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SOUTH AMERICAN HISTORY ///// THOUGH THE 1980S AUGUSTO PINOCHET WAS THE DICTATORIAL RULER OF THIS COUNTRY
Chile
IMMIGRANTS ///// HEY PRESTO! THIS MAN WHO AMAZED MILLIONS MAGICALLY ALTERED HIS 1874 BIRTHPLACE FROM BUDAPEST TO APPLETON, WISCONSIN
Houdini
FASHION ///// VIVIENNE WESTWOOD HELPED SHAPED THE LOOKS OF THIS MUSIC GENRE THAT SHOOK THE WORLD IN THE LATE ‘70S
Punk
ESSAYS ///// “THAT GOVERNMENT IS BEST WHICH GOVERNS LEAST” IS THE MAIN PREMISE OF HIS 1849 WORK ON CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
Henry David Thoreau
MATH ///// ENGLISH MATHEMATICIAN JOHN WALLIS WAS THE FIRST TO USE WHAT LOOKS LIKE AN 8 ON ITS SIDE TO SYMBOLIZE THIS
Infinity
STARTS WITH SU ///// ADJECTIVE FOR A SPED-UP COURT MARTIAL
Summary
ROMAN GODS ///// A WINTER MONTH IS NAMED FOR THIS GOD DEPICTED WITH 2 OPPOSITE-FACING FACES
Janus
OLYMPIC EVENTS ///// THE WINNING THROW IN THIS MEN’S EVENT AT THE 2016 OLYMPICS WAS JUST OVER 296 FEET
Javelin
ART TERMS ///// ORIGINALLY A TERM FOR A FULL-SIZE SKETCH READY FOR TRANSFER TO A CANVAS OR WALL, IT NOW REFERS TO ANY HUMOUOUS DRAWING
Cartoon
WOMEN LEADERS ///// SHE WAS THE BRITISH PRIME MINESTER FROM 1979 TO 1990
Margaret Thatcher
FEMALE POETS ///// SHE WROTE “SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE”
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
7-LETTER WORDS ///// JAPANESE DISH IN WHICH FISH OR VEGGIES ARE DIPPED IN BATTER & DEEP-FRIED
Tempura
BIBLICAL CREATURES ///// THIS SEA MONSTER IS MENTIONED IN PSALM 74
Leviathon
SNAKES ///// THE BOA FAMILY INCLUDES CONSTRICTORS, TREE BOAS, AND THESE LONGEST SOUTH AMERICAN SNAKES
Anaconda
BROADWAY GEOGRAPHY ///// LIKE “THE MUSIC MAN,” “THE PAJAMA GAME” TAKES PLACE IN THIS US STATE
Iowa
AFRICAN AMERICAN FIRSTS ///// IN 1989 ABOARD DISCOVERY, FREDERICK D. GREGORY BECAME THE FIRST BLACK COMMANDER OF ONE OF THESE MISSIONS
Space Shuttle
MUSIC TERMS ///// THE SYMPHONIES OF SCHUMANN & BERLIOZ TYPIFY THIS 19TH C MOVEMENT OF EMOTION AND INDIVIDUALISM
Romantic
COLD WAR GEOGRAPHY ///// WINSTON CHURCHILL SAID “FROM STETTIN IN THE BALTIC TO TRIESTE IN THE ADRIATIC,” THIS STRUCTURE “HAS DESCENDED ON EUROPE”
The Iron Curtain
US STATES ///// LOCATED ON THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE, LOGAN PASS IS A REAL HIGH POINT OF THIS STATE’S GLACIER NATIONAL PARK
Montana
GLANDS ///// WHEN THIS GLAND IS TOO ACTIVE OR NOT ACTIVE ENOUGH, A GOITER MAY DEVELOP
Thyroid
PUNCTUATION ///// THE NAME OF THESE PUNCTUATION MARKS IS FROM THE GREEK FOR “TO INSERT”
Parentheses
NAMED FOR A PERSON ///// THIS INSTRUMENT PLAYED BY GERRY MULLIGAN & JOHN COLTRANE WAS NAMED FOR ITS 19TH CENTURY INVENTOR
Saxophone
STATE CAPITALS ///// THIS STATE CAPICAL EXTENDS INLAND TO THE FOOTHILLS OF THE KOOLAU MOUNTAINS
Honolulu
BREAKFAST CEREALS ///// THIS MAGICALLY DELICIOUS CEREAL HAS A LEPRECHAUN FOR A SPOKESMAN
Lucky Charms
CLICHES ///// A RISING ONE OF THESE LIFTS ALL BOATS
Tide
AFRICAN AMERICAN AUTHORS ///// THE ENSLAVEMENT OF HIS ANCESTOR KUNTA KINTE IS AT THE CENTER OF HIS BOOK “ROOTS”
Alex Haley
FOOD RHYME TIME ///// AN OVER-EATER OF SHEEP MEAT
Mutton Glutton
FEMALE POLITICAL AUTHORS ///// IN WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, THIS FORMER SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR TELLS OF HER EXPERIENCES AS U.N. AMBASSADOR
Nikki Haley
PEOPLE ON THE MOVE ///// WYOMING’S POPULATION TEMPORARILY DOUBLES AS SKYGAZERS HEADED FOR THIS EVENT’S ZONE OF TOTALITY IN 2017
Solar Eclipse
1970S FILMS ///// ORGANIZED CRIME IS THE REAL CORLEONE FAMILY BUSINESS IN THIS 1972 CLASSIC
The Godfather
VICE PRESIDENTS ///// THIS MAN FROM INDIANA WAS VICE PRESIDENT UNDER GEORGE H.W. BUSH
Dan Quayle
HOME TECHNOLOGY ///// THE COMPANY IROBOT LAUNCHED THIS REVOLUTIONARY PRODUCT IN 2002
Roomba
DICKENS CHARACTERS ///// THIS ECCENTRIC OLD LADY IN GREAT EXPECTATIONS DIES AFTER HER WEDDING GOWN CATCHES FIRE
Miss Haversham
REALITY TV ///// FASHION DESIGNER CHRISTIAN SIRIANO REPLACED TIM GUNN AS THE MENTOR ON THIS REALITY SERIES
Project Runway
COINS ///// IN 2019 RUSSIA RELEASED A COIN COMMEMORATING ITS “REUNIFICATION” WITH THIS PENINSULA
Crimea
THE MIDDLE EAST ///// MECCA WAS FORMERLY A CO-CAPITAL OF SAUDI ARABIA, NOW THIS CITY IS ITS EXCLUSIVE CAPITAL
Riyadh
GOVERNMENTAL ACTIONS ///// HOOVER DAM WAS BUILT USING FEDERAL UTHORITY UNDER THIS CONSTITUTIONAL CLASUE, ANOTHER WORD FOR TRADE
Commerce
TOOLS ///// THE CHAMP MODEL OF THIS HAS 33 FUNCTIONS, INCLUDING FISH SCALER AND WOOD SAW
Swiss Army Knife
ASIAN HISTORY ///// ALSO KNOWN AS THE YIHEQUAN, THIS PEASANT GROUP LAUNCHED A VIOLENT REBELLION IN CHINA IN 1900
Boxers
2019 MOVIES ///// THIS FUNNYMAN TAKES ON A MORE SERIOUS ROLE AS HOWARD IN “UNCUT GEMS”
Adam Sandler
TV WORKPLACES ///// SAM MALONE TENDED BAR WHILE CARLA & DIANE WERE WAITRESSES ON THIS BELOVED SITCOM
Cheers
TITLE OBJECTS IN PLAYS ///// IN OSCAR WILDE’S PLAY, LADY WINDERMERE THREATENS TO SLAP MRS. ERLYNNE WITH THIS TITLE OBJECT
Fan
THE GRAMMYS ///// IN 2016, HIS “TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY” WAS NAMED BEST RAP ALBUM
Kendrick Lamar
WALL STREET ///// NOW WITH 30 STOCKS, THIS INDICATOR COMMONLY KNOWN BY A 3 LETTER NAME WAS CREATED IN 1896
Dow
STATE BORDERS ///// THIS STATE’S PANHANDLE LIMITS ALABAMA’S GULF OF MEXICO COASTLINE TO THE AREA AROUND MOBILE BAY
Florida
ROCK MUSIC ///// “RADIOACTIVE” WAS A 2012 HIT SONG FOR THIS LAS VEGAS GROUP
Imagine Dragons
SHAKESPEARE’S TRAGEDIES ///// DYING IN EGYPT, HE SAYS “A ROMAN BY A ROMAN VALIANTLY VANQUISED. NOW MY SPIRIT IS GOING, I CAN NO MORE”
Antony
OUTER SPACE ///// QUASAR MSH 04-12 IS VISIBLE BY TELESCOPE AT A DISTANCE OF 5 BILLION OF THESE
Light years
EUROPEAN LANDMARKS ///// THERE’S A STATUE OF THE LITTLE MERMAID IN THE HARBOR OF THIS CAPITAL OF DENMARK
Copenhagen
THE 18TH CENTURY ///// IN 1790, PHILADELPHIA REPLACED IT AS THE CAPITAL OF THE U.S.
New York
TRIOS ///// “SABOTAGE” AND “NO SLEEP TILL BROOKLYN” ARE BY THIS RAP TRIO
The Beastie Boys
SYMPHONY NICKNAMES ///// SCHUBERT’S SYMPHONY NO. 8 IS KNOWNED BY THIS NA–
The Unfinished Symphony
NOTORIOUS ///// BENJAMIN WAS THE REAL FIRST NAME OF THIS MAN WHOSE FREE SPENDING TO BUILD THE FLAMINGO IN LAS VEGAS HELPED HIM GET KILLED IN 1947
Bugsy Siegel
PASTIMES ///// TRACEURS ARE THE PRACTITIONERS OF THIS FRENCH NAMED ACTIVITY OF MOVING SWIFTLY THROUGH URBAN ENVIRONMENTS
Parkour
RODENTS ///// THESE LARGE AQUATIC RODENTS ARE GOOD AT CHEWING ON WOOD AS THEIR TEETH CONTAIN IRON
Beavers
STARTS WITH “Z” ///// USED AS FLAVORING, IT’S THE OUTER PART OF THE PEEL OF A LEMON OR ORANGE
Zest
SPORTS MOVIES ///// IT’S THE SPORT FEATURED IN THE MATT DAMON - MORGAN FREEMAN FILM “INVICTUS”
Rugby
POTENT POTABLES ///// THIS BOURBON COCKTAIL IS TRADITIONALLY SERVED AT THE KENTUCKY DERBY
Mint Julep
PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION ///// TEDDY ROOSEVELT BECAME PRESIDENT UPON HIS ASSASSINATION
McKinley
ADVERTISING ///// “THE MOST INTERESTING MAN IN THE WORLD” PROMOTED THIS BEER
Dos Equis
TV HOSTS ///// JON STEWART HANDED OVER HOSTING OF “THE DAILY SHOW” TO THIS SOUTH AFRICAN MAN
Trevor Noah
FORMER WORLD CAPITALS ///// FEZ & MARRAKESH WERE FORMERLY CAPITALS OF THIS COUNTRY
Morocco
16TH CENTURY WRITING ///// THE RISES TO POWER OF CESARE BORGIA & FRANCESCO SFORZA, AMONG OTHERS, ARE RELATED TO THIS 1513 WORK
The Prince
VICTORIAN NOVELS ///// SHE WROTE “THE MILL ON THE FLOSS”
George Eliot
EPITAPHS ///// “THE LURE OF THE ARCTIC IS TUGGING AT MY HEART” SAYS THE HEADSTONE OF THIS AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXPLORER
Henson
INVENTORS ///// THIS SWEDE INVENTED DYNAMITE & THE BLASTING CAP
Nobel
RECENT PULITZER WINNERS ///// THIS DC PAPER TOOK THE 2018 INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING PULITZER FOR A SERICS THAT CHANGED THE COURSE OF A SENATE RACE
Washington Post
FILL IN THE ADVERB ///// “ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE, AND ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN ____ PLAYERS”
Merely
CARTOONS ///// THE THEME SONG TO THIS CARTOON WONDERS, “WHO LIVES IN A PINEAPPLE UNDER THE SEA”
Spongebob Squarepants
WOMEN IN MUSIC ///// ELLA FITZGERALD CALLED THIS JAZZ SINGER NICKNAMED “SASSY” THE GREATED SINGING TALENT IN THE WORLD
Sarah Vaughan
WOMEN AUTHORS ///// WHEN SHE DIED IN 2019, PRESIDENT OBAMA PRAISED HER “FUSION OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN STORY WITHIN THE AMERICAN STORY”
Toni Morrison
WEIGHTS & MEASURES ///// A UNIT OF FAME IS WINKINGLY NAMED FOR THIS POP ARTIST WHO TALKED ABOUT 15 MINUTES OF FAME
Andy Warhol
COMPUTER TERMS ///// DRAM STANDS FOR THIS KIND OF RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
Dynamic
EXPLORATION ///// WE PRESUME THAT THIS MAN MADE THE FIRST EUROPEAN SIGHTING OF LAKE NGAMI IN 1849
David Livingstone
FROM PAGE TO SCREEN ///// THIS FILM STARRING GENE HACKMAN AS POPEYE DOYLE WAS BASED ON A NONFICTION ACCOUNT OF NYC COPS AND DRUG SMUGGLING
The French Connection
TRAGEDIES ///// BY 9AM ON APRIL 15, 1912, THIS SHIP HAD RESCUED ABOUT 705 SURVIVORS OF THE TITANIC
RMS Carpathia
EUROPEAN ART ///// THE CENTERPIECE OF THE RIJKSMUSEUM IS THIS REMBRANDT PAINTING MISNAMED AFTER VARNISH AND YEARS OF DIRT DARKENED THE PIECE
The Night Watch
CAPES ///// IF YOU’RE “ROUNDING” THIS YOU’RE GOING AROUND THE CAPE AT THE BOTTOM OF SOUTH AMERICA
Cape Horn
LAST LINES IN SHAKESPEARE ///// HE SAID “I KISSED THEE ERE I KILLED THE: NO WAY BUT THIS, KILLING MYSELF, TO DIE UPON A KISS”
Othello
CALIFORNIA ///// HOME TO DISNEYLAND, THIS CITY WAS FOUNDED BY GERMAN IMMIGRANTS IN 1857
Anaheim
BROADWAY ///// THE TKTS STAND IN THIS FAMOUS BROADWAY SQUARE SELLS HALF-PRICE TICKETS TO BROADWAY SHOTS
Times Square
SCIENTIFIC TERMS ///// NAMED FOR A PHYSICIST, THIS “EFFECT” IS A CHANGE IN THE FREQUENCY OF A SOUND DUE TO MOVEMENT OF THE SOURCE
Doppler
WEATHER IN THE NEWS ///// RECORD HOT & DRY WEATHER SET THE STAGE FOR THIS COUNTRY’S DEVASTATING 2019-20 FIRE SEASON
Australia
THE ZODIAC ///// AT HIS DEATH, CHIRON, THE WISTEST AND MOST JUST CENTAUR, BECAME THIS CONSTELLATION & ZODIAC SIGN
Sagittarius
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ///// IN 1946 CHICAGO MAITRE D’ FRANK BROWN POSED FOR THIS RICE BRAND’S TRADEMARK PICTURE
Uncle Ben’s
4-LETTER WORDS ///// IT’S ANOTHER WORD FOR THE UTERUS
Womb
ANCIENT GREEKS ///// PLATO’S DIALOGUE “PHAEDO” IS ABOUT THE LAST HOURS OF THIS MAN’S LIFE
Socrates
GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES ///// THIS RANGE OF MOUNTAINS HAS BEEN CALLED THE BACKBONE OF THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT
Rocky Mountains
BOOKS OF THE BIBLE ///// IT’S THE SECOND BOOK OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
Exodus
REPUBLICANS ///// THIS FORMER GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA & PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE USES HIS INITIALS AS HIS FIRST NAME
Jeb Bush
MUSICAL GROUPS ///// A SIX-STRING BASS CALLED THE GUITARRON IS PART OF THIS TYPE OF BAND
Mariachi
ACTORS ///// HIS FILM ROLES INCLUDE MAVERICK, ETHAN HUNT, AND JACK REACHER
Tom Cruise
ARTISTS’ INFLUENCES ///// AS A TEENAGER, ANDREW WYETH WAS INSPIRED BY THIS AMERICAN SEASCAPE ARTIST
Winslow Homer
RHYME TIME ///// MISCHIEVOUS IMP THAT MIGHT WRECK THE MACHINERY IN A MOSCOW LANDMARK
Kremlin Gremlin
POLITICS ///// BEFORE BECOMING A REPUBLICAN, ABRAHAM LINCOLN BELONGED TO THIS POLITICAL PARTY
Whig
PHYSICS ///// NEWTON’S 1ST LAW OF MOTION IS KNOWN AS THE LAW OF THIS, THE TENDANCY OF A MOVING BODY TO MAINTAIN IT’S VELOCITY AND DIRECTION
Inertia
AMERICAN CITIES ///// IN MAY 1861, THE CONFEDERACY MOVED ITS CAPITAL TO THIS CITY 100 MILES SOUTH OF WASHINGTON DC
Richmond
OPERA SINGERS ///// THIS GREAT TENOR WAS BORN IN NAPLES IN 1873 AND RETURNED THERE TO DIE IN 1921
Enrico Caruso
COVETED HONORS ///// A 3 STAR RATING FROM THIS GUIDE IS PERHAPS THE MOST COVETED HONOR A CHEF OR RESTAURANT CAN EARN
Michelin
TV SPIN-OFFS ///// “BETTER CALL SAUL” IS A SPIN-OFF FROM THIS DRAMA
Breaking Bad
18TH CENTURY POETS ///// THIS AUTHOR OF “A POEM BY PHILLIS” COUNTED GEORGE WASHINGTON AMONG HER ADMIRERS
Phillis Weatley Peters
ROAD SIGNS ///// BY LAW IN WISCONSIN, NO TRAFFIC SIGN EXCEPT THIS “SHALL BE AN EQUILATERAL TRIANGLE IN SHAPE”
Yield
BOXING HISTORY ///// IN 1975 MUHAMMAD ALI TKO’D JOE FRAZIER IN THE 14TH ROUND OF WHAT WAS BILLED AS THS “THRILLA IN” THIS CITY
Manilla
FAMOUS AMERICANS ///// IN 1983 THIS ASTRONAUT BECAME THE FIRST AMERICAN WOMAN TO FLY IN SPACE
Sally Ride
MOVIE MUSICALS ///// SHE STARRED IN THE MOVIE MUSICALS “MARY POPPINS” AND “THE SOUND OF MUSIC”
Julie Andrews
ROYALTY ///// QUEEN BEATRIX OF THIS COUNTRY ABDICATED IN 2013 IN FAVOR OF HER SON WILLEM-ALEXANDER
The Netherlands
COMPUTER HISTORY ///// IN 1977, DENNIS HAYES AND DALE HEATHERINGTON INVENTED THIS, ENABLING A PC TO TRANSMIT DATA VIA PHONE LINES
Modem
ENGLISH NOVELS ///// THE WILOXES, THE SCHLEGELS, AND LEONARD BAST ARE CHARACTERS WHOSE LIVES INTERTWINED IN THIS E.M. FORSTER NOVEL
Howards End
NATIONAL FORMATIONS ///// THESE STONE FORMATIONS GIVE THEIR NAME TO A UTAH SITE THAT’S BEEN A NATIONAL PARK SINCE 1971
Arches
6-LETTER WORDS ///// AS A NOUN IT’S AN ANIMAL’S SNOUT, AS A VERB, IT MEANS TO PREVENT SOMEONE FROM SPEAKING OUT
Muzzle
WORLD WAR I ///// HE COMMANDED THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES IN EUROPE DURING WORLD WAR I
John Pershing
BOOK SERIES ///// IN THIS 2005 NOVEL, THE FIRST IN A SERIES, BELLA SWANN MOVES TO FORKS, WASHINGTON
Twilight
ANTONYMS ///// THIS ANTONYM OF “ATTRACTIVE” CAN REFER TO MAGNETS WHOSE FIELDS ARE PUSHING THEM APART
Repulsive
ART CONTEMPORARIES ///// IN 1888 VINCENT VAN GOGH THREATENED TO KILL THIS FRENCH ARTIST WHO WAS HIS ROOMMATE AT THE TIME
Paul Gauguin
THE PRESIDENT’S WIDOW ///// IN 1875 HIS WIDOW WAS BRIEFLY COMMITTED TO A SANITARIUM
Abraham Lincoln
20TH CENTURY HISTORY ///// ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND AND HIS WIFE SOPHIE WERE ASSASSINATED ON JUNE 28, 1914 WHILE MOROTORING THROUGH THIS CITY
Sarajevo
SPICES ///// HUNGARIAN GOULASH IS FLAVORED WITH THIS RED HUNGARIAN SEASONING
Paprika
FRANCE ///// IN 2019 A FIRE BROKE OUT AT THIS 850-YEAR-OLD CATHEDRAL
Notre Dame
TV ACTRESSES ///// SHE PLAYED THE TITLE CHARACTER ON “MAUDE” AND ONE OF THE “GOLDEN GIRLS”
Bea Arthur
NORSE MYTHOLOGY ///// NORSEMEN BELIEVED THE UNIVERSE WAS SUPPORTED BY A HUGE ONE OF THESE, YGGDRASILL
Tree
BROADWAY & LIT ///// WAR & PEACE CAME TO THE STAGE AS A SHOW TITLED “NATASHA”, HIM, AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812
Pierre
DEBUT ALBUMS ///// “UP ALL NIGHT” FROM 2011 WAS THE DEBUT ALBUM BY THIS BOY BAND
One Direction
CITY NAME ORIGINS ///// THE SIOUX WORD FOR “WATER” AND THE GREEN WORD FOR “CITY” GIVE THIS MINNESOTA CITY ITS NAME
Minneapolis
FROM THE LATIN ///// THIS SYNONYM FOR HANDCUFFS COMES FROM THE LATIN FOR “LITTLE HAND”
Manacles
RHYME TIME ///// A TASTY TREAT FOR CHEWBACCA
Wookie Cookie
BESTSELLERS ///// DELIA OWENS’ “WHERE” THESE SMALL FRESHWATER LOBSTER RELATIVES “SING” TOPPED 2019 BESTSELLER LISTS
Crawdads
BOOK SERIES ///// STIEG LARSSON’S “MILENNIUM” TROLOGY ENDED WITH “THE GIRL WHO KICKED” THIS
The Hornets’ Nest
FOREIGN LANGUAGE MOVIES ///// BONG JOON-HO PORTRAYED CLASS WARFARE IN THIS 2019 KOREAN FILM
Parasite
EUROPE ///// TERM FOR THE PARTLY ARAB MUSLIM PEOPLE WHO RULED MEDIEVAL SPAIN
Moors
SHAKESPEARE’S WOMEN ///// THE TITLE OF THIS PLAY REFERS TO THE ILL-TEMPERED KATE
The Taming of the Shrew
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS ///// A VOTE CALLED BY DAVID CAMERON IN 2016 INITIATED THE LENGTHY PROCESS KNOWN BY THIS WORD
Brexit
STARTS WITH “O” ///// THE LARGEST APE NATIVE TO ASIA
Orangutan
ANIMAL SUPERLATIVES ///// THE EMPEROR IS THE LARGEST VARIETY OF THIS BIRD
Penguin
NURSERY RHUMES ///// THIS POET USED “LONDON BRIDGE IS FALLING DOWN” TO CLOSE HIS 1922 EPIC “THE WASTE LAND”
T.S. Eliot
PLAYWRIGHTS & ACTRESSES ///// VIVIEN MERCHANT WAS MARRIED TO THIS FUTURE NOBEL PRIZE WINNER WHEN SHE CO-WROTE IN HIS 1965 PLAY “THE HOMECOMING”
Harold Pinter
THE BOOK OF GENESIS ///// HIS 3 SONS WERE SHEM, HAM, AND JAPHETH
Noah
BONES ///// THE STRONGEST & LONGEST BONE IN THE HUMAN BODY, IT’S ALSO CALLED THE THIGHBONE
Femur
BODIES OF WATER ///// MOMBASA & COLOMBO ARE PORTS ON THIS OCEAN
Indian
RELIGION ///// THE ANABAPTISTS INCLUDE MENNONITES, HUTTERITES, AND THESE EVEN MORE CONSERVATIVE BUGGY RIDERS
Amish
BUSINESS TERMS ///// A BUSINESS HAS TO CONTROL THIS PART OF ITS BUDGET, A TERM FOR FIXED COSTS LIKE RENT, ELECTRIC, AND OTHER EXPENSES
Overhead
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES ///// THIS PARISIAN SCHOOL WAS FOUNDED AS A COLLEGE OF THEOLOGY IN 1253
The Sorbonne
WORLDLY INSTRUMENTS ///// TYPICALLY, THESE LATIN AMERICAN RATTLES CONTAIN SEEDS OR BEADS
Maracas
AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUTHORS ///// WRITER ZORA NEALE HURSTON WAS THE FIRST BLACK GRADUATE OF THIS COLLEGE THAT’S AFFILIATED WITH COLUMBIA
Barnard College
RECENT U.S. HISTORY ///// IN 2005, FORMER FBI MAN W. MARK FELT WAS REVEALED TO BE THE ANONYMOUS WATERGATE INFORMANT KNOWN BY THIS PSEUDONYM
Deep Throat
STARTS WITH “C” ///// HANDWRITING WHERE THE LETTERS ARE JOINED
Cursive
STATE GOVERNMENT ///// IN CALIFORNIA AND FLORIDA, THE PERSON WITH THIS TITLE OVERSEES ELECTIONS
Secretary of State
DINOSAURS ///// THE NAME FOR THIS DINOSAUR WITH A ROW OF BONY PLATES ON ITS BACK COMES FROM GREEK FOR “ROOF”
Stegosaurus
EUROPEAN PAINTERS ///// A CATEGORY IN THE WORLD BEARD AND MOUSTACHE CHAMPIONSHIPS HONORS THIS 20TH CENTURY ARTIST’S STACHE
Salvador Dali
EXPLORERS ///// JOHN DAVIS, AN AMERICAN SEAL HUNTER, WAS THE 1ST PERSON KNOWN TO SET FOOT ON THIS CONTINENT
Antarctica
DESSERTS ///// BROWNED IN THE OVEN, THIS CAKE AND ICE CREAM DESSERT CAN BE SET AFLAME FOR A DRAMATIC PRESENTATION
Baked Alaska
EUROPEAN INSTRUMENTS ///// THE HIGHLAND VERSION OF THIS INSTRUMENT HAS A BLOWPIPE, A CHANTER, AND 3 DRONES
Bagpipe
EUROPEAN HODGEPODGE ///// RUEDI RYMANN WAS A GREAT SWISS MASTER OF THIS STYLE OF SINGING
Yodeling
12-LETTER WORDS ///// IT CAN BE A RELIGIOUS GROUP, OR THE VALUE OF A PIECE OF PAPER MONEY
Denomination
HISTORICAL DRAMAS ///// THE LAST SCENE OF THIS ARTHUR MILLER PLAY IS SET IN A SALEM JAIL CELL IN 1692
The Crucible
RECENT INNOVATIONS ///// IN DECEMBER 2017, ONE UNIT OF THIS CRYPTOCURRENCY WAS WORTH 15 TIMES MORE THAN AN OUNCE OF GOLD
Bitcoin
COMMUNICATION ///// IN THE OED THIS APP IS ALSO A VERB MEANING “TO COMMUNICATE WITH A PERSON… OVER THE INTERNET VIA VIDEO CHAT”
Facetime
SCIENTISTS ///// THIS PHYSICIST WAS THE DIRECTOR OF THE LOS ALAMOS LABORATORY DURING WW2’S MANHATTAN PROJECT
Oppenheimer
EUROPEAN CAPITALS ///// IN 1991, TALLINN AGAIN BECAME THE CAPITAL OF THIS FORMER SOVIET REPUBLIC
Estonia
CLASSIC FOREIGN FILMS ///// A CLASSIC ITALIAN FILM IS ABOUT A “THIEF” OF THIS, WHICH A POOR MAN NEEDS FOR HIS JOB
Bicycle
US CITIES ///// EAST CHICAGO IS LOCATED IN THIS STATE, NOT ILLINOIS
Indiana
ROYALTY ///// WILLIAM OF ORANGE, LIKE HIS FATHER WILLIAM II, WED AN ENGLISH GIRL NAMED THIS
Mary
RELIGIOUS FIGURES ///// HE RECEIVED HIS DOCTORATE OF THEOLOGY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WITTENBERG IN 1512
Martin Luther
MILITARY HONORS ///// THE ONLY WOMAN TO RECEIVE THIS FOREMOST US MILITARY DECORATION IS DR. MARY WALKER, FOR HER ACTIONS AT BULL RUN
Medal of Honor
OLD ENGLISH LITERATURE ///// IN “BEOWULF,” THIS MONSTER REGULARLY DEVOURS HROTHGAR’S SLEEPING WARRIORS
Grendel
JOINTS ///// YOUR BODY’S LARGEST JOINT IS THIS ONE THAT’S CAPPED BY A BONE CALLED THE PATELLA
Knee
THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE ///// IN 1903, PANAMA BECAME INDEPENDENT FROM THIS SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY
Colombia
HISTORIC SPORTS FIGURES ///// AS A PITCHER, HE WAS 94-46, BUT IT’S THE 714 CAREER HOMERS FOR WHICH HE’S BEST REMEMBERED
Babe Ruth
EDGAR ALLAN POE ///// IN A POE POEM, “THIS MAIDEN SHE LIVED WITH NO OTHER THOUGHT THAN TO LOVE AND BE LOVED BY ME”
Annabel Lee
RHYME TYME ///// A MORE ADORABLE GUY WHO WANTS TO MARRY YOU
Cuter Suitor
ETIQUETTE ///// TRADITIONALLY, A DEBUTANTE’S ESCORT GIVES HER ONE OF THESE WEARABLE FLORAL GIFTS
Corsage
MYTH & THE STARS ///// CALLISTO WAS AN ARCADIAN NYMPH WHO WAS CHANGED INTO A BEAR; LATER SHE BECAME THIS LATIN-NAMED CONSTELLATION
Ursa Major
FAMOUS AMERICANS ///// HE SERVED AS FBI DIRECTOR UNDER EVERY PRESIDENT FROM COOLIDGE TO NIXON
J. Edgar Hoover
THE FOUNDING FATHERS ///// THIS PRESIDENT WAS THE LAST SURVIVING SIGNER OF THE US CONSTITUTION
James Madison
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ///// BORN TO A PROSPEROUS BOSTON BREWER, HE’S BEEN CALLED THE “FATHER OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION”
Samuel Adams
RESTAURANTS ///// “AMERICA’S DINER,” AS OF 2017 IT PUT ITS SLAMS & SKILLETS ON A NEW ON-DEMAND APP
Denny’s
THE REAL PERSON MOVIE ///// MICHAEL FASBENDER PLAYED THIS GIANT OF THE TECH WORLD IN A 2015 BIOPIC
Steve Jobs
BODY PART PHRASES ///// REFUSING TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOMETHING YOU KNOW TO BE WRONG IS “TURNING” ONE OF THESE IMPAIRED PEEPERS
A Blind Eye
SHAKESPEARE’S TITLES ///// THE TITLE OF THIS PLAY ABOUT 2 SETS OF TWINS IS USED TO MEAN A BADLY MESSED UP SITUATION
The Comedy of Errors
BUSINESSWOMEN ///// THE FIRST WOMAN TO HEAD A COMPANY LISTED ON THE DOW, THIS HEWLETT PACKARD CEO RAN FOR PRESIDENT IN 2016
Carly Fiorina
LAW IN THE NEWS ///// THE SENATE CONFIRMED HIM TO THE US SUPREME COURT IN OCTOBER 2018
Brett Kavanaugh
STAGE LEGENDS ///// THIS TONY WINNER FOR “REDHEAD” MARRIED BOB FOSSE IN 1960
Gwen Verdon
TV FAMILIES ///// THIS ABC SHOW FOLLOWS THE TITLE FAMILY AS ADAM VIDEOS THEM THROUGH THEIR ANTICS SET IN THE 1980S
The Goldbergs
FICTIONAL WOMEN ///// MARGUERITE GAUTIER, WHO SPENDS A LONG TIME DYING IN A DUMAS NOVEL, IS KNOWN BY THIS ONE NAME
Camille
SPORTS STARS ///// AFTER LEADING THE TORONTO RAPTORS TO THE 2019 NBA TITLE, HE BECAME AN LA CLIPPER
Kawhi Leonard
ITALIAN LANDMARKS ///// THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS IN THIS CITY LINKS THE DOGE’S PALACE TO THE OLD STATE PRISON
Venice
PHRASES FROM THE BIBLE ///// SOMEONE WHO’S OBNOXIOUSLY PIOUS IS “HOLIER THAN” THIS PERSON
Thou
CLASSIC TV CHARACTERS ///// IN THE FIRST EPISODE OF THIS SITCOM, FELIX & OSCAR HAD A DATE WITH THE PIGEON SISTERS
The Odd Couple
ECOSYSTEMS ///// MUCH OF MALAYSIA IS THIS PRECIOUS TYPE OF ECOSYSTEM WITH TALL TREES AND LOTS OF PRECIPITATION
Rainforest
COMPOUND WORDS ///// NORTHERNERS WHO HEAD TO FLORIDA OR SOME OTHER WARM PLACE AS SOON AS THE WEATHER GETS COLD ARE POPULARLY CALLED THESE
Snowbirds
RECENT POLITICAL BOOKS ///// PHILIP RUCKER & CAROL LEONNIG’S CHRONICLE OF THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY IS TITLES A VERY STABLE THIS
Genius
BIBLICAL REFERENCES ///// THE NAME OF THIS QUEEN, A BELIEVER IN THE PAGAN GOD BAAL, HAS COME TO MEAN A WICKED SHAMELESS WOMAN
Jezebel
WORLD WAR II ///// USED BY THE NAZIS IN THE INVASIONS OF BELGIUM AND FRANCE, THIS SHOCK TACTIC IS GERMAN FOR LIGHTNING WAR
Blitzkrieg
CELEBRITIES ///// IN 2019 THIS ACTRESS SERVED 11 DAYS IN PRISON IN CONNECTION WITH THE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS SCANDAL
Felicity Huffman
SMALL EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ///// LESS THAN ONE SQUARE MILE, THIS COUNTRY LIES ON THE FRENCH RIVIERA
Monaco
BASKETBALL TERMS ///// A PLAYER WHO FINISHES A GAME WITH 10 OR MORE POINTS, REBOUNDS, AND ASSISTS, HAS ACCOMPLISHED THIS FEAT
Triple-Double
JOURNALISTS ///// HIS REPORTING IN THE NEW YORKER HELPED EXPOSE THE MISDEEDS OF HARNEY WEINSTEIN
Ronan Farrow
FABRIC ///// THIS FABRIC IS MADE FROM THE FLAX PLANT
Linen
THE 1960S ///// US DISCTRICT JUDGE SARAH HUGHES ADMINSTERED THE OATH OF OFFICE TO HIM ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE
Lyndon B. Johnson
ASIAN LITERATURE ///// A COLLECTION OF ANIMALS STORIES FROM INDIA, THE PANCHATANTRA WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN IN THIS ANCIENT LANGUAGE
Sanskrit
STARTS WITH “P” ///// A GHOST OR SPECTER, OR A “LIMB” THAT ISN’T THERE ANYMORE
Phantom
THE BALKINS ///// THE NAME OF THIS BULGARIAN CAPITAL MEANS “WISDOM” IN GREEK
Sofia
COLORADO ///// SETTLED IN 1858, THIS COLORADO CITY IS NEAR A SAME-NAMED CANYON THAT’S FULL OF LARGE ROCKS
Boulder
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ///// IT’S THE SMALLEST FORM OF GRANT PIANO THAT STEINWAY MAKES
Baby
AFRICA ///// SAO TOME, THIS ISLAND & SEVERAL TINY ISLANDS, FORM A NATION IN THE GULF OF GUINEA
Principe
FAMOUS TRIALS ///// IN 1925, THIS HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER WAS PUT ON TRIAL, CONVICTED, AND FINED FOR TEACHING EVOLUTION IN TENNESSEE
Scopes
ART HISTORY ///// TOULOUSE-LAUTREC HAD A STUDIO IN MONTMARTRE, CONVENIENT TO THIS DANCE HALL HE IMMORTALIZED ON CANVAS
Moulin Rouge
GENETICS ///// MOST HUMAN CELLS CONTAIN 46 OF THESE
Chromosomes
TV PERSONALITIES ///// IN 1996, HE BECAME THE WEATHER AND FEATURE ANCHOR FOR NBC’S TODAY SHOW
Al Roker
MOVIE REMAKES ///// KRISTEN WIIG & KATE MCKINNON STARRED IN THEI 2016 REMAKE OF A BELOVED 1980S FILM
Ghostbusters
EXPLORERES ///// HE LED THE 1608 EXPEDITION THAT SAILED FORM FRANCE AND FOUNDED QUEBEC
Samuel de Champlain
PROVERBS ///// FALSTAFF WISELY SAID THAT THIS IS “THE BETTER PART OF VALOR”
Discretion
20TH CENTURY NOVELS ///// THIS 1906 UPTON SINCLAIR NOVEL CENTERS ON JURGIS RUDKUS, A WORKER IN THE CHICAGO STOCKYARDS
The Jungle
WORDPLAY ///// AN OXFORD THAT’S A PIECE OF EVIDENCE AT A CRIME SCENE
Shoe Clue
9-LETTER WORDS ///// THIS 9-LETTER ADJECTIVE DESCRIBES A 2-HOUSE LEGISLATURE
Bicameral
ROCKS & MINERALS ///// QUARTZ IS RATED 7 ON THIS SCALE OF HARDNESS NAMED FOR A SCIENTIST
Mohs
MARSUPIALS ///// THE MACROPUS GENUS INCLUDES WALLABIES AND THESE LARGER RELATIVES
Kangaroos
20TH CENTURY DRAMAS ///// HAMM SEES THE WORLD DECAYING WHILE HIS PARENTS LIVE IN TRASH CANS IN THIS SAMUEL BECKETT PLAY WITH A TITLE FROM CHESS
Endgame
STATE SONGS ///// THIS DITTY ABOUT A PONY-RIDING GENTLEMAN IS CONNECTICUT’S STATE SONG
Yankee Doodle
BALLET ///// 18 YEARS AFTER NATALIA MAKAROVA’S DEFECTION, SHE RETURNED HOME TO DANCE WITH THIS SOVIET BALLET, NOT THE BOLSHOI
Kirov Ballet
QUOTES FROM SHAKESPEARE ///// THIS PHRASE MEANS TO WARN OF DANGER, ANTONY FOLLOWS WITH “LETS SLIP THE DOGS OF WAR”
Cry Havoc
MYTHOLOGICAL PLACES ///// BIFROST, THE BRIDGE THAT CONNECTED THE EARTH WITH THE HOME OF THE GODS WAS ONE OF THESE COLORFUL THINGS
Rainbow
MEDIAL TECHNOLOGY ///// A 1977 MACHINE CALLED INDOMITABLE PIONEERED THIS FULL BODY SCAN
MRI
THE CABINET ///// IT’S THE ONLY CABINET DEPARTMENT HEADED BY AN OFFICIAL WHOSE TITLE ISN’T SECRETARY
Attorney General
19TH CENTURY OPERA ///// IN AN OPERA BY THIS COMPOSER, THE KNIGHT LOHENGRIN MOVES AROUND VIA SWAN POWER
Richard Wagner
DESERTS ///// JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK IS FOUND IN THIS DESERT OF SOUTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA
Mojave
THE 7 ANCIENT WONDERS ///// THE LIGHTHOUSE OR PHAROS OF THIS EGYPTION CITY WAS SAID TO BE 350 FEET TALL
Alexandria
HOBBIES ///// TRUE ANGLERS KNOW THE DIFFERENCE KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TIGER MUSKIE AND THE NORTHERN THIS 4-LETTER FISH
Pike
SANDWICHES ///// THIS SANDWICH OF TURKEY, HAM, AND SWISS CHEESE IS DIPPED IN EGG AND FRIED
Monte Cristo
US RIVERS ///// THIS RIVER FLOWS THROUGH HELL’S CANYON ON THE IDAHO-OREGON BORDER
Snake River
MUSICAL SIBLINGS ///// KEVIN, NICK, & JOE, THESE BROTHERS, WERE LIVING THE DREAM
The Jonas Brothers
TV MOVIES ///// THIS 1971 TV TEARJERKER, TOLD THE STORY OF A CHICAGO BEARS RUNNING BACK & HIS BATTLE WITH CANCER
Brian’s Song
FAMOUS WOMEN ///// THE SECOND WOMAN TO SERVE ON THE US SUPREME COURT, SHE WAS SELECTED BY BILL CLINTON
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
DRAMATIC CHARACTERS ///// HE BASED THE CHARACTER OF JAMES IN “A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN” ON HIS OWN BROTHER JAMES
Eugene O’Neill
CURRENT TECHNOLOGY ///// THE “BRAIN” BEHIND AMAZON ECHO, SHE CAN TURN ON YOUR THERMOSTAT OR TELL YOU WHO WON A MEDIEVAL BATTLE
Alexa
COMPLETES THE BROADWAY LINE ///// FROM “WICKED”, “DON’T WORRY, I’M DETERMINED TO SUCCEED, FOLLOW MY LEAD AND YES INDEED, YOU WILL BE” THIS
Popular
FRENCH OPERAS ///// THIS CHARLES GOUNOD OPERA EMPHASIZED THE LOVE BETWEEN MARGUERITE & THE TITLE LEARNED DOCTOR
Faust
WOMEN IN POLITICS ///// IN 1976 THIS AFRICAN-AMERICAN TEXAS CONGRESSWOMAN FIRED UP THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION WITH HER KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Barbara Jordan
ROYAL HISTORY ///// NAMED IN PART FOR A FRENCH REGION, SHE WAS THE MOTHER OF ENGLAND’S KING RICHARD THE LIONHEART
Eleanor of Aquitaine
BOOKS OF THE 1980S ///// AFTER PUBLISHING THIS BOOK IN 1988, SALMAN RUSHDIE WAS FORCED INTO HIDING
The Satanic Verses
ISLAND CAPITALS ///// THIS CAPITAL OF NEW ZEALAND WAS NAMED IN HONOR OF ARTHUR WELLESLEY
Wellington
LINES FROM PLAYS ///// IN A SHAKESPEARE PLAY, THIS CHACTER’S DYING WORDS ARE “THE REST IS SILENCE”
Hamlet
CLASSIC CARTOONS ///// BOO BOO WAS THE SIDEKICK OF THIS CARTOON CHARACTER WHO LIKED TO STEAL PIC-A-NIC BASKETS
Yogi Bear
ON THE ADRIATIC ///// CALLED THE “PEARL OF THE ADRIATIC”, DUBROVNIK IS ON THE DALMATIAN COAST OF THIS COUNTRY
Croatia
FOOD AROUND THE WORLD ///// CLOUDBERRY COUP & SAUNA SAUSAGE ARE SPECIALTY FOODS OF THIS COUNTRY
Finland
SPORTS RULES ///// A 2017 MLB RULES CHANGE MEANS A PITCHER NO LONGER HAS TO TOSS 4 WIDE ONES TO ACCOMPLISH THIS
Intentional Walk
PRESIDENTIAL RELATIVES ///// TOM HANKS’ FAMILY TREE INCLUDES NANCY HANKS, THE MOTHER OF THIS PRESIDENT
Abraham Lincoln
THE VIETNAM WAR ///// THIS CAPITAL FELL TO VIET CONG & NORTH VIETNAMESE TROOPS APRIL 30, 1975
Saigon
BIBLICAL PLACES ///// THE ARAMAIC NAME FOR CALVARY, THE HILL ON WHICH JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED
Golgotha
THE SUPREME COURT ///// THE 1857 DECISION NAMED FOR THIS PLAINTIFF RULED THAT SLAVES DID NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO SUE IN FEDERAL COURTS
Dred Scott
VOCABULARY ///// A RISE IN THE LEVEL OF THE PRICES IN AN ECONOMY, OR WHAT’S NEEDED TO FILL UP AN AIR MATTRESS
Inflation
SUPERHEROES ON FILM ///// IN “JUSTICE LEAGUE,” JASON MOMOA PLAYS THIS TITLE HERO OF ATLANTIS
Aquaman
20TH CENTURY ARTISTS ///// THE BASIC STYLE OF THE COLOR FIELD PAINTINGS BY THIS RUSSIAN BORN MAN IS 2 OR 3 SOFT EDGED RECTANGLES OF COLOR
Mark Rothko
QUOTES BY AUTHOR ///// HE PENNED THE LINE “YOU’RE A BETTER MAN THAN I AM, GUNGA DIN!”
Rudyard Kipling
FAMOUS WOMEN ///// OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD, SHE SAID SHE “NEVER RAN A TRAIN OFF THE TRACK AND NEVER LOST A PASSENGER”
Harriet Tubman
CAT BREEDS ///// THE MOST DISTINCTIVE FEATURE OF THE RUMPY MANX CAT IS THE LACK OF THIS BODY PART
Tail
RELIGIOUS FIGURES ///// SHE FOUNDED THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE DENOMINATION IN 1879
Mary Baker Eddy
MUSICAL TERMS ///// A VIOLIN DOESN’T HAVE THESE DIVIDING LINES ON ITS FINGERBOARD AS A GUITAR DOES
Frets
SCI-FI AUTHORS ///// THIS AUTHOR IF “I, ROBOT” CREATED 3 LAWS OF ROBOTICS
Isaac Asimov
THE SOUTH ///// THIS GEORGIA CITY IS THE SITE OF THE MASTERS GOLF TOURNAMENT
Augusta
MORE THAN ONE MEANING ///// IT CAN MEAN A HUNTED ANIMAL, OR A PLACE FROM WHICH STONE IS EXTRACTED
Quarry
TV PERSONALITIES ///// WHEN SHE’S NOT A SIDELINE SPORTS REPORTOR FOR FOX SHE’S BUSY AS A CO-HOST OF DANCING WITH THE STARS
Erin Andrews
GREEK SYMBOLS ///// ATHENA IS A GODDESS OF WISDOM, AS SYMBOLIZED BY THIS CREATURE
Owl
10-LETTER WORDS ///// SOMETHING WORN BY A BOXER, OR SLANG FOR SOMEONE WHO SPEAKS FOR ANOTHER
Mouthpiece
RHYME TIME ///// AN ARTIFICIAL NEW YORK STRIP OR SIRLOIN
Fake steak
GEOMETRY ///// THE PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM ONLY APPLIES TO THIS TYPE OF TRIANGLE
Right
CLASSIC MOVIE REMAKES ///// THE COEN BROTHERS REMADE THIS WESTERN, WITH JEFF BRIDGES IN THE JOHN WAYNE ROLE
True Grit
FANTASY ///// PART HUMAN, PART BEAST, THESE BOISTEROUS CREATURES WERE ATTENDANTS OF DIONYSUS
Satyrs
NO. 1 BILLBOARD HITS ///// AT AGE 17, BILLIE EILISH HAD HER FIRST NO. 1 HIT IN 2019 WITH THIS SONG… DUH
Bad Guy
STARTS WITH “KN” ///// A HILARIOUS JOKE MIGHT BE DESCRIBED AS “A REAL” ONE OF THESE
Kneeslapper
SYMPTOMS ///// NUMB FINGERS ARE A SYMPTOM OF THIS SYNDROME CAUSED BY THE LIGAMENTS OF THE WRIST PRESSING AGAINST THE MEDIAN NERVE
Caprpal Tunnel
GOVERNMENT ABBREVIATIONS ///// INVESTIGATORS AND JOURNALISTS OFTEN FILL OUT REQUESTS FOR DOCUMENTS USING THE FREEDOM OF THIS ACT
Information
SOUTHERN CITIES ///// TOM PETTY WAS BORN IN THIS CITY, HOME TO THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
Gainesville
TROPHIES ///// IT’S THE COMMON NAME FOR BOTH AN INTERNATIONAL YACHT RACE AND THAT RACE’S TROPHY, FORMERLY THE HUNDRED GUINEA CUP
Regatta
SHAKESPEARE’S LANGUAGE ///// THIS WORD MEANS “IT SEEMS TO ME;” IN HAMLET IT COMLETES THE LINE “THE LADY DOTH PROTEST TOO MUCH”
Methinks
2018 MOVIES ///// ONE-WORD TITLE OF THE 2018 MOVIE ABOUT DICK CHENEY, WHO WAS PLAYED BY CHRISTIAN BALE
Vice
PERCUSSION ///// CRASH & HI-HAT ARE TYPES OF THESE
Cymbals
BROADWAY & HISTORY ///// BEFORE “HAMILTON” CAME THE HIT 2010 MUSICAL “BLOODY BLOODY” THIS US PRESIDENT
Andrew Jackson
POLITICAL GROUPS ///// IN 1937 THIS SPANISH GENERALISSIMO MERGED THE FASCIST FALANGE GROUP WITH THE CARLISTS
Franco
ANIMAL WORDS & PHRASES ///// RICHARD III FAMOUSLY OFFERED HIS KINGDOM FOR ONE OF THESE
A horse
FASHION ///// SPANISH NAME FOR WHAT’S BASICALLY A BLANKET WITH A HOLE IN THE CENTER FOR THE HEAD
Poncho
7-LETTER WORDS ///// A PUN ON A TYPE OF MELON, IT’S A LIST OF THINGS TO BE DONE BY ONE’S SPOUSE
Honeydo
MEDICAL HISTORY ///// IN 1721, DR. ZABDIEL BOYLSTON GAVE THE FIRST INOCULATIONS IN AMERICA AGAINST THIS DISEASE
Smallpox
THE RENAISSANCE ///// IN 1534 POPE PAUL III NAMED HIM PAINTER, SCULPTOR, AND ARCHITECT OF THE VATICAN PALACE
Michelangelo
COLORS ///// IT CAN BE A LIQUEUR OR A SHADE OF YELLOWISH-GREEN
Chartreuse
20TH CENTURY NAMES ///// HE WAS THE SECOND MAN TO WALK ON THE MOON
Buzz Aldrin
ITALY ///// THE LONGEST RIVER IN ITALY EMPTIES INTO THE ADRIATIC SEA
Po
COFFEE BREAK ///// THIS TYPE OF COFFEE IS GROWN ON THE SLOPES OF HUALALAI IN HAWAII
Kona
GREEK TRAGEDY ///// THE BLIND KING DIES IN SOPHOCLES’ HIM “AT COLONUS”
Oedipus
HOMOPHONIC PAIRS ///// A LABYRINTH MADE OF CORN
Maize Maze
SITCOM CHARACTERS ///// CHARACTERS ON THIS SITCOM INCLUDED A MECHANIC NAMED LATKA GRAVAS & LOUIS DE PALMA, THE CRANKY DISPATCHER
Taxi
THE 50 STATES ///// ITS MOTTO “EQUAL RIGHTS” RELECTS THE FACT THAT WOMEN WERE GIVEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE THERE IN 1869
Wyoming
AFRICAN HISTORY ///// THIS AFRICAN PEOPLE WHO FOUGHT A WAR WITH BRITAIN IN 1879 ARE ONE OF THE MAIN POPULATION GROUPS IN SOUTH AFRICA
Zulu
SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC ///// THIS SIGN OF THE ZODIAC IS REPRESENTED BY A MAIDEN CARRYING A SHEAF OF WHEAT
Virgo
THE EMMYS ///// UZO ADUBA WON 2 EMMYS FOR PLAYING CRAZY EYES, AN INMATE ON THIS SERIES
Orange Is The New Black
SPORTS RHYME TIME ///// A THICK BASEBALL STICK
Fat Bat
GREEK LORE ///// THESE CREATURES’ SWEET SONG LURED SAILORS TO THEIR DOOM
Siren
STARTS WITH “G” ///// IT’S THE SPROUTING OF A SEED OR AN IDEA
Germination
MUSIC PRODUCERS ///// THIS DJ & MUSIC PRODUCER HAD A HIT WITH UPTOWN FUNK FEATURING BRUNO MARS
Mark Ronson
OPERA SETTINGS ///// THIS PUCCINI OPERA IS SET IN JAPAN
Madama Butterfly
IN THE NEWS ///// IN 2019 GRETA THUNBERG MADE NEWS BY COMING TO NEW YORK VIA THIS MODE OF TRANSPORT
Sailboat
BUSINESS MASCOTS ///// PART OF THE P&G FAMILY, HE’S BALD, MUSCULAR, AND WEARS AN EARRING
Mr. Clean
HOOFED ANIMALS ///// A YOUNG COW IS CALLED THIS UNTIL SHE GIVES BIRTH
Heifer
NONFICTION ///// “THE TIPPING POINT” AND “TALKING TO STRANGERS” ARE BOOKS BY THIS FREQUENT NEW YORKER CONTRIBUTOR
Malcolm Gladwell
FOREFATHERS ///// “TAMER OF LIGHTNING” WAS ONE OF THE MANY SOBRIQUETS GIVEN TO THIS COLONIAL STATESMAN
Ben Franklin
LAKES ///// THE HUGE LAKE CREATED BY THE GLEN CANYON DAM ON THE COLORADO RIVER IS NAMED FOR THIS CONSERVATIONIST
John Wesley Powell
LANGUAGES ///// ROMANSH IS AN OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF THE CANTON OF GRAUBUNDEN IN THIS COUNTRY
Switzerland
SOUTH AMERICA ///// THE MAIN SQUARE OF THIS COLOMBIAN CAPITAL IS NAMED FOR SIMON BOLIVAR
Bogota
NAMES IN TECHNOLOGY ///// THIS PROTO-COMPUTER PROGRAMMER WAS THE DAUGHTER OF LORD BYRON
Ada Lovelace
OSCAR-WINNING FILMS ///// THIS 1984 FILM WON FOR BEST PICTURE & F. MURRAY ABRAHAM WON A LEAD ACTOR ASCAR FOR PLAYING COMPOSER ANTONIO SALIERI
Amadeus
FILM BIOGRAPHIES ///// SPIKE LEE CHRONICLED THE LIFE OF THIS BLACK ACTIVIST IN A 1992 FILM
Malcolm X
NBA FRANCHISES ///// IN 1960 THIS NBA TEAM MOVED FROM MINNEAPOLIS TO THE WEST COAST
Lakers
20TH CENTURY HISTORY ///// HE WAS APPOINTED PRIME MINISTER OF ITALY IN 1922
Benito Mussolini
BANKING ///// WITH ASSETS OF ABOUT $1.9 TRILLION, THERE’S NO MORE TRAVELING BY STAGECOACH FOR THIS SAN FRANCISCO- BASED COMPANY
Wells Fargo
BRIDGES ///// THE FIRST BRIDGE LINKING THE CAMBRIDGE AREA & BOSTON WAS BUILT OVER THIS RIVER IN 1793
Charles
CONTEMPORARY WOMEN AUTHORS ///// THIS CHILEAN AMERICAN WOMAN WROTE THE NOVEL “THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS”
Isabel Allende
ITALIAN HISTORY ///// WITH ABOUT 1,000 OF HIS “RED SHIRTS”, HE HELPED THE SICILIANS WIN THEIR FREEDOM IN 1860
Garibaldi
FOREIGN AFFAIRS ///// IN NOVEMBER 2019 THE U.S. NOTIFIED THE U.N. THAT IT WOULD FORMALLY WITHDRAW FROM THE PARIS AGREEMENT ON THIS
Climate
MEASUREMENTS ///// THIS UNIT COUNTED BY DIETERS PROPERLY HAS “KILO” IN FRONT OF IT
Calories
COMPOSERS ///// IN 1725 THIS ITALIAN PUBLISHED HIS “SUMMER (CONCERTO NO. 2 IN G MINOR)”
Vivaldi
NOTORIOUS ///// THIS ITALIAN AMERICAN BECAME SYNONYMOUS WITH GET-RICH-QUICK SCAMS
Charles Ponzi
PREDATORS ///// THIS 4-LETTER GENUS OF THE MOUNTAIN LION IS ALSO ANOTHER NAME FOR IT
Puma
US PRESIDENTS ///// HE WAS ELECTED IN 1884 AND AGAIN IN 1892
Grover Cleveland
SOCIAL ISSUES ///// TA-NEHISI COATES WROTE A 2014 ATLANTIC MAGAZINE COVER STORY CALLED “THE CASE FOR” THESE PAYMENTS TO SLAVES’ DESCENDANTS
Reparations
ORGANIZATIONS ///// JULIETTE GORDON LOW FOUNDED THIS U.S. ORGANIZATION FOR THE YOUNG IN 1912
Girl Scouts
EARLY 20TH CENTURY LITERATURE ///// HE WROTE “THE CALL OF THE WILD”
Jack London
BEASTS IN MYTH ///// SLEIPNIR WAS THIS TOP NORSE GOD’S 8-LEGGED STALLION
Odin
LITERARY CHARACTERS ///// IN “PRIDE AND PREJUDICE”, ELIZABETH BENNET COMES TO LOVE & MARRY THIS MAN
Mr. Darcy
1970S FICTION ///// STINGO IS THE NARRATOR OF THIS WILLIAM STYRON NOVEL ABOUT A POLISH SURVIVOR OF AUSCHWITZ
Sophie’s Choice
LAND & WATER ///// THESE LONG SEA INLETS FOUND IN NORWAY DEVELOP BY GLACIATION OF A PREVIOUS RIVER SYSTEM
Fjords
21ST CENTURY MUSICALS ///// TREY PARKER & MATT STONE OF “SOUTH PARK” CO-WROTE THIS MUSICAL WITH A RELIGIOUS TITLE
The Book of Mormon
ART SCHOOLS ///// PAUL KLEE TAUGHT CLASSES IN PAINTING & STAINED GLASS AT THIS DESIGN SCHOOL IN GERMANY
The Bauhaus
10-LETTER WORDS ///// ASTRONAUT TALK FOR THE LANDING OF A SPACE CAPSULE IN WATER
Splashdown
ACTING AWARDS ///// “ENSEMBLE IN A DRAMA SERIES” IS PART OF THIS UNION’S ACTING AWARDS
Screen Actor’s Guild
STAGE NAMES ///// TRAINED ON THE CLASSICAL FLUTE, MELISSA JEFFERSON RAPS UNDER THIS 5-LETTER NAME
Lizzo
SYNONYMS ///// THIS ALTERNATE TERM FOR A BATHROOM COMES FROM THE LATIN FOR “WASH”
Lavatory
PRO SPORTS TEAMS ///// THEY REPRESENTED LOS ANGELES WHEN MARCUS ALLEN RUSHED THEM TO SUPER BOWL VICTORY IN 1984
Raiders
STARTS WITH “K” ///// IT’S A LIGHT BROWN COLOR, OR A CLOTH OF THAT SHADE
Khaki
US WARS ///// U.S. FORCES TOOK THIS CAPITAL SEPTEMBER 14, 1847
Mexico City
21ST CENTURY TECH ///// THE U.S. AIR FORCE MAINTAINS THE SPACE & CONTROL SEGMENTS OF THIS SYSTEM THAT HELPS YOU GET WHERE YOU WANT TO GO
GPS
DISNEY FILMS ///// THIS FAWN IS THE TITLE CHARACTER OF A 1942 DISNEY FILM
Bambi
BOOKS OF THE BIBLE ///// TEHILLIM, MEANING “SONGS OF PRAISE”, IS THE HEBREW NAME FOR THIS BIBLICAL BOOK
Psalms
PLAY TITLES ///// IT’S THE ONLY SHAKESPEARE PLAY WITH “LOVE” IN ITS TITLE
Love’s Labour’s Lost
WOMEN IN HISTORY ///// MARTHA JANE WERE THE GIVEN NAMES OF WILD BILL HICKOK’S GAL PAL KNOWN BY THIS NICKNAME
Calamity Jane
INITIAL TV ///// MARK HARMON INVESTIGATES ALL CRIMES INVOLVING U.S. NAVY & MARINE CORPS PERSONNEL ON THIS DRAMA
NCIS
THE RENAISSANCE ///// THIS STRING INSTRUMENT POPULAR IN THE RENAISSANCE HAS ITS PEGBOX BENT ABOUT 90 DEGREES FROM THE FINGERBOARD
Lute
LANDMARKS ///// ELVIS’ CHILDHOOD HOME CAN BE SEEN IN ELVIS PRESLEY BIRTHPLACE PARK IN THIS MISSISSIPPI CITY
Tupelo
TRADEMARKS ///// THIS NAME FOR A MOVING STAIRCASE WAS AT ONE TIME A TRADEMARK OF THE OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
Escalator
GERMAN CITIES ///// RICK STEVES CALLS THIS CITY OF BEAUTIFUL CATHEDRALS “GERMANY’S MIX OF PERFUME, CHOCOLATE–AND GOD”
Cologne
FAMOUS WOMEN ///// CARRIE LAM WAS IN THE NEWS IN 2019 AS THE BELEAGUERED CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THIS ASIAN PLACE
Hong Kong
AMERICAN ARTISTS ///// THIS PHOTOGRAPHER WAS A DIRECTOR OF THE SIERRA CLUB FROM 1934 TO 1971
Ansel Adams
GEOGRAPHIC TERMS ///// A SMALL RAVINE; A HEAVY RAINSTORM IS A “WASHER” OF IT
Basin
TALK SHOW HOSTS ///// “HISTORY OF RAP” WITH JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE HAS BEEN A BIT ON HIS LATE-NIGHT TALK SHOW
Jimmy Fallon
STARTS WITH “Q” ///// THIS SUBSTANCE DERIVED FROM CINCHONA BARK WAS WIDELY USED TO TREAT MALARIA
Quinine
FAMOUS STATUES ///// SHORTER NAME OF THE LOUVRE’S FAMOUS STATUE WINGED VICTORY OF SAMOTHRACE
Nike
ASTRONOMICAL TERMS ///// EACH YEAR BRINGS 2 OF THESE DAYS, ONE VERNAL & ONE AUTUMNAL
Equinox
MUSICAL HISTORY ///// IN THE 1930s LAURENS HAMMOND PATENTED THE FIRST COMMERCIALLY PRACTICAL ELECTRONIC ONE OF THESE
Organ
FILM ROYALTY ///// YUL BRYNNER PLAYED THE TITLE ROYAL IN 1956 MOVIE MUSICAL
The King And I
HOLIDAY FOODS ///// COMMONLY ENJOYED ON HANUKKAH, LATKES ARE THESE
Potato Pancakes
SYMBOLS IN ART ///// THE CROWN IS A FREQUENT SYMBOL IN THE WORKS OF THIS ARTIST OF HAITIAN DESCENT WHO DIED AT 27
Jean-Michel Basquiat
MODERN LINGO ///// THE 1995 MOVIE “FRIDAY” GAVE US THE PHRASE “BYE” THIS GIRL, SAID TO ANYONE WHOSE DEPARTURE DOESN’T BOTHER YOU
Felicia
PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORS ///// “CHRISTMAS IN PLAINS” IS BY THIS U.S. PRESIDENT
Jimmy Carter
FROM BOOK TO PLAY ///// IN 2019 ED HARRIS REPLACED JEFF DANIELS IN THIS “TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD” ROLE
Atticus Finch
STATE CAPITALS ///// A STATUE OF ETHAN ALLEN STANDS OUTSIDE THE STATE CAPITOL BUILDING IN THIS CITY
Montpelier
MOVIE PEOPLE ///// HE DIRECTED & STARRED IN “THE DISASTER ARTIST”, ABOUT THE MAKING OF THE CULT FILM “THE ROOM”
James Franco
FEMALES IN FICTION ///// AMY DUNNE DISAPPEARS ON HER FIFTH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY IN THIS THRILLER BY GILLIAN FLYNN
Gone Girl
SHAKESPEARE’S HISTORY PLAYS ///// A LINE IN THIS PLAY IS “HIS HORSE IS SLAIN, AND ALL ON FOOT HE FIGHTS”
Richard III
PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS ///// COMPUTER SCIENCE’S EQUIVALENT TO THE NOBEL PRIZE IS NAMED FOR THIS 20th CENTURY BRITISH MATHEMATICIAN
Turing
FOREIGN COLLEGES ///// ALSO KNOWN AS THE UNIVERSITY OF DUBLIN, IT’S IRELAND’S OLDEST UNIVERSITY
Trinity College
COACHES ///// HE’S THE ONLY COACH IN NFL HISTORY TO WIN 6 SUPER BOWLS
Bill Belichick
CORPORATE AMERICA ///// MORE THAN HALF OF FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES ARE INCORPORATED IN THIS STATE THAT HAS BUSINESS-FRIENDLY LAWS
Delaware
LIFESTYLES ///// THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS WILLIAMSBURG IN THIS BOROUGH “THE GRANDDADDY OF NEIGHBORHOODS WITH HIPSTER CACHET”
Brooklyn
THE 20TH CENTURY ///// FROM 1964 TO 1966 THIS NASA SPACE PROGRAM LAUNCHED A DOZEN 2-MAN SPACE CAPSULES
Gemini
FRENCH NAMES ///// IN 1589 HENRY IV BEGAN A DYNASTY AS THE FIRST KING OF FRANCE FROM THIS ROYAL FAMILY
Bourbon
ANIMAL TERMINOLOGY ///// THIS LARVAL STAGE OF FROGS & TOADS IS ALSO CALLED A POLLIWOG
Tadpole
VITAL ORGANS ///// A THIN MEMBRANE CALLED THE ENDOCARDIUM LINES THE INTERIOR OF THIS ORGAN
Heart
TENNESSEE ///// COUNTRY MUSIC FANS GET TO HEAR THEIR FAVORITE ARTISTS AT THE ANNUAL CMA FESTIVAL IN THIS CITY
Nashville
FAMOUS FAMILIES ///// POPE ALEXANDER VI, FATHER OF LUCREZIA OF THIS INFAMOUS FAMILY, ARRANGED A MARRIAGE FOR HER IN 1498
Borgia
BIBLE QUOTATIONS ///// JESUS TOLD PETER, “ENTER NOT INTO TEMPTATION: THE SPIRIT INDEED IS WILLING, BUT” THIS “IS WEAK”
The Flesh
LATIN ///// THIS LATIN WORD FOR “EARNED” FREQUENTLY FOLLOWS THE NAME OF A RETIRED COLLEGE PROFESSOR
Emeritus
RECENT LITERATURE ///// A TIGER NAMED RICHARD PARKER SHARES A LIFEBOAT WITH THE TITLE CHARACTER IN THIS NOVEL
Life of Pi
20TH CENTURY AMERICA ///// IN THE 1950s THIS REPUBLICAN SENATOR FROM WISCONSIN LAUNCHED A SERIES OF INVESTIGATIONS INTO COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT INFILTRATORS
Joseph McCarthy
CONGRESS ///// CONGRESS MAY OVERRIDE A PRESIDENTIAL VETO BY THIS MARGIN
Two-thirds
DISEASES ///// THE BOOK OF LEVITICUS SAYS TO GO ABOUT CRYING “UNCLEAN” IF ONE HAS THIS DISEASE
Leprosy
AMERICAN CITIES ///// THIS CITY’S TIDAL BASIN IS RINGED BY SOME 3,000 YOSHINO CHERRY TREES DONATED BY THE MAYOR OF TOKYO IN 1912
Washington DC
HOCKEY ///// THESE BIG CATS ARE THE NHL’s SOUTHERNMOST TEAM
Panthers
BUSINESS SCHOOLS ///// IT’S THE BUSINESS SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Whatron School
THE NOBEL PRIZE ///// THIS GERMAN-BORN SECRETARY OF STATE SHARED THE 1973 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WITH VIETNAM’S LE DUC THO
Henry Kissinger
VOCABULARY ///// THIS BLENDED WORD FOR ONE WHO IS BOTH A PAL & A FOE DATES BACK TO THE 1950s
Frenemy
THE CABINET ///// FROM 2017 TO 2019 THIS LONGTIME GOVERNOR OF TEXAS SERVED AS PRESIDENT TRUMP’S SECRETARY OF ENERGY
Rick Perry
EUROPEAN CITIES ///// SALAMANCA IN THIS COUNTRY BOASTS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SQUARES IN EUROPE, THE PLAZA MAYOR
Spain
HISTORY OF WARFARE ///// THE FIRST ATOM BOMB USING THIS TRANSURANIUM ELEMENT WAS DETONATED ON JULY 16, 1945 IN NEW MEXICO
Plutonium
FOOD RHYME TIME ///// UTENSIL THAT WOULD BE JUST THE THING FOR EATING ROAST SUCKLING PIG
Pork Fork
ANCIENT LITERATURE ///// CONSISTING OF 24 BOOKS, THIS ANCIENT POEM TELLS OF A HOMECOMING AFTER THE FALL OF TROY
The Odyssey
MUSICAL FAVORITES ///// BACH WAS NEVER THANKED OR PAID BY THE NOBLEMAN HE GAVE THIS SET OF 6 CONCERTOS
Brandenburg Concertos
ADJECTIVES ///// A BODY PART BEGINS THIS 8-LETTER ADJECTIVE FOR A MAN WHO IS PLEASING TO THE EYE
Handsome
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT NAMES ///// THE NAME OF THIS INSTRUMENT THAT’S SOMETIMES APPALACHIAN COMES FROM THE LATIN WORD FOR “SWEET”
Dulcimer
AMERICAN WOMEN ///// SHE WAS 20 WHEN SHE BECAME HELEN KELLER’S TEACHER
Anne Sullivan
WORLD LEADERS ///// HE BECAME THE PRESIDENT OF SOUTH AFRICA IN 1994
Nelson Mandela
POLITICAL TERMS ///// TO MANIPULATE THE GEOGRAPHY OF ELECTORAL DISTRICTS IN A WAY THAT UNFAIRLY FAVORS A PARTICULAR POLITICAL PARTY
Gerrymander
FROM BOOK TO FILM ///// 2019 BROUGHT A NEW ADAPTATION OF THIS 19th CENTURY CLASSIC FROM DIRECTOR GRETA GERWIG
Little Women
THE PULITZER PRIZE ///// DONNA TARTT WON A PULITZER FOR THIS NOVEL ABOUT A PAINTING OF A BIRD
The Goldfinch
DESERTS ///// THIS DESERT STRADDLES THE BORDER OF SOUTH AFRICA & BOTSWANA
Kalahari
FAMOUS DOCTORS ///// THIS SURGEON TO QUEEN VICTORIA FOUNDED ANTISEPTIC SURGERY
Joseph Lister
CLASSIC AMERICAN LIT ///// IN LONG ISLAND’S WEST EGG, HE’S THE MYSTERIOUS, WEALTHY NEIGHBOR OF NICK CARRAWAY
Jay Gatsby
IN THE KITCHEN ///// METAL CONTAINERS CAN DAMAGE THE MAGNETRON TUBE IN THIS TYPE OF COOKING EQUIPMENT
Microwave
RHYME TIME ///// THE MOST ESSENTIAL CHORUS
Main Refrain
EUROPE ///// IN 1949 10 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES PLUS CANADA & THE U.S. FOUNDED THIS ALLIANCE
NATO
FEMALE DIRECTORS ///// PATTY JENKINS DIRECTED THIS BLOCKBUSTER ACTION FILM STARRING GAL GADOT
Wonder Woman
7-LETTER WORDS ///// “KNOT” TIED BY THE FATHER OF KING MIDAS & CUT BY ALEXANDER THE GREAT
Gordian
PLAYS ///// IN THIS CHEKHOV PLAY MME. RANEVSKY IS THE OWNER OF THE TITLE AREA OF LAND
The Cherry Orchard
FOUNDERS ///// THIS MUSTACHIOED YACHTSMAN NOT ONLY FOUNDED A TEA COMPANY, HE AFFIXED HIS OWN PORTRAIT TO THE PACKAGES
Lipton
PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS ///// IN THE LAST CHAPTER OF THIS STEINBECK NOVEL, ROSASHARN DELIVERS A STILLBORN CHILD
The Grapes of Wrath
SCIENTISTS ///// IN 1921 THE U.S. PRESIDENT PRESENTED HER WITH A GRAM OF RADIUM BOUGHT WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM AMERICAN WOMEN
Marie Curie
FAMOUS ITALIANS ///// HE LEARNED MUCH OF HIS TRADE FROM VIOLIN MAKER NICCOLO AMATI
Stradivari
MUSICALS ///// OF ALL OF IRVING BERLIN’S MUSICALS, THIS PISTOL-PACKIN’ ONE RAN THE LONGEST ON BROADWAY
Annie Get Your Gun
RHYME TIME ///// A SENSE OF EXCITEMENT IN SAO PAULO
Brazil Thrill
FROM THE GREEK ///// THIS WORD FROM THE GREEK FOR “DOUBLE LIFE” REFERS TO ANIMALS THAT THRIVE ON LAND & IN WATER
Amphibian
BANNED BOOKS ///// HUMBERT HUMBERT IS THE NARRATOR OF THIS NOVEL BY VLADIMIR NABOKOV
Lolita
