Season 36 (2001-2500) Flashcards
ANIMALS & THEIR FOOD: This Australian sea cow similar to the manatee has ivory tusks to dig up the sea grasses that make up its diet
the dugong
GEOGRAPHIC TERMS: Anatomical term for the place where a river empties into the sea
a mouth
GEOGRAPHIC TERMS: It can be a line of mountain ridges or a grazing land for animals
a range
GEOGRAPHIC TERMS: A Montana city nicknamed “The Richest Hill on Earth” or a term for an isolated hill
Butte
GEOGRAPHIC TERMS: Though far from the Sahara, the lakeshore at the national park called Indiana these features has some 200-footers
Dunes
GEOGRAPHIC TERMS: 1 million people in Los Angeles County live in this type of area, part of no municipality
unincorporated
UNDER THE…: Stephen King novel in which Chester’s Mill, Maine is sealed off from the rest of the world
Under the Dome
UNDER THE…: Anthony Kiedis wrote this song about the loneliness of heroin addiction
"Under The Bridge"
UNDER THE…: Prince’s acting oeuvre includes “Purple Rain”, “Graffiti Bridge” & this 1986 film
Under the Cherry Moon
UNDER THE…: A writer impulsively buys an Italian villa in this book, later a Diane Lane film
Under the Tuscan Sun
UNDER THE…: Malcolm Lowry’s Mexico-set masterpiece
Under the Volcano
AMERICAN THINKERS: Phineas Quimby, who influenced Mary Baker Eddy, is best known for his theory that this type of problem is all in the mind
illness
AMERICAN THINKERS: Jonathan Edwards thought sin was restrained by God; otherwise the soul would be “a furnace of” these two things
fire and brimstone
AMERICAN THINKERS: Philosopher Martha Nussbaum is a neo-this ancient Greek stiff-upper-lip type, but Martha allows for more emotion
stoic
AMERICAN THINKERS: William James popularized this -ism that judges ideas by their usefulness, now a synonym for “practicality"
pragmaticism
AMERICAN THINKERS: Instead of Christmas the family in the movie “Captain Fantastic” observes the birthday of this linguist & left-wing social critic
Noam Chomsky
BORROWED FROM OTHER LANGUAGES: A stranded German motorist might say “Mein auto ist” this, a word we use in English for anything busted
kaput
BORROWED FROM OTHER LANGUAGES: A form of self-defense primarily without weapons, karate is Japanese for “empty” these
hands
BORROWED FROM OTHER LANGUAGES: A cappella means “in the style of the chapel” in Italian, but it means this to us
without musical accompaniment
BORROWED FROM OTHER LANGUAGES: Literally French for “blow of mercy”, it’s any finishing stroke, especially to end suffering
coup de grâce
BORROWED FROM OTHER LANGUAGES: From Yiddish, for “juicy”, this end-of-the-alphabet word means pleasingly plump or buxom
zaftig
SOUNDS SPACEY: In a 1931 cartoon this Disney dog said, “Kiss me!” but has been a canine of very, very few words since
Pluto
SOUNDS SPACEY: In addition to 3 Musketeers bars, this corporation also owns brands like Uncle Ben’s & Whiskas
Mars
SOUNDS SPACEY: A song by Train begins, “Now that she’s back in the atmosphere, with drops of” this “in her hair"
Jupiter
SOUNDS SPACEY: Part of the name of a Canadian province, it’s a type of lox
Nova
SOUNDS SPACEY: In Greek mythology this daughter of Cassiopeia was chained to a rock as a sacrifice
Andromeda
WORLD CAPITALS: In 1865 this city named for an early 19th century British hero became a British colonial capital
Wellington
HOBBIES: Many artistic hobbyists set up an easel outdoors to create this type of painting depicting natural scenery like mountains or trees
a landscape
HOBBIES: Assemblage art is sort of the 3-D version of this art of gluing paper or other materials to a background
collage
HOBBIES: Keep mentally fit by learning a new one of these, perhaps with an app such as Babbel
a language
HOBBIES: Using the 3 main ingredients, baking soda, Epsom salts & citric acid, you too can make these “explosive” tub additions
bath bombs
HOBBIES: At the Merseyside Maritime Museum, Des Newton would delight kids by showing how to make these impossible-seeming models
ships in a bottle
NEW TESTAMENT QUOTES: "A new”, perhaps an 11th, one of these: “I give unto you, that ye love one another; as I have loved you"
commandments
NEW TESTAMENT QUOTES: "For as in” him “all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive"
Adam
NEW TESTAMENT QUOTES: Chide those who don’t believe in you by quoting Matthew 6: “O ye of” this
little faith
NEW TESTAMENT QUOTES: "Ye will surely say unto me… Physician” do this
heal thyself
NEW TESTAMENT QUOTES: Jesus said that a wise man built his house upon a rock but the foolish man “built his house upon” this
sand
COLOR TELEVISION: The trials & tribulations of doctors play out at a Seattle hospital on this show
Grey’s Anatomy
COLOR TELEVISION: David Attenborough narrated this “global” 2017 nature documentary series for the BBC
Blue Planet
COLOR TELEVISION: On this TV drama, master criminal James Spader is Red all over
The Blacklist
COLOR TELEVISION: Led by Kevin Costner, a ranching family in Montana faces off against those encroaching on their land in this series
Yellowstone
COLOR TELEVISION: Inspired by stories of G.K. Chesterton, this show features a Catholic priest with a knack for solving mysteries in an English village
Father Brown
MOUNTAIN STATES: 13,100-foot Truchas Peak in the Santa Fe Mountains
New Mexico
MOUNTAIN STATES: Grand Teton, towering over Jackson Hole
Wyoming
MOUNTAIN STATES: Mount Lassen, at the southern end of the Cascades
California
MOUNTAIN STATES: Mount Elbert, highest of the American Rockies
Colorado
MOUNTAIN STATES: 5,344-foot Mount Marcy, highest of the Adirondacks
New York
YOU’VE HIT THE DAILY DOUBLE: People with this quality of being able to do stuff like bend their fingers way back are at greater risk for anxiety disorders
double-jointedness
YOU’VE HIT THE DAILY DOUBLE: You double the number of shares you hold of Amalgamated Button if the company announces a 2-for-1 this
a split
YOU’VE HIT THE DAILY DOUBLE: Hydrogen bonds hold together the strands of this molecular structure discovered in 1953
a double helix
BET IT “ALL”!: A missed shot in basketball that touches no iron or backboard
an airball
BET IT “ALL”!: To remove previously activated software from a computer
uninstall
BET IT “ALL”!: Structural term to engage in stalling tactics & to refuse to give information
stonewalling
BET IT “ALL”!: Sort of a rap-reggae hybrid, this style of music originated in Jamaica in the late ’70s
dancehall
BET IT “ALL”!: This Norse god of light & the dawn is also the guardian of Bifrost, the rainbow bridge
Heimdall
MOVIE CHALLENGE: Hiccup is the hero of this animated trilogy about Vikings & the creatures they once feared
How to Train Your Dragon
MOVIE CHALLENGE: Bo Derek played this man’s stepmother in “Tommy Boy"
Chris Farley
MOVIE CHALLENGE: In 2019 Christina Hendricks revealed that’s her hand holding the rose on the poster for this 1999 Best Picture Oscar winner
American Beauty
MOVIE CHALLENGE: Spanish slang for “hitman” provides the title of this drug cartel thriller with Benicio del Toro & its “Day of the Soldado” sequel
Sicario
MOVIE CHALLENGE: Name of the leopard Katharine Hepburn is “Bringing Up” in a screwball classic
Baby
THE SYNDROME SYNDROME: Pianist Gary Graffman rebounded from this syndrome in his right hand to play concertos for the left hand
carpal tunnel
THE SYNDROME SYNDROME: A person born with the most common type of this condition has an extra copy of chromosome 21 in each cell
Down syndrome
THE SYNDROME SYNDROME: Spitting in public was outlawed in China to combat this 4-letter respiratory syndrome
SARS
THE SYNDROME SYNDROME: rls.org wants to turn the 1st “R” in this syndrome into “relieved”; it’s about limb movement but can also involve a burning sensation
restless legs syndrome
THE SYNDROME SYNDROME: The immune system attacks nerves in the syndrome named for Georges Guillain & this other French physician
Barré
"H”ISTORY: Attila was the king of these people from 434 to 453
the Huns
"H”ISTORY: About a dozen transatlantic trips were scheduled for this airship; after may 1937, tickets became void
the Hindenburg
"H”ISTORY: This defensive barrier was in use until almost the end of the Roman rule of Britain
Hadrian’s Wall
"H”ISTORY: This 1862 law providing 160 acres, basically free after 5 years’ residence, was still on the books in the lower 48 states until 1976
the Homestead Act
"H”ISTORY: A group known as the “Chicago 8” were blamed for the violence during an 1886 riot in this Chicago square
Haymarket Square
FICTIONAL FLAGS FLYING: A lemon & a radiation symbol are both featured on the flag of this TV cartoon city
Springfield
FICTIONAL FLAGS FLYING: This author wrote that Ozma’s flag had 4 quadrants for the regions of Oz, with, of course, a green center
(Frank) Baum
FICTIONAL FLAGS FLYING: A large “F” is emblazoned on the flag of Freedonia, a country run by this funnyman in “Duck Soup"
Groucho Marx
FICTIONAL FLAGS FLYING: After arriving by submarine, this character claims the South Pole with a black flag bearing a gold “N"
Captain Nemo
FICTIONAL FLAGS FLYING: In “Nostromo”, this author describes the flag of Costaguana as red & yellow with 2 palm trees
Joseph Conrad
STRONG LANGUAGE: You can “hang” this way to get through adversity; you know, this “it out"
tough
STRONG LANGUAGE: Proverbially, if you’re in good health, you’re “hale &” this other “H” word
hearty
STRONG LANGUAGE: Burly, or the maker of tear-a-square paper towels
Brawny
STRONG LANGUAGE: Old-school way to say one is feelin’ peppy–you’ve got “vim &” this
vigor
STRONG LANGUAGE: This word used to describe the strength or the flavor of coffee comes from the Latin for “oak tree"
robust
NOVELISTS: In a 1952 novel, he wrote, “But there were dry years too, & they put a terror on the valley. The water came in a thirty-year cycle"
John Steinbeck
NAMED FOR A PRESIDENT: In 1998 congress wished him a happy 87th birthday by renaming Washington National Airport in his honor
Reagan
NAMED FOR A PRESIDENT: Founded in Africa in 1822, it’s the only world capital (besides Washington, D.C.) that’s named for a U.S. president
Monrovia
NAMED FOR A PRESIDENT: The Department of Commerce headquarters building is named for this president who once served as Commerce Secretary
Hoover
A FASHIONABLE CATEGORY: This word for a rope used to tie up a horse is also the name of a sleeveless top that has straps around the neck that leave the back bare
halter
A FASHIONABLE CATEGORY: A musical instrument with bellows gives its name to this style of pleats
accordion
A FASHIONABLE CATEGORY: A royal house gives its name to this style for a necktie; it has a more complicated knot than a four-in-hand
Windsor
THE U.N. REPORTS: An alarming 2019 environmental report called for action to reduce the 8 million tons of this substance going into oceans every year
plastic
THE U.N. REPORTS: From a 2018 report: “There is evidence that integrating” these people fleeing violence “in local economies can be mutually beneficial"
refugees
THE U.N. REPORTS: The 2013 World Health Report said zinc supplements reduce the rate in kids of this lung infection associated with the elderly
pneumonia
THE U.N. REPORTS: The 2018 World Drug Report said about 192 million people worldwide used this recreational drug, including 38 million Americans
marijuana
THE U.N. REPORTS: "I.I”! A 2016 report found this financial issue had increased in 75% of the world’s cities in the preceding 2 decades
income inequality
THEIR MAIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT: Alicia Keys
piano
THEIR MAIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT: Kenny G
saxophone
THEIR MAIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT: Earl Scruggs
banjo
THEIR MAIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT: Rock Hall of Famer Hal Blaine
drums
THEIR MAIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT: Sarah Chang & Midori
violin
"B.C.": It’s a less appealing 2-word name for tofu
bean curd
"B.C.": People who have these snakes as pets favor the red-tailed species
boa constrictors
"B.C.": It’s the slang term for the ideological barrier separating China from the West
Bamboo Curtain
FEEL THE BERN!: On Nov. 28, 1848 the parliament of this country chose Bern as its federal capital
Switzerland
FEEL THE BERN!: Finn, Bjork & Ursina are a family of brown these big animals, fishing & climbing in a park in the heart of Bern since 2009
bears
FEEL THE BERN!: Tour the 2nd floor apt. of Kramgasse 49 where this scientist began to live in 1903 & did some incredible work, relatively speaking
Einstein
FEEL THE BERN!: Any pirate could tell you that Bern lies along this river with a double “a” rating that rises in the Alps
the Aare
BIG & SMALL SCREEN CLASSICS: Gwen Verdon said she helped dub in the tapping & splashing in the title number in this 1952 film
Singin’ in the Rain
BIG & SMALL SCREEN CLASSICS: It’s 10 years later as Al Swearengen & friends celebrate South Dakota statehood on the 2019 movie based on this HBO series
Deadwood
BIG & SMALL SCREEN CLASSICS: Charlie Chaplin faces the perils of technology in this 1936 film that was also the last appearance of “The Tramp"
Modern Times
BIG & SMALL SCREEN CLASSICS: Howie Mandel & Denzel Washington were on staff at this ’80s show set at St. Eligius Hospital
St. Elsewhere
BIG & SMALL SCREEN CLASSICS: In this Alexander Payne film, Paul Giamatti is asked, “Why are you so into Pinot?"
Sideways
AGRICULTURE: Farmers plant trees around farms to create windbreaks as they battle this, attrition of soil by wind
erosion
AGRICULTURE: A 138-pound cabbage set a world record for Scott Robb, a farmer in this state, benefiting from the above-average amount of sunlight
Alaska
AGRICULTURE: In France & Germany, asparagus is grown underground to inhibit this pigment, creating a delicious white variety
chlorophyll
AGRICULTURE: This 11-letter type of farming supplies produce for the farmer to eat, but not enough for market
subsistence
AGRICULTURE: Most of the dairy cows in the U.S. are descended from this cattle breed named for an area of northern Germany
Holstein
CONTRACTIONS: Why’d you do that? “Just…” this 5-letter contraction
'cause
CONTRACTIONS: The American Heritage Dictionary calls it “perhaps the single most famous feature of southern United States dialects"
y’all
CONTRACTIONS: A contraction of “would rather”; having these would mean you’d get your way
druthers
CONTRACTIONS: There is a contraction in this French phrase for “please”; it’s literally “if it pleases you"
s’il vous plait
CONTRACTIONS: The poem “Home, Sweet Home” doesn’t begin, “‘Mong pleasures & palaces though we may roam”; the first word is this contraction
Mid
THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS: This Tom Wolfe work was spacey but had the correct contents to win a 1980 Nonfiction Award
The Right Stuff
THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS: The 2017 Nonfiction winner was Masha Gessen’s “The Future is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed” this superpower
Russia
THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS: Colson Whitehead liberated the 2016 Fiction Award for his novel about this title 19th century “conveyance"
The Underground Railroad
THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS: Thomas Pynchon found the Fiction Prize at the end of this 1973 novel
Gravity’s Rainbow
THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS: He won Fiction Awards for “The Magic Barrel” & “The Fixer” but not for “The Natural"
Bernard Malamud
B.C.: Starting around 600 B.C. many Jews were deported east from the kingdom of Judah in what’s known as the Babylonian this forced departure
Babylonian Exile (or diaspora)
B.C.: Human occupation on Corsica dates from at least the 3rd millennium B.C., as evident from dolmens & menhirs, standing these
stones
B.C.: Ostia, at the mouth of this river, served as Rome’s naval base & commercial harbor
the Tiber
B.C.: In the 1st century B.C. Philo of Larissa taught his skeptical Philo-sophy at this school founded by Plato
the Academy
B.C.: The 6th century B.C. Temple of Artemis was a mainstay of this city whose residents St. Paul would later pen a letter to
Ephesus
RELIGION: This denomination takes its name from the day, as told in the New Testament, when the Holy Spirit descended on the Apostles
Pentacostalism (the Pentecosts)
I APPOINTED THAT SUPREME COURT JUSTICE: John Jay
Washington
I APPOINTED THAT SUPREME COURT JUSTICE: Elena Kagan
Obama
I APPOINTED THAT SUPREME COURT JUSTICE: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Clinton
I APPOINTED THAT SUPREME COURT JUSTICE: William Rehnquist (as associate justice)
Richard Nixon
I APPOINTED THAT SUPREME COURT JUSTICE: William Rehnquist (as Chief Justice)
Reagan
HOMOPHONES: Garbage, or where a belt goes
waste/waist
HOMOPHONES: That fancy lodging at your favorite hotel, or the “saccharine” word that describes it
suite/sweet
HOMOPHONES: A statement of admiration for another, or a “full” number of soldiers to do a job
compliment/complement
HOMOPHONES: The opposite of slack, or what slackers weren’t getting in school
taut/taught
HOMOPHONES: An old word for the Christian cross, or a description of one’s impolite disposition
rood/rude
SAY YES TO THE CHESS: In standard western chess sets, this piece is topped with a cross
a king
SAY YES TO THE CHESS: Chess games are typically divided into the opening, the middle game & this terminal phase
the endgame
SAY YES TO THE CHESS: It’s the number of white squares on a standard chessboard
32
SAY YES TO THE CHESS: The queen’s gambit is marked by white’s second-move offer to sacrifice one of these, temporarily
a pawn
SAY YES TO THE CHESS: The “hypermodern” Reti opening begins with a move of this piece
the white knight
POETS & POETRY: As holder of this job in the 1970s, John Betjeman wrote verses honoring Elizabeth II’s silver jubilee
poet laureate
POETS & POETRY: This Belle of Amherst wrote, “I’ll tell you how the sun rose–a ribbon at a time"
(Emily) Dickinson
POETS & POETRY: This American’s verses include “Behold the duck. It does not cluck. A cluck it lacks. It quacks"
(Ogden) Nash
POETS & POETRY: John Dryden said this other 17th century man “affects the metaphysics”; in fact he’s the leading metaphysical poet
(John) Donne
AUTO FILL: We have no illusions about the alliterative ____ Mirage
Mitsubishi
AUTO FILL: Take a long trip in the ____ Odyssey
Honda
AUTO FILL: Fit for a King Arthur, the ____ Avalon
Toyota
AUTO FILL: Go here & beyond in the ____ Q50
Infiniti
AUTO FILL: Feel the velocity in the ____ Veloster
the Hyundai
OPERA & BALLET: This 1818 novel has been adapted as a ballet with an experimentalist named Victor & the discovery of galvanism
Frankenstein
OPERA & BALLET: Wagner wrote an opera about this pair of legendary lovers, King Mark’s nephew & King Mark’s intended bride
Tristan and Isolde
OPERA & BALLET: A courtesan named Violetta is the title fallen woman of this Verdi opera
La Traviata
OPERA & BALLET: You’ll find the Queen of Night in this, Mozart’s last opera
The Magic Flute
OPERA & BALLET: This title girl from an Adolphe Adam ballet dies in the first act & must dance for a ghost queen in the second
Giselle
ALLITERATION ON THE MAP: This peak has been officially renamed Denali, from an Athabaskan word meaning “the high one"
Mount McKinley
ALLITERATION ON THE MAP: Juba is the capital city of this recently independent nation
South Sudan
ALLITERATION ON THE MAP: This nickname for Dong Ap Bia mountain in Vietnam was inspired by a brutal battle that took place there in 1969
Hamburger Hill
ALLITERATION ON THE MAP: Before 1910 the area that’s home to the southern tip of Africa bore this name
Cape Colony
HARDPODGE: During the Middle Ages, Bergen became a trading center of this merchant league that held its last Congress in 1669
the Hanseatic League
HARDPODGE: Ever the man in white, he chronicled “Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers” in 1970
Tom Wolfe
HARDPODGE: Part of the resume of this Greek deity: smithing; made the first woman (Pandora)…
Hephaestus
ABBREV. & ACRONYMS: This 5-letter acronym was once a telegraph code word for the occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
POTUS
ABBREV. & ACRONYMS: A popular hashtag on Twitter is #icymi, short for this
in case you missed it
ABBREV. & ACRONYMS: Some want the NCAA to allow student athletes to be paid for the use of these 3 things often shorthanded as NIL
name, image and likeness
ABBREV. & ACRONYMS: Wanna boost traffic to your website? Try SEO, short for this
search engine optimization
ABBREV. & ACRONYMS: Abbreviated Bq, this unit of radioactivity is named for a French physicist
Becquerel
TO THE STARS: The Outer Space Treaty prohibits these weapons or “any other kinds of weapons of mass destruction” from space
nuclear weapons
TO THE STARS: In 1960 NASA made this German-born man the first director of the Marshall Space Flight Center
Wernher von Braun
TO THE STARS: Abdul Ahad Mohmand, the first Afghan man in space, was not an astronaut but this similar kind of spaceman
a cosmonaut
TO THE STARS: In 2019 this “Heavy” spaceX rocket launched a solar sail testing for space travel powered only by sunlight
Falcon Heavy
TO THE STARS: Many of the European space agency’s launches happen at its spaceport in this South American territory
French Guiana
THE PARTY OF THE SECOND PART: "Grace and Frankie"
Lily Tomlin
THE PARTY OF THE SECOND PART: "Dharma & Greg"
Thomas Gibson
THE PARTY OF THE SECOND PART: "Joanie Loves Chachi"
Scott Baio
THE PARTY OF THE SECOND PART: "Rizzoli & Isles"
Sasha Alexander
THE PARTY OF THE SECOND PART: "Mork & Mindy"
Pam Dawber
ANCIENT HISTORY: According to Herodotus, a messenger was sent 150 miles from Athens to Sparta, just before this 490 B.C. battle
the Battle of Marathon
FROCK AROUND THE CLOCK: If you want to wear a this length dress in the U.K., wear it around 4 P.M., when the steeped beverage is commonly served
tea
FROCK AROUND THE CLOCK: This hyphenated style of dress containing 2 altitude extremes is perfect for noon or midnight
a high-low
FROCK AROUND THE CLOCK: When it precedes “gown”, this 4-letter undergarment is worn for bedtime; before “dress”, not for bedtime
slip
FROCK AROUND THE CLOCK: For 5 o’clock, maybe try this simple dress that has the same name as the key under “caps lock"
a shift
ALL-TIME WINNERS: Margaret Court’s 24 grand slam singles titles include 5 French Opens, 5 U.S. Opens, 11 Australian Opens & 3 of these
Wimbledon
ALL-TIME WINNERS: In 2010 this “Pac Man” became the only boxer to win titles in 8 weight divisions
Manny Pacquiao
ALL-TIME WINNERS: From 1956 to 1973 Henri Richard’s name was engraved on this trophy 11 times, one for each time his team won the league title
the Stanley Cup
ALL-TIME WINNERS: The NBA Finals MVP award is named for this man who won a record 11 NBA titles as a player
Bill Russell
ALL-TIME WINNERS: Michael Phelps’ 13 individual Olympic golds include 6 in butterfly, 6 in medleys but just 1 in this race
freestyle
THIS LAND IS YOUR LANDLOCKED COUNTRY: About 40 miles of Central Vietnam separates this country from open water
Laos
THIS LAND IS YOUR LANDLOCKED COUNTRY: Butch Cassidy reportedly died in this country bordering Peru
Bolivia
THIS LAND IS YOUR LANDLOCKED COUNTRY: Serbia, Albania, oo I wanna take ya to Montenegro, Macedonia, come on, pretty mama… those all border this new country
Kosovo
THIS LAND IS YOUR LANDLOCKED COUNTRY: Most people in this South American country speak an indigenous language called Guarani, also the name of its monetary unit
Paraguay
"WATER” YOU SAYING?: Scorpio or Pisces, for example
a water sign
"WATER” YOU SAYING?: This was one of the sports Henry Winkler could do, so it’s how Fonzie jumped the shark
water skiing
"WATER” YOU SAYING?: Peppery salad vegetable
watercress
"WATER” YOU SAYING?: Irish city famous for its crystal
Waterford
"WATER” YOU SAYING?: Type of plain in Spain from which the rain mainly drains to one main vein
a watershed
RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS: Einsteinium was first found in the debris of a 1952 H-bomb explosion in this ocean
the Pacific
RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS: In 1957 scientists in Sweden proposed this name for No. 102, honoring a guy who knew how to blow stuff up real good
nobelium
RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS: No. 100 on your Fm dial, this element is produced in nuclear reactors in very small amounts for research
fermium
RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS: Kazakhstan is the world leader in producing this explosion-producing element first found in pitchblende
uranium
RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS: These 2 radioactive elements were discovered in 1898
radium and polonium
BEFORE & LAUGHTER: The courtroom spot where you testify becomes a kind of onstage funnyman
the witness stand-up comic
BEFORE & LAUGHTER: Single-sentence joke that’s also explanatory commentary on the inside of albums
a one liner note
BEFORE & LAUGHTER: Lead singer of Duran Duran who is also a French term for a witticism
Simon Le Bon mot
BEFORE & LAUGHTER: Biblical first man’s donation to make his mate that ultimately turns into a term for a joke
Adam’s rib tickler (* Adam’s ribbing)
BEFORE & LAUGHTER: Candy-coated popcorn & peanuts that has some amusing “Deep Thoughts” on “Saturday Night Live"
Cracker Jack Handeys
THE DARK AGES: The onset of the Dark Ages is said to have come when the German Odoacer deposed the last ruler of this empire in 476
the Roman Empire
THE DARK AGES: Medical conditions of concern included being shot with an arrow by these spirit folk, not the friendly Christmas kind
elves
THE DARK AGES: Dark Ages guys Methodius & Cyril went down in history as the fathers of this system
the alphabet
THE DARK AGES: This illuminated book was probably taken to County Meath in Ireland in the 9th century
the Book of Kells
THE DARK AGES: Before it meant one who attacks received ideas, it meant one who opposed & even broke idols in the Byzantine Empire
an iconoclast
PAC-12 SCHOOLS: The University of Washington opened in 1861 on the outskirts of this then village, pop. 250
Seattle
PAC-12 SCHOOLS: Bear with us–“Bear Down” isn’t UCLA’s motto, but that of this school whose mascot is the Wildcat
University of Arizona
PAC-12 SCHOOLS: In 2017 this private school opened a new $700 million “Village” featuring South L.A.’s first Trader Joe’s
USC
PAC-12 SCHOOLS: Alums of this U.–former Liberian Pres. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf & (bigger hint) Trey Parker & Matt Stone of “South Park"
University of Colorado
PAC-12 SCHOOLS: In 1892 the University of Deseret got this new name
the University of Utah
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: This Narnian lion appears in several other forms, including a lamb
Aslan
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: Jilted on her wedding day, this Dickens character teaches her ward Estella to despise men
Miss Havisham
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: Much of “The Color Purple” is made up of letters written by her to God
Celie
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: Hemingway’s collections “In Our Time” & “Men Without Women” feature this character based partly on Hemingway
Nick Adams
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: "The Good Earth” begins with Wang Lung’s marriage day–to this woman
O-Lan
POP CULTURE: A 2019 film was called “Fast & Furious Presents”: this pair
Hobbs & Shaw
POP CULTURE: Helga in her horned helmet is the demanding wife of this comic strip character
Hägar the Horrible
POP CULTURE: Pet Rocks became all the rage after they went on sale in this decade
the 1970s
POP CULTURE: babycenter.com says this Netflix series boosted the popularity of the baby names Nancy, Dustin, Lucas & Joyce
Stranger Things
POP CULTURE: In 1987, 2 decades after the original films, she & Frankie Avalon went “Back to the Beach"
Annette Funicello
GEOGRAPHICA: The U.S. Air Force maintains this 24-satellite system that many depend on
GPS
GEOGRAPHICA: On a 3D topographic map, contour lines are used to identify points that have the same this
altitude (elevation)
GEOGRAPHICA: The OED says a demonym is a name for residents of a place, like this standard name for people living in Manchester, England
Mancs (Mancunians)
GEOGRAPHICA: You’ll find each of these 2 geographic entities at 90 degrees latitude
the North and South Pole
GEOGRAPHICA: "Think over” this Scottish term for a cape, like the one “of Kintyre” peninsula
a mull
ANAGRAMS OF EACH OTHER: Any role in a play & one way to catch a mouse
trap & part
ANAGRAMS OF EACH OTHER: A yell & a cardinal compass direction
shout & south
ANAGRAMS OF EACH OTHER: An entire portion of bread & a baby Appaloosa
loaf & foal
ANAGRAMS OF EACH OTHER: A mounted knight’s weapon & to remove dirt
lance & clean
ANAGRAMS OF EACH OTHER: To look for something & a beer to drink after a shot
search & chaser
THE 50 STATES: In 1840 this New England state was home to 24 of the 100 most populous U.S. urban places; now, its capital is its only one in the top 100
Massachusetts
IT’S NOT AUSTRALIA: It was part of the Anschluss with Germany, not the Anzac that fought Germany
Austria
IT’S NOT AUSTRALIA: It has twice as many people, 1.3 million of them in Córdoba, & it’s in South America
Argentina
IT’S NOT AUSTRALIA: 920,000 square miles, it also has a great, big sandy desert, but between Libya & Mali
Algeria
IT’S NOT AUSTRALIA: It’s in Transcaucasia, not Australasia, & its prime minister is named Pashinyan, not Morrison
Armenia
IT’S NOT AUSTRALIA: It has an area of 180 square miles, not 3 million, & it has princes, not a queen
Andorra
TECH STUFF: In 2019 Verizon sold the world’s first phone with this alphanumeric designation, the next generation…
5G
TECH STUFF: Vue from this company allows you to watch all sorts of TV & movies on your PlayStation
Sony
TECH STUFF: chromium.org is a place for developers to learn about & contribute to this company’s browser
TECH STUFF: A busy little bee told us this app isn’t just for dating anymore, with Bizz & BFF options
Bumble
TECH STUFF: With regard to TVs, HDR doesn’t stand for high definition, but rather “high” this “range"
dynamic range
THE NAME OF THE GAME: Free Parking, Just Visiting
Monopoly
THE NAME OF THE GAME: Contract, discard, no trump
bridge
THE NAME OF THE GAME: Don’t come, easy way, proposition bet
craps
THE NAME OF THE GAME: Bag o’ nuts, breakfast, bull & cork
darts
THE NAME OF THE GAME: Armor class, wisdom, forgotten realms
Dungeons & Dragons
"ALL” IN: To use a delaying tactic in order to get additional time
to stall
"ALL” IN: Botanical term for someone at a social event who has no one to dance with or talk to
a wallflower
"ALL” IN: It’s a commonly held logical misconception that has the appearance of soundness
fallacy
"ALL” IN: Scientific term for the innermost digit of a vertebrate’s hind foot; we call ours a big toe
a hallux
THE 2010s: On Oct. 2, 2018 journalist Jamal Khashoggi entered this country’s consulate in Turkey & never left
Saudi Arabia
THE 2010s: Felix Baumgartner was over 120,000 feet up when he made this type of alliterative parachute jump in 2012
free fall
THE 2010s: A city’s 52-year major championship dry spell ended when this team won the 2016 NBA title
the (Cleveland) Cavaliers
THE 2010s: In 2011 this planet completed its first orbit since its discovery 165 years earlier
Neptune
THE 2010s: 2013 was a lucky year for Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, inaugurated as king after this queen, his mom, abdicated
Beatrix
REALITY SHOW BREAKOUTS: Guy Fieri launched his career on this cable network by winning a TV competition to be its next star
Food Network
REALITY SHOW BREAKOUTS: In 2019 this original “American Idol” launched her own daytime talk show
Kelly Clarkson
REALITY SHOW BREAKOUTS: Johnny Knoxville can thank the bruises & broken bones from this MTV show he co-created for his film career
Jackass
REALITY SHOW BREAKOUTS: A winner of Ed McMahon’s “Star Search” in 1984, this comedian became Ray’s brother on “Everybody Loves Raymond"
Brad Garrett
SCIENCE & EXPLORATION: Geneva physics prof Horace de Saussure introduced “geology” into scientific nomenclature in a 1779 work on travels in these mountains
the Alps
SCIENCE & EXPLORATION: In 1768 then-Lt. James Cook set off for the South Pacific to observe the transit of this planet, & many discoveries followed
Venus
SCIENCE & EXPLORATION: This ship that carried an 1870s Royal Society expedition gave its name to the “deep”est part of the Marianas Trench
Challenger
SCIENCE & EXPLORATION: In the early 1800s this German studied the ocean currents of South America; one off South America’s West Coast is named for him
Humboldt
AMERICAN WORLD’S FAIRS: The 1974 Spokane World’s Fair showed a film on the environment in this 4-letter big-screen format
IMAX
AMERICAN WORLD’S FAIRS: This prototype Space Shuttle never made it to orbit, but it did make an appearance at the 1984 New Orleans World’s Fair
the Enterprise
AMERICAN WORLD’S FAIRS: This city’s 1982 Energy Exposition was held not far from the campus of the University of Tennessee
Knoxville
THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT!: The only actor to perform in all the “Star Wars” movies is Anthony Daniels, who plays this character
C-3PO
THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT!: In 2018 this R&B singer lived up to his (stage) name, becoming an EGOT, the first African-American man to do so
John Legend
THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT!: In 2019 this trio of siblings had its first No. 1 song with “Sucker"
the Jonas Brothers
PAST BEDTIME: This leaner meat comes from the crossbreeding of bison & domestic cattle
beefalo
PAST BEDTIME: A mendicant is one
a beggar
PAST BEDTIME: A Cole Porter classic invites us to “Begin the” this dance of Martinique
Beguine
INITIALS TO ROMAN NUMERALS TO NUMBERS III: For the sex symbol who played “The Girl” in “The Seven Year Itch"
2000
INITIALS TO ROMAN NUMERALS TO NUMBERS III: For a U.S. president during the Jazz Age
200
INITIALS TO ROMAN NUMERALS TO NUMBERS III: For TV’s Mexican-born “Dog Whisperer"
900
INITIALS TO ROMAN NUMERALS TO NUMBERS III: For the late auto exec who first gained fame by promoting the Ford Mustang
51
INITIALS TO ROMAN NUMERALS TO NUMBERS III: For Laura’s dad in the “Little House on the Prairie” books
101
THIS TIME, IT’S PERSONAL: In her 1903 auto-biography: “I lived, up to the time of the illness that deprived me of my sight and hearing, in a tiny house"
Helen Keller
THIS TIME, IT’S PERSONAL: Communicating by blinking after a stroke, Jean-Dominique Bauby wrote of his life in “The Diving Bell and” this
the Butterfly
THIS TIME, IT’S PERSONAL: Able to control only one lower extremity, Christy Brown wrote this autobiography in 1954
My Left Foot
THIS TIME, IT’S PERSONAL: Born in 1899 in St. Petersburg, he writes in “Speak, Memory” that he could read English before Russian, & he wrote novels in both
Nabokov
THIS TIME, IT’S PERSONAL: This playwright’s semi-autobiographical “Chapter Two” is about a writer who remarries after his first wife’s death
Neil Simon
20th CENTURY AMERICA: In 1939, turned down by 2 local theaters, Howard University was able to get an outdoor venue for this singer’s yearly concert
Marian Anderson
SINGERS: This redhead is in the film “Yesterday”, telling Himesh Patel’s character to change “Hey Jude” to “Hey Dude"
Ed Sheeran
SINGERS: Luke Hemmings is the lead singer of this Australian pop outfit known as 5SOS for short
5 Seconds of Summer
SINGERS: This singer won a Grammy for her 2012 album “Girl On Fire"
Alicia Keys
SINGERS: Their adjacent home states gave country singers Brian Kelley & Tyler Hubbard this name for their country duo
Florida Georgia Line
SINGERS: 21st century hits from this Canadian crooner include “Home” & “Haven’t Met You Yet"
Michael Bublé
U.S. ISLANDS: Orcas Island & Lopez Island are among the most populous of this state’s San Juan Islands
Washington
U.S. ISLANDS: Lahaina & Ka’anapali are popular tourist destinations on this Hawaiian island
Maui
U.S. ISLANDS: This South Carolina island is roughly 12 miles long, 5 miles wide & home to more than 20 championship golf courses
Hilton Head
U.S. ISLANDS: Unimak is the largest of these Alaskan islands
the Aleutian Islands
NAME & NUMBER: He married Marie-Antoinette in 1770
Louis XVI
NAME & NUMBER: In 1521 he was named “Defender of the Faith”–oh, the irony!
Henry VIII
NAME & NUMBER: From 1963 to 1978 he was Bishop of Rome
Paul VI
NAME & NUMBER: At least 11 wounds from sharp weapons were found on his skeleton after it was dug up from a Leicestershire parking lot in 2012
Richard III
NAME & NUMBER: He’s better known as Frederick the Great
Frederick II
SPANISH TO ENGLISH RHYME TIME: Doble problema
double trouble
SPANISH TO ENGLISH RHYME TIME: Reina limpia
clean queen
SPANISH TO ENGLISH RHYME TIME: Oro frío
cold gold
SPANISH TO ENGLISH RHYME TIME: Zapato azul
blue shoe
SPANISH TO ENGLISH RHYME TIME: Canción larga
long song
LET’S EAT: One of these “ocular” steaks, cut from the outer side of the midsection
a ribeye
LET’S EAT: This pre-cooked offering for a soldier, MRE for short
a Meal, Ready-to-Eat
LET’S EAT: Grilled bread drizzled with olive oil & topped with chopped tomatoes, with a name from an Italian word meaning “toast"
bruschetta
LET’S EAT: Considered a delicacy, the soft, green tomalley is this internal organ of a lobster
the liver
LET’S EAT: This pudding made from the starch of the cassava plant
tapioca
JEOPARDY! KEYWORDS, NOT!: This “Paul McCartney band” had hits with “Helen Wheels” & “Band on the Run"
Wings
JEOPARDY! KEYWORDS, NOT!: This “Dairy State” is the USA’s top milk producer, with lots coming from Tulare County in the Central Valley
California
JEOPARDY! KEYWORDS, NOT!: Born in Braintree, this John was a “Founding Father & president”–of the Continental Congress
John Hancock
JEOPARDY! KEYWORDS, NOT!: He’s the “March King”–at least of England, based on his 5 “Pomp And Circumstance” marches
(Sir Edward) Elgar
THE HUMAN BODY: In Scrabble, this alternate name for the tailbone will get you many more points than “tailbone"
coccyx
THE HUMAN BODY: Of the 2 types of glands in the skin, most of these are connected to hair follicles & secrete an oily substance
sebaceous glands
THE HUMAN BODY: From the Greek for “hard”, it’s the tough, white outer layer of the eye
sclera
THE HUMAN BODY: It’s the 9-letter medical name for the heel bone, the largest bone in the foot
the calcaneus
5-SYLLABLE WORDS: Random House says this rhyming word is an “incantation using… magical words”, & Presto! You say…
abracadabra
5-SYLLABLE WORDS: An ability to find good fortune by chance occurrence
serendipity
5-SYLLABLE WORDS: The act of tossing someone out a window
defenestration
5-SYLLABLE WORDS: Word for Gabriel telling the Virgin Mary she’d conceive Jesus
annunciation
GHOSTWRITERS: Movie star Hedy Lamarr sued her own publisher, claiming that much of this book was invented by a ghostwriter
her autobiography
GHOSTWRITERS: Speechwriter Ted Sorensen admitted that he wrote the first draft of most of this Pulitzer Prize-winning book by JFK
Profiles in Courage
GHOSTWRITERS: Early in his career, this Irish playwright ghostwrote music columns
Shaw
GHOSTWRITERS: Alexandre Dumas gets the credit for this 1844-45 novel of revenge, but it was Auguste Maquet who outlined the plot
The Count of Monte Cristo
GHOSTWRITERS: It’s fitting that this British occultist was a ghostwriter, penning some of Evangeline Adams’ astrological works
Aleister Crowley
TV TAGLINES: "Save the cheerleader, save the world"
Heroes
TV TAGLINES: "When news breaks, we fix it"
The Daily Show
TV TAGLINES: An HBO candidacy: “Boldly running for president. Proudly standing for everything"
Veep
TV TAGLINES: A 2016 reboot: “No man has done more with less"
MacGyver
TV TAGLINES: "Your body is no longer your own” & “We will bear no more"
The Handmaid’s Tale
"SCHU” WHO: From 1950 to 2000 this cartoonist worked for “Peanuts"
(Charles) Schulz
"SCHU” WHO: He teamed up with Richard Simon in 1924 & they helped make paperbacks popular
Schuster
"SCHU” WHO: This senator has represented New York in D.C. since his election to Congress in 1980 at age 29
(Chuck) Schumer
"SCHU” WHO: This former costume designer directed the movies “Falling Down” & “Batman & Robin"
(Joel) Schumacher
"SCHU” WHO: Can you hear the drums in “Fernando”, an operatic work composed by him in 1815, at about age 18?
(Franz) Schubert
20th CENTURY ART: A derisive description of the shape of the houses in the 1908 painting “Houses at l’Estaque” gave this art style its name
cubism
ORGANIZATIONS: The ABA for short, it has a standing committee on legal aid & indigent defendants
the American Bar Association
ORGANIZATIONS: Representing more than 6,000 schools, this organization had “Entrance Examination” in its name when it started in 1900
College Board
ORGANIZATIONS: At aipa.org, read about the union of these workers, pushing for aviation safety as well as bargaining
pilots
ORGANIZATIONS: Mark Cuban & Subway Sandwiches founder Fred DeLuca are among alumni of this org. formed to teach business savvy to the “junior” set
JA (Junior Achievement)
ORGANIZATIONS: The Georgia Warm Springs Foundation eventually became this organization in 1938
the March of Dimes
NEWER WORDS & PHRASES: Portmanteau word for a close friendship between men; the movie “I Love You, Man” portrayed one
a bromance
NEWER WORDS & PHRASES: This phrase comes from the color used on TV maps to show the areas Al Gore won in the 2000 presidential election
blue states
NEWER WORDS & PHRASES: Having a dish of zoodles? That’s strips of this, cut to resemble pasta
zucchini
NEWER WORDS & PHRASES: This phrase refers to a statement cautioning students that class material may be disturbing or upsetting
a trigger warning
NEWER WORDS & PHRASES: This phrase refers to the tendency to seek out information that supports your existing beliefs while avoiding facts that contradict them
confirmation bias
MISCELLANY: This is the primate with the longest gestation period
humans
MISCELLANY: In the U.S., if the level of purity is below 10 of these units, you cannot call it gold
karats
MISCELLANY: In Egypt falafel is commonly made with fava beans rather than with this legume traditional in the United States
chickpeas
MISCELLANY: The modified Mercalli scale measures the intensity of these
earthquakes
SETTING THE SCENE IN SHAKESPEARE: Act IV, scene i: “A cavern and in the midst a boiling cauldron"
Macbeth
SETTING THE SCENE IN SHAKESPEARE: Act III, scene i: “Before the Senate house; senators in session seen through open doors"
Julius Caesar
SETTING THE SCENE IN SHAKESPEARE: Act I, scene ii: “The island. The entrance of a cave"
The Tempest
SETTING THE SCENE IN SHAKESPEARE: Act II, scene i: “Portia’s house at Belmont"
The Merchant of Venice
SETTING THE SCENE IN SHAKESPEARE: A tragedy, act I, scene ii: “The Earl of Gloucester’s castle"
King Lear
NOVEMBER DATEBOOK: Radical students stormed the U.S. embassy in this city November 4, 1979, leading to an international crisis
Tehran
NOVEMBER DATEBOOK: A brand of scotch is named for this last surviving tea clipper ship, launched 150 years ago November 22
Cutty Sark
NOVEMBER DATEBOOK: She succeeded her sister Mary on Nov. 17, 1558 & then reigned for almost 45 years
Elizabeth I
NOVEMBER DATEBOOK: This Polish labor leader was released from arrest on Nov. 14, 1982 & was hailed upon his arrival in his home city
Lech Walesa
NOVEMBER DATEBOOK: On Nov. 9, 1908 a tradition began as hotel guest Archie Bailey ordered 25 of these to put in the rooms
Gideon Bibles
SINGLE-NAMED CELEBS: She’s been caught in Peter Parker’s web playing MJ in Marvel’s Spider-Man flicks
Zendaya
SINGLE-NAMED CELEBS: In 2010, back when she still spelled her name with a dollar sign, she had a No. 1 hit with “We R Who We R"
Kesha
SINGLE-NAMED CELEBS: Bassist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, he’s acted in films like “Baby Driver” & “The Big Lebowski"
Flea
SINGLE-NAMED CELEBS: This British model almost had a date with Elwood in “The Blues Brothers”, but it didn’t “stick"
Twiggy
SINGLE-NAMED CELEBS: This Mogadishu-born supermodel was smokin’ on the big screen opposite James Kirk in “Star Trek VI"
Iman
CLASSIC ROCK GUITARISTS: Shortly after burning it up at Monterey Pop in ‘67, he opened for The Mamas & The Papas at the Hollywood Bowl
Jimi Hendrix
CLASSIC ROCK GUITARISTS: Robby Krieger said, “Not having a bass player” in this band “made me play more bass notes to fill out the bottom"
The Doors
CLASSIC ROCK GUITARISTS: It was a busy 1983 for this late, great blues-rock god, debuting his “Texas Flood” album & playing on Bowie’s “Let’s Dance"
Stevie Ray Vaughan
CLASSIC ROCK GUITARISTS: Money, it’s a hit! In 2019 this Pink Floyd man got $21 million for his guitars at auction & donated the money to fight climate change
David Gilmour
BODIES OF WATER: The coastline of the state of Western Australia is mainly on this ocean
the Indian
BODIES OF WATER: This sea is fairly straight on Italy’s shores, but dented by coves & islands on the Balkan side
the Adriatic Sea
BODIES OF WATER: From the Sea of Galilee, the Jordan River flows into this body of water that’s about 300 square miles & shrinking
the Dead Sea
BODIES OF WATER: Kiev is on this river that rhymes with “deeper"
the Dnieper
BODIES OF WATER: The Loire & the Garonne rivers flow into this large bay that’s noted for its rough waves & heavy storms
the Bay of Biscay
STAMPS: 5 phrases from this song are represented on a set of stamps; one shows a double rainbow over Kansas for “spacious skies"
"America the Beautiful"
STAMPS: "3 Days of Peace and Music” & a dove are on the 2019 stamp honoring the 50th anniversary of this
Woodstock
STAMPS: These black grapes with a 2-word French name make a nice red wine as well as a pretty 5-cent stamp
Pinot Noir
STAMPS: The stamp honoring this Hindu holiday features a traditional oil lamp called a diya
Diwali
TOUGH CROSSWORD CLUES: Like a lion (7)
leonine
TOUGH CROSSWORD CLUES: Female friend, in French (4)
amie
TOUGH CROSSWORD CLUES: Muse of love poetry (5)
Erato
TOUGH CROSSWORD CLUES: Mortise’s projecting partner (5)
a tenon
TOUGH CROSSWORD CLUES: Gaelic or Scots Gaelic (4)
Erse
BLACK HOLES: A supermassive black hole is at the center of almost every large one of these, like NGC 4450
a galaxy
BLACK HOLES: A type of radiation emitted from just outside a black hole is named for this physicist who theorized its existence in 1974
(Stephen) Hawking
BLACK HOLES: After its fuel is spent, any star with a mass more than 1.44 times that of this becomes a neutron star or a black hole
our sun
BLACK HOLES: The world didn’t end Sept. 10, 2008, when this was switched on near Geneva; though it may create tiny black holes, they’re no threat
the CERN Large Hadron Collider
REVELATIONS: After cops closed a 2017 exhibit in Genoa, 20 of 21 of these attributed to Amedeo Modigliani & Moïse Kisling were revealed to be fakes
paintings
REVELATIONS: Documents declassified in 2017 reveal Dallas’ FBI office got a death threat against this man Nov. 23, 1963; he died on the 24th
Lee Harvey Oswald
REVELATIONS: In 2015 it was revealed that this automaker had programmed 11 million cars to cheat on emissions tests
Volkswagen
REVELATIONS: A bestselling 1836 “Autobiography” by this frontiersman who died that year was revealed as a hoax in the 1880s
Davy Crockett
REVELATIONS: The 2014 revelation of kickbacks from the Petrobras Oil Company helped lead to the ouster of her as Brazil’s president
Dilma Rousseff
LITERARY CHARACTERS: From an 1894 work, his name literally translates to “tiger king"
Shere Khan
REAL NAMES ON THE MARQUIS: The real name of this marquis & American Revolution hero: Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier
Lafayette
REAL NAMES ON THE MARQUIS: The Jean-Baptiste Colbert show included becoming Marquis de Seignelay & in 1689, Minister of State for this king
Louis XIV
REAL NAMES ON THE MARQUIS: He was born Donatien Alphonse Francois, but fans of x-rated lit know him better as this
the Marquis de Sade
REAL NAMES ON THE MARQUIS: Concino Concini, AKA the Marquis d’Ancre, was shot to death on the drawbridge of this palace (now a museum) on the right bank of the Seine
the Louvre
REAL NAMES ON THE MARQUIS: In 1681 naval hero Abraham Duquesne was made Marquis du Quesne, but not an admiral, as he was this type of Christian
a Protestant
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS: He quickly became the Democratic frontrunner after announcing his third bid for president April 25, 2019
(Joe) Biden
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS: This first Constitution of the 13 states was in effect from 1781 to 1789
the Articles of Confederation
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS: Title I of this, the ADA for short, deals with equal employment opportunities & benefits
the Americans with Disabilities Act
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS: The Supreme Court can request a lower court to send up the records of a case for review by issuing or granting a writ of this
a writ of certiorari
WHAT’S HER SPORT?: Gabby Douglas
gymnastics
WHAT’S HER SPORT?: Twins Monique & Jocelyne Lamoureux
hockey
WHAT’S HER SPORT?: Ali Krieger & Ashlyn Harris
soccer
WHAT’S HER SPORT?: Inbee Park & Sung Hyun Park
golf
WHAT’S HER SPORT?: Robin Roberts, in her college days (though her scholarship was for tennis)
basketball
FLAGS: The fortress on the flag of this British overseas territory symbolizes its strategic importance on the Mediterranean
Gibraltar
FLAGS: The diamond shape on its flag references the fact that it was the only diamond-producing U.S. state
Arkansas
FLAGS: The red & white stripes on the flag of this Asian country represent the states of the federation, including Sarawak
Malaysia
THE KING JAMES BIBLE SAYETH…: In this Bible book “The children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea"
Exodus
THE KING JAMES BIBLE SAYETH…: "And now abideth faith, hope,” this third virtue
charity
THE KING JAMES BIBLE SAYETH…: Romans 12 says don’t get people back when they wrong you; just wait, because this “is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord"
vengeance
THE KING JAMES BIBLE SAYETH…: This book namechecks itself in the very first line: These sayings of “the son of David"
Proverbs
THE KING JAMES BIBLE SAYETH…: You say you want a revelation? Truly, verily, it’s the very last word in that book; now can I get one?
amen
WORDS THAT USE ALL 5 VOWELS: This adjective means showy & intended to impress
ostentatious
WORDS THAT USE ALL 5 VOWELS: To inject someone with a small amount of a disease so that they can become immune to it
to inoculate
WORDS THAT USE ALL 5 VOWELS: "Dancing Queen” can “feel the beat from” this instrument
tambourine
WORDS THAT USE ALL 5 VOWELS: It sounds like you’re writing a novel, but it means to empower or formally sanction an act
authorize
WORDS THAT USE ALL 5 VOWELS: Ecstatic happiness
euphoria
NON COMPOSE MENTIS: The phobic Arnold Schoenberg removed one “A” from a title because “Moses und Aaron” has this many letters
13
NON COMPOSE MENTIS: Alexander Scriabin thought he was a musical Messiah; believers point out he was born on this day (true) & died on Easter (no)
Christmas
NON COMPOSE MENTIS: Prince Carlo Gesualdo published 6 books of these multi-voice renaissance songs & also gorily murdered his wife & her lover
madrigals
NON COMPOSE MENTIS: Obsessed with death, Anton Bruckner attended this event for the long-dead Beethoven in 1888 & insisted on touching the skull
being exhumed (an exhumation)
NON COMPOSE MENTIS: He died in an insane asylum not far from the Moldau, the river he immortalized in an 1875 work
Bedrich Smetana
MATH GUYS: You get an “A” if you know this mathematician of the 200s B.C. wrote a treatise on centers of gravity
Archimedes
MATH GUYS: Among Ptolemy’s pursuits was drawing up a table of these–not in a musical score but as line segments in a circle
chords
MATH GUYS: A 1970s computer language is named for this Frenchman who invented a 1640s calculating machine
Blaise Pascal
MATH GUYS: The subject of a 2001 film, this mathematician won a 1994 Nobel Prize in Economics
John Nash
MATH GUYS: This Swiss mathematician’s principle says the pressure in a fluid moving horizontally decreases as its velocity increases
Bernoulli
A GENERIC TITLE: It’s a puzzle, it’s a genre, it’s a PBS “Masterpiece” series
mystery
A GENERIC TITLE: It’s a sequence, it’s a genre, it’s a podcast hosted by Sarah Koenig
serial
A GENERIC TITLE: Prince Noctis has work to do in edition XV of this alliterative role-playing video game
Final Fantasy
A GENERIC TITLE: In this movie Robert De Niro kidnaps Jerry Lewis
The King of Comedy
A GENERIC TITLE: The movie “A Place in the Sun” was based on this U.S. novel
An American Tragedy
EXPRESSIONS & IDIOMS: "Everything but the kitchen stove” once vied with this now more common phrase meaning the same
everything but the kitchen sink
EXPRESSIONS & IDIOMS: In job training or language learning, one method is to let the newbie loose to do one of this opposite watery pair
sink or swim
EXPRESSIONS & IDIOMS: Let’s act aggressively on an issue & “play” this, another word for the national pastime
hardball
EXPRESSIONS & IDIOMS: This 2-word cooler-sounding way to say “second job” is the title of a book subtitled “From Idea to Income in 27 Days"
Side Hustle
TRUE STORY: Natalie Y. Moore examined “The South Side: A Portrait of” this city “and American Segregation "
Chicago
TRUE STORY: A gopher is on the cover of the book titled this comedy film: “The Making of a Hollywood Cinderella Story"
Caddyshack
TRUE STORY: A nonfiction classic by Rabbi Harold Kushner is “When” these “Happen to Good People"
Bad Things
TRUE STORY: Barack Obama’s first book was “Dreams from My Father”; his second was this “bold” bestseller that arrived in 2006
The Audacity of Hope
TRUE STORY: He wrote of the loss of both his parents in a 5-week span in “A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius"
(Dave) Eggers
"D.M.” ME: The 1460 boots from this brand get their name from their date of inception: the first of April, 1960
Doc Martens
"D.M.” ME: Morbid Angel & Obituary are popular bands in this genre
death metal
"D.M.” ME: You can pick up an Epson LQ-590 one of these printers from Staples for $413
dot matrix
"D.M.” ME: The title American girl of this 1870s novella dies of “Roman fever” (malaria)
Daisy Miller
"D.M.” ME: The full name of this disease comes from words meaning “to pass through” & “sweetened with honey"
diabetes mellitus
FAMOUS PHRASES: In the title of a groundbreaking 1890 expose of poverty in New York City slums, these 3 words follow “How the"
Other Half Lives
HAIL, CAESAR!: This Canadian singer had huge successes with her multi-year residencies at Caesars Palace starting in 2003 & 2011
Celine Dion
HAIL, CAESAR!: The character King Kaiser is based on Sid Caesar in this 1982 Peter O’Toole film set in the world of 1950s TV
My Favorite Year
HAIL, CAESAR!: Built by Herod the Great & dedicated to Augustus, Caesarea is a coastal town in this country
Israel
HAIL, CAESAR!: Scholars believe St. Paul made his appeal to Caesar of Acts 25 in 59 A.D., so the Caesar would have been him
Nero
HAIL, CAESAR!: It’s where fancy restaurants once served Caesar salad, tossed as you watch; Ken’s makes a bottled version of the dressing
tableside
WORLD CAPITAL AIRPORTS: Narita Airport
Tokyo
WORLD CAPITAL AIRPORTS: Jomo Kenyatta International
Nairobi
WORLD CAPITAL AIRPORTS: Toussaint Louverture
Port-au-Prince
WORLD CAPITAL AIRPORTS: Schiphol
Amsterdam
WORLD CAPITAL AIRPORTS: Carthage International Airport
Tunis
PLACES TO LIVE: Yo, this term for a baby bed with high sides is also a slang term for your dwelling
a crib
PLACES TO LIVE: By definition, 3 self-contained housing units all connected together in one building
a triplex
PLACES TO LIVE: This type of residence hall gets its name from the Latin for “sleep"
dormitory
PLACES TO LIVE: Virginia Military Institute’s “old” these, a type of housing, is a national historic landmark
barracks
PLACES TO LIVE: The converted outbuilding called a coach house or with this other transport name can be quite comfortable
a carriage (house)
MAMMALS: With only about a thousand living in China & Mongolia, the wild Bactrian species of this is critically endangered
a camel
MAMMALS: Canis lupus is the scientific name for the gray this
wolf
MAMMALS: At 6 feet tall & weighing up to 2,000 pounds, the eland of Africa is the largest of these graceful mammals
an antelope
FANTASY FOOTBALL: Imagine if this team had taken Barry Sanders, not Tony Mandarich, with the No. 2 pick in 1989 & had him to pair with Favre…
the Green Bay Packers
FANTASY FOOTBALL: If this team had just handed it to Marshawn Lynch instead of calling a pass from the 1 in Super Bowl 49…
the Seahawks
FANTASY FOOTBALL: Dallas players still tell themselves this 49ers QB was trying to throw the ball away on “The Catch” in 1982
Joe Montana
FANTASY FOOTBALL: In the dreams of this team’s fans, their kicker Scott Norwood pulls it back just a bit to the left in Super Bowl 25
the (Buffalo) Bills
FANTASY FOOTBALL: In my fantasy Super Bowl, the 18-1 ‘85 Bears take on Larry Csonka & the rest of this 17-0 1972 squad
the Miami Dolphins
"X”s & “O”s: It’s the practice of sending U.S. jobs overseas
outsourcing
"X”s & “O”s: From Latin for “all devouring”, it’s the term for an animal that eats both animals & plants
omnivore
"X”s & “O”s: From the Greek for “wood”, it’s plant tissue that conveys water up from the roots
xylem
"X”s & “O”s: It’s a 9-letter word meaning to banish or exclude someone from a particular group
ostracize
"X”s & “O”s: X marks the spot for this word that means shaped like a sword
xiphoid
VISIONARIES: The visions in the Book of Revelation, like a 7-headed beast, are credited to a man with this name, maybe the apostle
John
VISIONARIES: Joan of Arc’s visionary instructions were said to come from St. Catherine, St. Margaret & this archangel
Michael
VISIONARIES: In 312, before the Battle of Milvian Bridge, this man had a dramatic vision of a cross of light & went on to win the battle
Constantine
VISIONARIES: With his nation in his name, this 18th c. Stockholm-born author of “Heaven & Hell” used his visions to interpret scripture
(Emanuel) Swedenborg
VISIONARIES: Named for a 12th century Moorish princess, in 1917 this village was the site of visions of the Virgin Mary
Fatima
COMMUNICATION: "Memo” is short for this short note
memorandum
COMMUNICATION: Salman Rushdie survived the fatwa against him for “The Satanic Verses” but Hitoshi Igarashi, who did this job for him, did not
translating
COMMUNICATION: This sneaky alliterative baseball action has been done using a telescope (1951) & an Apple Watch (2017)
stealing signs
COMMUNICATION: Computer innovator Grace Hopper popularized the saying that it’s better to ask forgiveness than this
permission
COMMUNICATION: In 2001 the Mass. Supreme Court ruled this often irrational nighttime communication inadmissible as evidence
sleep talking
HOW’S YOUR LATIN VOCABULARY?: I’m very “cross” about this Latin word meaning a vital or pivotal point
crux
HOW’S YOUR LATIN VOCABULARY?: Exlex translates as “bound by no” this
law
HOW’S YOUR LATIN VOCABULARY?: Nimbus is this 5-letter object of nature
a cloud
