 1867, Japan has had 4 emperors: Mutsuhito, Yoshihito, Hirohito & him • Akihito
• Rustichello wrote the original tale of this fellow prisoner’s trip to the Far East in French • [Marco] Polo
• The destruction of a Turkish fleet at Sinope by the Russians on Nov. 30, 1853 led to Britain entering this war • The Crimean
• In May 1926, Roald Amundsen flew across the North Pole, from Spitsbergen in this country to Teller, Alaska • Norway
• Concerning his relations with Josephine, he said, “I generally had to give in” • Napoleon [Bonaparte]
• While hiding at Wartburg Castle during 1521-22, he translated the New Testament into German • [Martin] Luther
• In 1883, this train made its first run from Paris to Istanbul • The Orient Express
• The 1839 Treaty of London gave the French-speaking part of this Grand Duchy to Belgium • Luxemburg
• In the 480 B.C. Battle of Salamis, the Greeks beat this Empire’s fleet led by Xerxes • The Persian [Empire]
• This capital city was founded in 1457, when warrior Ota Dokan built the predecessor of Edo Castle • Tokyo
• Aurangzeb, this country’s Mogul ruler, took over his father Shah Jahan’s throne & jailed him in Agra • India
• This fortified island held out for 27 days after the fall of Bataan in 1942 • Corrigiador
• In 1958, this man became President of the United Arab Republic • [G] [A] Nasser
• In the 13th Century, the German town of Halle joined this League • The Hanseatic [League]

Hodgepodge

• Ancient Greeks dated events from the first of these held in 776 B.C. • The Olympics
• Name shared by a national monument in Arizona & a famous “Faithful Indian companion” • Tonto
• This word comes from the Greek Etymon, “The meaning of a word from its origin”,& logos,”Word” • Etymology
• This animal on Saskatchewan’s flag stands for Great Britain • The Lion
• An Atlanta football player, or the middle name of explorer Robert Scott • Falcon

Holidays & Observances

• This March observance has been called the “most important national holiday in Ireland” • St. Patrick [Day]
• On August 30, this state observes Huey P. Long Day • Louisiana
• It’s the date on which the anniversary of D-Day & South Korea’s Memorial Day are observed • June 6
• The Megillah or Story of Esther, is read on this Jewish Holiday • Purim
• The first President to proclaim this holiday as the third Sunday in June, was Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966 • Fathers’ Day
• Autumn brings Choyo-No-Sekku or Chrysanthemum Day in this country • Japan
• On this date, Denmark’s Rebild Park holds the largest foreign celebration of American independence • July 4
• National Freedom Day, February 1, celebrates the 13th amendment, which abolished this • slavery
• Ecuador & Venezuela observe the birth of this “George Washington of South America” each July 24 • [Simon] Bolivar
• It’s also known as “Battle of Puebla Day” • May 5
• On this holiday in 1929, Al Capone’s gang killed several members of Bugs Moran’s gang • [St] Valentine’s [Day]
• The French exchange gifts on this day, which they call Le Jour de L’An • New Year [day] ^ New Year’s [day]
• In 1915, President Wilson proclaimed this holiday as the second Sunday in May • Mother’s Day
• It’s celebrated as an international Labor Day, as well as a spring festival • May 1st
• September 10 is St. George’s Cay Day in this Central American country • Belize
• On this date, Canadians sometimes substitute a bear for the groundhog used in the U.S. • February 2
• On Waitangi day, this country celebrates the signing of a treaty between Europeans & The Maori • New Zealand
• Texas remembers the birth of this 36th President on August 27 • [Lyndon] [B.] Johnson
• 1963 was a rare instance of the eastern & western Christian observances of this moveable feast coinciding • Easter
• The name of this African-American holiday comes from Swahili, meaning “first fruits” • Kwansa

 

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I Love Lucy

• In Chapter One of this E.M. Forster novel, Lucy complains that her window doesn’t overlook the Arno • A Room With a View
• On April 22, 1878, this First Lady instituted the Easter egg roll on the White House lawn • [Lucy] Hayes
• In 1997, this New Zealander was cast as Rizzo in the stage version of “Grease” • [Lucy] Lawless
• In sequels to this novel, Lucy Maud Montgomery’s first, Anne grows to be a woman & a mother • [Anne] of Green Gables
• After seeing his son Julian’s drawing of a school friend named Lucy, he wrote “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” • [John] Lennon

I Wish I’d Said That

• W.S. Gilbert wrote, “In for a penny, in for” this, “It’s love that makes the world go round !” • A pound
• This comedian’s signature line is “I don’t get no respect” • [Rodney] Dangerfield
• In 1995 her son, the governor of Texas, told her, “Don’t brag” • Barbara Bush
• In reference to this man’s 14 points, Clemenceau said, “The good Lord had only ten” • [Woodrow] Wilson
• This first Indian Prime Minister said, “A life is ordered by values” • [Jawaharlal] Neru
• Word that ends Henny Youngman’s line “Take My Wife …” • Please
• This humorist said, “Politics has got so expensive that it takes lots of money to even get beat with” • [Will] Rogers
• Oliver Wendell Holmes said, “Free speech would not protect a man from falsely shouting” this “in a theater” • Fire
• Hemingway wrote, “All modern American literature comes from this one book by Mark Twain” • The
• Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
• This Soviet dictator supposedly said, “A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic” • [Joseph] Stalin

I’m a Little Bit Country

• When it was released in 1995, her “The Woman In Me” became the all-time best-selling album by a female country artist • [Shania] Twain
• 750,000 fans were the “Friends in Low Places” who joined this country star in Central Park in 1997 • [Garth] Brooks
• Mom Naomi kept performing as half of this duo for over a year after doctors advised her to quit • The Judds
• Released August 29, 1997, her album “You Light Up My Life” went platinum October 10 • [Leann] Rhymes
• On December 12, 1996 he received his star on the “Hollywood Walk of Fame” with wife Lisa Hartman by his side • [Clint] Black

I’m a Little Bit Rock ‘N Roll

• This guitarist wrote his 1992 hit “Tears in Heaven” for his son Conor • [Eric] Clapton
• This Seattle Grunge band backed Neil Young on his “Mirror Ball” album • PearlJam
• The name of this Florida band combines a blonde actress & the head of a murderous “Family” • Marilyn Manson
• In 1998 Bob Dylan won 3 Grammy’s & son Jakob won 2 with this group • The Wallflowers
• Therapeutic name of the band led by lipstick-sporting Robert Smith • The Cure

In the Kitchen

• When a pie has 2 of these, it looks nice to crimp the edges of the top one with the tines of a fork • crusts
• This term for what you do to Cherries Jubilee comes from the French • flambe
• Different types of this kitchen gadget are used for meat, nuts & pepper • a grinder
• The bulb type of this utensil moistens meat while it’s cooking • a baster
• Often used to make cheesecake, this round pan with a removable rim is always “in season” • a springform [pan]

In the News

• U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Bagdad, the capital of this country, on a peace mission, in February 1998 • Iraq
• The introduction of Dolly the sheep to the world, kicked off a debate on the ethics of this, in February 1997 • Cloning
• In 1998, the Diamondbacks began to play Major League Baseball for this State • Arizona
• In September 1997, they became the first weapons to be banned internationally since poison gas • [land] mines
• On September 26, 1996 she ended a record 188-day stay in space • [Shannon] Lucid
• A majority of the public supported retaining this beauty pageant’s controversial swimsuit competition • Miss America
• Pictures taken by this orbiting telescope showed new moons orbiting Saturn • The Hubble [Space] [Telescope]
• Waste Management Inc. disposed of 90% of the waste produced cleaning up this tanker’s 1989 oil spill • The [Exxon] Valdez
• In February 1985, Spain reopened its border with this Dependency • Gibraltar
• On Oct. 23, 1983, a truck loaded with explosives killed 241 U.S. servicemen at their barracks in this city • Beirut

Inside Sports

• On February 27, 1996, the Los Angeles Kings traded this hockey player to the St. Louis Blues • [Wayne] Gretzky
• This name for table tennis comes from the sound the ball makes as it is volleyed back & forth • Ping Pong
• In 1997, this 14-year-old American became the youngest Ladies’ World Figure Skating champion • [Tara] Lipinski
• Nancy Lieberman-Cline is among the inductees in the Naismith Hall of Fame for this sport • Basketball
• The Johnny Petraglia Open & the AMF Dick Weber Classic have been major tournaments in this sport • Bowling

International Cuisine

• Found on Dutch menus, Gerookte Paling is this snakelike fish, smoked & perhaps served on toast • eel
• To prepare potatoes A La Hongroise, you need this Hungarian spice • paprika
• Similar to gingerbread, Lebkuchen are spicy cakelike cookies from this country • Germany
• Cornish pastries, named for this English county, often contain meat & potatoes • Cornwall
• Melitzanosalata, an eggplant salad, is an appetizer or side dish from this Mediterranean country • Greece

International Politics

• In December 1993 The Catholic Church agreed to establish diplomatic ties with this state founded in 1948 • Israel
• In December, 1994, Russia sent 40,000 troops into this breakaway republic • Chechnya
• In March, 1995, she was removed from her South African Cabinet post by her estranged husband • W. Mandela
• The British Cabinet meets with the Prime Minister at #10 on this street • Downing
• Named for a European peninsula, it’s the process of one country separating into hostile units • Balkanization

Inventors

• In 1753 George Richmann was electrocuted trying to duplicate this man’s lightning experiment • Ben Franklin
• In 1868 he formed a company in Stamford, Connecticut to produce his new cylinder locks • [Linus] Yale
• This American inventor of the microphone became a commander of the French Legion of Honor in 1889 • [Thomas] [A.] Edison
• His first train-braking system in the 1860s used steam, not compressed air • [George] Westinghouse
• In 1888 he published his new shorthand method in “Light-Line Phonography” • [John] [Robert] Gregg
• Laurens Hammond invented an electric type of this musical instrument • Novachord Synthesizer
• He invented a razor with disposable blades after experts at M.I.T. told him it was impossible • Gillette
• Thomas Hancock patented vulcanized rubber in England the year before this man in the U.S. • [Charles] Goodyear
• Before designing the first successful steamboat, he worked as a portrait painter • [Bob] Fulton
• If, as some say, Gen. Han Hsin invented this c. 200 B.C., he was the 1st to tell someone to go fly one • a Kite
• Nicolas Appert, who invented canning, got a 12,000-Franc reward from this Emperor in 1810 • Napoleon the 1st
• It’s said a dream Elias Howe had about men threatening him with spears led to the needle for this invention • the Sewing Machine
• James Dewar, inventor of the thermos bottle, was also the first to liquefy this lightest gas • Hydrogen
• Thomas Newcomen’s version of this device was a precursor of James Watt’s • the Steam Engine
• This founder of the frozen food industry also invented a technique to speed up food dehydration • [Clarence] Birdseye

Islands

• This U.S. Commonwealth’s first radio station, WKAQ in San Juan, began operations in 1922 • Puerto Rico
• Nassau is the largest city of this island nation, southeast of Florida • The Bahamas
• The Malta Channel separates Malta from this Italian island • Sicily
• The small island of Diego Garcia lies within this ocean • The Indian [Ocean]
• This Indonesian Island’s 5 administrative areas include Djakarta Raya & Djokjakarta • Java
• Timor is the largest of this country’s Lesser Sunda Islands; Bali is one of the smaller ones • Indonesia
• Odadahraun, the largest lava bed on earth lies in this North Atlantic island nation • Iceland
• Part of The Northwest Passage, the Davis Strait separates Canada’s Baffin Island from this Danish one • Greenland
• Island groups belonging to this country include The Pescadores & Quemoy & Matsu • Taiwan
• This country’s heaviest rainfall occurs around Milford Sound on South Island • New Zealand
• Now uninhabited, this country’s Auckland islands were once the site of a whaling station • New Zealand
• It’s the Italian island famous for its Blue Grotto • Capri
• Noted for their wildlife, these islands are also known as The Archipelago De Colon • The Galapagos [Islands]
• Charlottetown, the capital of this Canadian province, is named for the wife of King George III • Prince Edward Island
• It was the center of the Minoan civilization • Crete
• In 1972, this island, once famous for its prison, became part of Golden Gate National Recreation Area • Alcatraz
• In 1866 a leper colony was founded on this Hawaiian Island’s Kalaupapa Peninsula • Molokai
• In 1856 some descendants of the Bounty mutineers left this island & settled on Norfolk • Pitcairn
• Over 40 miles long, Olkhon is the largest island in this Siberian Lake • [Lake] Baikal
• Torshavn is the capital & one of the principal ports of these Danish Islands • The Faeroe [Islands]
• This Italian island’s 3 chief ports are Messina, Catania & Palermo • Sicily
• The Paracel Islands are claimed by Vietnam but are administered by this northern neighbor • China
• Andros is the largest of the 700 islands that make up this nation off Florida’s coast • The Bahamas
• In 1927 this Spanish group in the Atlantic was divided into 2 provinces: Las Palmas & Santa Cruz De Tenerife • The Canary [Islands]
• About half of the Philippines’ rice crop is produced on this island, the nation’s largest • Luzon
• Victoria, the capital of British Columbia, is located on this island • Vancouver [Island]
• What Argentina calls the Islas Malvinas, England calls this • The Falkland [Islands]
• The last pure-blooded Aborigine on this Australian island died in 1876 • Tasmania
• This unincorporated U.S. territory includes the islands of Olosega, Ofu & Tutuila • Samoa
• Mount Fengari, the highest point in the Aegean, is on this island famous for its “Winged Victory” statue • Samothraki

It Happened One Night

• Shortly before midnight on April 14, 1912, this liner struck an iceberg & sank by 2:30 A.M. • The Titanic
• This city’s Nov. 9, 1965 blackout began at 5:27 P.M., stranding subway riders & darkening Herald Square • New-York [City]
• Paul Revere left Boston at 10 P.M. on April 18, 1775 & arrived in this city around midnight • Lexington
• An Exxon tanker ran aground at 12:04 A.M. on March 24, 1989, 25 miles from this city, its namesake • Valdez [Alaska]
• On election night in 1948, the Chicago Tribune printed the erroneous headline “Dewey Defeats” this man • [Harry] [S.] Truman

It’s Extinct

• The Siberian or Woolly, is by far the best-known form of this extinct elephant • a mammoth
• About a third of the species of Honeycreeper, unique to this U.S. State, have become extinct • Hawaii
• The last of these pigeons died in the Cincinnati Zoo in 1941 • the passenger [pigeon]
• The giant, plant-eating Apatosaurus is better known by this name • Brontosaurus
• This Danish explorer’s expedition found Steller’s sea cow in 1741; by 1768 it had been exterminated • [Vitus] Bering

 

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“J” Food File

• Dried meat, in strips • jerky
• This hot pepper is named for the capital of Veracruz, Mexico • jalapenos
• It’s a long, plump Spanish almond • a Jordan [almond]
• These tiny fruit-flavored candies once may have contained the juice of the fruit in their name • Jujubes
• This mild Swiss-style cheese comes from Norway • Jarlsburg

Jims & Jameses

• He was the creator & behind-the-scenes master of The Muppets • [Jim] Henson
• Pop Warner called him the greatest football player of all time • [Jim] Thorpe
• The term horsepower owes its origins to an experiment by this steam engine inventor • [James] Watt
• In 1975, he left the Berlin Philharmonic where he was principal flutist, to pursue a solo career • [James] Galway
• During the 1970s, he served as CIA Director, Secretary of Defense & Secretary of Energy • [James] [R.] Schlesinger

July 4

• She not only carries a torch, she holds a law book inscribed with the date “July IV MDCCLXXV ” • The Statue of Liberty
• The cornerstone for this monument was laid July 4, 1848 with a trowel once used by our first President • The Washington [Monument]
• The first U.S. flag with this many stars was flown July 4, 1960 • Fifty
• On July 4, 1994, Philadelphia awarded this Czech president the Liberty Medal • [Vaclav] Havel
• On July 4, 1976 this president said, “We lead because our whole history says we must” • [Gerald] Ford

Just Desserts

• This fruit dessert is known as Betty for short • [Apple] Brown [Betty]
• The short-, medium- or long-grain type of this may be used to make pudding • rice
• This pie with a sheer fabric in its name contains beaten egg whites &/or gelatin • chiffon [pie]
• In names of desserts, this woman’s name may follow Chocolate or precede Russe • Charlotte
• Black Forest Cake is made with Kirsch, a liquor made from this fruit • cherries

 

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Kings & Queens

• The 2nd Spanish queen named this, married her cousin Francisco in 1846 but didn’t live with him • Isabella
• King John II Kasimir Vasa, crowned in Krakow in 1648, abdicated this country’s throne in 1668 • Poland
• When this country’s King Baudouin died in 1993, he was succeeded by his brother, Albert II • Belgium
• As a child during WWII, this Dutch queen lived in Canada • Beatrice
• Rene Descartes taught philosophy to this Scandinavian country’s Queen Christina • Sweden

 

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Lakes & Rivers

• At about 2/3 of a square mile, Upper Lake is the smallest of this country’s lakes of Killarney • Ireland
• Explorer Jacques Cartier called it the “River of Canada” • The Saint Lawrence [River]
• Cities on this Swiss lake include Montreux & Lausanne • [Lake] Geneva
• This reservoir formed by Hoover Dam is the largest artificial lake in the U.S. • [Lake] Mead
• This river in West Central Africa is also called the Zaire River • the Congo [River]

Languages

• There are 3 systems for romanizing this language: Hepburn, Kunrei & Nippon • Japanese
• Tagalog became the nucleus for this country’s Filipino language • The Philippines
• Neapolitan is a dialect of this romantic language • Italian
• The name of this literary language of the Hindus means “perfected” • Sanskrit
• Lingala is a language spoken from Kinshasa to Kisangani in this African country • Zaire
• The click languages are non-Bantu languages mostly spoken in this continent’s southern part • [St.] Africa
• When written, this official language differs very little from Austria to Switzerland • German
• In the 1930s, this country began moving from Osmanli, or Ottoman, to a more indigenous language • Turkey
• Moldova shares an official language & a border with this country • Romania
• Frisian is an official language of this country’s province of Friesland • the Netherlands
• Putonghua, the chief representative of this dialect of Chinese, is based on the speech of Beijing • Mandarin
• This language belongs to the Canaanite branch of the northwest Semitic languages • Hebrew
• Although Arabic is Tunisia’s official language, this has the status of a second national language • French
• Geographically, it’s the most widely spoken germanic language • English

Latin Quotations

• In his “History”, Livy wrote, “Potius Sero Quam Num Quam”– Better late than this • Never
• Virgil’s saying “Latet Anguis in Herba” is usually translated as “A snake lurks in” this • The grass
• Ovids’ famous phrase “Tempus Edax Rerum” means this is the devourer of all things • Time
• As he crossed the Rubicon, Julius Caesar quoted the proverb “Iacta alea est “– this is cast • The die
• Horace’s quote “permitte Divis Cetera” means leave the rest to these beings • The gods

Latin Words & Phrases

• Virgil said, “Omnia vincit amor” — This conquers all • Love
• It’s a writ, “to produce the body” of the detained, before the court • Habeas Corpus
• It’s the English translation of “Caveat emptor” Good advice for shoppers • Buyer beware
• Horace’s quote, “Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero” means do this, “Put no trust in the morrow” • Seize the day
• The motto, “Ad astra per aspera”, means “To” these “through hardships” • The stars

Law

• Probate is the legal procedure by which one of these documents is proven valid or invalid • a will
• It’s defined as one who could testify regarding what he has seen • an eye witness
• This word can mean to terminate a right or to quench a flame • extinguish
• The Racketeer Influenced & Corrupt Organizations Act is better known by this acronym • R.I.C.O
• In many U.S. jurisdictions, the M’Naghten rule is the test applied for this type of defense • the insanity [defense]

Lead Singers of the 90’s

• Eddie Vedder • PearlJam
• Gwen Stefani • No Doubt
• Billy Corgan • The Smashing Pumpkins
• Dolores O’Riordan • The Cranberries
• Billie Joe Armstrong • Green Day

Let’s Dance

• The Jarabe Tehuano is a folk dance from this North American country • Mexico
• Auguste Bournonville, the father of Danish ballet, was born in this capital city in 1805 • Copenhagen
• The Giga is the Italian version of this lively dance, popular in England & Ireland • the Jig
• Pablo Casals composed music for the Sardinia, a dance of this country’s Catalan people • Spain
• This round percussion instrument with metal jingles is struck or shaken to accompany the tarantella • the tambourine

Letter Perfect

• It precedes -bill, -bar & -bone • T
• An FBI agent is popularly referred to as this type of “man” • G Men
• It’s the Roman numeral for 500 • D
• On a 1970s sitcom, Penny Marshall frequently wore this letter on her blouse • an L
• These 2 letters do not appear on the buttons of a telephone • Q and Z

Letters

• In October 1860, little Grace Bedell wrote him a letter, saying she thought he should grow whiskers • [Abe] Lincoln
• Hospital Sketches of 1863 is a collection of letters by this “Little Women” author, when she was a nurse • [L.] [M.] Alcott
• This General’s letter criticizing Truman Administration policy, caused him to be relieved of command in 1951 • [D.] McArthur
• This novelist was sentenced to a year in jail for the letter he wrote supporting Alfred Dreyfus • [E.] Zola
• A letter from this royal prisoner to Anthony Babington, implicated him in a plot to kill Elizabeth I • Mar

Literary Characters

• In his will, Dr. Henry Jekyll names this person his beneficiary • Mr. [E] Hyde
• This Sinclair Lewis real estate broker is a man of “Zip and Zowie” • [Georges] [F.] Babbitt
• Chance, an idiotic gardener, is propelled to fame in this Jerzy Kosinski novel • {Being There}
• Adelaquested’s trip to the Marabar caves proves disastrous in this E.M. Forster novel • {A Passage to India}
• John Worthing’s “important” fictional brother in a fictional play by Oscar Wilde • Ernest

Literary Hodgepodge

• He did his own illustrations for “Just So Stories” • [Rudyard] Kipling
• Once a naval historian in the South Pacific, he won a Pulitzer Prize for “Tales of the South Pacific” • [James] Michner
• The title of the novel “Brave New World”, comes from a line spoken by Miranda in this Shakespeare play • The Tempest
• In 1991, the University of Alabama awarded this “To Kill a Mocking Bird” author an honorary Doctor of Letters degree • [Nelle] [H] Lee
• His Bowdoin College classmate Horatio Bridge subsidized the publication of his “Twice-Told Tales” • [Nathaniel] Hawthorne

Literary Operas

• Australian composer Arthur Benjamin’s 1953 opera “A Tale of Two Cities” is based on a novel by this author • [Charles] Dickens
• The “Tales of” this German inspired many an opera, including Busoni’s “Die Brautwahl” • Hoffman
• This Lord never finished his poem “Don Juan” but Zdenek Fibich based an opera on it anyway • [Lord] Byron
• This Sir Walter Scott poem inspired Rossini’s opera “La Donna Del Lago” • The Lady of the Lake
• Swiss composer Heinrich Sutermeister wrote a 1967 opera based on this Author’s “Madame Bovary” • [G.] Flaubert

Literary Potpourri

• As he had done, his Frederic Henry in “A Farewell To Arms” worked in the Ambulance Service In WW I • [Ernest] Hemingway
• Cameroonian novelist Mongo Beti writes in this European Language, an official language of Cameroon • French
• This “Giant” novelist wrote a series of stories about travelling petticoat saleslady Emma McChesney • [Edna] Ferber
• Nora Ephron wrote the searing novel “Heartburn” after her divorce from this Washington Post reporter • [Carl] Bernstein
• The ghoulish poem “Ulalume” is his only important work of 1847, the year his child bride died • [Edgar] [Allen] Poe
• The Little Prince was originally published in 1943 in this language • French
• This “Tai-Pan” author wrote the script for the film “To Sir With Love” • [James] Clavell
• In 1826, this future Prime Minister published his first novel “Vivian Grey” • [Benjamin] Disraeli
• This legendary outlaw of Nottinghamshire began appearing in children’s books in the 19th century • Robin Hood
• There is no record of when this Greek’s tragedy “Prometheus Bound” was first presented • Aeschylus

Literary Villains

• This villain is jealous when Michael Cassio is appointed to the position of Othello’s lieutenant • Iago
• Hiding in an apple barrel, Jim Hawkins hears this one-legged pirate planning mutiny • [Long] [John] Silver
• In this novel, O’Brien, a member of the inner party, is Winston Smith’s personal torturer & educator • 1984
• It’s not unusual to find Master Blifil committing villainy in this Henry Fielding novel • {Tom Jones}
• Monsieur l’Heureux drives this Flaubert title character deeper & deeper into debt • Madame [Emma] Bovary

Literary Women

• Her mysteries include “Murder In Mesopotamia”, “Murder At Hazelmoor” & “Murder On The Orient Express” • [Agatha] Christie
• This author of “Hollywood Wives” was formerly an actress, like her sister Joan • Jackie Collins
• In 1995, this bestselling author published her 35th novel “Lightning” • [Danielle] Steel
• Lula Carson Smith was the original name of this “The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter” author • [Carson] Mc Cullers
• She won a Pulitzer for “A Thousand Acres” • [Jane] Smiley

Literature

• In addition to Buck & White Fang, this author wrote about Jerry, an Irish terrier pup • [Jack] London
• Part 1 of “Gulliver’s Travels” is titled “A Voyage To” this land of 6-inch people • Lilliput
• Jack Kerouac’s 1962 novel, “Big Sur”, continued the story started in this 1957 book • {On the Road}
• His 1927 collection of short stories, “Men Without Women”, included “The Killers” & “The Undefeated” • [Ernest] Hemingway
• Sinclair Lewis’ novel, “Main Street”, is set in the town of Gopher Prairie in this state • Minnesota
• In an 1883 work, he called the basin of the Mississippi river “The body of the nation” • [Mark] Twain
• Milan Kundera wrote his novel “The Unbearable Lightness of” this, in Czech, his native language • Being
• Novel in which an old seaman sings, “Fifteen Men on the Dead Man’s Chest–Yo-Ho-Ho, and a Bottle of Rum” • {Treasure Island}
• Thomas Mann’s story published as “Der Tod In Venedig” in 1912; It didn’t appear in English until 1925 • {Death in Venice}
• This 16th century author has been called “The most important figure in Spanish literature” • Cervantes
• He based The Red Queen on Miss Prickett, the governess of Alice Liddel • [Lewis] Carroll
• Atlas Shrugged is the fullest fictional presentation of this author’s philosophy, objectivism • [Ayn] Rand
• Robert Jordan’s big mission in “For Whom The Bell Tolls”, is to blow up one of these structures • a bridge
• This “Brave New World” author’s 1921 novel, “Crome Yellow”, abounds with eccentric characters • [Aldous] Huxley
• Written in 1900, “In The Ravine”, is one of this Russian playwright’s finest stories • [Anton] Chekhov
• In this 17th C. novel, Sancho Panza is promised, & eventually gets, the Governorship of his own island • {Don Quixote}
• Longfellow described this poem of his as, “A Tale of Love in Acadie, Home of the Happy” • Evangeline
• After “Sister Carrie” was suppressed by its publisher, he gave up writing fiction for 10 years • [Ted] Dreiser
• This 1847 book by Melville, was subtitled “A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas” • Omoo
• Characters in this Dickens novel include Mealy Potatoes, Mr. Creakle & Edward Murdstone • [David] Copperfield
• R. K. Narayan, one of this country’s finest authors, published “Waiting for the Mahatma” in 1955 • India
• Longfellow based his “Tales of” this “Inn” on the Red Horse Inn in Sudbury, Massachusetts • the Wayside [Inn]
• This 1902 Joseph Conrad novella is set in the Belgian Congo • {Heart of Darkness}
• This Voltaire title character is thrown out of the Baron’s castle with several kicks to his backside • Candide
• In 1904, this short story author’s first book, “Cabbages and Kings”, was published • [O.] Henry
• Lotus Blossom is the concubine in this Pearl Buck novel • {The Good Earth}
• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, is set in the town of St. Petersburg, in this state • Missouri
• At the end of “Moby Dick”, this narrator is rescued by another whaling ship, the Rachel • Ishmael
• This 1922 novel, by Hermann Hesse, is based on the early life of Buddha • Siddhartha
• His “Eugene Onegin” isn’t just a novel, it’s a novel in verse • [Alex] Pushkin

Long Ago

• Founded in the 200s B.C., this Egyptian city’s library had the world’s largest collection of scrolls • Alexandria
• C. 115 B.C. the Himyarites gained ascendancy over this Arabian kingdom whose Queen appears in the Bible • Saba
• In 72 B.C., this gladiator & slave defeated 3 Roman armies & reached Cisalpine Gaul • Spartacus
• At the age of 9, he accompanied his father, Hamilcar Barca, on a Carthaginian expedition to Spain • Hannibal
• C. 304 B.C. Agathocles, tyrant of Syracuse, brought all of this island under his control • Sicily

Lost In Space

• NASA scientists lost contact with this Mars lander & its rover Sojourner in September 1997 & declared it “dead” in March 1998 • Pathfinder
• On April 13, 1970, this space mission turned perilous as Haise, Lovell & Swigert had to abandon the main ship • Apollo XIII
• In 1979, this space station fell after 34,980 orbits • Skylab
• Videotape of this space shuttle’s destruction aired repeatedly on January 28, 1986 • The Challenger
• Launched in 1977, this interplanetary probe is 6.5 billion miles from Earth & should keep going until the year 2020 • Voyager One

 

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Magazines

• A 1927 issue of this magazine featured the first undersea photographs in natural color • National Geographic
• In 1994, Dell Magazine launched a “Western Magazine” named for this author • [Louis] L’Amour
• Regular features of this magazine include Star Tracks, Chatter & Picks & Pans • People [Weekly]
• The first Polish edition of this pocket-sized monthly magazine went on sale in May 1995 • Reader’s Digest
• Before Conde Nast revived it in 1983, this arts & culture magazine was defunct for nearly 50 years • Vanity Fair

Magic & Magicians

• In 1942, this “Citizen Kane” director created the “Mercury Wonder Show”, a magic show for servicemen • [Orson] Welles
• Haruo Shimada & Lance Burton are famous for acts featuring these birds • doves
• This star of TV’s “Dave’s World” once did an act featuring the dangerous bullet catch trick • [Harry] Anderson
• This duo’s show at Las Vegas’ Mirage Hotel features white tigers • Siegfried and Roy
• Hardeen, born Theodore Weiss, briefly performed with this famous escape artist, his brother • [Harry] Houdini

Mammals

• Species of this mammal include American Black, Big Brown & Polar • the Bear
• Collisions with boats are the largest identifiable cause of death of these Florida sea cows • the Manatee
• In Sumatra they call this tree-dwelling ape Mawas • the Orangutan
• Though these “earth pigs” eat ants, strictly speaking they are not anteaters • an Aardvark
• The Fossa, a type of civet, is the dominant carnivore of this African island, the world’s 4th largest • Madagascar

Medical Terms

• Otoplasty is the technical term for plastic surgery on this organ • the [outer] ear
• It’s the medical specialty concerned with such disorders as bunions, ingrown toenails & foot sprains • chiropody
• This term literally means “after childbirth” • post-partum
• It’s the straw-colored liquid part of the blood without the cells • plasma
• Food moves through the alimentary canal by this rhythmic process of contraction & relaxation • peristalsis

Missionaries

• St. Augustine, the 1st Christian Missionary to England, founded the Abbey here, & that’s no Tale • Canterbury
• Barnabas accompanied this Apostle on Missionary trips to Antioch, Cyprus & Asia Minor • Paul
• This 1899 Chinese uprising began with the “righteous & harmonious” fists attacking missionaries • The Boxer Rebellion
• In 1735, this English founder of Methodism traveled to Georgia as a missionary • [John] Wesley
• This port city grew around the first California mission, founded by Father Junipero Serra • San Diego

Modern Art & Artists

• Like Marc Chagall, Wassily Kandinsky left Russia for Germany, then went on to this French capital • Paris
• Turn this surrealist’s “Swan of Leda” upside down & it becomes an elephant head • [Salvador] Dali
• Piet Mondrian was one of the contributors to this Low country’s arts review “De Stijl” • The Netherlands
• You have to visit MoMA to see his “Christina’s World” • Andrew Wyeth
• In 1968, this artist was shot by a former member of his “factory” • [Andy] Warhol

Modern History

• Soon after taking office in 1981, this president lifted the grain embargo on the Soviet Union • [Ronald] Reagan
• In October 1957, she became the first British monarch to open Canada’s parliament • [Queen] Elizabeth 2
• In 1985, researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute located the wreckage of this liner • The Titanic
• In 1928, Ataturk removed the constitutional provision that named this Turkey’s state religion • Islam
• In 1965, President Johnson sent 20,000 U.S. troops to this country, Haiti’s neighbor • The Dominican [Republic]

Money Matters

• Convertible bonds are convertible into the common type of this, at the option of the lender • stock
• This “rate” is the price of a currency, expressed in terms of another currency • the exchange [rate]
• This is a tax imposed on the right to transfer property, due to death • an estate [tax]
• In insurance, it’s the payment of twice the basic benefit for losses from specific causes • double indemnity
• This Scot coined the term “invisible hand” for the market mechanism that coordinates independent acts • Adam Smith

Mountains

• In modern Greek this peak is called Olimbos • Mt. Olympus
• In 1905 a large searchlight was installed at the top of this Colorado peak • Pikes [Peak]
• The Monastery of St. Catherine stands on the reputed site of the burning bush at the foot of this mountain • Mount Sinai
• This range in Northern New York has 2 peaks over 5,000 feet: Mount Marcy & Algonquin Peak • The Adirondacks
• This highest alpine peak was first climbed in 1786 by Jacques Balmat & Michel Paccard • Mt. Blanc
• Popular with skiers, Mount Hood near Portland is this state’s highest point • Oregon
• For climbers, Nanga Parbat in Kashmir is one of the most treacherous peaks of this range • The Himalaya
• This continent’s Alps include Mount Bogong & Mount Kosciusko • Australia
• Some of the finest singing canaries are bred in the Harz Mountains of this country • Germany
• When St. Pierre, Martinique was destroyed by this volcano in 1902, only one man, a prisoner, survived • [Mount] Pelee
• Mount Wu-t’ai in Shansi Province is one of this country’s great Buddhist holy places • China
• Maipo & Tupungato are volcanoes in this range on the Chile-Argentina border • The Andes
• This Sicilian volcano has over 200 subsidiary cones • [Mount] Etna
• In 1954 the U.S. Geological Survey established the height of this American mountain at 20,320 feet • [Mount] McKinley
• This highest mountain in Washington has hotel accommodations at the 5,400-foot level • [Mt.] Rainier
• The region around Mount Etna is this island’s most heavily populated • Sicily
• Mount Apo is an active volcano on this nation’s island of Mindanao • The Philippines
• Its 1980 eruption was the first in the lower 48 states since 1921 • [Mount] St. Helens
• This 14,494-foot California peak was named for a California state geologist • [Mount] Whitney
• This second-tallest African peak is about 70 miles from Nairobi • [Mount] Kenya
• Colorado’s Arapahoe Peak is located in the Front Range of these mountains • The Rockies
• In 1840 great masses of this mountain where Noah’s Ark landed were torn loose by an earthquake • [Mount] Ararat
• 10 mountains in this South American chain exceed a height of 22,000 feet • The Andes
• Adam’s Peak, a sacred mountain in this island nation, is called Samanala in Sinhalese • Sri Lanka
• Dapsang & Chogori are local names for this, the world’s second-tallest mountain • K2

Movie Characters

• Gene Kelly played D’Artagnan, in this 1948 MGM swashbuckler • The 3 Musketeers
• This singer played singer, Breathless Mahoney, in “Dick Tracy” • Madonna
• A Wookie named Chewbacca is the sidekick of this “Star Wars” character • [Han] Solo
• He not only starred in “City Slickers”, he was Executive Producer • [Billy] Crystal
• Tomorrow is another day which she says in “Gone with the Wind”, goes back at least to the 16th century • [Margaret] Mitchell

Movie Classics

• Originally, this 1944 Barbara Stanwyck film ended with Fred MacMurray’s death in the gas chamber • {Double Indemnity}
• 1941 classic in which Bogart tells Peter Lorre “When you’re slapped, you’ll take it and like it!” • The Maltese Falcon
• Fans of this 1963 Hitchcock classic “Flock” to Bodega Bay, California, where it was filmed • The Birds
• Eddie Fisher had a bit role as a stage manager in this Bette Davis film about a Broadway star & her young rival • {All About Eve}
• Jimmy Stewart received his first Oscar nomination for his role as this fledgling Senator • [Mr.] [Jefferson] Smith

Movie Costumes

• You could say it was “Curtains” for Vivien Leigh, when she wore a dress made from drapes, in this classic film • Gone with the Wind
• When John Travolta played a disco dynamo in this 1977 film, his white suit became a national craze • Saturday Night Fever
• Many women bought copies of the white chiffon cocktail dress Liz Taylor wore as Maggie the Cat in this film • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
• If you want to see this German sex symbol in a gorilla suit, rent the 1932 film “Blonde Venus” • [Marlene] Dietrich ^ [M.] Dietrich
• Edith Head said this chic actress helped design her own wardrobe for the 1954 film “Sabrina” • Audrey Hepburn

Movie Debuts

• Albert Brooks debuted in this Martin Scorsese film, but Robert De Niro was in the “driver’s” seat • Taxi Driver
• This “Sleepless in Seattle” star played Candice Bergen’s daughter in “Rich and Famous” • [Meg] Ryan
• Discovered at Dublin’s Abbey Theatre, he was cast as Sir Gawain in “Excalibur”; “Schindler’s List” came later • [Liam] Neeson
• While a drama student in Sydney, he made his screen debut as a shy surfer in 1977’s “Summer City” • [Mel] Gibson
• Carrie Fisher’s first film was “Shampoo” & Ricki Lake’s was named for this other hair care product • Hairspray
• His 1st film, the 1940 musical “Too Many Girls”, starred Lucille Ball; they married soon after • [Desi] Arnaz
• He debuted in “Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round” in 1966, 31 years before he starred in “Air Force One” • Harrison Ford
• Sydney Pollack, his co-star in 1962’s “War Hunt”, later directed him in “Out of Africa” • [Robert] Redford
• This blond actor suffered through some “pain”ful experiments in his first film, “Altered States” • William Hurt
• Ellen Barkin & Paul Reiser debuted in this Barry Levinson film about pals who meet in a Baltimore eatery • Diner
• He made his “Big”- screen debut in “He Knows You’re Alone” which would probably scare Forrest Gump • [Tom] Hanks
• Born Alicia Foster, she made her movie debut as a child in the film “Napoleon and Samantha” • Jodie Foster
• The 1980 college comedy “Midnight Madness” marked the film debut of this “Back to the Future” star • [Michael] [J.] Fox
• This title character went “Ape” for Jessica Lange in her first film in 1976 • King Kong
• She played a nurse in the 1976 film “A Matter of Time”, which starred her mother, Ingrid Bergman • [Isabella] Rossellini

Movie Relatives

• Al Pacino, James Caan & John Cazale played brothers Michael, Sonny & Fredo in this 1972 drama • The Godfather
• Her performance as Sally Field’s daughter in “Steel Magnolias” was “Something To Talk About” • Julia Roberts
• This director cast his own mother as astronaut Jim Lovell’s mother in “Apollo 13” • [Ron] Howard
• Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest & Barbara Hershey were the title siblings in this 1986 Woody Allen film • Hannah and [her] [Sisters]
• 3 years after she was in her prime as Miss Jean Brodie, she starred as the aunt in “Travels With My Aunt” • Maggie Smith

Movie Trivia

• Jack Haley couldn’t sit down in his costume for this 1939 film; to rest, he leaned on a slant board • The Wizard of Oz
• William Shatner debuted as one of Yul Brynner’s siblings in a 1958 film from this Dostoyevsky novel • The [Brothers] Karamazov
• 1943’s “Heat’s On” was her last film until 1970’s “Myra Breckinridge” • May West ^ M. West ^ Mae West
• In 1940, Hope & Crosby met the saronged Dorothy Lamour in this first of the “Road” films • [Road] To Singapore
• “St. Elsewhere” star William Daniels played Dustin Hoffman’s father in this 1967 Mike Nichols film • The Graduate
• He remarked to Esther Muir in “A Day At The Races”, “If I hold you any closer, I’ll be in back of you” • Groucho [Marx]
• Jeff Goldblum played a party guest in this quirky comedy that won Diane Keaton an Oscar • {Annie Hall}
• Sebastian Cabot provided the voice of Bagheera the panther, for this 1967 animated Disney film • The Jungle Book
• Martin Landau played Rufio & Carroll O’Connor played Casca, in this 1963 Elizabeth Taylor extravaganza • Cleopatra
• Clint Eastwood played this “Outlaw” in a 1976 film based on the novel “Gone To Texas” • [Josey] Wales
• One-third of the dialogue in this Kevin Costner film is in the Lakota language, with English subtitles • {Dances with Wolves}
• This co-star of “An American In Paris” was discovered by Kelly at Le Ballets des Champs Elysees • [Leslie] Caron
• 41 years after “On The Waterfront”, he played Johnny Depp’s therapist in “Don Juan DeMarco” • [M.] Brando ^ [Marlon] Brando
• In this 1973 Robert Redford- Barbra Streisand film, Streisand appears at a costume party as Harpo Marx • The Way we Were
• This British star of the 1995 film “Sense and Sensibility” also wrote the screenplay • [Emma] Thompson
• Before directing & acting in “Citizen Kane”, he provided narration for 1940’s “Swiss Family Robinson” • [Orson] Welles
• Gene Kelly’s first on-screen pairing with this dance rival was in “Ziegfeld Follies” in 1946 • [Fred] Astaire
• The Royal Ballet’s Antoinette Sibley appeared in this 1977 Herbert Ross film about ballet • The Turning Point
• He played Elvis’ trainer in “Kid Galahad” a “Dirty Dozen” years before he starred in “Death Wish” • [Charles] Bronson
• Monty Wooley, this composer’s friend from Yale days, appeared as himself in “Night and Day” • [Cole] Porter

Movies in Black & White

• Peter Boyle played the monster assembled by Gene Wilder in this Mel Brooks B&W classic • {Young Frankenstein}
• He was on one B&W TV show in “Quiz Show”, as well as in the almost entirely B&W film, “Schindler’s List” • [R.] Fiennes
• This 1979 Woody Allen film featured Tisa Farrow, Mia’s sister • Manhattan
• In Wim Wenders’ “Wings of Desire”, these creatures saw the world in B&W • Angels ^ Angel
• This 1980 film about Jake LaMotta should ring a bell with you • {Raging Bull}

Movies of the 90’s

• Kevin Bacon played command module pilot Jack Swagert in this 1995 blockbuster • Apollo 13
• Richard Gere played a businessman who fell for Julia Roberts in this 1990 film • Pretty Woman
• She portrayed former marine turned high school teacher Louanne Johnson in “Dangerous Minds” • [Michelle] Pfeiffer
• The L.A. film critics named John Travolta best actor for this 1994 film; give him a Royale with cheese • {Pulp Fiction}
• In 1994’s “Immortal Beloved”, Gary Oldman portrayed this composer • [Ludwig] [Von] Beethoven

Mr. Ed

• This actor won 5 Emmys for playing Lou Grant on two different series • [Edward] Asner
• This former NYC Mayor presided over TV’s “People’s Court” • [Edward] Kotch
• He wrote, directed & acted in 1995’s “The Brothers McMullen” • [Edward] Burns
• He was Johnny Carson’s daytime sidekick on “Who Do You Trust?” before joining him on “The Tonight Show” • [Ed] MacMahon
• He’s been with “60 Minutes” since 1981 • [Edward] Bradley

Museums

• The Drottningholm Theatre & Museum in this Swedish city is a well-preserved 18th C. theatre • Stockholm
• The Canadiana Collection is part of the Royal Ontario Museum in this city • Toronto
• On April 14, 1984, nearly 120,000 people visited this branch of the Smithsonian, the 1-day record for any museum • The [National] Air and Space [Museum]
• The Cooper-Hewitt Museum is located in the former NYC mansion of this Scottish-born steel magnate • [A.] Carnegie
• In 1909 King Edward VII opened the new building of this London Museum of Decorative & Fine Arts • The Victoria & Albert [Museum]
• Art collected by Peggy Guggenheim is displayed in her palazzo on The Grand Canal in this city • Venice
• The Jacques Marchais Centre of Tibetan Art isn’t in Tibet but in this “island” borough of New York City • Staten [Is.]
• There’s a London museum devoted to these objects formerly fluttered by flirtatious females • fans
• Once a centre for blockade runners, this British colony in the Atlantic has a Confederate museum • Bermuda
• A statue of King Olav V on skis stands near the Holmenkollen Ski Museum in this capital • Oslo
• The Louisiana State Museum in New Orleans has an exhibit on this annual festival • Mardi Gras
• This city’s historical museum is located on the boardwalk’s Garden Pier • Atlantic City
• This Chicago Natural History Museum’s first collections were from the Columbian Exposition of 1893 • The Field [Museum of Natural History]
• An Austin museum is devoted to this short story writer known for his unexpected endings • O. Henry
• An exhibit at the Oklahoma State Museum of History is devoted to this aviator & friend of Will Rogers • [Wiley] Post

Music

• Ritual Fire Dance composer Manuel De Falla moved from this European country to Argentina in 1939 • Spain
• A marimba is a Central American version of this instrument that uses wooden bars to make music • xylophone
• The lyric type of this highest female voice is more suitable for operetta than the dramatic • soprano
• The 6 strings of this popular musical instrument are tuned E A D G B E • the guitar
• These groups of notes played together may be in root position or inverted • chords
• In America this term, Italian for “master” is applied only to conductors • Maestro
• These small finger-played drums used in Latin-American music were embraced by 1950s Beatniks • Bongo [drums]
• This brass instrument may be fitted with valves either replacing the slide or in addition to it • the trombone
• An instrumental piece usually for one musician, its name comes from toccare, Italian for “to touch” • Toccata
• The Zarzuela of this Iberian country is a musical form similar to other countries’ operettas • Spain
• A composer’s works are often numbered & appear with the abbreviation op., which stands for this • opus
• Earlier composers used these large drums in pairs; modern composers may use 3 or more • timpani ^
• Style of music in the titles of the JVC & Playboy festivals • jazz
• The name of this deep voice range is also used to describe a violin, a clef & a tuba • bass
• Liszt & Borodin wrote variations on this short, quick piano tune that can be played with 2 fingers • Chop Sticks
• Clef symbol that resembles an ampersand • the treble [clef]
• In 1898 this great Italian tenor created the role of Loris in Giordano’s opera “Fedora” • [E.] Caruso
• These include Triads, Seventh, Mystic & Petrushka • chords
• The Italian term for a gradual increase in loudness, it’s used to mean a climactic point • crescendo
• This woodwind instrument is made of brass & was patented in Paris in 1846 • sax

Music Honors

• The RIAA certifies a record that has sold 500,000 or more copies as gold & 1,000,000 or more as this • platinum
• September 4, 1996 was a “Tonight, Tonight” to remember for this Video of the Year award winner • The Smashing Pumpkins
• This guitarist’s “Blues Summit” was named Best Traditional Blues Album at 1994’s Grammys • B.B. King
• In 1997 this singer of “You Were Meant For Me” won the American Music Award for new pop-rock artist • Jewel
• In 1997 their career was “Stayin’ Alive” with a new CD & induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame • Bee Gee

Music of the 90’s

• His 1995 Greatest Hits album featured several new tracks with the E Street Band • [Bruce] Springsteen
• Bohemian Rhapsody, one of this group’s early hits, returned to the top 10 in 1992 • Queen
• Her 1990 music video “Justify My Love” went multi-platinum • Madonna
• In 1995 this 1977 Fleetwood Mac LP became the USA’s second best-selling album of all time • Rumors
• In 1992 this country superstar’s “The Chase” entered the country & pop album charts at No. 1 • [Garth] Brooks

Musical Quotes

• Emilia tells this Shakespearean Moor, “I will play the swan, and die in music” • Othello
• Extraordinary how potent cheap music is is a line from his “Private Lives” • [Noel] Coward
• In “Ode to a Nightingale”, he wrote, “Fled is that music:– Do I wake or sleep?” • [John] Keats
• Musick is the thing of the world that I love most, comes from his July 30, 1666 diary entry • [S.] Peeps
• In an 1829 letter, this German poet wrote, “I call architecture frozen music” • Goethe

Musical Theatre

• He was the King & Gertrude Lawrence was “I”, when “The King and I” opened on Broadway, in March 1951 • [Yul] Brynner
• This 1968 show begins with the dawning of the Age of Aquarius • Hair
• This Frank Loesser musical was based on the stories of Damon Runyon • Guys and Dolls
• Rosie O’ Donnell, Brooke Shields & Lucy Lawless have all played this fast-talking role in “Grease” • Betty
• Day by Day is the most famous song from this musical, based on the gospel according to St. Matthew • Godspell

Musicals

• Jonathan Larson, who wrote this 1996 Pulitzer-Prize winning musical, died before its opening night • Rent
• Part of this musical, based on a Victor Hugo novel, takes place in the Paris sewers • [Les] Miserables
• This 1960 musical was adapted from the T.H. White novel “The Once and Future King” • Camelot
• Hooray for this actress, who took over Nathan Lane’s role as Pseudolus in “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” • Whoopi [Goldberg]
• Harold Prince told the L.A. Times this play, based on an Edna Ferber novel, has “the best score ever written” • Showboat

Musicals’ Opening Numbers

• Willkommen • Cabaret
• We are what we are • La Cage
• Tradition • Fiddler on the [Roof]
• If a girl isn’t pretty • {Funny Girl}
• I hope I get it • A Chorus Line

Mythology

• In Australian myth, ngunung-ngunnut, one of these flying mammals, created the first woman • bats
• Under the name Psychopompos, this Greek messenger god conducted souls to the underworld • Hermes
• Pitys, Syrinx & Echo were among the Nymphs pursued by this lecherous half man, half goat • Pan
• Name given to the Horn of Amalthea, the goat that suckled Zeus, it was always full of food & drink • Horn of Plenty
• In Norse mythology, Sol, the daughter of Mundilfari, carries this heavenly body in her chariot • The Sun
• Some say this woman of Troy married Paris’ brother Deiphobus after Paris’ death • Ellen [of Troy]
• Poseidon’s son Polyphemus was one of these one-eyed creatures • a cyclop
• These half-equine creatures became uncontrollably lascivious when they drank wine • The Centaur
• In Norse myth, Fenris, one of these lupine animals, has jaws so huge they stretch from heaven to earth • a wolf
• Modi & Magni were the 2 sons of this god of thunder by Jarnsaxa, one of his wives • Thor
• As a goddess of this heavenly body, Artemis was sometimes called Phoebe • The moon
• This winged horse carried thunderbolts for Zeus • Pegasus
• He killed the python at Delphi because it had threatened his mother, Leto • Apollo
• This day of the week is named for the Norse god of thunder • Thursday
• Any mortal who consumed nectar & this food of the gods would become immortal • Ambrosia
• In Norse myth sisters known as the Norns represent the past, present & this • the future
• The Arabian wilderness was home to this bird that was reborn from its own ashes • the Phoenix
• With Athena’s help, Epeius built this object in which the Greeks hid • the Trojan horse
• Orthrus, a two-headed dog who guarded the cattle of Geryon, was the brother of this Hades hound • Cerberus
• The winged horse Pegasus arose from the blood of this gorgon when Perseus cut off her head • Medusa
• Augeas refused to pay this hero the agreed reward for cleaning out his stables • Heracles
• This Greek God of the sea also had dominion over springs & lakes • Poseidon
• According to Hesiod, this river of the underworld was the oldest child of Tethys & Oceanus • Styx
• The name of these female winged monsters means “The Snatchers” • Harpy
• This daughter of Zeus & goddess of wisdom assumed various disguises to aid Odysseus on his trip home • [Pallas] Athena
• In an annual tribute, 7 boys & 7 girls were fed to this monster of the labyrinth • The Minotaur
• The Pierides were turned into magpies when they challenged these 9 sisters to a singing match & lost • The Muses
• This area of northern Europe is named for Skadi, a Norse goddess of winter • Scandinavia
• His lyre playing was so moving it brought the ghosts of Hades to tears • Orpheus
• When Oedipus exiled himself from Thebes, this daughter accompanied him • Antigone

Myths & Legends

• These animals were mummified by ancient Egyptians as a tribute to Bast • cat
• On a visit to the Island of Aeaea, Odysseus’ companions were turned into swine by this enchantress • Circe
• It’s the collective name for Jason & his companions who sailed in search of the Golden Fleece • Argonauts
• Echo was in love with this handsome youth, but he was in love with himself • Narcissus
• This Trojan hero & son of Aphrodite was the subject of a poem by Virgil • Aeneas

 

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“New” Geography

• St. John’s, the capital of this Canadian province, lies on the Avalon Peninsula • Newfundland
• The Llano Estacado, or “Staked Plain”, covers parts of Texas & this state • New Mexico
• The Rajpath is the widest avenue in this capital city • New Delhi
• It’s the largest tropical island in the world • New Guinea
• The university of this Australian state is located in Kensington, a suburb of Sydney • New South Wales

“New” Year’s Day

• In 1965, James Brown sang that “Papa’s Got” one of these • a [Brand] New Bag
• Medal given for “The most distinguished contribution to American literature for children” • The [John]
• Newberry [Medal]
• It’s the “Land of Enchantment” • New Mexico
• It’s been called “Britain’s oldest colony”, but it’s Canada’s “New” est province • Newfoundland
• These cookies are named for a suburb of Boston, not for a physicist • [Fig] Newtons

National Monuments

• Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument is located south of Hardin in this state • Montana
• The USA’s largest national monument, this state’s misty fiords consists of glaciers & long, deep waterways • Alaska
• In 1948 a replica of the log cabin in which this Black educator was born, was constructed at his memorial • Booker [T.] Washington
• This Wyoming formation has a base diameter of about 1,000 feet & a summit diameter of about 275 feet • Devils Tower
• Arizona’s Canyon De Chelly National Monument lies within this Indian reservation • The Navajo [Reservation]

National Parks

• The Colorado River enters this National Park at Marble Canyon • Grand Canyon [National] [Park]
• Upper Geyser Basin in this park has dozens of thermal features • Yellowstone [National] [Park]
• Palatial bathing establishments line bathhouse row in this Arkansas Park • Hot Springs [National] [Park]
• This state’s 2 National Parks are Guadalupe Mountains & Big Bend • Texas
• The Hall of Mosses Trail lies in the Hoh Rain Forest of this Pacific Northwest Park • Olympic [National] [Park]
• North Cascades National Park borders this country • Canada
• Shark River Slough is a vital source of the water that streams across this Florida park • Everglades [National] [Park]
• This state’s Acadia National Park includes parts of Isle Au Haut & The Schoodic Peninsula • Maine
• Bryce Canyon National Park & Canyonlands National Park are both in this state • Utah
• Part of Haleakala Park on this Hawaiian island gets more than 250 inches of rain a year • Maui

Naturalists

• While living at Walden Pond in 1846, he was arrested for refusing to pay his poll tax • [Henry] [David] Thoreau
• He & William MacGillivray wrote “The Ornithological Biography” to go with his “Birds of America” • [James] Audubon
• Studying these in the Swiss Alps, Louis Agassiz postulated the earth was once covered by them • Glaciers
• He was only 22 when he boarded the “Beagle” in 1831 • [Charles] Darwin
• While in Holland in 1735, this Swede published his “Systema Naturae”, a taxonomy system • [Carolus] Linnaeus

Nature

• The scented flowers of this shrub are used in perfume & its reddish dye is used as a hair coloring • henna
• With its legs spread out, this largest spider can be as large as a dinner plate • goliath
• Usually black in color, the glass known as obsidian forms when this cools rapidly • lava
• Encarta calls it “The most economically valuable of all insects” • the honey bee
• This large, flightless bird of Australia lays dark green eggs • the Emu

New York

• A TV transmission tower added to this building in 1951 made it 1,472 feet tall • The Empire State
• A giant gold-leaf statue of Prometheus overlooks the ice-skating rink in this Midtown site • Rockefeller Plaza
• This legendary Harlem theatre was reopened in 1986 after extensive restoration • The Apollo
• In this “District” of the city, 7th Avenue is also known as Fashion Avenue • The Garment [District]
• This hotel, a meeting place of Dorothy Parker & Robert Benchley, is located at 59 W. 44th Street • The Algonquin

New York Cities

• Of Rye, White or Pumpernickel, it’s the city where Chief Justice John Jay is buried • Rye [New-York]
• Appropriately, it was once known as “The Cataract City” • Niagara Falls [New-York]
• Once the site of a Utopian community, today it’s famous for its flatware • Oneida
• It’s home to the Rockwell Museum of Western Art, as well as to a famous glass works • Corning
• Ulysses could tell you it’s where Cornell University is located • Ithaca

New York City

• There’s a statue of Poland’s King Jagielle beside the Turtle Pond in this famous park • Central [Park]
• This Fifth Avenue cathedral’s ornate twin spires soar 330 feet • St. Patrick’s [Cathedral]
• Gilded crowns adorn the gates of this university once known as King’s College • Columbia [University]
• The Oyster Bar in this famous terminal opened in 1913 • Grand Central [Station]
• A concert hall in this theatre complex is named for electronics industry pioneer Avery Fisher • Lincoln Center

Newspapers

• Nebraska’s largest papers include the Lincoln Star in Lincoln & the World-Herald in this city • Omaha
• In 1948, this newspaper merged with the Chicago Sun • the [Daily] Times
• Dailies in this country include the Nassau Guardian & the Freeport News • the Bahamas
• Newspapers in this island group include Tradewinds & the St. Croix Avis • the [U.S.] Virgin Islands
• This country has Asia’s largest English-language press • India

Newspapers & Magazines

• The United States’ oldest continuously published newspaper is this city’s Courant • Hartford CT.
• The AARP puts out this bimonthly publication • Modern Maturity
• Columbia is the magazine of this fraternal order of Roman Catholic men • The Knights of Columbus
• His famous open letter “J’accuse” was published in the newspaper L’Aurore • [E.] Zola
• His reports about the search for David Livingstone were published by The New York Herald • [H.] [M.] Stanley

Nonfiction

• At his death in 1869, his “Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases”, had gone through 28 editions • [Peter] [M.] Roget
• This comedienne offers some humorous observations in “Edith Ann: My Life, So Far” • [Lily] Tomlin
• This First Lady published her first autobiography, “This Is My Story” in 1937 • [Eleanor] Roosevelt
• Anthony Burgess’ 1973 book, “Joysprick”, is a study of the language used by this Irish author • [James] Joyce
• Drawn from personal papers, “Sword of San Jacinto”, celebrates the life of this Texas Statesman • [Sam] Houston
• This star of “Ellen”, shared some of her outrageous observations in “My Point…And I Do Have One” • [Ellen] Degeneres
• Jack Canfield & Mark Hansen made the bestsellers’ list with this soup “For The Soul” • chicken [soup]
• Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space was his follow-up to “Cosmos” • [Carl] Sagan
• In 1977, this restaurateur published “Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald’s” • [Ray] Kroc
• In “Paula”, this niece of a Chilean president, recounts her life while attending her dying daughter • [Isabel] Allende

Notable Names

• This country’s King Gustav III was shot at a masked ball in 1792 & died 2 weeks later • Sweden
• This Greek who supposedly sought an honest man was influenced by the less cynical Antisthenes • Diogenes of [Sinope]
• Thomas Jefords befriended this Apache leader in the 1860s & later became the tribe’s agent • Cochise
• In 1994 this anthropologist, son of 2 anthropologists, quit as director of the Kenya wildlife service • Richard Leakey
• This caustic critic & expert on “the American Language” was associated with the Baltimore Sun for 40 years • [Henry] [Louis] Mencken

Notable Women

• It was once said of her, “Indira is India, and India is Indira” • [Indira] Gandhi
• Bertha Von Suttner helped inspire this man to create a Peace Prize & became the first woman to win it • [Alfred] Nobel
• Gerald Ford nominated this former actress as Ambassador to Ghana in 1974 • Shirley Temple [Black]
• Tennis players Hana Mandlikova & Martina Navratilova were born in this Czech city • Praha
• She danced in Antony Tudor’s 1937 ballet “Dark Elegies” before she choreographed “Rodeo” • [Agnes] De Mille

Novelists – Playwrights

• She based her 1945 play “Appointment With Death” on her mystery novel of the same name • [Agatha] Christie
• This “In Cold Blood” author’s 1952 play “The Grass Harp”, concerns a woman who lives in a tree • [Truman] Capote
• Joyce Carol Oates took a sabbatical from this New Jersey university to work on her play “The Gulf War” • Princeton
• This “Firing Line” host adapted his own espionage novel “Stained Glass” as a play; it premiered in 1989 • [Bill] Buckley [Jr.]
• Sheppey is a play about a barber who wins the sweepstakes, by this author of “The Razor’s Edge” • [WM.] [Somerset] Maugham

Novels & Novelists

• Charlotte Bronte called this novel, named for its heroine, “an autobiography” • {Jane Eyre}
• Amazingly, the launch site in this author’s 1865 novel “From the Earth to the Moon” is near Tampa, Florida • [Jules] Verne
• Ford Madox Ford was a friend of this “Lord Jim” author & collaborated with him on the novel “Romance” • [Joseph] Conrad
• Natasha, in this Tolstoy novel, was inspired by the author’s sister-in-law • War and Peace
• Native country of 1920 Nobel prize winner, Knut Hamsun, whose novel, “Hunger” made him famous • Norway
• Fanny Price falls in love with her cousin, Edmund, in this “Pride and Prejudice” author’s “Mansfield Park” • [Jane] Austen
• Emily Bronte’s only novel, it was first published in 1847, a year before she died • {Wuthering Heights}
• The title of this “Time Machine” author’s 1909 novel, “Tono-Bungay”, refers to a quack medicine • [H.G.] Wells
• Bad Man From Bodie was the British title of this “Ragtime” author’s first novel, “Welcome To Hard Times” • [E.] [L.] Doctorow
• Oliver Goldsmith’s novel, “The Vicar of” this place, has been compared to a fairy tale • Wakefield

Novels’ First Lines

• Scarlett O’Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm… • Gone With The Wind
• What can you say about a twenty-five – year-old girl who died? • {Love Story}
• To the Red Country and part of the Gray Country of Oklahoma, the last rains came gently. . . • {Grapes of Wrath}
• Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again. • Rebecca
• Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents, grumbled Jo, lying on the rug. • {Little Women}

Number, Please

• On an outing to a baseball game, you’ll usually see this number of innings • 9
• Winks in a catnap or days in Lent • 40
• A dodecahedron has this many faces, one for every letter in its name • 12
• On a telephone, the letters GHI go with this number • 4
• The Bible says the normal life span of man is threescore & ten, this many years • 70

Nursery Rhymes

• This pudding & pie guy kissed the girls & made them cry • Georgy Porgy
• Its second verse begins, “Every fiddler, he had a fiddle, and a very fine fiddle had he” • Old King Cole
• The knave of hearts brought these edible treats back & vowed he’d “steal no more” • tarts
• This playground fun spoiler is asked to “go away, come again another day” • rain rain
• According to a nursery rhyme, “oranges” and these fruits, “say the bells of St. Clement’s” • lemons

 

O

“O” My!

• Synonym for “antonym” • Opposite
• Shakespeare’s Moor • Othello
• It’s a solemn promise to tell the truth, I swear • An oath
• In music, one of these runs 8 notes, from C to shining C • An octave
• Marine mollusk good at arm to arm to arm to arm to arm to arm to arm to arm combat • An octopus

“Old” Stuff

• This language is also known as anglo-saxon • [Old] English
• In 1870 it was named by the Washburn- Langford-Doane Expedition, who noticed its regular eruptions • [Old] Faithful
• Commissioned in 1797, it was declared unseaworthy in 1830 • [Old] Ironsides
• Giotto is among the earliest of the group of artists collectively known as these • The [Old] Masters
• This period spanned 5 centuries & the rule of the 3rd through 6th dynasties of Egypt • The [Old] Kingdom

Observatories

• Located on Salisbury plain, Wiltshire, England, it may have been built as early as 2800 B.C. • Stone Henge
• At the Paris observatory in the 1670s, the speed of this was calculated as 140,000 miles per second • Light
• With a 40″ lens, a telescope at the Yerkes Observatory in Wisconsin is the largest of this type • The refractor [telescope]
• This Pasadena institute operates the Big Bear solar observatory in California • Cal Tech
• The world’s largest reflector telescope is the 236″ unit at Zelenchukskaya in this Russian mountain range • The Caucasus

Odd Words

• When a bird nidifies, it builds this • a nest
• Sternutation is the act of, or noise produced by, doing this; God bless you • sneeze
• A tuft of hair that won’t stay flat is referred to by this bovine term • cow lick
• A gnomon is the pin or plate that casts a shadow on one of these devices • sun dial
• Term for a flock of geese or a coil of yarn as sold in stores • a skein

Odds & Ends

• Until 1971 there were 240 of these in a British pound • Pence
• The Nevada state flower, a 1979 “rebellion” was named for it • Sage brush
• Country in which Stephen Biko helped found the black consciousness movement • South Africa
• The Literary Club was founded in the 1760s by Sir Joshua Reynolds & this subject of a Boswell biography • [Samuel] Johnson
• The strains of wheat Mark Carleton brought from Russia to this state helped make it the “wheat state” • Kansas
• In heraldry a Wyvern is one of these mythical beasts depicted with 2 legs, wings & a barbed tail • Dragon
• Kellogg introduced these toaster pastries in 1964 • Pop-Tarts
• Mercury & aneroid are the 2 main types of this instrument used to measure air pressure • a barometer
• It was the sacred relic sought & found by Sir Galahad • The Holy Grail
• The fish called Dolly Varden trout was named for a character in this author’s “Barnaby Rudge” • [Charles] Dickens
• Holy Saturday is observed the day before this holiday • Easter [Sunday]
• A silver wedding anniversary celebrates this many years of marriage • Twenty-five
• This city is Ohio’s principal port on the Ohio river • Cincinnati
• The first 5 letters of the Greek alphabet are alpha, beta, gamma, delta & this • Epsilon
• It’s the number of items in a Devil’s dozen, or in a Baker’s dozen • Thirteen

Ohio

• This bar soap that floats was invented in Cincinnati • Ivory [Soap]
• In 1918 Eugene Debs was arrested after speaking in this city, now home to The Pro Football Hall of Fame • Canton
• He was the first person from Ohio to walk on the moon • [Neil] Armstrong
• City associated with Firestone, Goodrich & Goodyear • Akron [city]
• This Ohio city was named for a South Carolinian Swamp Fox • Marion

Old Movies

• Bette Davis gave a memorable performance as a socialite, dying of a brain tumor, in this 1939 film • {Dark Victory}
• In this Jerome Kern bio “Til The Clouds Roll By”, Frank Sinatra sang this classic from “Show Boat” • {Ol’ Man River}
• Director Otto Preminger took over from Rouben Mamoulian on this 1944 Gene Tierney murder mystery • Laura
• He directed & starred in 1948’s “The Lady from Shanghai” • [Orson] Welles ^ [O.] Welles
• He was Captain Blood & Robin Hood in the 1930s; in 1940 he was the Sea Hawk • [Errol] Flynn

Old Testament

• And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah • Samson
• He was a spry 600 when “The flood of waters was upon the earth” • Noah
• As part of his suffering, he was smitten with “sore boils” from head to toe by Satan • Job
• Psalm 122 says, “Pray for the peace of” this city “they shall prosper that love thee” • Jerusalem
• After Abel’s murder, Cain settled in this land, east of Eden • Nod

On Stage

• He & half-brother Shaun, appeared together on Broadway in the musical “Blood Brothers” • David Cassidy
• In 1995, Jerry Lewis made his Broadway debut as the devilish Mr. Applegate in this musical • {Damn Yankees}
• Bebe Neuwirth won a 1997 Tony for playing a homicidal hussy named Velma in this musical revival • Chicago
• This playwright adapted the 1993 musical “The Goodbye Girl” from his own screenplay of the 1977 film • [Neil] Simon
• Stockard Channing starred on Broadway in a 1997 revival of this woman’s “Little Foxes” • [Lillian] Hellman

On Their Toes

• Famous for partnering Rudolf Nureyev, this dancer was born Margaret Hookham, in 1919 • [Margot] Fonteyn
• Lucile Grahn choreographed the bacchanal in this composer’s opera “Tannhauser” • [Richard] Wagner
• Natalia Makarova joined this company upon graduation from the Leningrad Choreographic School • the Kirov [Ballet]
• Last name of Maria & Marjorie, Fairfax, Oklahoma-born ballerinas • Tallchief
• Dancing on My Grave & “The Shape of Love”, are autobiographical works by this NYCB dancer • [Gelsey] Kirkland

Opera

• After his death in 1958, Finnish composer Aarre Merikanto’s opera “Juha” premiered on radio in this capital • Helsinki
• Shostakovich’s opera “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk” is about a murderess living in this country • Russia
• Darius Milhaud wrote a 1932 opera about this Hapsburg Emperor of Mexico • Maximillian
• This “Turandot” composer’s opera Sister Angelica is set in a convent & has an all-female cast • Puccini ^
• Like “Carmen”, Prokofiev’s opera “The Duenna” takes place in this Spanish City • Seville

Opryland U.S.A.

• With its theme park & mega-hotel, Opryland is one of this state’s most popular attractions • Tennessee
• Visitors can go rollin’ on the river aboard a showboat named for this general & 7th president • [A.] Jackson
• In 1994, George Lindsey & Gunilla Hutton shared center stage once again, in a salute to this series • Hee Haw
• Adjacent to the park are 3 museums, one of which honors this late “Queen of Country Comedy” • M. Pearl
• An historic building, this former home of the Grand Ole Opry was renovated & reopened in 1994 • Ryman [Auditorium]

Organizations

• Who’s WHO? This U.N. Agency is • The World Health
• This board game is governed by FIDE, the Federation Internationale Des Echecs • chess
• In 1952, Greece & Turkey joined the original 12 members of this organization • The North Atlantic Treaty [Organization]
• In 1990, this organization for young males added “& girls” to its name • The Boys Clubs of [America]
• This service organization sponsors Circle K International, a club for college students • Kiwanis [Club]
• After a dispute with his father, Ballington Booth left this org. & founded The Volunteers of America • The Salvation Army
• In 1992, this conservation organization, founded by John Muir, celebrated its 100th anniversary • The Sierra Club
• Maggie Kuhn, who passed away in 1995, co-founded this organization to fight age discrimination • The Gray Panthers
• Founded in 1929, The Daughters of Penelope is the leading U.S. Org. for women of this ethnic background • Greek [American]
• A leukemic boy’s dream of becoming a police officer, inspired the formation of this foundation in 1983 • the Make a Wish [Foundation]

Out to Sea

• Among this “Arabian Nights” seafarer’s adventures, were finding a roc’s egg & the Valley of Diamonds • Sindbad the [Sailor]
• Some of the treasures of this man, hanged as a pirate May 23, 1701, have been found on Gardiners Island • [Captain] [William] Kidd
• Oliver’s brother, he’s been called the father of the U.S. Steam Navy • Matthew Perry^
• In the Bible, he attempted to flee by ship from the presence of the Lord • Jonah
• Encarta calls them “the most notable traders and sailors of the ancient world” • the Phoenicians

 

P

“P”s & “Q”s

• It’s an untrained person pretending to have medical knowledge • a Quack
• In 1912 a reticulated one of these animals was measured at 32′ 9 1/2″ long • a Python
• The first free-fall jump using one of these devices was from a damaged airplane in 1922 • a parachute
• Today most of this medicine comes from Cinchona trees in Java • Quinine
• Used in jellies & compotes, this fruit of the rose family puckers the mouth when tasted raw • the Quince

Paintings

• David signed his “The Oath of the Horatii” in Latin, saying it was created by him in this city in the year MDCCLXXXIV • Rome
• His “Guernica”, showing the horrors of war, was once exhibited at the Prado behind bulletproof glass. • [Pablo] Picasso
• A self-portrait hangs above the bed in his 1889 “The Bedroom at Arles” • [Vincent] Van Gogh
• Thomas Gainsborough’s portrait of the wife of this “School for Scandal” author is in the National Gallery • [Richard] [Brinsley] Sheridan
• Canaletto’s “Arrival of the French Ambassador” shows him arriving in this city • Venice

Patriotic Potpourri

• When he wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner” it didn’t have a melody; it was just a poem • [Francis] [Scott] Key
• In September 1777 it was removed from Philadelphia & hidden in a church in Allentown, Penn. • the Liberty Bell
• In September 1777 it was designated by Congress as the U.S. National Motto • {In God we Trust}
• Sousa’s flag-waving march of 1897; he added the words in 1898 • The Stars & Stripes Forever
• Elbridge Gerry was 1 of the 5 signers of the Declaration of Independence from this state • Massachusetts

Pen Names

• This “Lolita” author wrote 9 Russian novels under the name V. Sirin • [Vladimir] Nabokov
• While a student, this “Andromeda Strain” author used the pen names John Lange & Jeffrey Hudson • [Michael] Crichton
• William Sydney Porter wrote “The Ransom of Red Chief”, under this pen name • [O.] Henry
• His early work appears in an obscure Armenian language publication under the name Sirak Goryan • [William] Saroyan
• He wrote “The Big Needle” as Symon Myles & “Eye of The Needle” as himself • [Ken] Follett

People

• He dedicated his No. 1 bestseller “Dolores Claiborne” to his mother • Stephen King
• 1995’s David Brinkley Award for Excellence in Communication was presented by Brinkley to this “Nightline” host • [Ted] Koppel
• It’s the last name shared by fashion designers Anne & Calvin • [Calvin] Klein
• This sportscaster, who gained fame by telling it like it is, passed away in 1995 • [Howard] Cosell
• This South African President is the son of a Tembu tribal chief • [Nelson] Mandela
• This woman who married a Beatle attended elementary school with Emperor Akihito • [Yoko] Ono
• He played a cab driver obsessed with government cover-ups in “Conspiracy Theory” • [Mel] Gibson
• This Spaniard’s 1984 duet with Willie Nelson, “To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before”, was a Top Ten hit • [Julio] Iglesias
• She was the “She-Wolf of London” on film before starring on TV’s “Lassie” & “Lost in Space” • [June] Lockheart
• He’s the “S” in Dreamworks SKG • [Steven] Spielberg

People & Places

• The people of this country’s fourth-largest city are called Madrasis • India
• Bearnaise sauce is from France, while Bernese people are from this country • Switzerland
• Many people of this largest island are of combined Eskimo & Danish ancestry • Greenland
• Natives of this Canadian city are called Haligonians • Halifax
• The Mende & the Temne are 2 major ethnic groups in this African country whose name means “Lion Mountain” • Sierra Leone

People In History

• Reza Khan founded this country’s Pahlavi dynasty • Iran
• From 1893 to 1914, this nationalist leader of India practiced law in South Africa • [Mohandas] [Mahatma] Gandhi
• In the 1860s, this French chemist showed that microbes could be killed by applying heat • [Louis] Pasteur
• The Romans finally defeated this Carthaginian general at Zama in 202 B.C. • Hannibal
• This aviator, famous for his WW II raid on Tokyo, died in 1993 at age 96 • [James] [H.] Doolittle
• In 1959, Georges Vanier became the 1st Roman Catholic Governor General of this North American country • Canada
• Che Guevara once served as president of the national bank of this country • Cuba
• On June 6, 1523, Gustav I was elected King of this country at the Diet of Strangnas • Sweden
• This M.P., a scientist & architect was entombed in St. Paul’s Cathedral in 1723 • Sir [Christopher] Wren
• This author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” was the first woman in the American Academy of Arts & Letters • [Julia] [Ward] Howe
• It’s believed William Clark, fond of this Indian guide, later raised & educated her son • Sacajawea
• Saint Hyacinth, whose uncle was the Bishop of Krakow, is the Apostle of this country • Poland
• During WW I, this future president of Vietnam worked at the Carlton Hotel in London • [Ho] [Chi] Minh
• Aut Caesar aut Nihil– “either Caesar or nothing” — was a motto used by Cesare of this notorious family • The Borgias
• Lev Davidovich Bronstein was the real name of this Communist leader banished from Russia in 1929 • [Leon] Trotsky
• It took 8 years, but by 51 B.C. this Roman had conquered all of Gaul • Caesar
• Her diary was first published in 1947 under the Dutch title “Het Achterhuis”, “The House Behind” • [Ann] Frank
• The Reformation is often dated from October 31, 1517, when he posted his 95 theses • [Martin] Luther
• In addition to opening U.S. trade with Japan, he helped found Liberia as a haven for free Blacks • [Commodore] [Matthew] Perry
• He’s often called the “Father of Geometry” & a main branch of geometry is named for him • Euclid

Physics

• This element has 2 crystalline allotropes: diamond & graphite • Carbon
• These charged, stable elementary particles are present in all atoms in shells around the nucleus • Electrons
• It’s a material such as Germanium whose resistivity is midway between a conductor & an insulator • a Semi Conductor
• This force, supposed to act radically outward on a body moving in a curve, is a fictitious force • Centrifugal
• It’s the resistance of a fluid to flow; syrup has a higher one than water • Viscosity

Plants & Trees

• Red Clover is pollinated by these large furry bees of the family bombidae • bumble [bees]
• These creatures spread the seeds of plants like mistletoe • Birds
• Varieties of this important cereal grain include emmer, spelt & common or Bread • Wheat
• This widely cultivated grass saccharum officinarum, needs 80 inches of rainfall or irrigation a year • Sugar cane
• Crocus is the latin word for this expensive spice produced by a type of crocus • Saffron
• This “Dutch” flower’s name is from the Turkish for “Turban” • The Tulip
• There are 2 species of the Bristlecone type of this tree: Great Basin & Rocky Mountain • The pine [tree]
• The prickly pear type of this plant is so named because its fruit is pear-shaped • The cactus
• Scientists divide the 450 species of this tree into 3 groups: white, red & ringed • The oak [tree]
• Vanilla has been cultivated in this North American country for hundreds of years • Mexico
• The name of this narcissus comes from the Middle English affodylle • the daffodil ^ the dafodil
• This boutonniere flower, also known as a clove pink due to its fragrance, is No. 2 in commercial value in the U.S. • the [perpetual] carnation
• This aquatic plant of the Middle East is also called the paper plant • paper reed
• This “Alligator Pear” tree is a member of the laurel family • the avocado
• The Ponderosa or Western Yellow species of this tree lives up to 500 years • the pine [tree]

Plays

• The “American Buffalo” in David Mamet’s play is one of these that would interest a numismatist • a nickel
• Walter Matthau and Art Carney starred in this play when it debuted on Broadway in 1965 • The Odd Couple
• Feydeau’s “La Puce a l’oreille” translates to one of these “in her ear” • a flea
• 1985’s “The Birthday Party” was the first full-length play by this author of “The Homecoming” • [Harold] Pinter
• Thomas Becket was the subject of this T.S. Eliot play • Murder in the Cathedral

Plays & Playwrights

• Most of this playwright’s “As You Like It” is a dramatization of Thomas Lodge’s novel “Rosalynde” • [William] Shakespeare
• In this Arthur Miller play, Willy Loman commits suicide for the insurance money • [Death] of a Salesman
• A German actress persuaded him to write an ending to “A Doll’s House” where Nora returns to her children • [Henrik] Ibsen
• This author coined the word demi-monde to describe the world portrayed in his “La Dame aux Camelias” • [Alexandre] Dumas
• This Czech president’s “The Garden Party” was long banned in his homeland • [Vaclav] Havel
• A defrocked minister, turned tour guide, is the leading character in his play “The Night of the Iguana” • [Tennessee] Williams
• He was a writer for “The Garry Moore Show” when he began his first play, “Come Blow Your Horn” • [Neil] Simon
• “Plutus” is the latest extant play by this master of ancient Greek comedy who gave us “The Birds” • Aristophanes
• The women in his play “Three Tall Women” are known by the letters A, B & C, not by names • [Edward] Albee
• Master Harold and the Boys was the first of this South African’s plays to premiere in the U.S. • [Athol] Fugard
• The Provincetown Players staged the premieres of several of his plays, including “Desire Under the Elms” • [Eugene] O’Neill
• In 1643, this French playwright incorporated an acting troupe, The Illustre- Theatre, with the Bejart Family • Moliere
• In this Chekhov play, Irina, Masha & Olga fail in their desire to return to Moscow from the provinces • The Three Sisters
• He played test pilot Chuck Yeager in the film “The Right Stuff” the same year his “Fool For Love” debuted • [Sam] Shepard
• Robert Anderson is best known for this 1953 play about an insecure prep school boy & a kindly faculty wife • Tea and Sympathy

Poetry

• This poet wrote “The Philosophy of Composition”, to explain the process by which he wrote “The Raven” • [Edgar] [A.] Poe
• Hart Crane’s book-length poem, “The Bridge”, is dedicated to this New York City bridge • the Brooklyn [Bridge]
• Joyce Kilmer first gained fame after this poem appeared in the August, 1913 edition of Poetry Magazine • Trees
• The initials W.H., in this poet’s name, stood for Wystan Hugh • [W.H.] Auden
• He wrote, “Come you back, you British soldier; Come you back to Mandalay!” • [Rudy] Kipling
• In “Howl” he wrote, “I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness” • [Allan] Ginsberg
• He wrote “Sitting By A Bush In Broad Sunlight” & “Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening” • [Robert] Frost
• His “One’s Self I Sing”, was originally published in 1867 under the title “Inscription” • [Walt] Whitman
• Believed written in the 8th century, this heroic old English poem did not appear in print until 1815 • Beowulf
• In the preface to “Adonais”, Shelley wrote, he “Died at Rome of a consumption” • [John] Keats
• The poem about this man “At the Bat” was made into a 1953 opera • The [Mighty] Casey
• One of Longfellow’s last poems was on the 1881 death of this U.S. President • [James] Garfield
• Charles Baudelaire wrote a poem about this bird, also featured in “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” • an albatross
• Welshman who wrote, “Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” • [Dylan] Thomas
• One of the most famous of these poems is Basho’s “Old pond… A frog leaps in, water’s sound” • a haiku

Poets & Poetry

• Percy Shelley wrote his lyrical drama “Hellas” in this city known for its leaning tower • Pisa
• In 1922 this Illinois poet published a collection called “Slabs of the Sunburnt West” • [Carl] Sandberg
• This poet’s annual Christmas greeting for 1949, featured “On a Tree Fallen Across the Road” • [Robert] Frost
• George Thomson’s “Select Collection of Original Scottish Airs” contains many of his songs • [Robert] Burns
• In a Longfellow poem, this schooner is wrecked “On the reef of Norman’s woe” • The Hesperus
• Elizabeth Barrett mentioned this future husband in her poem “Lady Geraldine’s Courtship”, before they met • [Robert] Browning
• Prince Albert sent his copy of “Idylls of the King” to this poet & asked him to autograph it • [Alfred] [L.] Tennyson
• Written in 1811, this Lord’s poem “Farewell to Malta” begins, “Adieu, ye joys of la Valette!” • [Lord] Byron
• A visitor interrupted him while he was writing down his poem “Kubla Khan” & he never finished it • [Samuel] [T.] Coleridge
• He called “Prometheus Unbound”, “The best thing I ever wrote” • [Percy] [Bysshe] Shelly

Political History

• At his first inauguration on March 4, 1861, he said the “issue of civil war” was not in his hands • [Abe] Lincoln
• This New York City political boss served in the House of Representatives 1853-55 • [W.] [B.] Tweed
• This Republican had served just under 2 years as New York governor when elected Vice President in 1900 • T. Roosevelt
• The temperance movement led to the formation of this political party in 1869 • the Prohibition
• This Civil War general never held elective office prior to being elected President in 1868 • [U.] [S.] Grant

Political Quotations

• In 1977 this Philippine leader said, “It is easier to run a revolution than a government” • [Ferdinand] Marcos
• Huey Newton wrote, it “Is a fierce animal, but he will not attack until he is backed into a corner” • a [black] panther
• Gloria Steinem said of her candidacy for VP, “What has the women’s movement learned? …Never get married” • [Geraldine] Ferraro
• His 1964 campaign slogan was “In your heart you know he’s right” • [Barry] Goldwater
• In his 4th Century B.C. “Politics”, he wrote, “Man is by nature a political animal” • Aristotle

Political Science

• In this type of election voters choose the candidates who will run in a later election • a Primary
• The heads of The Executive Departments are part of this group that advises the President • The Cabinet
• Phrase for a long shot candidate for nomination; Polk was the first to win the Presidency • a dark horse
• The annual term of the U.S. Supreme Court begins on the first Monday in this month • October
• This agency’s “Fairness Doctrine” was repealed in 1987 • The FCC

Politicians

• On July 15, 1976, Jimmy Carter selected this senator as his Vice Presidential running mate • [Walter] Mondale
• Beginning in 1975, this Democrat served as Massachusetts Governor for 12 years • [Michael] Dukakis
• Former Speaker of the House Thomas Foley represented this state in Congress for 30 years • Washington
• In 1958 he became the first Democrat elected by popular vote to the U.S. Senate from Maine • [Ed] [S.] Muskie
• In 1948 Thomas Dewey “commissioned” this California governor as his Vice Presidential running mate • [E.] Warren
• This Confederate President was elected to Congress in 1845 but soon left to serve in The Mexican War • [Jefferson] Davis
• In 1976 he was elected Attorney General of Arkansas • [B.] Clinton
• This Kentuckian was known as “The Great Compromiser” • [H.] Clay
• In November 1994 this former President revealed he’d been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease • [R.] Reagan
• He shared his views on domestic policy in the 1995 bestseller “To Renew America” • [Newt] Gingrich

Pop Music

• Leaving on a Jet Plane & “Rocky Mountain High” are among the many songs written by this late artist • [John] Denver
• This “Regal” guitarist’s “Blues Summit” CD was named best album at the 1994 Grammy’s • B.B. King
• This bandleader’s “Mood Indigo” was first recorded in 1930 as “Dreamy Blues” • [Duke] Ellington
• This composer of “Ain’t Misbehavin’” was taught by both stride & classical pianists • [Thomas] [Fats] Waller
• This pianist used unusual time signatures such as 9/8 in “Blue Rondo a la Turk” & 5/4 in “Take Five” • [David] Brubeck

Potpourri

• When visiting the forum shops at this hotel, look for the talking statues of Roman gods • Caesars
• It’s the “Magical” cleavage creator marketed by Sara Lee • Wonder bra
• Detectives on this comedy series included Dietrich, Yemana, Harris & Fish • {Barney Miller}
• Tok the “Dog capital” of this state, is noted for its annual dog sled race • Alaska
• This Macedonian conqueror reportedly preferred Lysippus to all other sculptors • Alexander the [Great]
• If you aspire to be the new Lesley Stahl, you may want to earn a B.S.J., a bachelor of science in this • Journalism
• In the northern hemisphere, this “canine” period, the hottest part of summer runs from about July 3 – August 11 • The dog days
• Tokyo is served by 2 of these: Narita & Haneda • Airports
• The Hessian fly is so named because people believed Hessian soldiers brought it to America during this war • The Revolutionary [War]
• The Bickersons began as a regular sketch on this ventriloquist’s variety show • [Edgar] Bergen
• From the Latin for “Betrothal” it’s a marriage partner, either husband or wife • a spouse
• The garden of “Mary, Mary, quite contrary” includes these along with cockleshells & pretty maids • Silver bells
• This British author’s 2 middle names are Ronald Reuel • [JR] [R.] Tolkien
• In 1885, this Nez Perce chief & his people were moved to a reservation in Washington where he died in 1904 • [Chief] Joseph
• In 1976, the U.S. Mint issued a medal commemorating his flight through the sound barrier • [Chuck] Yeager
• One of this country’s shekels can be broken down into 100 agorot • Israel
• In the basic form of this game, each player gets a card with 5 horizontal rows of numbers, from 1 to 75 • Bingo
• Peau de soie, a textile with good drapability & body, is woven from this fiber • Silk
• Lydia & Xenia are women’s names derived from this language • Greek
• At the end of this classic children’s card game whoever holds the odd Queen loses • Old Maid
• This state’s Governor George W. Bush declared April 16, 1995 Selena Day to honor the slain music star • Texas
• In 1954 this U.S. evangelist held his first crusade in Britain • [Billy] Graham
• It’s the German – American name for Santa Claus • Kris Kringle
• The ancient Roman festival called Lupercalia was named for this animal • The wolf
• The Mogok region of Myanmar is noted for large crystals of this olive-green gem that is August’s birthstone • Peridot
• She celebrated her 63rd birthday by opening her Hollywood Movie Museum at her own Las Vegas hotel • [Debbie] Reynolds
• This Hull House founder was the first woman to receive an honorary degree from Yale • J. Addams ^ Jane Addams
• The Hertzberg Circus Collection in San Antonio includes memorabilia of this 19th c. little person • Tom Thumb
• The California Angels’ home field, it has the longest left field & right field distances in the Majors • Anaheim [Stadium]
• In Arthurian legend, Morgan Le Fay is the ruler of this island • Avalon
• A bird in the hand is worth two in this place • The bush
• These pendulous body parts of Doberman Pinschers are often cropped to make them stand up • The ears
• Introduced in the mid – 1960s, this boys’ action figure became Hasbro’s primary toy line • GI Joe
• Judge Richard Henderson sponsored his 1775 colonizing expedition through the Cumberland Gap • [Daniel] Boone
• Dai – Ichi, this country’s oldest bank, merged with Kangyo in 1971 • Japan
• This aviator was known the world over as “Lucky Lindy” • [Charles] Lindberg
• Edward Bear is the real name of this A.A. Milne character • Winny the Pooh
• They’re the first 3 words of the U.S. Constitution’s preamble • {We the people}
• It’s the only one of the Nobel prizes that may be awarded to an institution rather than an individual • The Peace [Prize]
• Alphabetically, it’s the last element on the periodic table • Zirconium

Presidential Firsts

• On August 9, 1974, he became the first U.S. President to resign • [Richard] Nixon
• During the War of 1812, he became the first President to face enemy gunfire while in office • [James] Madison
• This fifth President was the first to serve previously as a U.S. Senator • [James] Monro
• After his 1977 inauguration, he walked the mile & a half from the Capitol to the White House • [Jimmy] Carter
• This 20th century President was the first to visit Europe while in office • [Woodrow] Wilson

Presidential Info

• Japan donated $1.5 million to the building of his Presidential Library at Texas A&M • [George] Bush
• His $ .32 stamp was issued April 26, 1995 • [Richard] Nixon
• In his 1995 State of the Union Address, Bill Clinton wished this former President well • [Ronald] Reagan
• Not only was he the first to marry in the White House, he was the first to have a child born there • [Grover] Cleveland
• An 800 foot – long memorial to this 20th century President now stands in Washington • F. [D.] Roosevelt

Proverbs

• Health is better than this rhyming word • wealth
• A proverb about the generation gap says, “the old” one of these animals “thinks she was never a calf” • a cow
• In his 16th century book of proverbs, John Heywood wrote, “when” this “shineth, make hay” • the sun
• Don’t cross this “until you come to it” • the bridge
• Pliny the elder said, “There is always something new out of” this continent; Isak Dinesen would agree • Africa
• Haste makes this • waste
• Poor Richard’s Almanack says this animal “in gloves catches no mice” • The Cat
• This food is “The staff of life” • bread
• A rhyming proverb tells us “A swarm of bees in” this month “is worth a load of hay” • May
• A fool and his money are soon this • parted

Puerto Rico

• The old part of this capital city features El Morro, a fort begun in 1539 • San Juan^
• In 1967, 39% of the voters wanted this; in 1993, 46% • Statehood
• Born Rosita Dolores Alverio, this Puerto Rican has won an Oscar, a Tony, an Emmy & a Grammy • [Rita] Moreno
• An annual music festival was founded by this cellist, who moved to Puerto Rico in 1956 • [Pablo] Casals
• He’s credited with discovering the island • [Christopher] Columbus

 

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Quotations

• Will Cuppy said this bird “Seems to have been invented for the sole purpose of becoming extinct” • The Dodo
• To those wanting this general dismissed, Lincoln said, “I can’t spare this man; he fights” • [Ulysses] [S.] Grant
• On July 5, 1945 he announced that “The entire Philippine Islands are now liberated” • [Douglas] MacArthur
• Most everybody climbs into their grave married appears in Act II of this Thornton Wilder play • {Our Town}
• The inspirational quote “Win this one for the Gipper” is attributed to him • [Knute] Rockne

Quotations By Women

• This sexy star of the ’30s & ’40s said, “It’s not the men in my life that counts — it’s the life in my men” • [May] West
• In “White Rabbit” she sang “Remember what the dormouse said: ‘feed your head’” • [Grace] Slick
• She told Ernest Hemingway, “Remarks are not literature” • [Gertrude] Stein
• This “Ethan Frome” author once wrote, “A New York divorce is in itself a diploma of virtue” • [Edith] Wharten
• This jazz singer wrote, “Mama may have, Papa may have, but God bless the child that’s got his own” • [Billie] Holiday

 

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Ranks & Titles

• It’s the feminine version of the address “Milord” • Milady
• Meaning first in position or rank, it’s a synonym for Prime Minister • Premier
• A Hetman or Ataman was the leader of a village of these Russian horsemen • the Cossacks
• From 1867 to 1914, this country had a khedive as its “Khead” • Egypt
• You’ll find a verger in a church & a shammes in one of these • a synagogue

Rap

• Cool rappers include LL Cool J & this single-named “Gangsta’s Paradise” artist • Coolio
• They showed white “Boys” can rap with the 1986 album “Licensed to ill” • Beasty Boys
• Originally rhythmic backing music, it now refers to all of Rap culture, including Dress & Dance • Hip Hop
• Ed Lover and Fab 5 Freddy were among the hosts of this MTV show that helped bring Rap to suburbia • [Yo] MTV Raps
• This “Independence Day” star is getting jiggy with it • [Will] Smith

Recent Bestsellers

• John Feinstein called his 1995 bestseller about this sport “A Good Walk Spoiled” • Golf
• Morning, Noon & Night was a 1995 bestseller by this author of “The Other Side of Midnight” • [Sidney] Sheldon
• He dedicated his bestseller “The Rainmaker” “to American trial lawyers” • [John] Grisham
• Frank McCourt put his mother’s name in the title of this bestselling memoir, about growing up in Ireland • {Angela’s Ashes}
• When featured on “Oprah”, her 1977 novel “Song of Solomon” returned to the bestseller list in 1996 • [Toni] Morrison

Relatively Speaking

• In the old song, it’s the person you have to tell “the ole grey goose is dead” • [Aunt] Rhody
• This old, robed white-bearded man carrying a scythe is a real clock watcher • Father Time
• For Dad it’s the boy his daughter married • son-in-law
• In “Macbeth” the witches are also called these “weird” relatives • sisters
• He’s a symbol of the U.S. Government or the whole nation • Uncle Sam

Religion

• Konohana-Sakuyahime is the Goddess of this Sacred Japanese mountain • [Mt.] Fuji
• Moses Mendelssohn was a pioneer of the Haskalah or “Enlightenment” movement within this religion • Judaism
• Nearly 1 in 5 people worldwide are followers of this Christian denomination • the [Roman] Catholic [Church]
• The largest grouping of this faith in the U.S. is the Moderately Evangelical Friends United meeting • the Quakers
• This religion founded in Persia has 3 grades of sacred fire: Atash Bahram, Atash Adaran & Dadgah • Zorroastrianism
• The person who is Archbishop of this is the Primate of all England • Canterbury
• Statues of foxes are found at the Inar Shrines of this Japanese Religion • Shintoism
• In Haitian folk belief, it’s a soulless corpse reanimated by a Bocor or Voodoo Priest • a zombie
• In this religion the God Shiva is often depicted as Nataraja, the cosmic dancer • Hinduism
• In 1739 this Methodist wrote in his journal, “I look upon all the world as my parish” • [John] Wesley
• On the first day of Lent, Catholic priests put this on the foreheads of worshipers • ashes
• From the Latin for “To Make Holy”, it’s an animal killed as a gift to God, for example • a sacrifice
• From the Aramaic for “father”, it’s the head of a monastery • an Abbot
• On March 30, 1995 Pope John Paul II released his 11th of these, the 194-page “Evangelium Vitae” • an Encyclical
• Muhammad’s Hegira was a migration from Mecca to Yathrib, a city called this today • Medina
• In this religion the supreme sin of Shirk, Polytheism or the Denial of Allah’s unity, is unforgivable • Islam
• The new fire ceremony was performed every 52 years by this Mexican civilization • the Aztecs
• In 1995 a 6-year-old boy in this Chinese- occupied region was identified as the Reincarnated Panchen Lama • Tibet
• Rituals in this popular religion of Haiti are led by a Houngan, a priest, or a Mambo, a priestess • Voodoo
• The Jewish Talmud was written in Hebrew & in this language • Aramaic
• Also called the “Our Father”, it begins “Our Father which art in heaven” • the Lord’s Prayer
• In 1995 Gordon B. Hinckley was ordained as the 15th President of this Utah-based church • The Church of [Jesus] [Christ] of Latter Day Saints
• The State form of this religion was disestablished in Japan after WWII • Shinto
• One of the 5 pillars or primary duties of Islam is to fast during this month • Ramadan
• The Trimurti or Trinity of Hindu Gods consists of Brahma, Shiva & this one • Vishnu

Required Reading

• This Jonathan Swift sailor makes 4 fantastic voyages • [Lemuel] Gulliver
• One book calls it “The classic novel about a scientific experiment to create a man-made human” • Frankenstein
• The beautiful Rebecca is carried off by Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert in this Sir Walter Scott classic • Ivanhoe
• Absolutely! Absolutely! His “Absalom Absalom!” should be on the list • [William] Faulkner
  Richard Wright’s tale of Bigger Thomas, a black youth raised in a Chicago slum • {Native Son}

Revolutionary War Figures

• Robert Livingston administered the Presidential Oath of Office to this man April 30, 1789 • [George] Washington
• N.Y. Governor William Tryon put a reward of 100 pounds on the capture of this Green Mountain Boys leader • [Ethan] Allen
• Crispus Attucks was living under the name Michael Johnson when killed in the 1770 “massacre” in this city • Boston
• After his surrender at Yorktown, this general reformed colonial administration in India • [Charles] Cornwallis
• In 1779, he married 18-year-old Peggy Shippen, a close acquaintance of Major John Andre • [Benedict] Arnold

Rhode Islanders

• This Civil War general, admired for his side- whiskers, served as governor of Rhode Island, 1866-69 • [Ambrose] Burnside
• Robert Gray discovered this river that forms much of the border between Washington & Oregon • the Columbia
• He painted the first 5 men to succeed Washington as President, but is most famous for his 3 of George • [Gilbert] Stuart
• The play, “Little Johnny Jones”, introduced his “Give My Regards to Broadway” • [George] [M.] Cohen
• Quaker manufacturer, Moses Brown, led the movement that made R.I. first to abolish this, in 1784 • slavery

Rivers

• River that’s the course of the Henley Royal Regatta • the Thames
• Between Lake Tiberias & The Dead Sea, it flows through The Ghawr Valley • the Jordan [River]
• Ian Dunlop wrote the 1969 book “Chateaux of” this river • the Loire [River] ^ the Loire
• It flows under Florence’s Ponte Vecchio • the Arno
• David Livingstone explored this fourth-longest African river during the 1850s & 1860s • the Zambezi [River]

Robin Williams Films

• He was “Shtick” in a lamp in this 1992 animated Disney feature • Aladdin
• Robin was nominated for an Oscar for playing a therapist in this 1997 film • {Good Will Hunting}
• Robin Williams co-produced this 1993 film in which he played his estranged wife’s housekeeper • Mrs. Doubtfire
• In a 1997 film, as an absent-minded professor, Robin invented this title goo • Flubber
• Teacher Williams told his students to “Seize the Day” in this 1986 film • Dead Poets [Society]

Rock Lyrics

• Chuck Berry asked her “Why can’t you be true? You’ve started back doin’ the things you used to do” • Maybellene
• In “Purple Haze” Jimi Hendrix sang, “Actin’ funny, but I don’t know why, ‘scuse me while I” do this • kiss the sky
• Question that follows Chicago’s “Does anybody really know what time it is?” • {Does anybody really care}
• Talkin’ ’bout your troubles, it’s a cryin’ sin, ride a painted pony, let this “spin” • the spinning wheel
• Little Richard shouted, she “has a lot on the ball, and nobody cares if she’s long and tall” • Sally

Rogers & Hammerstein

• Their last song together before Hammerstein’s death was “Edelweiss” from this musical • The Sound of Music
• Their 1955 show “Pipe Dream”, about the people of Cannery Row, was based on this author’s “Sweet Thursday” • [John] Steinbeck
• In 1994, this show about a carnival barker won 5 Tonys, including best musical revival • Carousel
• For 15 years, 1946-1961, this show, set in Indian territory, was Broadway’s longest-running musical • Oklahoma
• Characters in this musical include Mei Li, Linda Low & Sammy Fong • Flower Drum [Song]

Royal Weddings

• The Bridesmaids was a memoir about this actress’ 1956 Royal wedding by one of her bridesmaids • Princess Grace
• Her gown had a 17 1/2 foot train & was embellished with the initials “S” & “A” when she married Prince Andrew • Fergie
• In 1993 Harvard graduate Masako Owada became the 1st career woman to marry a Crown Prince of this country • Japan
• She received about 1,500 wedding gifts, including a picnic basket from her sister, Princess Margaret • [Queen] Elizabeth 2
• In 1978 American – born Lisa Halaby married King Hussein at Zaharan Palace in this capital city • Amman

Royalty

• AmenemhetI the First founded this country’s 12th dynasty in 1991 — that’s 1991 B.C. • Egypt
• This princess born March 23, 1990 is the younger sister of Princess Beatrice of York • Eugenie
• In 1599 Albert, Archduke of Austria married the infanta of this country • Spain
• This Dutch Queen’s second daughter Princess Irene, married a Spanish prince in 1964 • Juliana
• This South American country’s second and last emperor Pedro II, was forced to abdicate in 1889 • Brazil
• Amenhotep III who ruled this country for 37 years, was nicknamed “The Magnificent” • Egypt
• Some say this emperor “fiddled” around by reciting poetry while Rome burned • Nero
• Clement stabbed this country’s King Henry III at St. Cloud in 1589 • France
• Prince Henry the Navigator is entombed in a small chapel in the town of Batalha in this country • Portugal
• Princess Grace’s youngest child, she was born in Monaco’s Palais Princier on Feb. 1, 1965 • [Princess] Stephanie

Rulers

• Ibn Saud founded this Kingdom in 1932 & ruled until his death in 1953 • Saudi Arabia
• In 1995, in Spain’s 1st royal wedding in 89 years, this King’s daughter Elena married a Castilian nobleman • Juan] Carlos
• King when the French Revolution broke out, he was guillotined in 1793 • Louis XVI
• Between 1371 & 1625 Scotland’s sovereigns were all members of this house • Stuart
• He was one of Guy Fawkes’ main intended victims in the Gunpowder Plot • James the First
• Many say this country’s ruler Tz’U-Hsi gave a deathbed command to have her nephew, the emperor, killed • China
• This country’s King Harold III was the half-brother of St. Olaf • Norway
• In 1993 King Hussein celebrated his 40th anniversary as ruler of this country • Jordan
• This country’s King Alfonso II was known as “Alfonso O Gordo”, which means Alfonso the fat • Portugal
• It’s the family name of Peter the Great & Alexander I • Romanoff

Russian Rulers

• A protege of Gorbachev, he became head of the Moscow Communist Party organization in 1985 • [Boris] Yeltsin
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• his first leader of the Soviet Union was the son of a Provincial Director of Elementary Education • [V.] [I.] Lenin
• In 1881 Alexander II was assassinated in this capital by bomb – throwing members of “People’s Will” • Saint Petersburg
• This first Russian Czar was born in 1530 to Vassili III, Grand Duke of Moscow • Ivan the Terrible
• Her lover Grigory Orlov helped her seize the throne in 1762 • Catherine the Great

 

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Saints

• No actual details are known about the life of this patron saint of England • [Saint] Georges
• Saint Erasmus, the patron saint of sailors, gets all fired up under this other name • [Saint] Elmo
• He’s known for asking Jesus, “Quo vadis, Domine?” & being crucified upside-down • [Saint] Peter
• Saint Basil the Blessed was an advisor to the Czar in this city; a church there is named for him • Moscow
• In the name of Saint Gregory Thaumaturgus, Thaumaturgus means “Wonder-Worker” in this language • Greek
• 10 days after she joined the French Army, it routed the English force besieging Orleans • Joan of Ark
• In 1093 St. Anselm was named Archbishop of this by a gravely ill William II of England • Canterbury
• Like St. Stephen I, St. Ladislas I was king of this country • Hungary
• This patron saint of children was bishop of Myra, Lycia • [Saint] Nicholas
• St. Barbara was martyred by her own father, who was then struck & killed by this • lightning
• In 432 he succeeded Palladius as Bishop of the Irish • [Saint] Patrick
• In art, this husband of the Virgin Mary is often depicted as an old man • [Saint] Joseph
• St. Stanislaus, the patron saint of this country, was Bishop of Krakow • Poland
• St. Francis Borgia was the third superior general of this group also called the Society of Jesus • the Jesuits
• St. Andrew, one of the 12 Apostles, was the brother of this other Apostle • Peter
• According to Colossians 4:14, this fellow worker & companion of St. Paul was a physician • [Saint] Luke
• This New Testament woman’s name comes from Magdala, a town near Tiberias • Mary Magdalene
• As Pope in 800, Saint Leo III crowned this man “Emperor of the West” • Charlemagne
• This Apostle called “The Greater” was one of 3 disciples who witnessed Jesus’ transfiguration • [Saint] James [The Greater]
• Saint Francis Xavier met this saint of Loyola & helped him found the Jesuits • [St.] Ignatius of [Loyola]

Sci-Fi Films

• Arnold Schwarzenegger played a cyborg sent to present-day L.A. in this film & its sequel • The Terminator
• In “Return of the Jedi” Luke Skywalker comes to terms with the fact that this villain is his father • Darth [Vader]
• James Spader & Kurt Russell pass through a portal to a land reminiscent of ancient Egypt in this 1994 film • StarGate
• A gunslinging robot, played by Yul Brynner, stalks Richard Benjamin & James Brolin in this 1973 film • Westworld
• Tommy Lee Jones & Will Smith protected earth from the scum of the universe in this 1997 blockbuster • {Men in Black}

Science

• Among alkaloids found in plants, this stimulant is found in coffee & tea • caffeine
• In 1665 Robert Hooke described & named this structural unit; bacteria have only one • the cell
• Name for the process a caterpillar goes through to become a moth • metamorphosis
• When cocci live in pairs, they’re called diplococci; in clusters, staphylococci; in chains, this • streptococci
• The Devonian, a time interval of the paleozoic era, was named for Devon in this country • England
• Mycrobacterium tuberculosis is one of the organisms this process kills in milk • pasteurisation
• Like humans, the red-vented bulbul bird needs a dietary source of this vitamin also called ascorbic acid • [Vitamin] C
• Boiling bones & hides converts the protein collagen to this foodstuff • gelatin
• Horseshoe crabs & coelacanth fish are considered “living” ones of these • fossils
• It’s the most massive object in our solar system • The Sun
• 800 miles in diameter, the Caloris Basin is a feature of this innermost planet • Mercury
• In medicine the person whose organ is removed for transplantation is called this • the donor
• Carbonization of this fuel in an oven produces coke used in blast furnaces • coal
• A triploid cell has this many times the number of chromosomes as a haploid • 3
• After a new queen bee emerges from her cell, she goes on a mating flight with these bees • the drone

Science & Nature

• It’s the force that gives us weight & prevents us from floating into space • gravity
• Though painful, the bite of these largest spiders usually isn’t fatal • tarantulas
• It’s a colorful flower, or the colored part of the eye • the iris
• Luther Burbank specialized in this agricultural science of cultivating plants & flowers • horticulture
• On Earth there are 3 fundamental states of matter: solid, liquid & this • gas

Science & Technology

• This unit of weight is abbreviated mg. • a Milligram
• The first modern ones of these, called Lucifers, were invented in 1827 & struck on sandpaper • Matches
• To stop staining, Farah makes men’s slacks coated with this, usually found on cookware • Teflon
• Hans Lippershey, who invented this instrument in 1608, called it a “looker” • the Telescope
• A soda-lime-silica formula is used to make most of the common articles of this material • Glass

Scientists

• The results of his “Experiments With Plant Hybrids” appeared in an 1866 Scientific Journal • [Greg] Mendel
• Using a prism, this Englishman proved that white light is a combination of the colors of the spectrum • [Isaac] Newton
• In 1980, for her concerns over pollution, she was posthumously awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom • [Rachel] Carson
• In 1948 the Kaiser Wilhelm Society was renamed for this originator of the Quantum Theory • [Max] Planck
• Refusing to patent his discovery, this X-ray discoverer died penniless • [Wilhelm] Roentgen

Sculptors

Michelangelo gave 2 sculptures, now in this Paris Museum, to a family who cared for him during an illness • The Louvre
Gutzon Borglum, famous for sculpting this South Dakota monument, was a friend of Auguste Rodin • Mount Rushmore
Thomas Crawford sculpted “Armed Freedom”, the statue crowning the dome of this Washington building • The [U.S.] Capitol [Building]
Edme Bouchardon’s equestrian statue of Louis XV was destroyed during this 1789-1799 upheaval • The French Revolution
This genius of the early Renaissance, was born Donato Di Niccolo Di Betto Bardi, circa 1386 • Donatello

Seas

• 2 island nations lie within this sea; Cyprus & Malta • The Mediterranean [Sea]
• This sea was named for a warlike tribe of Indians that inhabited the Lesser Antilles • The Caribbean [Sea]
• The Scheldt River flows through Antwerp before emptying into this sea • The North [Sea] DELETE->The Bering Sea ^ The Baltic Sea
• Although discovered by Semyon Dezhnev in 1648, this arm of the North Pacific was named for another man • The Bering [Sea]
• The world’s largest inland body of water, its surface lies about 90 feet below sea level • The Caspian [Sea]

Short Stories

• His “The Gift of The Magi”, is the story of Della & James Dillingham Young • [O.] Henry
• Among the members of the Glass family in his stories, are Buddy, Seymour, Franny & Zooey • [J.D.] Salinger
• The Collected Short Stories of this “Ship of Fools” author won the National Book Award & The Pulitzer Prize • [Katherine] [A.] Porter
• Sredni Vashtar is a macabre story by Hector Hugh Munro, who wrote under this pseudonym • Saki
• The Lottery is the best-known short story by this woman who wrote the novel “The Haunting of Hill House” • [Shirley] Jackson

Sickness & Health

• This speech disorder of repeated hesitation in uttering words is also called stammering • stuttering
• This viral infection of the nervous system may take months to develop after the bite of an infected dog • rabies
• Chromium works with this pancreatic hormone in the utilization of glucose • insulin
• Beta-blockers are drugs used to control hypertension, more commonly called this • high blood pressure
• When grocery shopping, never buy bulging cans; they may be a sign of this food poisoning • botulism

Signs & Symbols

• A heart with an arrow through it is often used to symbolize this holiday • Valentine’s [Day]
• The C that represents this number in Roman numerals may stand for centum • 100
• A symbol of evil in some cultures, this mythical beast has represented power & fertility in China • The Dragon
• It’s the national symbol of Canada • a maple leaf
• It’s the term for the “and” sign used in typing & printing • an Ampersand

Singin’ In the Rain

• In this musical, Sandy complains that she isn’t going to the school dance in the song “It’s Raining on Prom Night” • Grease
• The song “Rain” by this group can be found on their album “Hey Jude” • The Beatles
• This band’s mascot, the “Bee Girl” was featured in their video for “No Rain” • Blind Melon
• This Prince song begins, “I never meant to cause you any sorrow, I never meant to cause you any pain” • Purple Rain
• This female rapper whose middle name is “Misdemeanor” wears an inflated black patent leather suit in her video “The Rain” • [Missy] Elliott

Single-Named Singers

• Remixes from her “Post” album are featured on this Icelandic pop star’s 1996 album “Telegram” • Bjork
• She drooled over Antonio Banderas in the 1991 documentary “Truth or Dare” • Madonna
• In 1997 she starred on TV as Cinderella • Brandi
• This rapper’s “Gangsta’s Paradise” sampled Stevie Wonder’s “Pastime Paradise” • Coolio
• This single-named singer combines new age music with Irish folk • Enya

Smithsonian TV Props

• A hand phaser from this ’60s science fiction series is there; hope it’s set on stun • Star Trek
• Her charwoman costume is on display • [Carol] Burnett
• A seltzer bottle, used by this Howdy Doody clown, is part of the collection • Clarabell
• The museum has a pith helmet & a safari jacket worn by this “Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom” star • [Marlin] Perkins
• A Detroit Tigers baseball cap & a Hawaiian shirt came from this show • Magnum PI

Soap Opera History

• Art Wallace based this ’60s gothic vampire soap on “The House” a Goodyear Playhouse story he wrote in 1957 • Dark Shadows
• Once Snapper on “The Young & The Restless”, he was a lifeguard on “Baywatch” • [David] Hasselhoff
• When this daytime soap debuted in 1970, it featured 3 families, the Martins, Tylers & Kanes • {All my Children}
• This show about an Irish family & their tavern ended January 13, 1989 with the cast singing “Danny Boy” • Ryan’s Hope
• The title of this 1960s prime time series is the hometown of the Harringtons & the Mackenzies • Peyton Place

Soft Drinks

• A Terre Haute, Indiana glass company designed this soda’s classic bottle in 1916 • Coca-Cola
• This convenience store chain’s double gulp contains 1/2 gallon of soda • 7-Eleven
• This company introduced its Quik drink mix in 1948 • Nestle
• This soft drink, invented by Charlie Hires, was flavored with sarsaparilla, wintergreen & sassafras • rootbeer
• When sold commercially, this Christmas beverage must contain 1% egg yolk solids by weight • egg nog

Song Lyrics

• Tiptoe to the window, by the window, that is where I’ll be, come tiptoe through these “with me” • the tulips
• Isn’t it rich? Are we a pair? Me here at last on the ground, you in midair; send in these • the clowns
• The girl of his dreams “called herself Lil, but everyone knew her as Nancy” • [Rocky] Raccoon
• This 1966 hit by The Mamas & The Papas begins, “All the leaves are brown, and the sky is grey” • California Dreaming
• I’m in the mood for this “simply because you’re near me” • love

Song Standards

• Some Day My Prince Will Come is from this 1937 film • Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs
• Nothing could be finer than to be here “in the morning” • [in] Carolina
• This Erroll Garner song begins “Look at me, I’m as helpless as a kitten up a tree” • Misty
• This song’s lyrics contain such names as “Sukey Tawdry, Jenny Diver, Polly Peachum, Lucy Brown” • Mack The Knife
• I was waltzing with my darlin’ to this song, “when an old friend I happened to see” • The Tennessee Waltz
• Her 1985 Hit “Crazy For You” reached the top 5 in the U.K., as did its 1991 remixed version • Madonna
• Born LaDonna Gaines December 31, 1948 she was “Hot Stuff” in the disco era • [Donna] Summer
• In 1989 Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend & John Entwistle reunited as this group for an American tour • {The Who}
• Killing Me Softly (with his song) was inspired by a concert performance by this “American Pie” singer • [Don] McLane
• Before they hit it big with “I Got You Babe” this duo recorded as Caesar & Cleo • Sonny & Cher
• The oldest Beatle, this drummer was the last to join the group • [Ringo] Starr
• This performer won a 1981 Grammy for Record of the Year for “Bette Davis Eyes” • [Kim] Karnes
• A couple of years before “Mandy” reached No. 1, he co-produced Bette Midler’s first 2 albums • [Barry] Manilo
• This band adapted its name from Leonard Skinner, a gym teacher who loathed their long hair • [Lynerd] Skynyrd

Songs

• In 1959 Hank Ballard & the Midnighters introduced this song that Chubby Checker later took to No. 1 • The Twist
• Who Could Ask for Anything More?, a line from this song, was the title of Ethel Merman’s autobiography • [I] Got Rhythm
• This song from “High Society” begins, “I give to you and you give to me” • [True] Love
• He “Frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah-Lee” • Puff the [Magic] [Dragon]
• The theme from “Love Story” is also known by this title, the first 4 words of the song • {Where do I begin}
• In 1873 its words were first published under the title “Oh, Give me a Home Where the Buffalo Roam” • {Home on the Range}
• Endless Love, her 1981 duet with Lionel Richie, was this former Supreme’s last hit for Motown • Diana] Ross
• In 1964 Barbra Streisand took this song from “Funny Girl” to No. 5 on the pop charts • People
• This Carl Perkins hit begins, “Well, it’s one for the money, Two for the show…” • {Blue Suede Shoe}
• The Doobie Brothers’ first number one hit, it was about the Mississippi river • Black Water

Songs & Singers

• This Mick Jagger group first hit the U.S. charts in mid-1964 with “Not Fade Away” a remake of a Buddy Holly tune • The [Rolling] Stones
• She sang 6 songs on the soundtrack of “The Bodyguard”, which sold 6 million copies in 10 weeks • [Witney] Houston
• In 1973 he released his first album, “Greetings From Asbury Park, New Jersey” • [Bruce] Springsteen
• In 1971 this pop star had his only No. 1 hit with “You’ve got a Friend” • [James] Taylor
• This was Janis Joplin’s only top 40 hit as a solo performer • [Me] and Bobby MacGee
• In 1997 Babyface tied this performer’s 1983 record of 12 Grammy nominations in one year • [Michael] Jackson
• The 1995 Best Male Rock Vocal Grammy went to this singer for “You Don’t Know How It Feels” • [Tom] Petty
• She won a 1997 female pop vocal Grammy for “Un-Break My Heart” • [Toni] Braxton
• The second-biggest winner at the February 28, 1996 awards, he won Song of the Year with “Kiss From a Rose” • Seal

Space Missions

• The U.S. Ranger spacecrafts were designed to crash-land on this heavenly body • the moon
• All the nicknames of the Mercury Capsules ended in this number, honoring the first group of astronauts • seven
• The largest spacecraft to orbit the earth was created when the shuttle Atlantis linked with this 6/29/95 • M.I.R.
• Launched May 4, 1989, the Magellan Craft arrived at this planet August 10, 1990 • Venus
• Pathfinder & Sojourner provided more than 16,500 pictures from this planet • Mars

Sports

• In football it’s the imaginary “line” on which the ball rests at the start of each play • the [line] of scrimmage
• In April 1995, 25,000 fans turned out to honor this former 49er QB who announced his retirement • [J.] Montana
• Sponsored by this brewery, the Silver Bullets, a women’s pro baseball team, made its debut in 1994 • Coors
• It’s the sport played by Gary Player • Golf DELETE->Bridge ^ Tennis ^EMPTY ^
• In March 1995, Doug Swingley became the first non-Alaskan to win this sled dog race • The Iditarod
• On March 19, 1995, this Chicago Bulls star played in his first game after 1 1/2 years of retirement • [Michael] Jordan
• On July 9, 1922, this future movie Tarzan became the first to swim the 100-meter freestyle in under a minute • [J.] Weissmuller
• Scotty Bowman of this city’s Red Wings is the only NHL coach with more than 900 career victories • Detroit
• Although he hit 61 home runs in 1961, he averaged fewer than 20 a year the rest of his career • [Roger] Maris
• Coach of The Dallas Cowboys from 1960 through 1988, he led his team to 13 division titles • [Tom] Landry
• With a capacity of 100,184, this Pasadena football stadium is the largest west of the Mississippi • The Rose Bowl
• In the 1980s, this Boston Celtic player won 3 straight NBA MVP awards • [Larry] Bird
• In tournament play, tennis balls can be white or this color • yellow
• In the 1970s, this golfer was the PGA’s leading money winner 5 times • [J.] Nicklaus
  in 1888, he founded the Amateur Athletic Union; an annual award is named for him • [James] [E.] Sullivan
• On May 30, 1911, Ray Harroun won the first running of this auto race • The Indy [500]
• In the 1960s, this NBA player scored 70 or more points a record 6 times for the Warriors • [Wilt] Chamberlain
• This baseball stadium is called “The House that Ruth Built” • Yankee’s [Stadium]
• This Bears running back is the only NFL player to rush for more than 16,000 career yards • [Walter] Payton
• Nicknamed The “Bronx Bull”, he won the Middleweight Boxing Title in 1949 & held it for 2 years • [J.] LaMotta

Sports History

• On April 22, 1995, he retained his heavyweight boxing title in a controversial decision against Axel Schulz • [G.] Foreman
• Lenny Wilkens surpassed this Celtics coach as the winningest coach in NBA history • [A.] [R.] Auerbach
• In 1972 & 1973, this school’s Bill Walton was named outstanding player of the NCAA Basketball Tournament • U.C.L.A.
• In the 1950s, this Brooklyn Dodgers catcher was named the National League’s most valuable player 3 times • [R.] Campanella
• Nicknamed “Cha Cha”, she exceeded 250 MPH, as the first woman licensed to drive top fuel drag racers • S. Muldowney

Sports Weights & Measures

• In this ice sport, a goalkeeper’s stick blade can’t be longer than 15 1/2 inches • hockey
• For U.S. boxers, 106 pounds through 156 pounds, they weigh 10 ounces • the [boxing] gloves
• From home plate to this base it’s 127 feet 3 3/8 inches • second [base]
• Under testing conditions, a legal ball in this sport shouldn’t travel more than 280 yards plus 6% • golf
• In the NBA the upper edge of the basket is this many feet off the ground • ten [feet]

Sportswomen

• This woman, nicknamed “Babe”, was an all-American high school basketball player at age 16 • [Mildred] [Babe] Didrikson [Zaharias]
• Maria Bueno won 12 Grand Slam Doubles crowns in this sport in spite of a long bout with hepatitis • tennis
• In September 1995, this American figure skater married her agent, Jerry Solomon • [Nancy] Kerrigan
• In 1992, she became the first winner of back-to-back Olympic gold medals in the heptathlon • Jackie Kersee
• In 1984, Joan Benoit became the first female Olympic gold medallist in this race • the marathon

Stadiums & Arenas

• This city’s Alamodome is 1 of 8 home courts in the NBA to exceed a seating capacity of 20,000 • San Antonio
• From 1966 to 1986, this NFL team played its home games in The Orange Bowl • The [Miami] Dolphins
• The opening ceremonies for the 1932 & 1984 Summer Olympic Games took place at this L.A. Arena • The Coliseum
• Built in 1912, Tiger Stadium & this Red Sox Park are the oldest major league ballparks • Fenway [Park]
• According to Fifa, 5 of the 10 largest soccer stadiums are in this country • Brazil

Star Trek

• Registry number NCC-1701, this ship was launched in 2245 • the [USS] Enterprize
• Worf was the first member of this race to serve in starfleet • Klingon
• Armin Shimerman plays this Ferengi who runs a bar on Deep Space Nine • Quark
• Tim Russ’ character of Tuvok on “Voyager” is a full-blooded one of these pointy-eared aliens • a Vulcan
• She played the hundreds-of- years-old Guinan, named for prohibition-era hostess Texas Guinan • [Whoopi] Goldberg

Starts & Ends with “H”

• In the King James Bible, it’s the present third person singular form of “have” • hath
• It’s one’s general physical well-being • health
• Handel’s “chorus” • Hallelujah
• From this time on • henceforth
• As a verb it’s to assume a bent posture; as a noun it’s an intuitive feeling • hunch

Starts with “A”

• They’re what a pompous person “puts on” • airs
• Formerly the sixth month, it was originally called sextilis • August
• Words that have opposite meanings are called these • antonyms
• On a typewriter keyboard, this symbol usually appears above the number 8 • an asterisk
• Chronicles dating from the 16th century call these people the Mexica • The Aztecs

Starts With “JE”

• After Joshua & the Israelites crossed the Jordan, this city locked its gates • Jericho
• The 1992 Broadway musical “Jelly’s Last Jam” is based on the life of this composer • [Jelly] [Roll] Morton
• The songs of this Grace Slick group were in the air during San Francisco’s “Summer of Love” in 1967 • Jefferson Airplane
• Yoda teaches Luke Skywalker to use the Force as this kind of warrior in “The Empire Strikes Back” • a Jedi [Warrior]
• Cuba Gooding, Jr. shouts “Show me the money” at Tom Cruise in this 1996 film • Jerry Mcguire^

State Capital Nicknames

• It’s “the City of the Saints” as well as “the Mormon city” • Salt Lake [City]
• This Mississippi capital has been called “the city where the old South and the new South meet” • Jackson [City]
• This Nevada capital is “the gateway to Lake Tahoe and Yosemite Valley” • Carson [City]
• Some know it as “The Hub”; Oliver Wendell Holmes called its state house the “Hub of the Solar System” • Boston
• It’s “The Capital of the First State” • Dover

State Capitals

• One of the highlights of this city is the Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza • Albany
• In the 1830s it replaced Vandalia as Illinois’ capital • Springfield
• This capital city was home to the NHL Whalers • Hartford
• Gettysburg Battlefield is located about 35 miles south-west of this capital • Harrisburg
• This city in the Green Mountains is home to the New England Culinary Institute • Montpelier
• This Colorado city’s mint at West Colfax & Cherokee, turns out more than 5 billion coins a year • Denver
• In an 1894 vote Anaconda lost to this city as Montana’s capital • Helena
• Before becoming a Senator, Barry Goldwater served on it’s city council • Phoenix
• Since 1919 Blaine House in this Maine capital has been home to the state’s governors • Augusta
• It was made capital of the Oregon Territory in 1851 & soon became state capital • Salem

State Flags

• The flag of this 49th state, was designed in 1927, by a 13-year-old schoolboy • Alaska
• Completes the motto found on the flags of Kentucky & Missouri: “United we stand…” • Divided we fall
• The word “Industry” appears above a beehive on the flag of this state • Utah
• This state’s flag features the sun symbol of the Zia Indians on a yellow background • New Mexico
• An anchor & the word “hope”, surrounded by 13 gold stars, appear on this state’s flag • Rhode Island

Supreme Court Justices

• This one-time pro football player was JFK’s first nominee to the court • Byron [R.] [Whizzer] White
• This “Great Dissenter” was a class poet for the Harvard class of 1861 • [O.] [W.] Holmes [Jr.]
• 11 years after this first Chief Justice resigned, his brother-in-law was named to the court • [J.] Jay
• This 1994 appointee served as a Justice Department Assistant Special Prosecutor during Watergate • [S.] [G.] Breyer
• The Waltham, Massachusetts University named for him was founded in 1948, 7 years after his death • [Louis] [D.] Brandeis

Sweets

• These may be caramel, hot cross or sticky • buns
• Coeur a la Creme is a chilled dessert molded in this shape & served with berries or other fresh fruit • a heart
• Panettone is a sweet Italian bread traditionally served during this holiday season • Christmas
• It’s the flavor of the bottom layer of black bottom pie • chocolate
• Calissons are Provencal sweets made from crystallized fruit & these blanched nuts • almonds
• In names of thin, crisp cookies, this word follows brandy & ginger • snap
• The Joy of Cooking contains recipes for the vanilla, molasses & saltwater types of this candy • taffy
• The name of this candy, made from sugar & egg whites, is a synonym for godhood • Divinity
• This Dallas-based department store calls its chocolate, caramel & nut confections “Texas Brags” • Neiman-Marcus
• The DobosTorte is glazed with this cooked sugar substance • caramel

 

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“T” Time

• It’s the profession of a person who makes & alters clothes • a tailor
• This magnificent building contains the tombs of Shah Jahan & his wife • the Taj Mahal
• It’s the study of the Earth’s crustal structure & the forces that change it • tectonics
• It can mean final or fatal • terminal
• No matter how long its sides are, the angles of this figure always total 180 degrees • a triangle

Take the “EL”

• This Israeli airline was founded in 1948 • El Al
• This country’s currency is the colon • El Salvador
• Legendary South American Indian Chief who periodically covered himself in gold dust • El Dorado
• Current weather event off the coast of Peru • El Nino
• It’s the West Texas town Marty Robbins made famous in song • El Paso

Television

• After “Perry Mason” was canceled, Raymond Burr returned as this wheelchair-bound detective • [Robert] [T.] Ironside
• In 1990, Jimmy Smits won a Best Supporting Actor Emmy for his work on this NBC drama • L. A. Law
• Before heading a “Dynasty”, he played professor Mike Endicott on “To Rome With Love” • [John] Forsythe
• From 1982 to 1985, Julia Louis-Dreyfus was one of the regulars on this comedy show • Saturday Night Live
• Raymond Burr & Karl Malden hosted specials of this show before it became a series with Robert Stack • {Unsolved Mystery}
• Before “Dallas”, Patrick Duffy starred as the “Man From” this underwater land • Atlantis
• He was “NYPD Blue” ‘s detective Simone • [Jimmy] Smits
• Both “Happy Days” & “Laverne & Shirley” were set in this city • Milwaukee
• In 1997, this duo’s musical “Cinderella” was remade starring Brandy & Whitney Houston • Rogers and Hammerstein
• She played Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison in the “Prime Suspect” series on PBS • [Helen] Mirren
• Lucy Lawless played this “Warrior Princess” on a spin-off of “Hercules” • Xena
• Kathy Baker & Ray Walston picked up Emmys in 1996 for their work on this series, cancelled in 1996 • Picket Fences
• Set in Baltimore, this show is subtitled “Life on the Street” • Homicide
• It’s the name of the home improvement show featured on “Home Improvement” • Tool Time
• This former TV conehead plays a human romancing an alien on “3rd Rock From the Sun” • [Jane] Curtin

Television History

• In 1983 this PBS kids’ show aired a special episode dealing with the death of Will Lee, who played Mr.Hooper • Sesame Street
• Ted Mack hosted this show for a year on DuMont before it moved to NBC • The [original] Amateur Hour
• This miniseries that aired Jan. 23-30, 1977 averaged 66% of those watching television • Roots
• He left “The Tonight Show” in 1957 to concentrate on his Sunday show opposite Ed Sullivan • Steve Allan
• ABC & this fourth network carried the entire 1954 Army – McCarthy hearings • DuMont
• The FCC deleted this channel number from VHF allocations in 1948 • 1
• This first host of “The Tonight Show” emceed “Meeting of Minds” for PBS in 1977 • Steve Allan
• On Tuesday nights 1952 – 55 this Bishop’s talks on, “Life is Worth Living” competed against Milton Berle • [Bishop] [Fulton] [J] Sheen
• Segments on this Art Baker show were initiated by viewers’ requests of things they wanted to see • {You asked for It}
• In the ’60s it was NBC’s answer to ABC’s “Shindig” • Hullabaloo

Thanksgiving

• Fannie Farmer recommends spicing this traditional Thanksgiving jelly with cinnamon, cloves & allspice • Cranberry [jelly]
• In 1939, this president moved Thanksgiving up a week to lengthen the Christmas shopping period • Franklin [Delano] Roosevelt
• The 1996 Thanksgiving episode of this Tim Allen sitcom featured a claymation dream sequence • Home Improvement
• Grand Marshal of the 1996 Rose Parade, this Muppet was a balloon in the 1977 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade • Kermit the [Frog]
• In the U.S., it’s the latest date in November on which Thanksgiving can fall • [November] 28

The 1550s

• Humayun, the second Mogul Emperor of this country, died in 1556, six months after recapturing his empire • India
• This Mexican resort city famous for its cliff divers was founded in 1550 • Acapulco
• This French astrologer completed “The Centuries” a book of more than 900 predictions • Nostradamus
• People from this country settled Macao in 1557 • Portugal
• She was Queen of England for nine days in 1553 & was beheaded in 1554 • [Lady] [J] Grey

The 16th Century

• On July 29, 1588, this Spanish fleet was sighted off the coast of England • the Armada
• At the beginning of this century, Huayna Capac ruled this South American empire • the Inca [Empire]
• Sir Francis Drake looted & burned the Spanish Fort at this Florida site in 1586 • St. Augustine ^ Saint Augustine
• This king gave his powerful advisor Thomas Cromwell an Earldom in April 1540, but had him beheaded in July • [King] Henry the Eighth
• In 1543, he published his treatise “On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres” • [Nicolaus] Copernicus

The 1790s

• Founded as a Spanish mission in 1718, this San Antonio, Texas site was secularized in 1793 • The Alamo
• A peasant uprising called the White Lotus Rebellion began in this country in 1796 • China
• In 1795, this country established the Directoire, its new revolutionary government • France
• When he died in 1798, this legendary lover was librarian to the Count Von Waldstein • Casanova
• Odessa was founded on the coast of this sea in 1794 • The Black [Sea]

The 17th Century

• George Chapman’s translation of this Homer work was completed in 1611; his “Odyssey” appeared in 1616 • the Iliad
• Sophia Alexeyevna served as regent of this country from 1682 to 1689 • Russia
• A Royal Observatory was founded in this London borough in 1675 • Greenwich
• In 1640, Artois was reconquered by this country, which has held it ever since • France^
• Andrew Melville, who succeeded this man as the leader of Scottish Presbyterianism, died in 1622 • [John] Knox
• In 1637, hundreds of businessmen were ruined when the market for these Dutch flowers collapsed • Tulips
• After a 22-year reign, this country’s Queen Christina abdicated June 6, 1654 • Sweden
• Reportedly, in an English orchard in Woolsthorpe in 1666, he saw an apple fall & got ideas • Sir [Isaac] Newton
• In 1648, Shah Jahan completed this mosque & mausoleum for his wife, who had died some 17 years earlier • the Taj Mahal
• In 1623, this empire’s mad Sultan Mustafa I was forced to abdicate & was confined in the Seraglio • the Ottoman [Empire]

The 1820s

• In 1825, John Nash turned a London house into this palace & current Royal residence • Buckingham [Palace]
• When Hans Christian Oersted announced he had isolated this metal, people may have told him to “can it” • Aluminum
• In 1829, Romania broke away from this Empire • The Ottoman
• After voting to separate from Massachusetts, it became a state in 1820 under the Missouri Compromise • Maine
• Antonio Jose de Sucre became the first president of this new country in 1826 • Bolivia

The 1830s

• This telegraph inventor made the first daguerrotype in America • [Samuel] [F.] [B.] Morse
• In 1835, he was made Commander of the Texan army • [Sam] Houston
• On April 6, 1830 in Fayette, N.Y., he organized the Mormon church • [Joseph] Smith [Jr.]
• This black preacher led an 1831 revolt in Virginia in which over 50 were killed • [Nat] Turner
• This President died at age 85 in 1836 & was buried at his Virginia estate, Montpelier • [J] Madison ^ [James] Madison

The 1840s

• In 1846, about 4,000 U.S. soldiers were posted on alert near this North American country • Mexico
• In January 1840, explorer Charles Wilkes first sighted this continent • Antarctica
• In his 1849 essay on civil disobedience, he said citizens should protest unjust government deeds • [Henry] [David] Thoreau
• Established in 1849 as the State of Deseret, it’s known as this state today • Utah
• Completed in 1849, the Chain Bridge over this river linked the cities of Buda & Pest • the Danube
• This year lent its name to California gold rushers • Eighteen forty nine
• Discovered in 1846, this explosive liquid was later found to help symptoms of angina pectoris • nitroglycerin
• In 1848, a flock of these birds devoured the crickets threatening Utah’s crops • Seagulls
• Christoph Buys Ballot employed this mode of transportation to prove the Doppler effect • a train
• After 11 years of construction, this Moscow palace was completed in 1849 • the Kremlin

The 1850s

• In 1855, this bookstore owner published his compilation of “Familiar Quotations” • [John] Bartlett
• This 1,932-foot-deep Oregon lake in the Cascades was discovered by a prospector in 1853 • Crater [Lake]
• William Rufus de Vane King died in 1853, just 25 days after he was sworn into this Office • Vice President
• On Dec. 30, 1853, this American diplomat signed a treaty ceding Mexican land south of the Gila river to the U.S. • [James] Gadsden
• Born on July 5, 1853 in Hertfordshire, he later founded the De Beers mining company • [Cecil] [J] Rhodes

The 1880s

• An 1882 act excluded laborers from this Asian country from entering the U.S. • China
• This baron, for whom a hockey trophy is named, became Governor-General of Canada in 1888 • [Lord] Stanley of [Preston]
• The Congo Free State was established in 1885, with this country’s King Leopold II as ruler • Belgium
• In 1886, Charles M. Hall developed the electrolytic method for getting this metal from bauxite • aluminum
• The Organic Act of 1884 applied the laws of Oregon to this area purchased by the U.S. in 1867 • Alaska
• This structure, erected for the Paris Exposition of 1889, was the world’s tallest for 40 years • The Eiffel Tower
• He took his “Greatest Show on Earth” to London, where he himself was one of the greatest attractions • [P.T.] Barnum
• The Dominion Arboretum and Botanic Garden, Canada’s oldest, was founded in this capital • Ottawa
• This telegraph company bought up several competitors to consolidate its monopoly • Western Union
• After shooting this President, Guiteau cried, “I am a stalwart and Arthur is President now!” • [James] Garfield

The 18th Century

• In the 1770s, this British captain sailed completely around Antarctica without seeing it • [Captain] [J] Cook
• This bell was first hung in 1753 in the Pennsylvania State House • The Liberty [Bell]
• This Icelandic capital was chartered in 1786 • Rekyavik
• This man, born in November 1793, is sometimes called “The Father of Texas” • [Stephen] [F.] Austin
• This strait & narrow explorer proved Asia & North America weren’t connected • Vitus] Bering
• In 1755, at age 23, he was appointed Commander-in Chief of all the Virginia forces • [Georges] Washington
• In 1751, he was elected to the Pennsylvania Assembly, beginning almost 40 years as a public official • [Ben] Franklin
• In 1722, Dutch navigator Jakob Roggeveen discovered this remote island with hundreds of stone statues • Easter [Island]
• In 1755, this French philosopher’s long burlesque poem “The Maid of Orleans” was published • Voltaire
• This art auction firm, which joined with Parke Bernet in 1964, was founded in England in 1744 • Sothebies

The 1930s

• On February 15, 1933, this President-Elect survived an assassination attempt by Giuseppe Zangara • [Franklin] [D.] Roosevelt
• Bonnie & Clyde were gunned down in this state in 1934 • Louisiana
• In 1933, Otto Klemperer left this country & became conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic • Germany
• In 1930, Hoover Dam was begun & this Grant Wood painting was finished • {American Gothic}
• On his 1936 Presidential campaign buttons, he used a sunflower motif, from the Kansas state flower • [Alf] Landon
• In 1936, this Spanish general was exiled to the Canary Islands by the Popular Front government • [Francisco] Franco
• This Communist leader divorced Ho Tzu-Chen in 1937 & married Chiang Ch’ing in 1939 • [Mao] Tse Tung
• In 1934, this “Public Enemy Number One” fought his way out of a police trap in Wisconsin • [John] Dillinger
• In 1932, the Winter Olympic Games were held in this New York town • Lake Placid
• Known as the “Little Flower”, he left the House of Representatives in 1933 & became Mayor of NYC • [F] La Guardia

The 1940s

• In 1942, the Supreme Court ruled that divorces granted in this state were valid throughout the U.S. • Nevada
• In May 1940, he succeeded Neville Chamberlain as British Prime Minister • [Winston] Churchill
• By the end of the decade, this racial segregation policy became law in South Africa • Aparteid
• This German state, a major power under Frederick the Great, was formally dissolved in 1947 • Prussia
• On July 16, 1945, the U.S. detonated the first atomic bomb at Trinity Site near this New Mexico city • Alamogordo

The 1950s

• In 1950, Ain Sams University was founded in this Egyptian capital • Cairo
• In 1953, this island’s first year as a U.S. commonwealth, 75,000 residents moved to the U.S. mainland. • Puerto Rico
• This photographer’s “My Camera In The National Parks” was released in 1950 • [Ansel] Adams
• In the midst of the Korean War, this South Korean president was elected to his second of 4 terms • [Syngman] Rhee
• In 1950, this former Army Chief of Staff & Secretary of State became Secretary of Defense • [George] [C.] Marshall
• Emilie, one of these quintuplets, died of an epileptic seizure in 1954 • the Dionne [quintuplets]
• On December 2, 1956, he & about eighty insurgents invaded Cuba • [Fidel] Castro
• In 1952, he was officially declared heir to the throne of Japan • Akihito
• On April 7, 1953, this Swede was elected U.N. Secretary-General • [D] Hammarshold
• Construction of this South American capital was begun in 1956 • Brazilia

The 1960s

• March 27, 1964 wasn’t a good Good Friday in Anchorage Alaska: one of these struck • an earthquake
• On her urging, Congress voted funds to beautify the highways • [Ladybird] Johnson
• This country’s King Constantine, the world’s youngest monarch, was married in September 1964 • Greece
• You have the right to say that the Supreme Court made its decision in this man’s case June 13, 1966 • [Ernesto] Miranda
• Four days after Congress passed the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, it approved a bill on the “War on” this • Poverty
• This Governor signed a bill September 2, 1966 forbidding Alabama’s schools to desegregate • [George] Wallace
• In 1960, the first communications satellite, Echo 1, & the 1st of these satellites, Trios 1, were launched • weather
• Captured by North Korea in 1968, the crew of this U.S. spy ship was held prisoner for 11 months • the [U.S.S.] Pueblo
• In 1969, this judge at the Chicago 8 trial ordered Bobby Seale bound & gagged to stop his disruptions • [Julius] Hoffman
• After 45 years on the throne, this small country’s Grand Duchess Charlotte abdicated in November • Luxembourg

The 1970s

• Between 1972 & 1974, the price of this quadrupled to about $11 a barrel • Oil
• In 1971, this country’s constitution set up 3 cultural regions: Flanders, Wallonia & Brussels • Belgium
• In 1978, residents of this area near Niagara Falls were evacuated due to toxic waste contamination • Love Canal
• Phyllis Schlafly formed an organization to “stop” this proposed amendment • Equal Rights Amendment
• In 1972, this Presidential candidate was supported by the organization known as C.R.E.E.P. • [Richard] Nixon

The 1980s

• Astronomers were astonished to discover a gigantic arc of hot gases near the centre of this galaxy • The Milky Way
• This Pakistani leader agreed to an arranged marriage but kept her maiden name • [B] Bhutto ^ [Benazir] Bhutto
• In 1985, 55 years after his death, a memorial to D.H. Lawrence was unveiled in this church’s Poet’s Corner • Westminster Abbey
• In 1987, this famous “Christian” left the house of Jean Patou & launched a solo couture collection • [Christian] Lacroix
• In February 1986, this dictator fled Haiti, ending 28 years of rule by his family • Jean-Claude Duvalier

The 1990s

• In 1990, the Shoshone- Bannocks of Idaho petitioned for the Sockeye species of this to be protected • the salmon
• In June, Lotus Development Corporation agreed to be taken over by this computer giant • IBM
• A 1995, visit to the U.S. by Lee Teng-Hui, President of this country, strained relations with China • Taiwan
• This Yankee center fielder died August 13, after receiving a new liver in June 1995 • [Mickey] Mantle
• He called himself “A scared little bunny rabbit” while evading capture after being shot down in Bosnia • [Air Force] [Capt.] [Scott] [F.] O’Grady

The 19th Century

• This Middle East waterway officially opened to traffic November 17, 1869 • the Suez [Canal]
• This prestigious college for women opened outside Philadelphia in 1885 • Bryn Mawr
• The Tremont House, the first modern first-class hotel, opened in this Massachusetts city in 1829 • Boston
• In 1813, he recaptured his hometown, Caracas, from the Spaniards • [Simon] Bolivar
• In 1806, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, the emperor of this island nation, was killed in an ambush • Haiti

The 20th Century

• In March 1953, this Soviet leader was entombed next to Lenin in Red Square • [Joseph] Stalin
• FDR spoke of a “Date which will live in infamy” on this date in 1941, the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor • December the Eighth
• In July 1962, this communications satellite beamed the first live TV pictures from the U.S. to Europe • Telstar
• This 4,200-foot-long California landmark was completed in 1937 • The Golden Gate
• In 1929, the kingdom of the Serbs, Croats & Slovenes changed its name to this • Yugoslavia
• He made headlines when he landed at Le Bourget Field on May 21, 1927 • [Charles] Lindberg
• An investigation by Leon Jaworski led to the indictment of this former U.S. Attorney General • [John] Mitchell
• Israel occupied this 146-square-mile area in the 1956 Suez Crisis & again during the 1967 Six Day War • The Gaza [Strip]
• In 1971, Dacca was made capital of this new country • Bangladesh
• The government leasing these oil reserves to Mammoth Oil in 1922 caused a scandal the next year • The Teapot Dome [Fields]
• On June 5, 1967, this country launched an air strike against Egypt • Israel
• Prince Charles got a “hongi”, a traditional Maori greeting, when he visited this country in February 1994 • New Zealand
• In 1994, for the first time since 1980, the U.S. built more vehicles than this country • Japan
• In 1979, this Cabinet Department was created with Shirley Hufstedler as its first Secretary • The [Dept.] of Education
• In 1994, this Pontiac, Michigan stadium became the first indoor facility to hold a World Cup soccer match • The Silverdome
• When Henry Luce and Briton Hadden founded this magazine in 1923, they almost called it “Facts” • Time
• Zita, who died in 1989, was the last Empress of this House that ruled Austria-Hungary • The Hapsburgs
• In 1931, she was the blonde gentlemen preferred • [Jean] Harlowe
• This program was grounded from January 28th, 1986 to September 29th, 1988 • The Space Shuttle
• Anthropologists “Gorged” themselves on the discoveries the Leakeys made at this African gorge in 1959 • Olduvai [Gorge]

The 5th

• This French emperor died in exile on St. Helena May 5, 1821 • Napoleon the [First]
• It ended December 5, 1933, after Utah ratified the 21st Amendment • Prohibition
• Having served a total of 8 years, 7 months and 25 days, he resigned as British Prime Minister on April 5, 1955 • Sir [Winston] Churchill
• Since the 4th was a Sunday, this 5th President was sworn in for his 2nd term March 5, 1821 • [James] Munroe
• He was in custody November 5, 1605 after preparing to blow up the British Parliament • [G.] Fawkes

The 9th Century

• This country’s Fujiwara family gained control of the Imperial Court in the 9th century • Japan
• In 801, Louis, son of this Frankish king, conquered Barcelona • Charlemagne
• This country’s Harold I consolidated his rule with a victory at Hafrs Fjord in 872 • Norway
• Around 895, this group, led by Arpad, moved into the Hungarian Plain • the Magyars
• St. Methodius & this saint developed an alphabet to translate the Bible into Slavic languages • [Saint] Cyril

The American Revolution

• One of the planners of the Boston Tea Party, this silversmith served as an officer in the Seven Years’ War • [Paul] Revere
• On Dec. 6, 1776, the British occupied the naval base at Newport in this colony • Rhode Island
• On July 5, 1777, Britain’s Burgoyne took back this fort the Green Mountain Boys took in May 1775 • [Fort] Ticonderoga
• Passed by Parliament on March 22, 1765, this act was viewed by the colonies as “taxation without representation” • The Stamp
• Major battles in this state include those at Brandywine & Germantown • Pennsylvania
• On Sept.11, 1777, this French aristocrat was wounded in his first action at the Battle of Brandywine • The [Marquis] [De] Lafayette
• Commanding the Providence, he raided British fisheries and seized 16 enemy ships • [John] [Paul] Jones
• In December 1778, this future Chief Justice was elected President of the Second Continental Congress • [John] Jay
• If every nerve is not strained. . . the game is pretty near up, Washington wrote before this Dec. 26, 1776 battle • The [Battle] of Trenton
• Fort Moultrie at this South Carolina port fell to the British May 6, 1780 • Charleston
• William Bradford came up with the symbol of a 13-segment snake & the slogan this “or die” • Unite
• This “Green Mountain boy” was captured in September 1775 & held by the British for over 2 -1/2 years • [Ethan] Allen
• Under this treaty ending the war, Britain pledged to remove its forces with “all convenient speed” • the [Treaty] of Paris
• The 2 battles of Freeman’s Farm in New York State are also known by the name of this nearby town • Saratoga [Springs]
• In 1780, this “swamp fox” was appointed Brigadier General of the South Carolina militia • [Francis] Marion

The Animal Kingdom

• It can pinch, bite & sting its prey anytime, not just between October 23 & November 21 • a scorpion
• Of living birds, its eggs are the largest, weighing about 3 pounds on the average • the ostrich
• The hermit type of this crustacean often makes its home in an empty snail shell • a crab
• In Mexico the Red-Kneed species of this large spider chases down small birds for lunch • goliath
• The Nubian is the most popular milk-producing breed of this animal in the U.S. • a goat

The Arts

• This classic Christmas ballet contains the “Waltz of the Flowers” • the Nutcracker
• These annual theatre awards are named for Antoinette Perry • the Tonys
• In 1995, Jerome Robbins turned this musical about teen street gangs into a dance work • Westside Story
• The Slave of Duty is an alternate title for this Gilbert & Sullivan operetta about buccaneers • The Pirates of Penzance
• In a Verdi opera, this title slave turns out to be an Ethiopian princess • Aida

The Bible

• He was the son of either Jacob or Heli as well as the husband of Mary • Joseph
• Nathan was a prophet in the court of this king & anointed his successor • [King] David
• Matthew lists 9 of these declarations whose name comes from Latin for “happiness”; Luke lists only 4 • the Beatitudes
• The name of this Old Testament book comes from the Septuagint & probably refers to the census that begins it • Numbers
• This third son of Adam lived 912 years • Seth
• According to Matthew, Mark & Luke, this Baptist was imprisoned before Jesus began his ministry • John the [Baptist]
• His mother used pitch to waterproof the basket in which she set him upon the Nile • Moses
• His first converts in Corinth were Stephanas & his household • Paul
• This name for the site of the final cosmic battle appears only in Revelation 16 :16 • Armageddon
• The eighth book of the Old Testamant is named for this loyal Moabite widow • Ruth

The Caribbean

• It’s the official language of Jamaica • English
• U.S. citizens arriving at its Luis Munoz Marin International Airport don’t have to clear customs • San Juan
• In this group, Tortola is connected to Beef Island by the Queen Elizabeth Bridge • The [British] Virgin Islands
• Palm Beach, one of the world’s best, is on this “A” of the ABC Islands • Aruba
• Over 500 offshore banks are located in George Town, the capital of this group • The Cayman [Islands]

The Civil War

• Offered command of the Union Troops, he instead became commander of Virginia’s military • [General] [R] [E] Lee
• This Civil War photographer studied photography with Samuel F. B. Morse • [Mathew] Brady
• On February 4, 1861, the Confederacy began setting up its government in this Alabama city • Montgomery
• Two battles occurred near Manassas, Virginia along this creek • Bull Run
• This prison near Americus, Georgia was a 26-acre log stockade with a stream flowing through it • Camp Sumter
• By June 1862, the Union held this river as far south as Memphis • the Mississippi [river]
• Killed by stray bullets, Jennie Wade is the only known civilian casualty of this 1863 Pennsylvania battle • The [Battle] of Gettysburg
• After the fall of this city in April 1865, Danville, Virginia became the last Confederate capital • Richmond
• When Sherman ended his march to the sea in 1864, he offered this city to Lincoln as “a Christmas gift” • Savannah
• Horace Greeley lost many subscribers after he helped post bail for this Confederate president • [Jeff] Davis

The Cold War

• Dien Bien Phu was the site of the final defeat of this nation by Vietnamese in 1954 • France
• Vaclav Havel was a member of Chapter 77, this country’s main dissident organization • Czechoslovakia
• In 1953, Allen Dulles was promoted from Deputy Director to head of this agency • the Central Intelligence Agency
• Enver Hoxha led this small Balkan nation from 1944 until his death in 1985 • Albania
• Ostpolitik was this German Chancellor’s policy of improving relations with eastern Europe • [Willy] Brandt

The Constitution

• While the 13th amendment banned this practice, it still allows involuntary servitude for convicts • slavery
• The constitution was established “to form a more perfect union” & to “insure domestic” this • tranquility
• This person presides over the impeachment trial of a President • The Chief Justice
• When The Constitution mentions this state, it includes “and providence plantations” • Rhode Island
• He signed The Constitution as “President and Deputy from Virginia” • [G.] Washington

The Elements

• Cesium & rubindium were discovered by Gustav Kirchhoff & this man famous for his burner • [Robert] Bunsen
• This metallic element’s symbol, Pb, derives from its Latin name, plumbum • lead
• Most fluorescent lights are filled with a combination of argon & this element, Kr • krypton
• Marie Curie named this rare element for the country where she was born • polonium
• Used to make transistors & semiconductors, it’s the most abundant element on Earth after oxygen • silicon ^
• The CD in your CD player doesn’t contain this element, Cd, but the batteries running it might • cadmium
• This element that cycles between the atmosphere & soil is fixed by bacteria • nitrogen
• Compounds featuring this element are used to treat the most common type of anemia • iron
• Holmium was named by Per Teodor Cleve for this, his home town • Stockholm
• Noble gas whose name is from the Greek word for “sun” • helium
• Although it takes a long time, this element, symbol Fe, can actually dissolve in water • iron
• The atomic weight of carbon is 12.011; the atomic weight of this element is 1.008 • Hydrogen
• The ancients thought lead & this, Sn, were different forms of the same metal • tin
• The Hall-Heroult process is used to produce this light metal, the most abundant in the Earth’s crust • aluminum
• A series on the periodic table is named after this element symbolized Ac • actinium

The Emmys

• In 1995 he won an Emmy for playing Frasier Crane • [Kelsey] Grammar
• This singer earned a 1995 Emmy nomination for appearing on “ER” opposite her nephew George • [Rosemary] Cloony
• After 5 Emmys, this “Murphy Brown” star took herself out of the running for 1996 to give others a chance • [Candice] Bergen
• Michael Lembeck won a 1996 directing Emmy for this sitcom’s “The one after the superbowl” episode • Friends
• In 1991 Emmys went to Patricia Wettig & Timothy Busfield who played couple Nancy & Elliot on this show • 30 Something

The Honeymooners

• Shortly after his 1808 wedding, he noted, “The honeymoon & the steamboat go on charmingly” • [Robert] Fulton
• This future president & his beautiful wife spent part of their 1953 honeymoon at the San Ysidro ranch in Santa Barbara • John [F.] Kennedy
• Queen Victoria exulted over her honeymoon night with him, “I never, never spent such an evening !!!” • [Prince] Albert
• About this honeymoon destination, Oscar Wilde said, “Every American bride is taken there” • Niagara Falls
• At the beginning of this 1890 Ibsen play, the title character has just returned from her honeymoon • [Hedda] Gabler

The Human Body

• Abbreviated TB, this disease is characterized by lesions in the lung tissue • tuberculosis
• The human body contains many of these; some are hinge, some are saddle, some are pivot types • joints
• Blood leaves the heart from ventricles & enters the heart through these chambers • atrium
• This vitamin produced when the skin is exposed to sunlight is toxic in excess • [vitamin] D
• These corpuscles are named for their shape rather than for their color • platelets
• Also called the tympanic membrane, it divides the external & middle ear • the ear drum
• In women, these egg-producing gonads are about the size & shape of an almond • the ovaries
• This organ receives blood from 2 sources, the hepatic artery & the portal vein • the liver
• Of the 3 types of these in the body, the skeletal or striated ones are the most abundant • muscles
• The name of this gland indicates that it lies “upon the kidney” • the adrenal [gland]
• There are 9 cartilages in the larynx & the largest of them forms this bulge • the Adam’s Apple
• The dilator muscle enlarges this part of the eye, while the sphincter muscle makes it smaller • the pupil
• In a single red blood cell there are more than 300 million molecules of this iron-rich pigment • hemoglobin^
• At the hip joint, this thighbone joins the pelvis • the femur
• About 10 inches long, it’s the part of the alimentary canal that connects the pharynx with the stomach • the esophagus

The Insect World

• The Red Admiral is a brush-footed type of this beautiful winged insect • a butterfly
• It fills the entire cavity of an insect’s body but does not carry oxygen to the cells • blood
• The Aedes Aegypti type of this insect spreads yellow fever & Dengue fever • the mosquito
• The “Japanese” type of this insect belongs to the Scarab family • the beetle
• It’s also known as the Devil’s darning needle • a damselfly
• In some female insects, the ovipositor, made to deposit these, may also be used as a stinger • eggs
• The codling type of this insect is known for destroying fruits, not clothes • the moth
• The brown-banded type of this kitchen pest is one of the most common • cockroaches ^ the cockroach
• This “royal” food that queen bees eat forms inside glands in the heads of worker bees • bee milk
• True flies belong to the order Diptera, whose name is from the Greek for “two” of these body parts • wing

The Masters

• His “Mona Lisa” may have lost her eyebrows in a careless cleaning • [Leonardo] DaVinci
• In 1656, Gianlorenzo Bernini began his greatest project, The Piazza fronting this Basilica • Saint Peter’s [Basilica]
• Francisco Bayeu helped Goya get commissions to design cartoons for these woven wall hangings • Tapestry
• Jacopo Da Pontormo was a founder of this style named for the Italian word Maniera • Mannerism
• This Dutch master left the University of Leiden in 1621 to continue his training as an artist • Rembrandt

The Middle Ages

• In 1430, this Maid of Orleans fell into the hands of the Burgundians, who turned her over to the English • Joan of Ark
• Later Bishop of Lincoln, Robert Grosseteste was Chancellor of this university c. 1215- 1221 • Oxford [University]
• Domenico Morosini, who became Doge in 1148, extended this city’s rule to Istria • Venice
• The “New Rome”, it withstood assaults by Russians & Bulgars but was captured by Ottomans in 1453 • Constantinople
• This town began to grow in importance after the Capetians made it their capital in 987 • Paris

The Mississippi

• This Mississippi River city, Mark Twain’s boyhood home, was extensively damaged in the 1993 floods • Hannibal MO
• Riverboat casino gambling has increased tourism in this Hawkeye State’s city of Bettendorf • Iowa
• This word for a Mississippi river embankment, comes from the French meaning “to rise” • Levee
• Ferde Grofe wrote his “Mississippi Suite” 6 years before this famous suite • The Grand Canyon [Suite]
• This future Republican President managed flood relief on the Mississippi in 1927 • [Herbert] Hoover

The Movies

• In 1995 Bruce Willis returned to the screen “With a Vengeance” in the 2nd sequel to this film • Die Hard
• “Mad Max 2” with Mel Gibson was released in the U.S. under this title • The Road Warrior
• Sydney Poitier helps a group of nuns build a chapel in this 1963 film that won him an Oscar • {Lilies of the Field}
• Don Ameche & Wilford Brimley were among the senior citizens rejuvenated in this 1985 film • Cocoon
• Jon Voight won an Oscar for his role as a paraplegic war vet in this 1978 film • Coming Home

The Munchies

• This popular snack is made with a flint variety of maize that has small, hard kernels • pop-corn
• The cruller, a kind of this fried treat, is made by twisting 2 strips together • a doughnut
• These brittle treats shaped into a loose knot are coated with coarse salt • pretzel
• This snack popularized by WWII GIs returning from Italy may have evolved from Egyptian flat bread • pizza
• Whether soft or hard, the name of this filled tortilla snack is Spanish for “plug” • tacos

The National Women’s Hall of Fame

• Sure as shootin’, this wild west star & inspiration for a musical is in the Hall • [Annie] Oakley
• She got the Red Cross to help victims of peacetime disasters, too • [Clara] Barton
• Not Ruth, but this other “Babe” of sports is in the Hall • M. [Babe] Didrikson [Zaharias]
• This Maine Senator, who passed away in 1995, is in the Hall • [Margaret] [C.] Smith
• In the Hall, are this woman & Elizabeth Cady Stanton, founders of the newspaper “The Revolution” • [Susan] [B.] Anthony

The Old Testament

• And whatsoever he called every living creature, that was the name thereof • Adam
• God told him to “Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians” • Moses
• Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be this • Abraham
• After interpreting Nebuchadnezzar’s dream he was made “ruler over the whole province of Babylon” • Daniel
• Jacob was the father of Joseph & Benjamin, she was their mother • Rachel
• Because not even 10 good people could be found in this wicked city the Lord destroyed it • Sodom
• This Philistine asked David “Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves?” • Goliath
• To build the temple in Jerusalem, Solomon used wood from the fir, the olive & this tree • the cedar
• The Old Testament refers to it as Mount Horeb & the Mountain of God • [Mt.] Sinai
• This biblical patriach was the son of Lamech & the grandson of Methuselah • Noah
• In Numbers chapter 10 Moses addressed this container as “Lord” • the Ark of the [Covenant]
• The musical instrument called a shofar was made from this part of a ram • the horn
• This beloved Psalm contains the line “Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies” • [Psalm] twenty-three
• This wife of Isaac was the daughter of Abraham’s nephew Bethuel • Rebecca
• This prophet ruled Israel at the end of the period of judges & anointed the first 2 kings • Samuel

The Oscars

• The first best picture winner, “Wings”, was set in this war • World War I
• For this 1942 film, James Cagney became the first actor to win for a musical • {Yankee Doodle Dandy}
• She accepted her Oscar for “The Three Faces of Eve” wearing a hundred-dollar dress, she made herself • [J.] Woodward
• This actress won an Oscar for her 1986 film debut in “Children of a Lesser God” • [Marlee] Matlin
• Paul Newman won an Oscar for this 1986 sequel to “The Hustler” • The Color of Money

The Planets

• The great red spot on this planet is so large it could cover the earth 3 times • Jupiter
• This closest planet to the sun has the shortest orbit around it, 88 days • Mercury
• In 1965, a panel of scientists asserted it was entirely possible there is life on this planet • Mars
• Pluto’s name was chosen partly to honor this astronomer with the initials P.L., who predicted its existence • [Percival] Lowell
• With a diameter of 25 miles, Cordelia is the smallest known moon of this planet; Titania is the largest • Uranus

The Revolutionary War

• On guard duty, this seamstress’s first husband John was killed in a 1776 explosion; she remarried twice • [Betsy] Ross
• John Trumbull was an officer & an artist; his works include “Surrender of” this man “at Yorktown” • [Lord] [Charles] Cornwallis
• The British opened the war by seizing this Georgia port December 29, 1778 • Savannah
• Ezra Lee was the pilot of David Bushnell’s “Turtle”, the first attack type of this craft • a submarine
• David Williams, John Pauling & Issac Van Wart became celebrities after capturing this major, a British spy • [John] Andre

The Roman Empire

• She met Mark Antony in Cilicia in 41 B.C. & they became lovers • Cleopatra
• This volcano near Pompeii, served as a refuge for slaves during the revolt of Spartacus • [Mount] Vesuvius
• Roman girls wore this famous garment until they married & adopted the stola or matron’s dress • the toga
• Under Augustus, this governmental body retained the privilege of minting all copper coinage • the Senate
• In 26 A.D., he succeeded Valerius Gratus as Procurator of Judea • [Pontius] Pilate

The Summer Olympics

• One of two Spinks brothers to win gold medals in boxing at the 1976 Olympic Games • Leon [Spinks]
• On July 28th, 1996, the USA’s Charles Austin set the Olympic record in this event with a leap of 7′ 10″ • High [Jump]
• In 1976, Hungary’s Miklos Nemeth threw this farther than any field apparatus in Olympic history: 310′ 4″ • Javelin
• Then with the Phoenix Suns, he was a member of the USA’s “dream team” in both 1992 & 1996 • [Charles] Barkley
• In 1984, he became the first man in 56 years to win the springboard & platform diving events in one Olympics • [Greg] Lougainis

The Supreme Court

• Justices may issue “Concurring” or “Dissenting” ones of these • Opinions
• In Texas vs Johnson, the court ruled that burning this national symbol was protected expression • The [U.S.] Flag
• Justices are allowed 4 of these assistants usually chosen from the top law school students • Legal Clerks
• As early as 1884 the court stated that these must be voluntary to be admissible in federal court • Confessions
• He was appointed Chief Justice in 1801, two months before the end of federalist rule • [John] Marshall
• This chief justice chaired the commission that investigated the assassination of J.F.K. • [Earl] Warren
• Before Bush appointed him to the court, he was assistant secretary of education for civil rights • [Clarence] Thomas
• Among associate justices, office assignments, seating on the bench, etc. are determined by this • Seniority
• The son of an Italian immigrant, in 1986 he became the 1st catholic appointed since Brennan in 1956 • [Antonin] Scalia
• The court struck down this type of tax in Pollock vs Farmers’ Loan & Trust Co. In 1895 • The income [tax]
• Justices must take 2 of these on joining the court, a “judicial” one & a “constitutional” one • an oath of [office]
• She tied for first in her Columbia Law School class but received no job offers from NYC firms • [R.] [B.] Ginsburg
• The court limited the reach of this Antitrust Act in 1895’s U.S. vs E.C. Knight Co. • the Sherman [Anti-trust] [Act]
• He replaced Brandeis on the court in 1939 & served until 1975 • [William] [O.] Douglas
• In U.S. vs Miller the court ruled this amendment permitted registration of sawed-off shotguns • the Second [Amendment]

The Tony Awards

• She not only co- hosted the 1995 Tony Awards, she won for playing Norma Desmond in “Sunset Boulevard” • [Glenn] Close
• She stunned Broadway by turning down her 1996 Tony nomination for best actress in a musical • [Julie] Andrews
• The best musical of 1980, it featured the song “Buenos Aires” • Evita
• Andrea McArdle was nominated for playing this title girl in 1977, but lost to her co-star Dorothy Loudon • Annie
• In 1995 John Glover won 1, not 2, Tonys for playing twins in the play titled “Love! Valour!” this! • Compassion!

The Western Hemisphere

• The deepest part of this gulf on the USA’s southern border is Sigsbee, at 17,070′ below sea level • The [Gulf] of Mexico
• About 2/3 of this Danish island lies north of the Arctic Circle • Greenland
• Headquarters House in this city was once the seat of the Jamaican government • Kingston
• Rafael Trujillo’s dictatorship over this nation lasted from 1930 until his 1961 assassination • The Dominican [Republic]
• South America’s northernmost point is Punta Gallinas in this country • Colombia

The White House

• The Harrisons were afraid to turn off these, installed during their stay, for fear of shock • [Electric] light
• The grounds contain the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden & this famous garden named for a flower • the Rose [Garden]
• This President planted the Magnolia, not Hickory, trees that shade the South Portico • [Andrew] Jackson^
• This President had a horseshoe pit installed at The White House in 1989 • [George] Bush
• The White House design is based on Leinster House, now the meeting place of this country’s parliament • Ireland

Theatre

• The quarrelsome acting couple in his 1976 comedy “California Suite”, reappears in his 1995 play “London Suite” • [Neil] Simon
• The 1994 Play “Vita & Virginia” starred Vanessa Redgrave as Vita Sackville-West & Eileen Atkins as this author • [Virginia] Woolf
• This 1979 play was based on the real-life story of John Merrick, who was exploited for his deformity • The Elephant Man
• This Arthur Miller play is based on the Salem witch trials of 1692 • The Crucible
• His 1892 comedy “Lady Windermere’s Fan” inspired the 1960 musical “A Delightful Season” • [Oscar] Wilde
• A Catholic woman & a Protestant man fall in love in “Remembrance”, set in this Northern Ireland capital • Belfast
• This Norwegian wrote his 1866 play “Brand” in rhyming verse • [Henrik] Ibsen
• This Greek-American diva is the leading character in Terrence McNally’s play “Master Class” • [Maria] Callas
• Edward II, his play about a murdered king, premiered around 1592; sadly, he was killed in 1593 • [Christopher] Marlowe
• A man named Berenger appears in several of his plays, including “Rhinoceros” & “Exit The King” • [E.] Ionescu
• Andrew Lloyd Webber’s first musical tells of this biblical hero & his “Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” • Joseph
• Herschel Bernardi played this title Greek in a musical, based on a Nikos Kazantzakis novel. • Zorba
• James Earl Jones starred on the Great White Way in this drama, set in the world of boxing • {The Great White Hope}
• Tennessee Williams turned his unproduced screenplay “The Gentleman Caller” into this play • The Glass Menagerie
• Each act of this Beckett play ends with one of the 2 tramps saying, “Yes, let’s go”, but they never move • {Waiting for Godot}

Time

• Phrases for times that will never come include “when hell freezes over” & “the 30th of” this month • February
• The special theory of relativity links this & time, in a continuum • space
• The first unit of time mentioned in The Bible • Day
• A 1483 Flavio Biondo work used this 2-word term for the era between the decline of Rome & his time • The Middle Ages
• This ancient time measuring device must be designed for its specific location on Earth • a sun dial
• This newsmagazine premiered on CBS September 24, 1968 • 60 Minutes
• In 1954, he became the first person to run a mile in under 4 minutes • [Roger] Bannister
• In 1932, she crossed the Atlantic alone in 13 hours, 30 minutes • [Amelia] Earhart
• Andy Warhol once said everyone will be famous for this number of minutes • 15
• Delivered November 19, 1863, it lasted only 2 minutes • The Gettysburg Address

Tough Facts

• Throughout the Middle Ages, it was the principal, if not the only, table utensil • the knife
• Former county of England known for a pudding & a terrier • Yorkshire
• Spanky was part of “our gang” & Chiang Ch’Ing, Mao’s widow, was part of this gang • The Gang of 4
• Some parts of this 1,250-mile-long structure are 100 miles from shore • The Great Barrier Reef
• From the Arabic for “authority”, it’s the title used by monarchs of the Seljuk & Ottoman Empires • sultan

Tough TV Trivia

• In the 1966-67 season, this Adam West superhero series aired 2 nights a week • Batman
• Rachel Green worked at this coffeehouse where her “Friends” like to hang out • Central Perk [Coffee] [house]
• George Clooney has been a regular on 2 medical shows with this 2-letter title • E.R.
• It was the second anthology series hosted by Rod Serling • Night Gallery
• On a 1995 “Mad About You”, he reprised his “Dick Van Dyke Show” role of Alan Brady • Karl Ryner

Town & Country

• Uppsala, Goteborg, Orrefors • Sweden
• Freising, Freudenstadt, Heidenheim • Germany
• Chantilly, Montargis, Villeneuve-le-Roi • France
• Sudbury, Consort, Thunder Bay • Canada
• Abashiri, Narita, Shiogama • Japan

Transportation

• In May 1995, this company delivered its first 777 • Boeing
• In 1979, Israel sent its first cargo ship through this waterway • the Suez [Canal]
• This runnerless sled was first used by North American Indians to haul supplies & game over the snow • a toboggan
• This type of aircraft is sometimes called a sailplane • a glider
• It’s the name shared by an early warship propelled by oars & the kitchen of a boat or ship • galley

Travel & Tourism

• Maid of the Mist boats depart from the U.S. & Canadian sides at this site • Niagara Falls
• It’s said that on a clear day, you can see for about 40 miles from this Paris landmark • The Eiffel Tower
• Mayan ruins & clear Caribbean waters help make Cancun this country’s most popular tourist destination • Mexico
• Sunset over Moorea is a great sight to behold from this nearby Polynesian Island • Tahiti
• Columbus’ “Fair Weather Gulf”, this romantic bay is the home of the Bob Marley Performing Arts Centre • Montego [Bay] [Jamaica]
• A popular tourist stop in this state is Natural Bridge in Daniel Boone National Forest • Kentucky
• A 2-mile stone bridge crossing an Adriatic lagoon connects this Italian city with the mainland • Venice
• Attractions in this European capital include Amalienborg Palace & The New Carlsberg Museum • Copenhagen
• Lodgings in this capital city include the Hotel De L’Annapurna & the Hotel Himalaya • Kathmandu
• Children can wear old clothes in The Dressup Shop, part of this Massachusetts city’s Children’s Museum • Boston
• This capital of Washington is a great place to sample the oysters of the same name • Olympia
• A state park in Columbus in this state is named for Pancho Villa • New Mexico
• There’s a statue of Henrik Ibsen in front of the National Theatre in this capital city • Oslo
• The County Wicklow Gardens Festival is one of this country’s most fragrant annual events • Ireland
• The tallest surviving Mayan building is a temple at the ruins of Tikal in this Central American country • Guatemala
• AAA gives a rating of this many diamonds to the finest restaurants • Five
• Tea & cookies are served in the Japanese Tea Garden in this city’s Golden Gate Park • San Francisco
• You’ll find The Broad Walk, Serpentine Road & Rotten Row in this British park • Hyde [Park]
• This pianist’s Las Vegas Museum displays his sequined Neptune costume, which weighs over 200 pounds • Liberace
• At Epcot, this country’s pavilion boasts a replica of the Koutoubia Minaret in Marrakech • Morocco

Travel U.S.A.

• Cliff Walk, a dramatic 3-mile path along the coast, is a highlight of this Rhode Island resort city • Newport
• You can take guided tours of poet Carl Sandburg’s home in Flat Rock in this “Tar Heel State” • North Carolina
• Greenville in this state is the home of the annual Delta Blues Festival • Mississippi
• This presidential home 8 miles south of Alexandria, VA. is open every day of the year including holidays • Mt. Vernon
• This state is the site of the annual Makawao Rodeo • Hawaii

Treaties

• The 1815 Treaty of Paris was signed after his final defeat at Waterloo • Napoleon the [1st]
• This treaty, signed in France in June 1919, didn’t take effect until January 10, 1920 • Versailles’ [Treaty]
• The major issue settled by 1842’s Webster- Ashburton Treaty was the disputed border of Canada & this NE state • Maine
• Reached in 1993, the 2nd of these treaties calls for Russia & the U.S. to reduce their nuclear warheads by 2/3 • the Strategic Arms Reduction [Treaty]
• U.S. & British representatives in Europe signed this treaty December 24, 1814 • the [Treaty] of Ghent

Trees

• Popular ornamental types of this tree include Brittle & Weeping • the Willow
• The sugar species of this tree is a fine ornamental tree but is intolerant of road salt • a Maple
• Varieties of this fruit tree are grouped into Freestone & Clingstone • the peach [tree]
• This state tree of Mississippi has the largest undivided leaves & flowers of any tree in the temperate region • the Magnolia [tree]
• This “Bald” swamp tree is the state tree of Louisiana • the [Bald] Cypress

Tunnels

• The world’s first automobile tunnel, the Holland Tunnel, was completed under this river, in 1927 • the Hudson [River]
• The Channel Tunnel or Chunnel, was constructed under the Strait of this • [Strait] of Dover
• Tunnels under the Mersey River connect Birkenhead with this British port city • Liverpool
• A string of tunnels runs under this Sierra Nevada pass, named for a famous “party” • Donner [Pass]
• The first tunnel under this Egyptian waterway was opened in 1980 • the Suez [Canal]

TV Cartoons

• This series ended its ’94 – ’95 season with a “Who Shot Mr. Burns?” cliffhanger • The Simpsons
• This title dog’s real first name is Scoobert • Scooby Doo^
• This Nickelodeon cartoon shows the adventures of baby Tommy Pickles & his friends • Rugrats
• Hank & his family, residents of Arlen, Texas, are the focus of this Fox show • {King of the Hill}
• It’s the last name of Animaniacs Wakko, Yakko & Dot • Warner

TV Characters

• This “Addams Family” character usually entered a room with the words “You rang …” • Lurch
• This Candice Bergen character gave up cigarettes & booze after a stay at the Betty Ford Clinic • Murphy Brown
• On “In the Heat of the Night”, Howard Rollins played this role originated by Sidney Poitier on film • [Virgil] Tibbs
• Doctors on this series include Susan Lewis, Mark Greene & Peter Benton • E R
• In 1966, Alice Pearce won a posthumous Emmy for her role as neighbor Gladys Kravitz on this ABC sitcom • Be-Witched

TV of the 90’s

• 1998, saw this NBC sitcom with Jerry, Elaine, George & Kramer, sign off the air • Seinfeld
• On his “show”, Kathy Kinney plays Mimi, a contentious co-worker, in blue eye shadow • Drew Carey
• The apartment complex, located at 4616 on this title L.A. Street, is home to some “FOX”y ladies • Melrose Place
• She plays Roma Downey’s angel boss on “Touched By An Angel” • [Della] Reese
• In 1997, this show’s live season premiere drew 43 million viewers to NBC • ER ^ E.R.

TV Sitcoms

• This series with Tim Daly & Steven Weber was set at Tom Nevers Field • W.I.N.G.S.
• For 8 years this comedian played Dick Loudon, owner of the Stratford Inn • [Bob] Newhart
• This Tim Allen sitcom finished the 1993-94 season as television’s No. 1 show • Home Improvement
• Lisa Kudrow plays twin sisters, one on “Mad about you”, one on this series • Friends
• On “Seinfeld” it was revealed that this is Kramer’s first name • Cosmo

TV to Film

• TV wasn’t the final frontier for this series; in 1979 it became “The Motion Picture” • {Star Trek}
• Danger! Danger! In a 1998 film, this family was “Lost in Space”, like their TV counterparts • the Robinsons
• In the movie versions, she played Carol Brady • [S.] Long ^ [Shelley] Long
• John Goodman played the movie version of this cartoon character. Yabba–Dabba–Doo! • Fred [Flintstone]
• Harrison Ford was Dr. Richard Kimble in this movie based on a TV show • The Fugitive

TV Trivia

• Seals & Crofts sang this law school series’ theme “The First Years” • The Paper Chase
• 1980s series on which Captain Frank Furillo married public defender Joyce Davenport • Hill Street Blues
• After shooting the first 4 episodes of the 1994 – 1995 season, he left “NYPD Blue” to pursue a film career • [David] Caruso
• Barbara Eden starred in the film & TV versions of this Jeannie C.Riley hit song • Harper Valley [PTA]
• He was the second person to play Chester A. Riley on TV, Jackie Gleason was the first • [William] Bendix

 

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U.S. Cities

• The cities of Highland Park & Hamtramck are surrounded by this Michigan city • Detroit
• This midwest city is home base to Cardinals, Rams & Clydesdales • St. Louis
• Nevada’s largest city, it grew from a population of 8,500 in 1940 to 258,000 in 1990 • [Las] Vegas
• Hamar, Norway is a sister city of this largest North Dakota city • Fargo
• Edward Kemeys designed the bronze lions guarding the main entrance to the Art Institute of this midwest city • Chicago
• The name of this largest Wisconsin city comes from an Algonquian word that may mean “a good place” • Milwaukee
• In 1905 this Oregon city hosted the Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition • Portland
• The submarine USS Drum is on display at this Alabama port city’s waterfront • Mobile
• Only 2 West Virginia cities have a population over 50,000; Huntington & this one • Charleston
• During World War II, this Kansas city produced 26,000 military aircraft • Wichita
• It’s the oldest city in Kansas; a federal penitentiary lies within the city limits • Leavenworth
• This Alabama capital is named for a revolutionary war hero • Montgomery
• This Arizona city’s name, Spanish for “table”, refers to its location on flat land • Mesa
• On a map this state capital is found at 21 degrees, 18′ N. Latitude, 157 degrees 50′ W. Longitude • Honolulu [Hawaii]
• This Missouri city was the starting point of the Santa Fe Trail & the home of President Truman • Independance
• This home of Disney World was probably named for a soldier killed in the second Seminole War • Orlando
• This capital’s largest public employer is the state of South Dakota • Pierre
• Camden, New Jersey is in the metropolitan area of this Pennsylvania city • Philadelphia
• It’s the “Golden City” of the “Golden State” • Sacramento
• This Tennessee city was built during World War II as part of the Manhattan Project • Oak Ridge

U.S. Geography

• Galesburg, seat of this state’s Knox County, was the site of a Lincoln-Douglas debate • Illinois
• A railroad president named Aberdeen, South Dakota for his birthplace in this country • Scotland
• This largest Oregon city is home to the International Rose Test Gardens • Portland
• Johns Hopkins University in this city is the home of the Lacrosse Hall of Fame • Baltimore
• Located in Kentucky, it’s the site of the U.S. Gold Bullion Depository • Fort Knox
• Alaska’s Pribilof Islands in this sea are noted as a breeding ground for fur seals • The Bering [Sea]
• Much of New Jersey’s western border is provided by this river • The Delaware [River]
• Illinois’ 60-odd miles of shoreline are provided by this Great Lake • [Lake] Michigan
• Rhode Island, Connecticut & this state meet at a point in Fishers Island Sound • New York
• Mount Washington in this state’s Presidential Range is New England’s highest • New Hampshire
• It’s the only U.S. state that lies on the Atlantic Ocean & the Gulf of Mexico • Florida
• Of the Great Lakes, it’s the farthest west • [Lake] Superior
• This city is the seat of Washington’s King County • Seattle
• This 14,495-foot mountain is located in California’s Sequoia National Park • [Mount] Whitny
• Idaho’s lowest point, 710 feet above sea level, lies at the juncture of the Clearwater River & this river • The Snake [River]

U.S. History

• Capt. Charles D. Sigsbee was in command of this ship when it blew up February 15, 1898 • The Maine
• The steeple of this Boston church, where lanterns were hung April 18, 1775, blew down in 1804 • The Christ [Church]
• 1840s guidebooks could lead you landmark by landmark along this trail from Independence to Astoria • The Oregon [Trail]
• In January 1949, this Secretary of State known for his postwar “plan”, resigned for health reasons • [Georges] [C] Marshall
• The Treaty of New Echota said these Indians would move west for $5 million & 7 million acres • The Cherokee
• Soon after taking office in 1981, this president lifted the grain embargo on the Soviet Union • [Ronald] Reagan
• In 1858, this Democrat from Illinois won reelection to the U.S. Senate • [Stephen] Douglas
• In 1920, this president signed legislation returning the railroads to private ownership • [Woodrow] Wilson
• On August 29, 1877, this leader of the Mormon Church died • [Brigham] Young
• Toussaint Charbonneau reportedly won this Shoshone woman, Lewis & Clark’s guide, while gambling • Sacajawaya
• He stormed Kettle Hill in 1898 with extra pairs of glasses sewn into his hat in case a few got shot off • Teddy Roosevelt
• In 1860, this party split into northern & southern factions, each with its own candidate • the Democratic [Party]
• The sea island variety of this textile crop was introduced from the Bahamas in 1786 • Cotton
• Rosa Parks was on a bus in this city December 1, 1955 when she refused to give up her seat • Montgomery [Alabama]
• 1803’s Marbury vs Madison decision, declaring a law unconstitutional, was written by this Chief Justice • [John] Marshall

U.S. Presidents

• In 1774, this Virginian wrote the pamphlet, “A Summary View of the Rights of British America” • [T.] Jefferson
• In 1943, this PT-109 skipper helped save the lives of his crew & won a Purple Heart • J. [F.] Kennedy ^ J.F.K.
• This future President graduated from Abilene High School in 1909 • [Dwight] [D.] Eisenhower
• While at Princeton, he was a member of the American Whig Society Debating Club • [Woodrow] Wilson
• In 1820, this President ran unopposed for re-election • [James] Monroe
• This second President was nicknamed “The Father of American Independence” • [John] Adams
• Nicknamed “Handsome Frank” he was the only President to affirm, not swear to, the oath of office • [Franklin] Pierce
• As an army captain, this future President commanded artillery in France during WWI • [Harry] [S.] Truman
• Fewer than 120,000 popular votes separated Richard Nixon from this man in 1960 • John [F.] Kennedy
• In July 1893 this U.S. President underwent a secret cancer operation aboard the yacht “Oneida” • [Grover] Cleveland
• He began his first inaugural speech with “President Hoover, Mr. Chief Justice, my friends” • Franklin [D.] Roosevelt
• This President was named for Chester Abell, the doctor who delivered him • [Chester] [A.] Arthur
• The 1857 Dred Scott decision, 2 days into his term, complicated his efforts to unify the country • [James] Buchanan
• The 1823 Monroe Doctrine was actually the work of this man, Monroe’s Secretary of State • [John] [Quincy] Adams
• As Envoy Extraordinary to France, this future President helped arrange The Louisiana Purchase • [James] Monroe

U.S. Rivers

• This “Big River” flows from San Juan county in Colorado to the Gulf of Mexico • the Rio Grande
• In 1832 Henry Schoolcraft identified Lake Itasca in Minnesota as this river’s source • the Mississippi [River]
• This Virginia river is navigable as far inland as Richmond • the James [River]
• This river provides part of Pennsylvania’s border with New York & New Jersey • the Delaware [River]
• The chief tributaries of this flat, shallow Nebraska river are the Loup & Elkhorn rivers • the Platte [River]

U.S. Skyscrapers

• Skyscrapers in this city include 191 Peachtree Tower, Westin Peachtree Plaza & One Peachtree Center • Atlanta
• This northwest city’s Columbia Seafirst Center is more than 300 feet taller than its’ Space Needle • Seattle
• In the 1970s, windows kept falling out of this city’s new John Hancock Tower • Boston
• One Liberty Place, in this eastern city, rises 63 stories • Philadelphia
• Nationsbank Corporate Center towers 871 feet over this city, North Carolina’s largest • Charlotte

U.S. States

• The front of this state’s seal features Lord Baltimore dressed as a knight • Maryland
• This New England state is about as large as the other 5 New England states combined • Maine
• This state has only 2 metropolitan statistical areas: Billings & Great Falls • Montana
• A region in the southern part of this state is called Acadiana • Louisiana
• In 1913 this state chose “On the Banks of the Wabash Far Away” as its state song • Indiana

U.S.A.

• This Virginia capital is on the site of a cross erected by Capt. Christopher Newport May 24, 1607 • Richmond
• The Wadsworth Atheneum, America’s oldest public art museum, is located in this Connecticut capital • Hartford
• The visitor’s center at this fort offers a film on the writing of “The Star-Spangled Banner” • [Fort] Mac Henry
• A formation known as Half Dome rises more than 4,700 feet in this California National Park • Yosemite
• What’s thought to be the oldest log cabin in the U.S. is located on Vermont’s Grand Isle in this lake • [Lake] Champlain
• This “Sunshine State” is also known as “The Alligator State” • Florida
• At 4,145 feet, Black Mountain is the highest point in this “Bluegrass State” • Kentucky
• Washington is bounded on the south by Oregon & on the east by this state • Idaho
• Laguna Madre separates this island from the Texas mainland • Padre [Island]
• The Pamlico & Albemarle Sounds are found along the coast of this Southern State • North Carolina
• At least 120 of these hot water spouts in Yellowstone National Park have names, including Giant & Clepsydra • geysers
• North & South sections of I-95 join at the 8-lane Fort McHenry Tunnel in this city • Baltimore
• The Atchafalaya Floodway & The Bonnet Carre Spillway help control flooding in this Southern state • Louisiana
• The eastern most point of this state’s outer banks is on Cape Hatteras National Seashore • North Carolina
• Meaning “foot of the mountain” it’s the name of the area between the Blue Ridge Mountains & the Atlantic Ocean • The Piedmont

 

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“V”ocabulary

• An animal doctor • vet
• It’s the willful destruction of public or private property • vandalism
• It’s a porch or balcony, usually roofed, along the outside of a house • veranda^
• French word for a small piece of hand luggage • valise
• It can refer to a boat or a bowl • vessel

Vice Presidents

• This Vice President is the only man born in Washington, D.C. to serve in that office • [Albert] Gore [Jr.]
• In the 1970’s this Indianan worked briefly as associate publisher of The Huntington Herald-Press • [Dan] Quale
• Only 2 men have been appointed VP under the 25th Amendment: Gerald Ford & this New York governor • Nelson [A.] Rockefeller
• In 1944 he helped organize Minnesota’s Democratic Farmer-Labor Party • [Hubert] [H.] Humfrey
• He was the first Vice President to become acting President, for about 8 hours in 1985 • [George] Bush

Vocabulary

• Bifid, as in the case of a snake’s tongue, means this • divided
• While this bed cover can be any color, it takes its name from the French word for white • blanket
• It’s the term for a word or phrase that reads the same way backwards & forwards • palindrome
• It’s the more common term for a dactylogram; yours is unique • finger prints
• This word meaning to wind & turn or wander aimlessly comes from the name of a river in Asia Minor • meander
• A woman who practices this is called a Yogini • Yoga
• It’s a “comfortable” name for a teapot cover • a cozy
• From the Latin mango, “salesman”, this word can stand alone but usually follows “fish” or “gossip” • monger
• Something that displays eutexia does this easily, like ice cream • melts
• A baby doctor • a Pediatrician

 

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Washington State

• 2 restaurants atop this 605-foot Seattle landmark turn at one revolution per hour • The Space Needle
• One of the world’s longest floating structures of this type carries I-90 traffic over Lake Washington • a pontoon bridge
• Tacoma’s name was derived from Tahoma, an Indian name for this mountain • Mount Rainier
  In 1859, U.S. settlers fought settlers from this European country in the “Pig War” for the San Juan Islands •
• England
• This dam on the Columbia River has a generating capacity of nearly 6.5 million kilowatts • the Grand Coulee [Dam]

Weather

• A lot of this blowing around creates a “whiteout” • snow
• If you experience a wind known as a sirocco, you’re in this desert • the Arabian [desert]
• Air pressure is usually measured in millibars or in inches of this liquid metal • mercury^
• In the U.S., thunderstorms occur most often over this state’s peninsula • Florida
• When this, the border of an air mass, passes over a fixed location, there’s a sudden change in the weather • a front
• This storm’s name is derived from Spanish Tronada, meaning “thunderstorm” • a tornado
• Atmospheric pressure reaches its lowest point in this less cloudy central region of a hurricane • the eye
• The most severe of these dry spells in the 20th Century affected Africa’s Sahel region • a drought
• The aneroid type of this instrument measures the effect of air pressure on a metal chamber • a barometer
• A buran is the Russian equivalent of this North American storm, characterized by blowing snow • a blizzard

Weights & Measures

• Sun, Koku & Shaku have been used as units of measurement in this country • Japan
• For most liquids, it’s equal to 31.5 gallons • a barrel
• The abbreviation for this unit is from the latin word libra, meaning “scale” • the pound
• Named for a French physicist, it’s a measurement of an electric current’s rate of flow • the Ampere
• Number of pecks in “a bushel and a peck” • 5
• It’s the number of degrees in a circle • 360
• If a gallon of milk is too hard to handle, you can buy this many quarts; it’s the same • 4
• A hectare, a metric measure of area, is equal to 2.47 of these units • acres
• Barometers often measure atmospheric pressure in these units, abbreviated mb • millibars
• A square foot contains this many square inches • one hundred and forty-four

What a Prince!

• This husband of Queen Victoria worked well with Sir Robert Peel, but quarreled with Lord Palmerston • [Prince] Albert
• Owen Glendower, a prince of this country, led its last major revolt against English rule • Wales
• It’s said this Prince of Orange was dubbed “the Silent” by his enemy, Cardinal Granvelle • William I
• He succeeded his grandfather Louis II Matignon-Grimaldi in 1949 • [Prince] Rainier III
• In 1993 Prince Norodom Ranariddh became first Prime Minister of this country • Cambodia

What Ails You

• Evidence of heart disease is found in this part of the eye, the easiest place to view small blood vessels • the retina
• In extreme cases, temporary, partial blindness may precede one of these severe headaches • a migraine
• Swollen salivary glands are the chief symptom of this common childhood viral disease • the mumps
• Name for the nerve involved, it’s a pain that extends from the lower back through the thigh & leg • sciatica
• Emphysema destroys the walls of these tiny air sacs in the lungs • the alveoli

Where “R” We?

• This capital is located at the mouth of the Bou Regreg on Morocco’s northwestern coast • Rabat
• Virginia Dare was born on this island in 1587 • Roanoke [Island]
• This Nevada city was once billed as “the divorce capital of the world” • Reno
• When Burma became Myanmar in 1989, this city became Yangon • Rangoon
• The ancient Romans believed this river was a shield protecting Gaul from the wild German tribes • the Rhine

Wired for Cable

• It’s this actor’s resonant voice that announces, “This is CNN” • James Earl Jones
• Cartoons on this hilarious cable channel include “Dr. Katz, professional therapist” & “South Park” • Comedy Central
• In 1985 MTV launched this sister channel to play adult contemporary soft rock videos for an older generation • VH-1
• In the Showtime series based on this 1994 film Richard Dean Anderson picks up where Kurt Russell left off • Stargate [SG 1]
• He plays talk show host Larry Sanders on HBO’s “The Larry Sanders’ Show” • [Gary] Shandling

Wisconsin

• This liquid accounts for a majority of income on the state’s farms • milk
• This city is home to the Pabst Theater & Pabst Mansion • Milwaukee
• This capital city is the state’s second most populous • Madison
• New Glarus was settled by emigrants from this country’s Canton of Glarus • Switzerland
• This state nickname was first used for Wisconsin lead miners who dug their homes in hillsides • Badger

Women

• In 1970, this lead singer left the Supremes after an appearance in Las Vegas • Diana Ross
• A candidate for Vice President in 1984, she ran for the Senate in 1992 • [Geraldine] Ferraro
• Urged by Louis Leakey, she went to Africa to study Mountain Gorillas in 1966 • [Diane] Fossey
• In 1975, a New Jersey park was named for this swimmer of the English Channel • [Gertrude] Ederle
• As well as MADD, she founded SADD, Students Against Driving Drunk • [Candy] Lightner
• Her naked ride is probably legendary, but she did help found a Monastery in Coventry • [Lady] Godiva
• She helped found the National Women’s Political Caucus in 1971 & a year later launched Ms. Magazine • [Gloria] Steinem
• She & her husband Julius were convicted of espionage on the testimony of her brother David Greenglass • Ethel Rosenberg
• This First Lady had 2 children with her first husband, John Todd, whom she married in 1790 • Dolley Madison
• She married Adolf Hitler in a Berlin air raid shelter April 29, 1945 & killed herself the next day • [E.] Braun

Women In History

• In his “Generall Historie”, Capt. John Smith said he would have been killed if not for her • Pocahontas
• She married Napoleon after her first husband was guillotined during France’s Reign of Terror • Josephine
• In 1922, she broke a women’s shooting record by smashing 100 clay targets in a row • [Annie] Oakley
• During the 1980s, she headed 2 cabinet departments, Transportation & Labor • [Elizabeth] Dole
• Of the 4 people hanged in connection with the Lincoln assassination, she was the only woman • [Mary] Surratt

Women in Sports

• With Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Cheryl Miller & Anne Donovan entered the Hall of Fame for this sport in 1995 • basketball
• This Norwegian is the only woman to win 3 straight Olympic gold medals in figure skating • [S.] Henie
• This speed skater was chosen Sports Illustrated’s 1994 Sportswoman of the Year • [Bonnie] Blair
• In June 1993, Julie Krone became the 1st woman jockey to win this 3rd leg of The Triple Crown • The Belmont [Stakes]
• Second in all- time tournament victories, this American was inducted into The Tennis Hall of Fame in 1995 • [Chrissie] Evert [Lloyd]
• Austria’s Annemarie Moser-Proll won a record 36 World Cup downhill events in this sport • skiing
• This U.S.-Czech star’s 56 Grand Slam tennis titles are second only to Margaret Court’s 62 • [Martina] Navratilova
• Midori Ito was the first woman to perform a triple axel in international competition in this sport • [figure] skating
• This American speed skater was the 1989 world sprint champion • [Bonnie] Blair
• In 1993 this gymnast won both the National & World Titles in all-around uneven bars & floor exercise • Shannon Miller

Women Poets

• This “Belle of Amherst” dressed in white in her later years • [Emily] Dickinson
• In 1956 she married British poet Ted Hughes while in England on a Fulbright scholarship • [Sylvia] Plat
• Poet who, in 1883, penned the words “I left my lamp beside the Golden Door” • [Emma] Lazarus
• Known for her wedding songs, she was born around 620 B.C. on the island of Lesbos • Sappho
• This Poet Laureate of Illinois won the 1950 Pulitzer Prize for her second collection, “Annie Allen” • [Gwendolyn] Brooks

Women’s Firsts

• In 1900, Margaret Abbott wasn’t teed off when she became the 1st woman to win Olympic gold in this sport • golf
• By dogsled, in 1986, Ann Bancroft became the first woman to arrive here with no outside help • the North Pole
• Ann Shaw Carter, the 1st woman rated to pilot this type of craft, is a member of the Whirly Girls • a copter
• In 1976, this former child star became the 1st woman named Chief of Protocol for a U.S. President • Shirley Temple [Black]
• This 1st woman to head the motion picture academy won Oscars for “Dangerous” & “Jezebel”, out of 10 nominations • [Bette] Davis

Women’s Landmarks

• Queen Liliuokalani was once the organist at Kawaiahao Church in this state capital • Honolulu
• The birthplace of this founder of The American Red Cross is now a museum in North Oxford, Mass. • [Clara] Barton
• A church in Grafton, W. VA. is the international shrine of this holiday first observed May 10, 1908 • Mothers’ Day
• A life-size statue of this heroine of The Battle of Monmouth marks her grave in Carlisle, Penn. • [Molly] Pitcher
• A building named for this black abolitionist, stands on the site of her famous 1851 speech in Akron • [Sojourner] Truth

Women’s Landmarks

• Queen Liliuokalani was once the organist at Kawaiahao Church in this state capital • Honolulu
• The birthplace of this founder of The American Red Cross is now a museum in North Oxford, Mass. • [Clara] Barton
• A church in Grafton, W. VA. is the international shrine of this holiday first observed May 10, 1908 • Mothers’ Day
• A life-size statue of this heroine of The Battle of Monmouth marks her grave in Carlisle, Penn. • [Molly] Pitcher
• A building named for this black abolitionist, stands on the site of her famous 1851 speech in Akron • [Sojourner] Truth

Women’s Novelists

• Shadows on the Rock is a novel about French colonists in Quebec, by this author of “O Pioneers!” • [Willa] Cather
• In 1970, this “Valley of the Dolls” author appeared off-broadway in “The Madwoman of Chaillot” • [Jacqueline] Susann
• In the 1970s, this British romance novelist recorded an “Album of Love Songs” with the Royal Philharmonic • [Barbara] [Hamilton] McCorquodale
• She was a member of Vassar’s class of 1933, like the heroines of her novel “The Group” • [Mary] MacCarthy
• Among the female novelists born in this Irish capital, were Iris Murdoch & Elizabeth Bowen • Dublin
• This author of “The Fountainhead” graduated from The University of Petrograd in 1924 • [Ayn] Rand
• Elizabeth Spencer set her novel “The Light In The Piazza”, in this country where she had lived, in the 1950s • Italy
• This “Gigi” novelist wrote “Cheri” in 1920 & “The Last of Cheri” in 1926 • [Sidonie] [Gabrielle] Colette
• Dorlcote Mill, in her book “The Mill On The Floss”, resembles Arbury Estate, where she played as a child • Georges Eliot
• Anne Tyler is often compared to this female novelist, from Mississippi, her favorite writer • [Eudora] Welty

Word

• From the Greek for “To leave out”, it’s an obscuring of one celestial body by another • Eclipse
• Put the words together and you’ll see the name of this artwork means it’s “of the muses” • Mosaic
• From a Latin word meaning “to hang” comes this word for an ornament that hangs from a necklace • Pendant
• The word “spider” comes from an old English form of this verb, referring to its web-weaving • Spin
• The name of this ancient & elaborate coffin is from the Greek for “flesh-eating”; how gruesome • Sarcophagus

Word Origins

• This synonym for enormous comes from the name of a famous elephant exhibited by P.T. Barnum • Jumbo
• Llama & quinine are among the words derived from Quechua, the language of this ancient empire • Incas
• The name of this black & white bearlike mammal is believed to be a native Nepalese word • the panda
• Popular winter sports equipment whose name is from old Norse for “sticks of wood” • skis
• This other name for a divan is derived from an Arabic word for a platform or bench • a sofa
• A chatty person has “The gift of” this, a word derived from middle English for “To scoff” • Gab
• The name of these noted Cavalrymen of Russia comes from a Turkish word for “adventurer” • the Cossacks
• The name of this room where you get sun is a Latin word for a terrace • a Solarium
• From the Latin word for “shaggy” or “bristly”, it’s a synonym for hairy • hirsute
• This word for cosmetic treatment of the fingernails comes in part from manus, Latin for “hand” • manicure
• The name of this powerful explosive comes from the Greek word for “power”, dynamis • dynamite
• The name of this wheat used to make pasta comes from durus, Latin for “hard” • durum
• This men’s formal attire got its name from a village in New York state • a tuxedo
• Our word “score” comes from scoru, Old English for this number • 20
• Ostrakon, the pottery fragment used to vote for banishment, gave us this word for exclusion • ostracism

World Capitals

• The name of this South American city is Spanish for “good air” • BuenosAires
• Although it lies in a predominantly Flemish region, this capital is mainly French speaking • Brussels
• This Ecuadoran capital lies on the slopes of Pichincha, an active volcano • Kito
• Throughout the 1800s, it was the world’s largest city • London
• This Somali capital was one of the earliest Arab settlements on Africa’s East Coast • Mogadishu
• Residents of this African city are called Cairenes • Cairo
• You’ll find this capital of the Dominican Republic at the mouth of the Ozama River • Santo Domingo
• This city founded in 1693 didn’t become capital of Jamaica until 1872 • Kingston
• This capital of Saudi Arabia was built at an oasis • Riyad
• In 1932 Cholon was combined with this city in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta • Saigon
• This Dutch city’s stock exchange, one of the world’s oldest, was founded around 1608 • Amsterdam
• El Capitolio, the capitol building in this Venezuelan city, is noted for its beautiful gilded dome • Caracas
• The Bulgarian city now called this was once known as Sredets • Sofia
• The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa is headquartered in this Ethiopian city • Addis
• The childhood home of New Zealand writer Katherine Mansfield is an attraction in this capital city • Wellington
• This city dates back to the founding of the Roman settlement of Londinium in 43 A.D. • London
• This capital is located at the mouth of the Bou Regreg on Morocco’s coast • Rabat
• Heroes’ Square in this Hungarian capital is a monument to the Magyar Conquest • Budapest
• Most of the people in this Uruguayan capital are of European descent • Montevideo
• This Finnish city’s railroad terminal was designed by Eliel Saarinen & completed in 1914 • Helsinki

World Cities

• Rockhampton, located on the southeastern coast of Queensland, is the beef capital of this country • Australia
• This large South African city may be named for Field-Cornet Johannes Meyer • Johannesbourg
• In 1946 the name of Podgorica was changed to this for Yugoslavia’s leader • Titograd
• Most of Sri Lanka’s shipping comes through this port • Colombo
• This Belgian capital constitutes 1 of the country’s 3 administrative regions • Brussels
• Mount Pentelicus, north of this capital, supplied the white marble for the buildings on the Acropolis • Athens
• Perhaps the best view of this city is from the Piazzale Michelangelo on the far side of the Arno River • Florence
• This Swiss city is headquarters to the World Council of Churches • Geneva
• This oil-producing Venezuelan city was founded in 1571 as Nueva Zamora • Maracaibo
• Tallinn, capital of this nation, was settled by the Danes in 1219 & later joined the Hanseatic League • Estonia
• This capital of New South Wales is Australia’s oldest British settlement • Sydney
• The unification of Italy is commemorated by a monument to Victor Emmanuel II in this capital city • Rome
• The Well of Zamzam is one of the holy sites in this Saudi Arabian city • Mecca
• Saigon, once capital of Indochina, is now known by this name • Ho Chi Minh [City]
• This German port is home to the world-famous Hagenbeck zoo • Hamburg
• This Dutch city is home to the Netherlands Supreme Court • The Hague
• Australia’s largest inland city, it’s also the capital • Canberra
• The Monckeberg- Strasse is one of this German port’s principal shopping streets • Hamburg
• In 1975 Brazil’s first subway system began operating in this city, the country’s largest • Sao Paulo
• In 1991 Abuja replaced this city as Nigeria’s official capital • Lagos
• The Shinkansen, a.k.a. The Bullet Train, travels from this capital to Kyoto in 2 hours 40 minutes • Tokyo
• Wadowice in this country was the birthplace of Pope John Paul II • Poland
• The Winter Palace, with more than 1,000 rooms, is part of this city’s Hermitage museum • Saint Petersburg
• The name of this notorious South African suburb is derived from South-Western townships • Soweto
• Washington Irving lived in the Alhambra in this Spanish city & a book of “legends” resulted • Granada

World Facts

• The name of Wagga Wagga, a city in this country, is an aboriginal word meaning “many crows” • Australia
• A statue of the young Queen Victoria graces the Library of Parliament in this capital of Canada • Ottawa
• Battambang, the 2nd-largest urban area in this country, contains 10th century ruins of the Khmer Empire • Kampuchea
• Latakia, which lies on this sea, is one of Syria’s busiest ports • The Mediterranean [Sea]
• You’ll find this capital of the Dominican Republic at the mouth of the Ozama river • Santo Domingo

World Geography

• The basin of this river covers almost 40% of South America • The Amazon [River]
• This sovereign state was named for the Roman hill on which it is located • Vatican [City]
• The Bay of Haifa is located in this country • Israel
• Dufourspitze, part of Monte Rosa, is this Alpine country’s only peak above 15,000 feet • Switzerland
• Munich is the capital of this largest German state • Bavaria
• The name of Goondiwindi in this country is from an Aboriginal word for “resting place for birds” • Australia
• This sea’s ports include Antwerp, Rotterdam & Hamburg • The North
• This European country’s 14,000-foot mountains include Weisshorn & Finsteraarhorn • Switzerland
• The Black, Aegean & Adriatic seas all border this peninsula • The Balkan
• The world’s second-longest barrier reef lies off this small country on the Yucatan Peninsula • Belize
• Lake Mirim lies on Uruguay’s border with this huge country • Brasil
• This Scottish capital lies on a series of hills surrounding a valley called Princes Street Gardens • Edinburough
• This snowy Eastern region of Russia makes up about 3/4 of the country’s area • Siberia
• The Sinai Peninsula & the tip of Arabia lie at either end of this “colorful” sea • The Red [Sea]
• The name of this island nation off the coast of India means “beautiful island” in the native language • Sri Lanka

World History

• In Korea, this process used metal type by 1250 • Printing
• On May 21, 1932, she landed in Northern Ireland, becoming the first woman to fly the Atlantic solo • [Amelia] Earheart
• Seymour Hersh won a Pulitzer Prize for reporting on this 1968 massacre • My Lai [Massacre]
• His expedition’s 1519-1522 circumnavigation of the world was sponsored by Spain’s King Charles I • [Ferdinand] Magellan
• In July 1901 Morocco signed an agreement with this European country, setting its frontier with Algeria • France
• In 969, the Fatimids conquered Egypt & made this city a center of the Muslim World • Cairo
• In 1776, Spain created a colony called the Viceroyalty of the Rio De La Plata on this continent • South America
• In 1960 Prince Norodom Sihanouk became leader of this country, but declined the title of King • Cambodia
• Between 1812 & 1815, the Scots & Irish founded the Red River Settlement in this Canadian prairie province • Manitoba
• By 1100, this island in the North Atlantic had a parliament & about 75,000 people • Iceland
• In the 1783 Treaty of Paris, this country recognized the Mississippi as the western border of the U.S. • [Great] Britain
• The Alexandrian Library contained more than 400,000 scrolls, most made of this writing material • papyrus
• In 1912, this city became provisional capital of the New Republic of China • Nanjing
• In 1653, he dissolved England’s “Rump” Parliament • [Oliver] Cromwell
• He became Byzantine Emperor in 527 & issued his first code of civil laws 2 years later • Justinian the 1st
• The history of the Tower of London goes back to the fortress built by this conqueror • William the [Conqueror]
• In 1633, he was brought before the Inquisition for believing the doctrine of Earth moving around the Sun • Galileo
• In 1812, Napoleon’s grand army of 614,000 invaded this country; months later only 40,000 were left • Russia
• German for “empire”, the first one was the Holy Roman Empire; the second was founded in 1871 • Reich
• These ancient seafarers spoke a language closely related to Hebrew • The Phoenicians
• In 447, he & his band of Huns devastated the area between the Mediterranean & Black Seas • Attila the [Hun]
• Amerigo Vespucci provided supplies for this man’s second voyage of exploration in 1493 • [Christopher] Columbus
• In 331 B.C. the Greek & Macedonian armies under this general conquered the Persians • Alexander the [Great]
• This emperor of the Aztecs presented Hernan Cortes with rich gifts, believing he was the God Quetzalcoatl • Montezuma
• This Union ironclad was launched at Greenpoint, New York January 30, 1862 • The Monitor

World Religions

• The Jewish Sabbath begins at sunset on this day • Friday
• Gandhi said, “Hinduism will live so long as there are Hindus to protect” this animal • the cow
• His enlightenment has been dated to around 528 B.C. after a 7-week stay under the Bodhi • Budda
• Political title given the head of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints • President
• According to the first Vatican Council, when the Pope speaks this way he’s infallible • ex cathedra
• This faith of about 80% of India’s population has no single founder or creed • Hinduism
• Both Sunnis & Shiites hold Fatima, his daughter by Khadijah, in great reverence • Mohammed
• This is the common term for the Roman Catholic sacrament of penance or reconciliation • confession
• Ching Tu or “Pure Land” is one of the most influential forms of the Mahayana branch of this faith • Buddism
• These nomadic people, the Rom, are monotheistic & worship a God named Del • The Gypsies

World Universities

• For several decades the University of Leipzig was named for this founder of communism • [Karl] Marx
• The university of this capital city is the largest university in Algeria • Algiers
• The University of Leiden in this country is the Alma Mater of Queen Beatrix • the Netherlands
• The National Autonomous University of Honduras was founded in this city in 1847 • Tegucigalpa
• Laval University is named for the first Roman Catholic Bishop of this Canadian city • QuΘbe

World War II

• On July 20, 1944, Col. Claus von Stauffenberg attempted to assassinate this man with a briefcase bomb • [Adolf] Hitler
• He was deposed at a meeting of the Fascist Grand Council July 24, 1943 • [B] Mussolini ^ [Benito] Mussolini
• This battle, also called the Battle of the Ardennes, lasted from Dec. 16, 1944 to Jan 31, 1945 • The [Battle] of the Bulge
• Construction began in 1937 on this 700-mile road connecting Lahio with Kunming • the Burma [Road]
• Gen. Vasily Chuikov’s 62nd Army defended this city on the Volga from Gen. Paulus’s attacks • Stalingrad

 

X

“X”, “Y”, “Z”

• It’s the single-celled organism that makes bread rise • yeast
• It’s caused by drowsiness or acute boredom; a polite person tries to stifle it • yawning
• The malamute was so important in this Canadian Territory’s history that it’s on the territorial flag • the Yukon
• Khshayarsha was the old Persian name of this old Persian King • Xerxes
• The 2 countries that border Zambia that fit the category • Zaire & Zimbabwe ^ Zaire and Zimbabwe

 

Y

“Y” Not?

• It can be “spun” by a textile worker or a storyteller • a yarn
• Name shared by a fanciful Clergyman in “Tristram Shandy” & a dead jester in “Hamlet”– alas! • Yorick
• It looks like a sweet potato, but it isn’t even a distant relative • a yam
• You might make a “conference” call to this Crimean resort city • Yalta
• It was Richard III’s “house” • York

“Y”s Guys

• In 1992, this Russian leader addressed a Joint Session of our Congress • [Boris] Yeltsin
• Following his donation to The Collegiate School in New Haven in 1718, the school was renamed for him • [E.] Yale
• This Irish poet & playwright helped found, what’s now known as, the Abbey Theatre • [WB] Yeats
• During WW1, this soldier of the 328th Infantry, 82nd Division captured a German machine- gun battalion • [A.] York
• This new age performer, who recorded “Live At The Acropolis”, was once on the Greek National Swimming
• Team • Yanni

 

Z

Zoology

• Komodo dragons, which belong to the monitor family of these, have been known to kill human beings • lizards
• The Indian is the largest Asian species of this “nose-horned” land mammal • the rhinoceros
• These tallest mammals can gallop at a speed of about 30 miles per hour • giraffe
• In most cud-chewing animals, this is made up of the reticulum, rumen, omasum & abomasum • the stomach
• While the lion may be taller, this is the largest cat in terms of weight • the [Siberian] tiger
• Ctenocphalides felis is a flea best known for pestering these animals • cat
• These flat-tailed, web-footed dam builders can weigh more than 90 pounds • beaver
• The Chinook is the Pacific variety of this fish that migrates the farthest • a salmon
• It’s the common Spanish term for a small donkey that’s used as a pack animal • Borrico
• Seen running across ceilings, this tropical lizard is the only lizard with a distinct call other than a hiss • a Gecko
• The Indian type of this pachyderm is smaller than the African one • the elephant
• Measuring up to 50 feet in length, the whale type of this fish is the largest in the sea • a [whale] shark
• These lupine mammals are classified as endangered in the continental U.S. except in Minnesota & Alaska • wolves
• This single-humped camel is also known as the Arabian camel • the Dromedary
• The La Plata Dolphin is found in the rivers & eastern coastal waters of this continent • S. America

 

Final Jeopardy

Funny enough, just like in Wheel of Fortune,  the developers gave the final found its own set of answers. Since the majority of them are only 1 question per category, I have lumped them all together for ease of searching.

20th Century Americans
In 1941 & 1942, he served as a photo-muralist for the Department of the Interior • [A.] Adams

Actors & Actresses
This actor’s first name is Hawaiian for “cool breeze over the mountains” • [Keanu] Reeves

American Literature
This first American writer to earn $1 million, received only $2,000 for a 1903 novel, set in the Klondike • [Jack] London

Architects
Frank Lloyd Wright had a fine collection of art from this country, where he spent a lot of time from 1915-1922 • Japan

Around the World
This South American country grows twice as much coffee as Colombia • Brazil

Authors
• He adapted a rejected treatise on exploring Africa by balloon into an 1863 novel, his first big success [J.] Verne
• He created his most famous character in 1952 at Goldeneye, a holiday home he bought in Jamaica [I.] Fleming

Awards
In 1993, this North American country reinstated the Victoria Cross as its highest military honor • Canada

Botany
It’s the term for a plant that blooms & dies within a single year • an annual

British History
Her 63-year reign over England was the longest of any British Monarch • [Queen] Victoria

Business & Industry
• It’s America’s largest maker of commercial aircraft • Boeing [Company]
• On February 6, 1996, Binney & Smith produced its 100 billionth one of these • a crayon
• This clothing & sporting goods store in Freeport, Maine is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year • LL Bean
• This Detroit firm is the world’s largest manufacturing company • G.M.

Colleges & Universities
This Poughkeepsie, N.Y. college is the only coeducational member of The Seven Sisters colleges • Vassar

Columnists
In 1955, she began her advice column by assuming the pen name of a columnist who had just died • [Ann] Landers

Countries of the World
The name of this country, in the Southern Hemisphere, comes from a Latin word for “southern” • Australia

European Cities
The 1952 Summer Olympics were held in this city, the world’s 2nd most northerly capital • Helsinki

Famous Families
The University of Minnesota’s Graduate School of Medicine is named for this family • Mayo

Famous Names
• His 1958 article “The American Automobile—designed for Death?” appeared in the Harvard Law Record • [Ralph] Nader
• DNA from Prince Philip helped prove that Anna Anderson Manahan was not this woman, as she had claimed • [Grand] [Duchess] Anastasia [Romanov]
• This 24-year-old teacher made headlines in 1925, when he was brought to trial for teaching evolution • [John] [T.] Scopes

Foreign Directors
His fascination with clowns & make-believe may have begun when he ran off with Pierino’s Circus as a child • [F.] Fellini

General Science
This malaria-fighting substance is extracted from the bark of the Cinchona tree • quinidine

Historic Americans
A statue of him stands at Yale’s Connecticut Hall; a copy can be found at CIA headquarters in Virginia • [Nathan] Hale

Historic Documents
Clause 40 of this document reads, “To none will we sell, to none deny or delay, right or justice” • the Great Charter

Historic Quotations
In 1940, this French general broadcast, “France has lost a battle. But France has not lost the war” • [Charles] De Gaulle

Holidays & Observances
In 1789, it became the first U.S. holiday designated by Presidential proclamation • Thanksgiving [Day]

International Business
Forbidden after WWI to build aircraft parts, this company began making motorcycles, then cars • BMW

Inventions
Oliver Wendell Holmes called it “the mirror with a memory” • the camera

Jazz
“Let’s Dance” was this jazz clarinetist’s big band theme song • [Ben] Goodman

Landmarks
This Arlington, Virginia building contains about 17 miles of corridors • The Pentagon

Languages
It’s the official language of Yemen • Arabic

Math Class
6,450 raised to the power zero equals this • one

Movies
Film in which Bogie said, “You’ll excuse me, gentlemen. Your business is politics. Mine is running a saloon” • Casablanca

Names in the News
He was born Newton Leroy McPherson in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on June 17, 1943 • [N.] Gingrich

National Parks
East Temple, Angels Landing & The Altar of Sacrifice are landmarks in this park • Zion

North America
This country contains North America’s most southerly point • Panama

Organizations
In 1910, lawyer Moorfield Storey became the first president of this oldest U.S. civil rights organization • The NAACP

Patriotic Places
This site on the Schuylkill River was named for a small ironworks nearby • Valley Forge

Pianists
This flamboyant Italian-Polish-American pianist was the highest-paid entertainer in the U.S. in the ’60s & ’70s • Liberace

Poets
In 1968, Gwendolyn Brooks succeeded this man as Poet Laureate of Illinois • [C.] Sandburg

Pop Music
This performer’s 1985 “Part-time Lover” became the first single to hit No. 1 on 5 Billboard charts • [Stevie] Wonder

Potpourri
In 1932 & 1959, Ecuador passed laws protecting wildlife on this Pacific island group • The Galapagos [Islands]

Quotations
In 1947, Bernard Baruch told the Senate, “We are in the midst of one of these, which is getting warmer” • a cold war

Scientists
In 1543, he wrote, “Finally we shall place the sun himself at the center of the universe” • [N.] Copernicus

Shakespeare
The most recent British monarch who’s the title character of a Shakespeare play • Henry the 8th

Signs & Symbols
Plant that’s in the symbol of the 4-H Organization • a clover

South America
The only European possession on South America’s mainland is this territory • French Guyana

South American Capitals
Capital nearest which you’d find a monument called Mitad Del Mundo, or “Middle of the World” • Quito

Space Explorers
This first man in space was born on a collective farm near Gzhatsk, just west of Moscow • [Y.] Gagarin

Sports
This Major League baseball manager of the 1950s & 1960s received his nickname because he was born in Kansas City • [Casey] Stengel

Sports Awards
In 1944, swimmer Ann Curtis became the 1st woman to receive this award as the nation’s outstanding amateur athlete • The Sullivan

Sports Nicknames
This French tennis player, born in 1905, was nicknamed “The Crocodile” • Lacoste

State Capitals
This state capital was a compromise choice between North Platters & South Platters • Lincoln [Nebraska]

The Cabinet
James Wilson of Iowa, who headed this department for 16 years, served longer than any other cabinet officer • the [Department] of Agriculture

The Constitution
Celebrations in August 1995 marked the 75th anniversary of this amendment that gave women the right to vote • the Nineteenth [Amendment]

The Grammys
1993’s best alternative music album Grammy went to this group’s “Zooropa” • U2

The Nobel Prize
Dedicated to helping “prisoners of conscience”, it was awarded the 1977 Nobel Peace Prize • Amnesty International

The Old Testament
• Attributed to Jeremiah, the name of this book refers to its sad poems • Lamentations
• The feast of Passover is first mentioned in this book • Exodus

The Olympics
This swimmer took a silver, a bronze & 2 golds at the 1968 Games before his 7 gold medals in 1972 • [M.] Spitz

The Oscars
Husband & wife who were both nominated for playing a married couple in a 1966 film; only the wife won • [R.] Burton & [E.] Taylor

The Planets
It was the last of the 9 planets discovered • Pluto

The Supreme Court
This Justice who died in 1993 was the winning attorney in Brown vs. Board of Education • [Thurgood] Marshall

The White House
The bodies of 8 Presidents have lain in state in this room, the largest in the White House • the East [Room]

Toys & Games
In England, this classic game is called “Drafts” • Checkers

Transportation
This country’s St. Gotthard Road is the world’s longest auto tunnel, at 10.1 miles in length • Switzerland

Travel & Tourism
The graves of Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane can be seen at Mount Moriah Cemetery in this S.D. city • Deadwood

U.S. Facts
There are more motor vehicles registered in this state than any other • California

U.S. History
Frederick Douglass tried unsuccessfully to talk this man out of raiding Harpers Ferry • [J.] Brown

U.S. Presidents
He was the only President preceded & succeeded by the same man • [Benjamin] Harrison

U.S. Stamps
A 32-cent POW & MIA stamp was issued May 29, 1995, coinciding with this U.S. holiday • Memorial [Day]

U.S. States
On July 7, 1898, Pres. McKinley signed a joint resolution of Congress annexing this future state • Hawaii

U.S.A.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame stands on the shores of this lake • [Lake] Erie

Wars
Francis Scott Key wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner” during this war • The [War] of 1812

Women
In a 1945 poll, she ranked as the best-known woman in America • [Eleanor] Roosevelt

Women in Sports
In 1994, she became the first woman to be stripped of her U.S. Figure Skating title • [Tonya] Harding

World Facts
The Virgin of Guadalupe is this country’s patron saint • Mexico

World Flags
The flag of this country, a white cross on a red field, is one of the few that is square • Switzerland