J-Archive Qs Flashcards
highest-ranking suit of cards in contract bridge
Spades
Born in Rouen in 1442, the fourth king of this name was a prominent figure in the Wars of the Roses
Edward
A ring projecting above gunwale of a small boat
Oarlock
fried sandwich that has ham, Swiss & turkey
Monte Cristo
Mary Martin’s son
Larry Hagman
my partner says nothing while I play his cards, so he’s called the ______ in bridge
dummy
In 1956 he published “La Chute”, or “The Fall”; the next year he won the Nobel Prize for Literature
Camus
form of bridge that came before contract bridge
auction bridge
Who played Alex P. Keaton, Republican yin to his parents’ post-hippie yang
Michael J. Fox, Family Ties
James Worthy, James Kennedy, James Naismith
Basketball players
Capital of Fiji
Suva
Eddie Giacomin, Herb Brooks, Conn Smythe
Hockey players
Resort town on the Red Sea
Sharm el-Sheikh
“Glen or Glenda” director
Ed Wood
I made the last bid, so I’m the _____ in bridge
Declarer
The “T” in T cells refers to this gland where they mature
Thymus
Played Ari Gold on Entourage
Jeremy Piven
longest cranial nerve, which runs from the brain through the neck & thorax to the abdomen
Vagus nerve
Russian capital under the czars
St. Petersburg
this river passes through Whitehorse & Dawson before flowing into Alaska on its route to the Bering Sea
Yukon
“Smoke gets in your eyes” composer
Jerome Kern
stream separating Cisalpine Gaul from Italy
Rubicon
This1934 classic was the first movie to win Oscars in the 5 major categories, including Best Actor & Actress
It Happened One Night
singer of Hey Soul Sister
Train
Author of Tropic of Capricorn and Tropic of Cancer
Henry Miller
A sports term for an incompetent or easily defeated athlete, it usually refers to a prizefighter
palooka
This large curved curtain or wall is usually placed or hung at the rear of a stage
Cyclorama
Leads on Two and a Half Men
Jon Cryer and Charlie Sheen
When you swallow, this flap of cartilage acts like a lid to the larynx
Epiglotis
Chemical that protects cells from free radicals
Antioxidant
Johnny Cash colorful nickname
The Man in Black
City of the first all-professional baseball team
Cincinnati
word for stamp collecting
philately
Don DeLillo novel about midwestern college professor
White Hoise
Singer of Me and Bobby McGee
Janis Joplin
A potter uses this wooden shovel-like tool to mix & shape clay
pallet
Proverbially, “a month of” them is a long long time
Sundays
Succeeded Tony Blair
Gordon Brown
The U.K. was formed with the 1801 addition of Ireland to the realm of this king
George III
Song on which ELO & Olivia Newtown-John collaborated
Xanadu
East Asian capital city on an island
Taipei
The influence of the title country house on the lives of the Schlegels & the Wilcoxes is at the heart of this book
Howard’s End by EM Forster
This white coating, usually gypsum & glue, is used to prepare a painter’s canvas
Gesso
Played Turtle on Entourage
Jerry Ferrara
Antisthenes was the founder of this “self-interest” philosophy
Cynicism
Played Drama on Entourage
Kevin Dillon
“Terms of Endearment” director
James Brooks
Toy company of action figures for Star Wars, Ghostbusters, Jurassic Park
Kenner
Novel in which Tom Wingo leaves South Carolina to help his troubled twin sister in New York & ends up confronting his own dark past
The Prince of Tides, Pat Conroy
A paddlefish is also called this mammal name
Duckbill
Clint Eastwood first directed film
Play Misty for Me
Succeeded Mao
Deng Xiaoping
This outlaw & wife Zerelda, his first cousin, lie side by side at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Kearney, Missouri
Jesse James
Toy company that introduced the EZ Bake Oven
Kenner
Inventor of the Segway
Dean Kamen
Inventor of elevator safety brake
Otis
Magic word, title of No. 1 Steve Miller band hit
Abracadabra
After leaving office, this prez was elected a U.S. senator from Tennessee
Andrew Johnson
In the Bible, Isaac married this first cousin once removed
Rebecca
June 1, 2009:
He took over hosting duties on “The Tonight Show” (for less than a year)
Conan O’Brien
Raymond James Stadiumis the home of this team that started out with a winless season in 1976, but won the Super Bowl held in 2003
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
in bridge, the sneaky tactic of taking a trick with a lower card when an opponent holds a higher one
delicate finesse
Played the father on Family Ties
Michael Gross
Succeeded Andrew Jackson
Martin van Buren
In bridge, a card that’s the only one of its suit in a hand
singleton
Dunfermline, Scotland was this King’s birthplace in 1600; a chopping block was his final destination in 1649
Charles I
Italian word for eggplant
Melanzane
Played the mom on Family Ties
Meredith Baxter
Tolstoy’s “Death of” this title character
Ivan Ilyich
This type of “tower” is a heavily fortified pilothouse on a warship or submarine
A conning tower
One of the 2 sons of George H.W. Bush who were never a state governor
Neil or Marvin
In 1957 a whole lotta head shakin’ was going on after this singer married his 13-year-old cousin Myra
Jerry Lee Lewis
In 1914 the once & future St. Petersburg got this new name _____; 10 years later it became _______
Petrograd, Leningrad
In 1868 an enlightened emperor took over as leader of Japan from the man in this position
Shogun
Fortified wine named for Sicilian city
Marsala
Lions stadium
Ford Field
Born in Hanover, Germany in 1660, he was 54 when he took the English throne in 1714
George I
Two foreign-born First Ladies
Melania Trump and Louisa (Quincy) Adams
A maxim of Ayn Rand was “Man’s ego is” this “of human progress”
The fountainhead
John the Baptist was beheaded during this man’s birthday party
Herod; book of Matthew
Played E on Entourage
Kevin Connolly
Largest natural lake in South America, Caribbean inlet
Maracaibo
Bad type of cholesterol
LDL
Fancy British pottery
Wedgwood
John Quincy Adams pre-presidency
Diplomat and Secretary of State
First inquisitor of Spanish Inquisition
Torquemada
In old Japan cherry trees were felled to make the blocks on which designs were carved for this type of print
woodcut
Scenic spots in Palm Springs & ahumongous seton a Columbia Pictures backlot were used to create this Utopian land in 1937’s “Lost Horizon”
Shangri-La
“Best of My Love,” “Victim of Love,” “Heartache Tonight” band and writer
Eagles, J.D. Souther
This Wichita Falls author took us to the “Streets of Laredo” 8 years after creating Texas Ranger Woodrow Call
Larry McMurtry
Greek sea named for a nymph
Ionian Sea
Steelers stadium
Heinz Field
Inventor of basketball
Naismith
King Nebuchadnezzar gave Daniel many great gifts & “made him ruler over the whole province” of this
Babylon
Downbursts can cause this turbulent flying condition in which winds of different speeds & directions buffet planes
wind shear
New York strip steak is also called
Kansas City strip
Two types of steak cut from tenderloin
T-bone (smaller) and porterhouse (larger, more loin)
tenderize flank steak by marinating, then thinly slice across the grain
London broil
The name of the bride of Chucky from the 1998 horror film
Tiffany Valentine
Name of doll in The Conjuring
Annabelle
Antlers shaped like a hand - adjective
palmate
4-letter port city in Yemen
Aden
River through Bern
Aare
Rubies & sapphires are varieties of this mineral, the hardest known after diamond
corundum
Marvin Gaye’s first No. 1 hit
Heard it through the Grapevine
The Sherman brothers of Disney fame wrote this song of young love that mentions “peaches & cream” & “lips like strawberry wine”
You’re Sixteen
“Leaving On A Jet Plane” originally by
Peter Paul and Mary
From Latin for “play on words”, it’s an indirect or implied reference
allusion
The world’s leading seaweed extract, it’s used in chocolate milk to keep the chocolate in suspension
carrageenan
Buzzfeed cofounder
Jonah Peretti
In 1980 Buzz, a yellow jacket, became an official mascot of this Atlanta-based school’s athletic teams
Georgia Tech
This Rimsky-Korsakov piece was used as the theme to “The Green Hornet”
Flight of the Bumblebee
To escape a monster in Greek mythology, ____ and ____ jumped into a river and became fish
Aphrodite and Eros
Kaus Australis, or “Southern Bow”, is the brightest star in this constellation
Sagittarius
In a case of constellation-on-constellation violence, Scorpio stung ____ to death
Orion
Per the Judicial Branch of California, “to repeal or cancel an old law using another law”
abrogate
The Post-Intelligencer Globe is still an icon of this U.S. city, though the same-named paper is now online only
Seattle
This territory makes up the largest part of the Canadian Arctic
Nunavut
Olivia Rodrigo - first 2 albums and lead singles
Sour, song “Drivers License”
Guts, song “Vampire”
This British band played “Music Of The Spheres” on a concert tour with that name
Coldplay
President Andrew Johnson had been a senator & a representative from this state
Tennessee
The last former U.S. representative to become president was this man who had represented Texas’ 7th district
George HW
He was a rep. from New York before becoming veep & then became our 13th president with the sudden death of Zachary Taylor
Fillmore
original name of the “Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?” band
Chicago Transit Authority
Can’t get enough of charming but evil surgeons? Watch this true crime show on Peacock
Dr. Death
Krysten Ritter starred as this reluctant ex-superheroine suffering from PTSD & working as a NYC private eye
Jessica Jones
The title of this 1960s primetime soap opera became shorthand for a melodramatic, complicated situation
Peyton Place
One unit of this measure of pressure is equal to 101,325 pascals
1 (standard) atmosphere or atm
D (sub2) O, or heavy water, combines oxygen with this isotope that is twice as heavy as hydrogen
deuterium
Author of “Circe” novel
Madeline Miller
A lone astronaut has a lot of problems to solve in his novel “Project Hail Mary”
Andy Weir
The title of this 2023 James McBride novel refers to a shop run by a woman named Chona
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
Movie where James Caan teaches Hugh Grant how to say fuhgeddaboutit
Mickey Blue Eyes
Order a Coney Island at Detroit’s finer eateries & you’ll get this
chili dog
Lil Wayne is from
New Orleans
A homophone of a first name but probably derived from “joint”, it’s Philly slang for almost any person, place or thing
jawn
Eucalyptus tree family
myrtle family
Canadian-named health compound derived from maple sap
Quebecol
“Luv is Rage” rapper
Lil Uzi Vert
Jewish rapper David Burd
Lil Dicky
Part II of Little Women
Good Wives
Co authors of Good Omens
Gaiman and Pratchett
US Open now uses system called ____ to call in or out
Hawk eye
In 2007 this NL squad became the 1st team with 10,000 losses
Phillies
Cole Hamels
Phillies pitcher - MVP when they won 2008 world series
online tool for college athletes wanting to change schools
transfer portal
Then with Oklahoma City, this master of the triple-double became the first back to back MVP of the NBA All-Star Game since the 1950s
Russell Westbrook
traditional Irish dish with potatoes and cabbage
colcannon
early name for automobile - 4 wheels
quadricycle
1859:
French & Sardinian troops defeat the Austrians at this Italian town soon to give a purplish-red color its name
Magenta
Pacific kingdom gained its independence from Great Britain in 1970
Tonga
soft, cushionlike pads on the feet of insects and other arthropods
pulvilli
Janis Joplin’s last concert was fronting a band with this 3-word name
Full Tilt Boogie
Post-Impressionist known for his “Bathers” series
Cezanne
Main port & railway terminus in Athens
Piraeus
Channel through Rotterdam
New Meuse/Nieuwe Maas
this alliterative Argentine city is a major port of Buenos Aires province
Bahia Blanca
2014 film Russell Crowe as this title character sees storms on the biblical horizon
Noah
Bogie attests, “One Rocco more or less isn’t worth dying for” in this tempest-tossed John Huston thriller
Key Largo
On June 5, 1944 he issued a printed order to Allied troops to “bring about the destruction of the German war machine”
Eisenhower
The signers of this document pledged to “covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politick”
Mayflower Compact
It’s the job of one who reads the lessons during a church service
lector
person who studies elections
psephologist (psephology)
Established in 1837 & famed for a cut of steak, this N.Y. restaurant is credited as the 1st to serve eggs Benny & lobster Newburg
Delmonico’s
A plaque at 65th & 3rd honors this spy who was hanged by the British on September 22, 1776
Nathan Hale
I, in objective case
me
“Three Times a Lady” is by
the Commodores
Numerical song by Meat Loaf
Two out of Three Ain’t Bad
Taal Lake is in
Philippines - has volcanoes
The Sinai Peninsula lies between 2 gulfs, the Gulf of Suez on the west & this one on the east
Gulf of Aqeba
In 1968 she founded the Special Olympics
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
A variant of the idiom “you can’t get blood from a stone” is “you can’t get blood from” this root vegetable
a turnip
peacock ore - mineral
bornite
Rock salt is also known as
halite
Jessica Alba co-founded this company that sells household products with natural ingredients
Honest
Stephen Baldwin model daughter & her skincare brand
Hailey Bieber - Rhode
Kim Kardashian started this brand to create shapewear to match different skin tones
Skims
Colson Baker is
Machine Gun Kelly
Terrafugia Transition
flying car
Where did the Hindenburg go down
Lakehurst, NJ
Nickname for Lockheed SR-71 reconnaissance aircraft
Blackbird
An X-Men comic book character bears this name that comes from a title of Krishna
Juggernaut
Elite Ottoman soldier corps
Janissaries
In 1965 it became a criminal offense to burn, destroy or mutilate one of these
draft card
Timothy Leary urged his followers to “Turn on, tune in” & this
Drop out
George Balanchine choreographed this supernatural Shakespeare tale to the music of
Midsummer - Felix Mendelssohn
Two dancers in an iconic pas de deux from a 1962 performance of “Le Corsaire”
Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev
In “Swan Lake”, a sorcerer transforms his daughter ____ to look like this cursed heroine ____
Odile/Odette
Netflix series about a blind superhero
Daredevil
In 1975 his friends entered him into the Golden Gloves as a laugh; he’d later play a boxer on “Taxi”
Tony Danza
You’ve caught a pass inside your foe’s 10-yard line & have a new set of downs, so this is your new down status
First & goal
Highest point on Atlantic coast south of Maine
Todt Hill in Staten Island
Capital of Newfoundland
St. John’s
The first cemetery called this was located on a hill in 1867 north of Hays, Kansas, not Dodge City
Boot Hill
Primo Levi’s memoir of his life as a young chemist is titled this, after something developed by another chemist, Dmitri Mendeleyev
The Periodic Table
A 19th c. word for a psychiatrist is the title of this Caleb Carr novel in which Dr. Laszlo Kreizler investigates a murder
The Alienist
First chairman of the Joint Chiefs
Omar Bradley, 1949
British female archaeologist - excavated Jericho
Kathleen Kenyon
First African American Cardinal
Wilton Gregory
founder, chairman, and CEO of private equity firm Vista Equity Partners.
Robert F. Smith, billionaire philanthropist
Founder of Adidas
Adolf Dassler
Af-am army regiments on the frontier
Buffalo soldiers
“Motive” is a song by
Ariana Grande
Shane Lee Lindstrom, Canadian producer best known for his guest feature alongside Nicki Minaj on 6ix9ine’s 2018 single “Fefe”
Murda Beatz
“Tuesday” is debut single by
iLoveMakonnen (“Club goin up on a Tuesday”)
This Miami-based DJ begins many of his songs with “We the best music”
DJ Khaled
This producer’s tag “If young metro don’t trust you…” helped inspire the title of his hit 2024 album “We Don’t Trust You”
Metro Boomin
group named for a Mercedes car & founded by Rick Ross
Maybach
These elves help with household chores
brownies
known for the 1521 Battle of Mactan, where he and his men defeated Spanish forces led by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan
Lapulapu - first Filipino hero
Little Rock is in what county
Pulaski
“WOW” counties of Wisconsin
Washington, Ozaukee, Waukesha
It’s the third letter in the Greek alphabet
gamma
The third son of Adam & Eve mentioned in the Bible, he was born after Abel was killed
Seth
It makes sense that rizz, meaning charmingly seductive, comes from this word
charisma
Kill the dog of this man, the underworld’s most feared assassin? That’ll bring out some hand cannons
John Wick
Evil count in Princess Bride
Count Rugen
David Hare play about war in Iraq
Stuff Happens
major river of central NJ
Raritan River
Consisting of many small flowers & plants, it was a popular style of background for tapestries in the 15th century
millefleur
English businessman in the import/export and glass making trades. He is primarily known for his work in developing clear lead crystal glass
George Ravenscroft
Astronomical research station in San Diego
(Mt) Palomar Observatory
American astrophysicist, best known for his discovery of magnetic fields in sunspots, and as the leader or key figure in the planning or construction of several world-leading telescopes
George Ellery Hale
“Life is a Highway” by/covered
Tom Cochrane - Canadian country musician
Rascal Flatts
Vampire Weekend lead singer
Ezra Koenig
American rapper and singer. Known for his mumble-styled vocals and prolific output, _____ is considered a pioneer of the use of Auto-Tuned melodies in trap music.
Future
It’s the female nickname for the German Howitzer that destroyed Fort Loncin in the Siege of Liège during World War I
Big Bertha
Last name of this “beautiful looking” general who commanded the attack on Fort Sumter in 1861
Beauregard
This Dickens title character comes from a venerable family, as “at least one _______ came over with William the Conqueror
Martin Chuzzlewit
Pluto’s 4 lesser-known moons are
Nix, Styx, Hydra & Kerberos
Rock in the Rhine River with a mythos of sailor destruction
Lorelai
Next up after Neil, this Moon mission grabbed a camera from the “Surveyor 3” probe that had arrived 2 1/2 years before
Apollo 12
He rapped, “Today I didn’t even have to use my AK, I gotta say it was a good day”
Ice Cube
Naughty By Nature hit the Top 10 with the musical question, “You down with” this? & also provided an answer: “Yeah, you know me”
O.P.P.
American Prohibition agent known for his efforts to bring down Al Capone while enforcing Prohibition in Chicago. He was leader of a team of law enforcement agents nicknamed The Untouchables
Eliot Ness
Speaker of the House in late 1920s, married Alice Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
Derived from the rumba, it’s a dance of Cuban origin as well as the style of music for the dance
mambo
Merry Widow is by
Franz Lehar
Plum pudding model of the atom
Thomson
Planetary model of the atom
Rutherford
Dutton Ranch tv show
Yellowstone
The Satin Dolls strip club on New Jersey Route 17 became this spot on an HBO series
Bada Bing
1980s tv series featured super-powered humans and their madcap adventures - included Courtney Cox
Misfits of Science
Tom Selleck is Commissioner Frank Reagan on this NYPD-centric show
Blue Bloods
Everything is just this, meaning pleasant & also a Bowie album
Hunky Dory
In politics it’s someone who firmly supports one side; in WWII history, it refers to anti-Nazi resistance fighters
partisan
In 346 B.C., Athens made the Peace of ________ with this northern kingdom soon to spread to empire size
Philocrates, Macedonia
_______was referring to Seymour, Indiana when he sang, “I was born in” this
John Mellencamp, small town
Positions of the two sizes of blind in poker
small blind to the dealer’s left, big blind to the small blind’s left
In 1939, Artem Mikoyan & Mikhail Gurevich headed a design bureau that has turned out generations of these fighter planes
MiGs
Last name of British major Henry, who in the late 1700s invented a shell that burst into deadly little fragments
shrapnel
informal target shooting done for leisure
plinking
second largest firearm manufacturer in the United States, specializes in .22
Ruger
most commonly used individual IQ test series
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale
cognitive-ability and intelligence test that is used to diagnose developmental or intellectual deficiencies in young children
Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale
tool for measuring wind speed
anemometer
tool for measuring boiling point of liquids
ebulliometer
tautology
In logic, a statement that is always true. In language, a statement that needlessly repeats.
DFW novel about IRS agents
The Pale King
Coach Duncan Scott helped _________ win a gold medal when this sport joined the Olympics in Tokyo
Carissa Moore, surfing
First Cy Young award
Don Newcombe in 1956
National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) founder and award namesake
“Wally” Parks
The donor of this tennis team trophy later served as Secretary of War under Calvin Coolidge
Davis
The Ray Guy Award honors college football’s outstanding player at this position
punter
This “natural Alpine spring water” sounds like it’s sourced from Yellowstone but it comes from Mount Shasta, among other places
Crystal Geyser
Leading a Polish army, the man called the “False” this swept into Russia in 1604 to claim the throne
Dmitry
Located in the northwest Iberian Peninsula, it includes the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense, and Pontevedra.
Galicia
the study of ferns
pteridology
helicopter famous for its use in Vietnam, the Bell UH-1H Iroquois, nicknamed
Huey
A rapper; has 2 kids with Rihanna; actor in “Dope” & 2018’s “Monster”
A$AP Rocky
Detective Klute in “Klute”
Donald Sutherland
Starred in “Bio-Dome” & “Encino Man”
Pauly Shore
This highly flammable gas, C2H2, is employed for welding, cutting & illumination
Acetylene
In December 2023 she became the oldest solo artist, at 78, to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart, with a song she recorded in 1958
Brenda Lee - Rockin around the Christmas Tree
original lead singer for Van Halen
David Lee Roth
________is a family of unmanned aerial vehicles designed and manufactured by Turkish company _______
Bayraktar UAV, Baykar
2024 French Open final
Carlos Alcaraz beats Alexander Zverev
Colombia area formerly known as
New Granada
anagrams: A river that flows through Florence & a Mediterranean port city of Algeria
Arno/Oran
this many “Bones”, typically the amount found in adult humans
206
Salem, Massachusetts is the setting for this Nathaniel Hawthorne novel inspired by a curse placed on his own family
The House of the Seven Gables
American pianist, 1928-2024, Chopin specialist
Byron Janis
Lockheed single-engine, high altitude reconnaissance aircraft operated from the 1950s
U-2
American four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed, in use since 50s. Main tactical airlifter for many military forces worldwide
C-130
large military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed, heavy intercontinental-range strategic airlift capability, one that can carry outsized and oversized loads
C-5
American military aerial refueling tanker aircraft, Boeing
KC-135
US dollar bill material
linen and cotton
Steve McQueen flick about a gelatinous menace
The Blob
First probe to get to Saturn
Voyager
“Rich as ______,” the last king of _____
Croesus, Lydia
Haley Williams took “Misery Business” out of this band’s live set for a time
Paramore
you’ll never unhear the cowbell in this Blue Öyster Cult tune
(Don’t Fear) the Reaper
In legend Merlin transforms this man into the likeness of Igraine’s hubby, the Duke of Cornwall, so he can seduce her
Uther Pendragon - father of Arthur
A coveted border region of Western Europe remilitarized in 1936 in a precursor to World War II
The Rhineland
Gregory Hines and Baryshnikov film
White Nights
Gregory Hines and Billy Crystal buddy cop movie
Running Scared
Four main actors on All in the Family
Bunkers - Carroll O’Connor, Jean Stapleton, Sally Struthers, Rob Reiner
19th c female American astronomer
Maria Mitchell
City in Indiana, place where Joseph told his brothers to settle
Goshen
Mary Shelley’s mother
Mary Wollstonecraft - British writer, philosopher, and advocate of women’s rights.
The National Radio Astronomy Observatory operates the VLA, short for this system of radio telescopes
Very Large Array
“A Human Female” & “Ritual-licious” were episodes of this Netflix show about a young man on the autism spectrum
Atypical
Pat Benatar musical (not on bway yet)
Invincible
He earned a nickname in an October 1977 World Series game, blasting 3 homers on 3 consecutive pitches
Reggie Jackson - Mr. October
Pittsburgh baseball stadium
Three Rivers
Kegling is just another name for this sport
Bowling
“Eatin’ good in the neighborhood”
Applebees
Composer Franco Alfano finished this Asia-set opera after Puccini died
Turandot
Before penicillin, bacterial infections were treated with these drugs that are still used for eye infections & acne
sulfa drugs
“mother’s little helper” drug/generic
valium/diazepam
In 1834 the Senate censured president Jackson for pulling all federal money out of this
Bank of the United States
The Santa Cruz Mountains are home to this yellow mollusk, the mascot for UC Santa Cruz
banana slug
Albums “School Nights,” “the rise and fall of a Midwest princess”
Chappell Roan
CVS stands for
Consumer value stores
eastern beginning city of Pony Express
St Joseph, MO
The Sphere is at which hotel
Venetian
This duo made up of Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak
Silk Sonic
first Secretary of Defense
James Forrestal
CIA Director & Secretary of Defense during Obama’s presidency
Leon Panetta
Also a CCR song, the title of this memoir by Vietnam vet Lewis Puller Jr. refers to having a legendary general as a dad
Fortunate Son
Name for series of the metallic elements, including uranium, plutonium, californium…
actinide or actinoid
In the KFPU (“Kung Fu Panda” Universe), Dustin Hoffman voices this role, mandarin for “master”
Shifu
Pennsylvania Dutch dish made with pork trimmings & cornmeal, then molded & sliced
Scrapple
charred tougher pieces cut from a brisket point, a staple of Kansas City BBQ
burnt ends
“Brave” movie heroine
Merida
This river of central Germany follows Frankfurt in the city’s full name
Main
purely defensive martial art developed by Morihei Ueshiba, who hated fighting
aikido
debut album “Songs About Jane” in 2002
Maroon 5
