Season 36 (2501-3000) Flashcards
HOW’S YOUR LATIN VOCABULARY?: Someone deeply respected due to their serious nature has a lot of this 8- letter Latin term
gravitas
HOW’S YOUR LATIN VOCABULARY?: Meaning an emergency force, “posse” this
comitatus
NOVELS BY CHARACTERS: Heathcliff & Edgar Linton
Wuthering Heights
NOVELS BY CHARACTERS: Yuri, Uncle Kolya, Lara
Doctor Zhivago
NOVELS BY CHARACTERS: By Zadie Smith: Samad Iqbal & family, Archie Jones & family, the Chalfen family
White Teeth
NOVELS BY CHARACTERS: Nat; Joseph Travis, his master; Judge Cobb
The Confessions of Nat Turner
NOVELS BY CHARACTERS: Mildred Rogers & the clubfooted Philip Carey
Of Human Bondage
DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS: Elvis: “We’re caught in a trap, I can’t walk out, because I love you too much, baby… we can’t go on to-gether, with” these
suspicious minds
DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS: "No no no no no, oo-eee-hoo, I’ll tell you once more, before I get off the floor”, this E.L.O. title
"Don’t Bring Me Down"
DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS: Walk the Moon: “Oh don’t you dare look back, just keep your eyes on me, I said you’re holding back, she said” do this
shut up and dance with me
DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS: This group: “My hump, my hump, my lovely lady lumps, my lovely lady lumps"
The Black Eyed Peas
DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS: Tom Jones: “His fight goes on & on & on, but he thinks that the fight is worth it all, so he strikes like” this
Thunderball
U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS: In 2018 Forbes said this “Belt’s Demographic Delight is” this other “Belt’s Demographic Dilemma"
the Sun Belt & the Rust Belt
EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE: If you are forced out of the company, a golden this clause will make sure you are well taken care of
parachute
EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE: For a good military “retreat”, book an executive one at this service academy’s Thayer Hotel in the Hudson Valley
West Point
EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE: It’s the anatomical nickname for executive search consultants
headhunters
EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE: The Toyota Century is the limousine of choice for the person with this title (a new one took over in 2019)
emperor of Japan
EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE: This brand became synonymous with a private jet after it debuted in 1963–Bombardier makes them now
Learjets
MED. ABBREV.: AKI refers to “acute” this organ “injury”, which means you’re having trouble removing waste
kidney
MED. ABBREV.: Sometimes done along with a hysterectomy, a BSO is a bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, a removal of these
ovaries
MED. ABBREV.: Doc gets out the little rubber hammer to test your DTR, or “deep” this “reflex"
tendon
MED. ABBREV.: A CBC, or “complete” this, gets hemoglobin & platelet stats
a complete blood count
MED. ABBREV.: There’s no “Q” in this adjective for a shot given into the fatty tissue under the skin, but SQ is the abbreviation for it
subcutaneous
U.N. INTERNATIONAL YEARS: 2019 is the Year of this array of elements, as it’s the 150th anniversary
the Periodic Table
U.N. INTERNATIONAL YEARS: 2009, the International Year of Astronomy, celebrated 400 years of this invention
the telescope
U.N. INTERNATIONAL YEARS: 2013 was the Year of this staple Andean crop, which the U.N. hopes can help eradicate world hunger
Quinoa
U.N. INTERNATIONAL YEARS: 2002 was the Year of this form of green travel, the visiting of natural habitats in a way that minimizes environmental impact
Ecotourism
U.N. INTERNATIONAL YEARS: 1982 was the Year of Sanctions against this country that was suspended from the General Assembly in 1974 & readmitted in 1994
South Africa
OFFICIAL STATE STUFF: The tallest of the working breeds, it’s Pennsylvania’s state dog; William Penn is said to have owned one
a Great Dane
OFFICIAL STATE STUFF: Its state tree is the sugar maple, though it has a mighty pine at the center of its state seal
Vermont
OFFICIAL STATE STUFF: Laugh maniacally as you realize the common one of these is Minnesota’s state bird
a loon
OFFICIAL STATE STUFF: Don Woods, the first weatherman on KTUL, created Gusty, the official cartoon character of this tornado-prone state
Oklahoma
BESTSELLING BOOKS: In “Reckless”, Chrissie Hynde recounts her early years as the lead singer of this band
The Pretenders
BESTSELLING BOOKS: This 7th book in the Harry Potter series sold 8.3 million copies on its first day of release
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
BESTSELLING BOOKS: This thriller was right on track with its tale of Rachel Watson, who witnesses something shocking on her commute
The Girl on the Train
THE “O_ED": Ran against in an election
opposed
THE “O_ED": Treated a person as if she were a thing, angering feminists
objectified
THE “O_ED": Took place
occurred
THE “O_ED": Arranged systematically, or got workers to join a union
organized
THE “O_ED": Indicated which instruments should play which notes
orchestrated
THE MOVIES: Forky joins Woody & the gang for the fourth outing in this animated series
Toy Story
THE MOVIES: I always tear up at the line “A toast to my big brother, George. The richest man in town!” in this Jimmy Stewart film
It’s a Wonderful Life
THE MOVIES: A line from this Tarantino film: “We ain’t in the prisoner-takin’ business; we in the killin’ Nazi business"
Inglourious Basterds
THE MOVIES: Hugh Jackman played this senator caught with Donna Rice during his 1988 presidential campaign in “The Front Runner"
Gary Hart
TROPIC OF CAPRICORN: In the Eastern Pacific, the tropic runs just north of this, AKA Isla de Pascua
Easter Island
TROPIC OF CAPRICORN: In an Argentine valley a huge one of these ancient timepieces marks the tropic’s latitude
a sundial
TROPIC OF CAPRICORN: If you’re following the tropic westward, just south of Tonga Monday becomes Tuesday as you do this
crossing the International Date Line
TROPIC OF CAPRICORN: 4 countries lie completely south of the tropic, New Zealand, eSwatini, Lesotho & this one in South America
Uruguay
HER FIRST PUBLISHED NOVEL: 1811: “Sense and Sensibility"
(Jane) Austen
HER FIRST PUBLISHED NOVEL: 1920: “The Mysterious Affair at Styles"
Agatha Christie
HER FIRST PUBLISHED NOVEL: 2005: “Twilight"
(Stephenie) Meyer
HER FIRST PUBLISHED NOVEL: 1940: “The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter"
(Carson) McCullers
HER FIRST PUBLISHED NOVEL: 1988: “The Bean Trees"
Barbara Kingsolver
FAMOUS AMERICANS: This library pioneer shortened his first name from Melville to Melvil
Dewey
FAMOUS AMERICANS: In 1858 this man patented a new type of reusable jar with a screw-cap lid & partnered with glassblowers to produce them
(John Landis) Mason
FAMOUS AMERICANS: During the Blitz, Edward R. Murrow borrowed this 5- word phrase from Londoners who weren’t sure they’d survive the evening
Good night and good luck.
FAMOUS AMERICANS: This New York Times crossword editor graduated from Indiana with a degree in enigmatology (the study of puzzles)
Will Shortz
FAMOUS AMERICANS: This author known for her gender-disparity test wrote the graphic novel memoir “Fun Home"
(Alison) Bechdel
SOCIOLOGY: Marked by things like expensive cars or homes, this type of “symbol” of social rank comes from the Latin for “to stand"
a status symbol
SOCIOLOGY: It’s the term for the conversion of a society from an agricultural economy to one based on manufacturing
*industrialization (**an industrial revolution)
SOCIOLOGY: In the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, this ability of humans shapes how we view reality
our ability to speak
SOCIOLOGY: William Sumner, a pioneer in sociology, advocated social this -ism, where the poorly adapted die out
Darwinism
WORD-POURRI: Quebracho, one of the hardest woods, is from Spanish for “breaker” of this tool
an ax
WORD-POURRI: Traditionally, Brits have used this 4-letter term for any grain; as a result, they use the term maize for the yellow vegetable
corn
WORD-POURRI: This word for a sycophant comes from medicine shows where assistants would pretend to eat amphibians & then be cured
a toady
WORD-POURRI: This word found in the name of a “Grand” dam refers to a deep ravine
Coulee
WORD-POURRI: The word “fink” used for strikebreakers might come from this detective agency often used in that capacity
Pinkerton
ITALIAN INVENTORS: In a 1644 letter he wrote, “We live submerged at the bottom of an ocean of air”, which is what his invention measures
(Evangelista) Torricelli
A WRITER’S LIFE FOR ME: One of the most prolific authors of all time, Barbara Cartland wrote more than 600 books in this genre
romance
A WRITER’S LIFE FOR ME: John Steinbeck wanted his name taken off “Lifeboat” after seeing the film version directed by this Brit
Hitchcock
A WRITER’S LIFE FOR ME: The German army sent him to the Western Front & in 1929 he published a novel about it
(Erich Maria) Remarque
A WRITER’S LIFE FOR ME: Echoing the title character of a book by his great uncle, he assumed the surname Melmoth after leaving prison in 1897
Oscar Wilde
SYNONYMS FOR BLACK: Corvus corax is the scientific name of this crow cousin
a raven
SYNONYMS FOR BLACK: 5-letter magazine founded in 1945 by John H. Johnson
Ebony
SYNONYMS FOR BLACK: Ancient Egyptians used this 4-letter cosmetic to line the eyes
kohl
SYNONYMS FOR BLACK: The RAF’s Gloster Meteor, for example
a jet
SYNONYMS FOR BLACK: Residue of coal tar distillation used to pave roads & waterproof roofs
pitch
THE NEW NEWS: Investigative news is now separate from listicles & quizzes as this site split into 2 divisions in 2016
BuzzFeed
THE NEW NEWS: An online “project” with stories about criminal justice is named for this civil rights & Supreme Court icon
Thurgood Marshall
THE NEW NEWS: The “Pro”s at this independent, nonprofit online newsroom have won several Pulitzers for their work
ProPublica
THE NEW NEWS: You can anonymously leak info to the Intl. Consortium of Investigative Journalists via this 3-letter secure browser
Tor
TRANSPORTATION TERMS: It’s inserted into the crankcase to check a car’s oil level
a dipstick
TRANSPORTATION TERMS: It’s the term for weight placed low in a ship to make it more stable & seaworthy
ballast
TRANSPORTATION TERMS: A horse rented out for riding is known as this, also a slang term for a taxi driver
hack
TRANSPORTATION TERMS: This 7-letter activity is the K in the WKA, an association excited about going 100 mph, 1 inch off the ground
karting
BRITISH HISTORY: Only 2 British PMs have been born outside the British Isles: Andrew Bonar Law (Canada) & this 2019 arrival (NYC)
Boris Johnson
BRITISH HISTORY: In 1981 the bells were ringing for Prince Charles & Diana Spencer, married in this cathedral
St. Paul’s
BRITISH HISTORY: British colonies granted independence following WWII included India in 1947 & this nearby island in 1948
Sri Lanka
BRITISH HISTORY: On Sept. 30, 1888 Elizabeth Stride & Catherine Eddowes both ran afoul of this terrible man in London
Jack the Ripper
MOVIE MONSTERS: In this 1941 monster movie, Lon Chaney Jr. is transformed into the hirsute title character
The Wolf Man
MOVIE MONSTERS: This Oscar-winning director’s 21st century monster movies include “Pacific Rim” & “Pan’s Labyrinth"
(Guillermo) del Toro
MOVIE MONSTERS: In “The Conjuring” film franchise, a vintage doll with this title name serves as a conduit for evil
Annabelle
MOVIE MONSTERS: "The Thing”, about a shapeshifting alien menace crash-landing on Earth, takes place in this desolate region
Antarctica
HOUSE PAINTING: His “Christina’s World” depicts a woman with polio straining toward a farmhouse
(Andrew) Wyeth
HOUSE PAINTING: The house in the rear of this Brit’s painting “A Bigger Splash” features, of course, a swimming pool
(David) Hockney
HOUSE PAINTING: He eschewed more familiar urban scenes as in his “Nighthawks” to paint “Vermont Sugar House” in 1938
Edward Hopper
LAWYERS, LAW & LEGALITY: Straight up now tell me, you’re up for this case of smacking your Chevy into that Subaru & just taking off
a hit and run
LAWYERS, LAW & LEGALITY: This lawyer’s star rose while repping Stormy Daniels but fell after he was accused of trying to extort millions from Nike in 2019
Michael Avenatti
LAWYERS, LAW & LEGALITY: At the Scopes Trial, this politician said he’d seen nothing to accept the word of scientists against the inspired word of God
William Jennings Bryan
LAWYERS, LAW & LEGALITY: The Justice Dept. IDs violations of this 1890 act; timed, uniform price hikes by competitors are a sign of collusion
the Sherman Antitrust Act
LAWYERS, LAW & LEGALITY: This 3-word Latin phrase means “the thing speaks for itself” but lawyers always seem to keep talking anyway
res ipsa loquitur
PHYSICS: At earth’s surface the acceleration produced by this force is about 32 feet per second per second
gravity
PHYSICS: About 75% of all chemical elements are in this class of substances, all good conductors because of an abundance of free electrons
metals
PHYSICS: Measured in Hertz, it’s the term for the number of complete waves passing a certain point in a unit of time
frequency
PHYSICS: Water seems to defy gravity in this “action”: the molecules’ adhesion to the walls of a tube is stronger than their cohesion
capillary action
PHYSICS: A 1976 paper has one of the first mentions of this “model” that accounts for 3 of the universe’s 4 fundamental forces
The Standard Model
TONY-WINNING ROLES: Celia Keenan-Bolger won a 2019 Tony as this daughter in “To Kill a Mockingbird"
Scout Finch
TONY-WINNING ROLES: Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers & Nathan Lane all won Tonys for playing Pseudolus in this “Funny” musical set in Rome
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
TONY-WINNING ROLES: Ali Stroker was the first wheelchair-using winner, playing Ado Annie in a 2019 revival of this Rodgers & Hammerstein musical
Oklahoma!
TONY-WINNING ROLES: Juanita Hall won at the fourth Tonys as Bloody Mary in this WWII-set musical
South Pacific
TONY-WINNING ROLES: Mr. Henry Fonda won a Tony as a lieutenant dealing with the boredom of a navy cargo ship in this play
Mister Roberts
BEASTLY NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY: The highest point on the Canadian Pacific Railway, Kicking Horse Pass is on the border of Alberta & this province to the west
British Columbia
BEASTLY NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY: In the heart of the “Silicon Forest”, Beaverton is a suburb of this western U.S. metropolis
Portland
BEASTLY NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY: This river is the largest tributary of the Columbia, which it joins near Pasco, Washington
the Snake
BEASTLY NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY: About 40 miles west of Regina, you’ll find this Saskatchewan city that sounds like a deer facial bone
Moose Jaw
TEEN-LETTER WORDS: Using the ocean itself to describe the crossing from Portugal to Haiti
transatlantic
TEEN-LETTER WORDS: Mirowski & Mower developed the implantable one of these medical devices–clear!
a defibrillator
TEEN-LETTER WORDS: Thinking about the past, or an exhibit spanning the career of one artist
a retrospective
TEEN-LETTER WORDS: Ascribe human traits to that cute puppy
anthropomorphize
TEEN-LETTER WORDS: "V” aware it’s the job of one who makes flags
vexillographer
OLD TESTAMENT BOOKS: By Hebrew word count, the longest book bears this name that led to a word for a long complaint or rant
Jeremiah
THE NIFTY ’50s: A toast to Coors, which started making its cans with this metal in 1959
aluminum
THE NIFTY ’50s: Cleveland DJ Alan Freed gets the credit for popularizing this term for the music he played on the radio
rock and roll
THE NIFTY ’50s: In 1958 the United States entered the space race with the launch of this satellite that shares its name with a Ford SUV
Explorer
THE NIFTY ’50s: Eating out became easier with the introduction of this first multipurpose charge card in 1950
Diners Club
MOUNTAINS OF ASIA: These imposing peaks have a name meaning “abode of snow"
the Himalayas
MOUNTAINS OF ASIA: Rising to almost 13,000 feet, the Pontic Mountains of Northern Turkey bend along the southern shore of this body of water
the Black Sea
MOUNTAINS OF ASIA: Mount Apo is the highest peak in this Asian nation & its name means “grandfather” in Tagalog
the Philippines
MOUNTAINS OF ASIA: These continent-separating mountains stretch 1,550 miles from the Arctic Ocean to Kazakhstan
the Urals
WHAT’S BEING MEASURED?: Bunders, hectares, jeribs
area
WHAT’S BEING MEASURED?: Knots, Mach number
speed
WHAT’S BEING MEASURED?: The Rankine scale, the Réaumur scale
temperature
WHAT’S BEING MEASURED?: Grams per cubic meter
density
WHAT’S BEING MEASURED?: Barrels, fifths, pecks
volume
SNAILS: The eyes of most land snails are found atop the pairs of long stalks called these, like the limbs of a cephalopod
tentacles
SNAILS: Snails are eaten in many countries, including as this Provençal-named delicacy in French cuisine
escargot
SNAILS: Snails make up part of the more than 45,000 species in this class of animals that has a name meaning “stomach foot"
gastropods
SNAILS: Be careful around the aquatic cone snail; it produces these “nerve poisons” that can be venomous to humans
neurotoxins
SNAILS: Tasmania produces around 25% of the world’s wild caught supply of this large edible sea snail, mainly the black lip variety
abalone
SITCOMS: Randall Park stars in this sitcom about a family of Asian immigrants in the United States
Fresh Off the Boat
SITCOMS: On this 1990s sitcom a well-to-do Southern California family took in a streetwise relative from Philadelphia
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
SITCOMS: This series is a spin-off of “The Big Bang Theory” & also a prequel to it
Young Sheldon
SITCOMS: As grouchy, narrow-minded Calvin, Cedric the Entertainer heads up this show set in a black area of Los Angeles
The Neighborhood
SITCOMS: Eddie Haskell could tell you that in a popular 1950s sitcom, these were the 2 sons in the Cleaver family
Wally and Beaver
ALL “STAR”s: The right side of a sailing ship
starboard
ALL “STAR”s: Judy Greer’s memoir is “I Don’t Know What You Know Me From: My Life as” this type of actor
a Co-Star
ALL “STAR”s: An Olympian who starts running less than a tenth of a second after the gun is guilty of this violation
a false start
ALL “STAR”s: One word meaning not wearing any clothes, in Nottingham
starkers
ALL “STAR”s: Jesus tells a parable about this seed of condiment fame
a mustard seed
FEMALE FIRSTS: In July 1923 Italian actress Eleanora Duse became the first woman to grace the cover of this U.S. magazine (issue No. 22)
Time
FEMALE FIRSTS: Kathryn Bigelow became Oscar’s first female Best Director for this film with only one named female character
The Hurt Locker
FEMALE FIRSTS: 250 years after Magellan’s expedition, Jeanne Baret became the first woman to do this
circumnavigate the Earth
FEMALE FIRSTS: In 1919 this “Lady”, the former Nancy Langhorne of Virginia, was the first woman to sit in the British Parliament
(Lady) Astor
FEMALE FIRSTS: The first woman in space was Valentina Tereshkova, riding into the heavens on the 6th launch in this Soviet space program
Vostok
JIM CLASS: On Father’s Day in 1964, Jim Bunning (father of 9), tossed one of these for the Phillies; nobody reached base!
a perfect game
JIM CLASS: Jim Lovell was aboard Apollo 8, the 1st manned craft to make this circuit; aboard Apollo 13, Jim made the same trip–unplanned
rounding the Moon
JIM CLASS: He’d assumed Mexican citizenship years before, but his exploits as a colonel in the Texas army in 1836 made him famous
(Jim) Bowie
JIM CLASS: This Marine Corps general was the first Defense Secretary in the Trump administration
Mattis
JIM CLASS: This former District Attorney of New Orleans was played by Kevin Costner in “JFK"
(Jim) Garrison
CLASSIC AMERICAN PLAYS: This Arthur Miller character makes his way “on a smile and a shoeshine"
Willy Loman
CLASSIC AMERICAN PLAYS: In this Jason Miller drama, members of a high school basketball team celebrate the 20th anniversary of their state title
That Championship Season
CLASSIC AMERICAN PLAYS: In 1933 his play “Ah, Wilderness!” opened in New York with George M. Cohan as one of the leads
Eugene O’Neill
CLASSIC AMERICAN PLAYS: Junk dealer Harry Brock hires a tutor to give his mistress Billie Dawn some culture & class in this play
Born Yesterday
BEFORE, DURING & AFTER: AMC zombie spin-off about the last thing Wild Bill was dealt, an antiseptic cleansing agent
Fear the Walking Dead man’s hand sanitizer
BEFORE, DURING & AFTER: 2011 NYC protest movement composed of the Jets or Sharks & Mao’s elite quartet
Occupy Wall Street Gang of Four
BEFORE, DURING & AFTER: "Rug-cutting” 1984 Bruce Springsteen tune about Sophie Turner’s title X-Men character who plays NBA hoops in Arizona
"Dancing In The Dark” Phoenix Suns
BEFORE, DURING & AFTER: The singer who voiced the Ape King in “The Jungle Book” was a leading female opera soloist & the “Queen of Disco"
Louis Prima Donna Summer
BEFORE, DURING & AFTER: Andrew Lloyd Webber collaborator whose flooded Asian crop field won an Oscar for writing “Network"
Tim Rice Paddy Chayefsky
"R”CHITECTURE: They’re the beams supporting a sloping roof; having them exposed can give a funky industrial look
rafters
"R”CHITECTURE: Edward Durell Stone was the architect of this theater at Rockefeller Center with the fabulous interior by Donald Deskey
Radio City Music Hall
"R”CHITECTURE: This drawing of a proposed building can be much more detailed than a blueprint, including little people & trees
a rendering
"R”CHITECTURE: As a style, it was early 19th century British; as a building, it’s the Atlanta Hyatt that began the hotel atrium era
Regency
MOVIE FOREIGN CITIES: 1958: “Seven Hills of ____"
Rome
MOVIE FOREIGN CITIES: 1964: “The Umbrellas of ____"
Cherbourg
MOVIE FOREIGN CITIES: 2007: “The ____ Limited"
Darjeeling
MOVIE FOREIGN CITIES: 1989: “Jesus of ____” (not in the Holy Land)
Montreal
MOVIE FOREIGN CITIES: 1959: “____, My Love” or “Mon Amour”, if you prefer
Hiroshima
INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES: A dispute over Etorofu, Habomai, Kunashiri & Shikotan has kept these 2 countries from ever signing a WWII peace treaty
Japan & Russia
RHYME TIME: Hippies advocated this nonviolent strategy to promote peace & love
flower power
RHYME TIME: This type of shirt bares the midriff
a crop top
RHYME TIME: Let’s go tropical with this Polynesian-style cocktail made with rum, Curacao & fruit juices
a mai tai
RHYME TIME: It calls itself “the nation’s leading online and mobile food-ordering and delivery marketplace"
Grubhub
RHYME TIME: "Jeopardy! “ categories include Potpourri & this 10-letter synonym for “potpourri"
Hodgepodge
ON THE CUSPS OF GREATNESS: Dates shared by Sagittarius & Capricorn in this month are the Cusp of Prophecy, so if born then, you know what next year holds
December
ON THE CUSPS OF GREATNESS: My birthday of July 22 is on the cusp of Cancer & this beastly sign–it means I have good memory, I seem to recall
Leo
ON THE CUSPS OF GREATNESS: The cusp of Cancer & this sign is known as the Cusp of Magic &, after all, the best magic tricks are done with twins
Gemini
ON THE CUSPS OF GREATNESS: November has the Cusp of Revolution; this woman who revolutionized tennis with “The Battle of the sexes” was born on Nov. 22
Billie Jean King
ON THE CUSPS OF GREATNESS: These 2 signs meet in September during the Cusp of Beauty
Virgo & Libra
BIOPICS: Joaquin Phoenix played this “Man in Black” in “Walk the Line"
Johnny Cash
BIOPICS: Gary Busey was nominated for an Oscar for his 1978 portrayal of this Texas singer
Buddy Holly
BIOPICS: "La Vie en Rose” took a look at the not always rosy life of this French chanteuse
(Édith) Piaf
BIOPICS: Babe Ruth played himself in this 1942 biopic of Lou Gehrig
Pride of the Yankees
WE SAY JUMP: Jump-starting 101: positive (red cable) to positive, negative (this color cable) to ground on the dead car
black
WE SAY JUMP: An allusion to old circus acts, “to jump through” these is to do exasperatingly hard tasks to reach a goal
hoops
WE SAY JUMP: Though no longer a kid, in 1999 Ashrita Furman bounced up the 1,899 steps of Toronto’s CN Tower on this
a pogo stick
WE SAY JUMP: Satan tempted Jesus to jump off this Judean king’s temple in Jerusalem
Herod (the Great)
HOW HIGH: A full grown Robert Wadlow, the world’s tallest man: about 1 inch under this many feet
9 feet
HOW HIGH: 4,101’ & steeper than vertical: Mount Thor, which noted maphead Ken Jennings calls the world’s tallest this (step back from the edge)
a cliff
HOW HIGH: The Nurek Earth-Fill this structure: 984 feet above the Vakhsh River
a dam
HOW HIGH: This stopping point for Everest’s southern face; 17,600 feet
base camp (the Khumbu glacier)
HOW HIGH: The cruising altitude of this alphanumeric spy plane AKA “Dragon Lady”: 70,000 feet
U-2
"MIS”INFORMATION: It’s a name mistakenly applied to someone or something
a misnomer
"MIS”INFORMATION: Calling 911 for purposes other than an emergency may be classified this type of crime
a misdemeanor
"MIS”INFORMATION: It’s another name for a written message or letter
a missive
"MIS”INFORMATION: This city is home to the University of Montana
Missoula
"MIS”INFORMATION: It can be a collection of writings by different authors, or a mixture of various items
miscellany
HOME IS WHERE THE ART IS: This London residence of the queen is home to Fabergé eggs & to drawings by Leonardo da Vinci
Buckingham Palace
HOME IS WHERE THE ART IS: Jan Six Xi of this country grew up with Rembrandts in his home–heck, the old master even painted his ancestor Jan Six I
the Netherlands
HOME IS WHERE THE ART IS: A full-length portrait of George Washington from this 18th c. artist is often admired by tourists at the White House
Gilbert Stuart
HOME IS WHERE THE ART IS: Frescoes by Raphael & Pinturicchio adorn the walls of the Vatican in what’s usually known as the “papal” these living spaces
papal apartments
BOND, IONIC BOND: Ionic bonding happens when these particles in atoms of 2 different elements permanently switch places
electrons
BOND, IONIC BOND: Table salt is an ionic bonding of these 2 elements
sodium & chlorine
BOND, IONIC BOND: Fe2O3 AKA this problem for your car, is the result of some ionic bonding
rust
BOND, IONIC BOND: Magnesium hydroxide is ionic & soothes your stomach issues with this Phillips product patented in 1873
Milk of Magnesia
BOND, IONIC BOND: In ordinary saltpeter this element forms an ionic bond with nitrate
potassium
A MAN OF THE CLOTH: A shirt once used for rowing, or the last name of the Eagles member who had a solo hit with “The Boys Of Summer"
a henley
A MAN OF THE CLOTH: Before he controlled New York City, this boss served a single term in Congress from 1853 to 1855
(Boss) Tweed
A MAN OF THE CLOTH: In 1878 this retailing pioneer suggested the price of a nickel for items that weren’t selling quickly
F.W. Woolworth
A MAN OF THE CLOTH: This West Virginia country star teamed up with LL Cool J on “Accidental Racist"
Brad Paisley
A MAN OF THE CLOTH: This FBI official was the source known as “Deep Throat"
Mark Felt
WAR STORIES: "When Britain Burned the White House” by Peter Snow
the War of 1812
WAR STORIES: "When the Emperor was Divine” by Julie Otsuka
the Second World War
WAR STORIES: "The Green Berets” by Robin Moore
the Vietnam War
WAR STORIES: "Copperhead” by Bernard Cornwell
the Civil War
WAR STORIES: "The African Queen” by C.S. Forester
World War I
U.S. CITIES: Celebrating electricity & technology, an exposition in this U.S. “City of Light” in 1901 was overshadowed by another major event
Buffalo
AUTHORS’ FICTIONAL PLACES: Narnia
(C.S.) Lewis
AUTHORS’ FICTIONAL PLACES: The Hundred Acre Wood
(A.A.) Milne
AUTHORS’ FICTIONAL PLACES: Loompaland
(Roald) Dahl
AUTHORS’ FICTIONAL PLACES: Panem
(Suzanne) Collins
AUTHORS’ FICTIONAL PLACES: Lake Wobegon
(Garrison) Keillor
SO YUMMY THEY NAMED IT TWICE: Chopped pickles go into this mayo-based sauce that’s often served with fried fish
tartar sauce
SO YUMMY THEY NAMED IT TWICE: For starters, you might enjoy this appetizer platter featuring shrimp toast, wontons & spare ribs
pu pu platter
SO YUMMY THEY NAMED IT TWICE: A popular Tunisian staple, this semolina dish is served with a fiery hot sauce called harissa
couscous
SO YUMMY THEY NAMED IT TWICE: A warm water fish, the dorado is also known by this Hawaiian name
mahi-mahi
SO YUMMY THEY NAMED IT TWICE: This Japanese dish is raw meat & raw veggies cooked in a pot of hot broth by the diner at the table
shabu shabu
"VO”CABULARY TEST: Current multiplied by resistance
voltage
"VO”CABULARY TEST: It’s your calling, truly
vocation
"VO”CABULARY TEST: A period of popularity, like the 24 weeks the Madonna song spent on the charts in 1990
vogue
"VO”CABULARY TEST: 2-word parliamentary procedure in which the outcome is determined by relative volume
a voice vote
"VO”CABULARY TEST: A whirlwind or a whirlpool in the form of a spiral
a vortex
HISTORICAL HODGEPODGE: Britannica notes that this Russian ruler “had young lovers up to the time of her unexpected death…at…67"
Catherine the Great
HISTORICAL HODGEPODGE: The battle of this city that helped make Andrew Jackson a hero was actually fought after the War of 1812 ended
New Orleans
HISTORICAL HODGEPODGE: Lasting 40 minutes, an 1896 battle between Britain & this island, now part of Tanzania, is considered to be the shortest war
Zanzibar
HISTORICAL HODGEPODGE: On March 30, 1981 this Secretary of State & retired general told the press, “As of now, I am in control here, in the White House"
(Alexander) Haig
HISTORICAL HODGEPODGE: A 1945 telegram from Churchill to Truman mentioned Soviet power & “the descent of” this “between us and everything to the eastward"
the Iron Curtain
BASKETBALL: PIC & ROLE: Yosemite Sam ropes hoop-erstar Michael Jordan into a meeting with Bugs Bunny & friends in this movie
Space Jam
BASKETBALL: PIC & ROLE: Wesley Snipes & Woody Harrelson leapt into starring roles hustling some basketball in this film
White Men Can’t Jump
BASKETBALL: PIC & ROLE: As Monica, Sanaa Lathan gives a movie its title when she tells Omar Epps, “All’s fair in” this “& basketball, baby"
love
BASKETBALL: PIC & ROLE: Before moving on to Golden State, this NBA star was “thunderstruck” , losing his hoops talent in a “Freaky Friday” way to a kid
(Kevin) Durant
BASKETBALL: PIC & ROLE: In a 1996 comedy basketball fans Mike O’Hara (Daniel Stern) & Jimmy Flaherty (Dan Aykroyd) have lots of this “Pride"
Celtic
CHARACTERS IN THE AENEID: The main character, Aeneas survives the fall of Troy & is destined to be the ancestor of this great civilization
Rome
CHARACTERS IN THE AENEID: The sister of Pygmalion, Dido is the queen of this North African city & becomes Aeneas’ lover
Carthage
CHARACTERS IN THE AENEID: Sinon is a Greek who persuades the Trojans to take this object into their city as an offering to the goddess Minerva
a wooden horse (the Trojan Horse)
CHARACTERS IN THE AENEID: This god calms the storm at sea that begins the epic, letting Aeneas get to dry land
Neptune
CHARACTERS IN THE AENEID: Allecto is one of these goddesses of vengeance; her machinations get the Trojans into yet another war
the Furies
MISLEADING NAMES: When you wish upon a shooting star, it’s not actually a star but one of these streaking across the sky
a meteor
MISLEADING NAMES: It sounds like a bakery treat rather than the thymus or pancreas of a young animal eaten as a delicacy
sweetbreads
MISLEADING NAMES: The funny bone isn’t funny & it’s not a bone; that weird sensation you feel is this nerve pressing against the end of the humerus
the ulnar nerve
11-LETTER WORDS: Describing a whole order of mammals, this adjective is from the Latin for “flesh eating"
carnivorous
11-LETTER WORDS: In 2018 a $10 million Houston mansion made news as the USA’s most expensive property in this unfortunate status
foreclosure
11-LETTER WORDS: An artificial mannerism, like extending the pinky while drinking tea
an affectation
11-LETTER WORDS: Someone who dislikes people in general, or the title subject of a 1666 play by Molière
misanthrope
11-LETTER WORDS: This type of makeup is a symbol of acting in the theater
greasepaint
HUSBANDS & WIVES: In 1479 this husband & wife (& cousin) team became king & queen of Aragon
Ferdinand and Isabelle
HUSBANDS & WIVES: Diego Rivera totally wanted to leave his wife, this artist, in 1939 & soon totally wanted her back, remarrying in ‘40
(Frida) Kahlo
HUSBANDS & WIVES: Director Roman Polanski married this actress in 1968 but tragedy ended their romance the following year
Sharon Tate
HUSBANDS & WIVES: This leader & his first wife Evelyn were married from 1944 until she told him, it’s the ANC or me!
Mandela
HUSBANDS & WIVES: Perhaps the birth of their baby c. 1118 was enough of a hint for Abelard to wed this woman, but in secret; that did not end well
Heloise
HIT TUNES: Bradley Cooper teamed with Lady Gaga to climb the Billboard charts with this song from “A Star is Born"
"Shallow"
HIT TUNES: Let’s go country with Luke Bryan, who completed his hitmaking day with “Sunrise, Sunburn”, this
Sunset
HIT TUNES: He first hit the Top 40 in 1964 with 3 pals & was still going strong in 2018 on the adult contemporary chart with “Come On To Me"
(Paul) McCartney
HIT TUNES: Streaming hits of Oct. 2018 included songs by Lil Baby, Lil Pump, Lil Uzi Vert & “Uproar” & “Dedicate” by him
Lil Wayne
HIT TUNES: Bryce Vine cracked the Mainstream Top 40 with this tune named for an ex-child star-turned-“Charlie’s Angel"
Drew Barrymore
ISLANDS IN THE “C": Barbados & Bonaire: this big “C"
the Caribbean
ISLANDS IN THE “C": Tiburon Island: this sea named for a conquistador, AKA the Gulf of California
the Sea of Cortez
ISLANDS IN THE “C": Puget Island: this river
the Columbia
ISLANDS IN THE “C": Ile Sumba: this river in a “Democratic Republic"
the Congo
ISLANDS IN THE “C": Bird Islet & Cato Island, near the Great Barrier Reef: this sea
the Coral Sea
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: Peaking at 9,000 locations in 2004, this chain of stores was down to one in 2019, located in Bend, Oregon
Blockbuster
THERE’S A NATIONAL DAY FOR THAT: The second Monday in February is Clean Out Your this Day, so shake the crumbs out of that keyboard & delete those unused .exes
a Computer
THERE’S A NATIONAL DAY FOR THAT: Write (actually write, on paper) a letter on June 1, the National Day for these alliterative & friendly correspondents
Pen Pals
THERE’S A NATIONAL DAY FOR THAT: On February 1, I scream, you scream, we all scream for this fancy dessert named for the 49th state
baked Alaska
THERE’S A NATIONAL DAY FOR THAT: Spare a thought for the humphead wrasse & Oahu tree snail on the third Friday in May, the national day for these
endangered species
YOU’RE CREEPING ME OUT: Sounding like a truly gross salad item, these “sea” creatures expel their organs & grow new ones
a cucumber (sea cucumbers)
YOU’RE CREEPING ME OUT: A type of crab found near Antarctic hydro-thermal vents is called this, like the Abominable Snowman
yeti
THE GREAT AMERICAN READ’S TOP 100 BOOKS: This Harper Lee classic topped the list & was the favorite book of 48 states as well
To Kill a Mockingbird
THE GREAT AMERICAN READ’S TOP 100 BOOKS: Only one title from each author could make the list; these 2 sisters represented the Bronte family at No. 10 & No. 21
Charlotte and Emily
THE GREAT AMERICAN READ’S TOP 100 BOOKS: This author made the list at No. 24 with his epic “The Stand"
Stephen King
THE GREAT AMERICAN READ’S TOP 100 BOOKS: Sci-fi entries on the list ranged from Frank Herbert’s “Dune” to this much sillier Douglas Adams book
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
THE GREAT AMERICAN READ’S TOP 100 BOOKS: 7 of the top 10 books on the list were written by women, including this series by Diana Gabaldon
Outlander
RACKET SPORTS: The name of this racket game that’s played on a 4-walled court also means “to crush"
squash
RACKET SPORTS: What’s the dill, yo? The USAPA promotes this racket sport, one of the USA’s fastest-growing sports
pickleball
RACKET SPORTS: The Thomas Cup & the Uber Cup are presented by the BWF, this racket sport’s world federation
badminton
RACKET SPORTS: Spanish for “ball”, this basque court game was a 1924 Olympic demonstration sport
pelota
THE OCCUPATION OF FRANCE: Coiffeur
hairdresser
THE OCCUPATION OF FRANCE: Bibliothécaire
librarian
THE OCCUPATION OF FRANCE: Hôtesse de l’air
flight attendant
THE OCCUPATION OF FRANCE: Écrivain
writer
THE OCCUPATION OF FRANCE: Infirmière
nurse
PLUNDER WOMAN: Pirates Anne Bonny & Mary Read avoided execution by the British because they both happened to be in this condition
pregnant
PLUNDER WOMAN: Lagertha was formidable in the 9th century among these Scandinavian invaders
the Vikings
PLUNDER WOMAN: 18th century pirate Rachel Wall went ashore & met her downfall for this type of “robbery”–she took a bonnet on a Boston public road
highway
PLUNDER WOMAN: Sayyida al-Hurra, 16th century pirate queen of the Western Mediterranean, was one of these French-named pirates of the Barbary Coast
corsairs
FIRST NAME SONG TITLES: Stop! Police! This title woman, “you don’t have to put on the red light"
Roxanne
FIRST NAME SONG TITLES: Lady Gaga titled this song the Spanish version of late designer McQueen’s first name
"Alejandro"
FIRST NAME SONG TITLES: "I’m begging darling, please”! Eric Clapton wrote this love song for Pattie Harrison, then wed to Eric’s good pal George
"Layla"
FIRST NAME SONG TITLES: This British singer-songwriter introduced us to both “Veronica” & “Alison"
Elvis Costello
FIRST NAME SONG TITLES: Kiss got all ballad-y singing this woman, “I hear you callin’, but I can’t come home right now"
Beth
WHAT IS THAT PERSON DOING?: Reading this part of the paper; “Mutts” really has him holding his sides
the comics
WHAT IS THAT PERSON DOING?: With the service Carbonite, doing an alliterative “business” this, an important but often neglected computer task
backup
WHAT IS THAT PERSON DOING?: Packing a picnic basket & being sure to include these pickled flower buds to flavor the salad
capers
WHAT IS THAT PERSON DOING?: Folding the U.S. flag in the official manner, bending it over onto itself this many times
13
WHAT IS THAT PERSON DOING?: The bachata–or is it the merengue? Anyway, a dance from this Caribbean country
the Dominican Republic
ISLAND NATION CAPITAL CITIES: Roseau, Dominica was burned by the French in 1805 & suffered near-total destruction by one of these in 1979
a hurricane
ISLAND NATION CAPITAL CITIES: Valletta, Malta was named for the grand master of the Knights Hospitaller after they survived a 1565 siege there by this empire
the Ottoman Empire
ISLAND NATION CAPITAL CITIES: With room for 7,000 worshippers, Al Fateh Mosque in Manama, capital of this island kingdom, is the nation’s largest
Bahrain
I GOT RELIGION: 1/4 of the Noble Eightfold Path of this religion is saying nothing to hurt others & gaining knowledge of the truth
Buddhism
I GOT RELIGION: In 1990 Father Gabriele Amorth co-founded the International Association of these people who deal with the possessed
Exorcists
I GOT RELIGION: This “directional” group formalized its split from Northerners in Augusta, Georgia in 1845
the Southern Baptists
I GOT RELIGION: At the Passover seder, a cup of wine is poured & left untouched for this prophet, due to his role in the coming of the Messiah
Elijah
I GOT RELIGION: Often called Islamic law, it’s broader than secular law codes & uses “recommended” & “disapproved”, not “legal” & “illegal"
Sharia law
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH U: The quills of this rodent consist of long, sharp bristles of fused hairs
a porcupine
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH U: It’s the opposite of diurnal
nocturnal
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH U: It’s another name for whooping cough
pertussis
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH U: Doing some speechifying? Work on this, the study & practice of oral delivery
elocution
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH U: Daimyo, who controlled vast territories, employed many of these warriors
samurai
MOVIE & BOOK TITLES: This title of a 1962 novel & 1975 film refers to the direction the last of 3 geese took in an old nursery rhyme
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
PUTTING OUT THE WELCOME MATH: This branch of math uses symbols to represent numbers or variables in arithmetic operations, like 2x + y = 10
algebra
PUTTING OUT THE WELCOME MATH: Sometimes you see the sines; others, you go off on 1 of these, a straight line that touches a curve without cutting through it
a tangent
PUTTING OUT THE WELCOME MATH: In 1,431 divided by 53, which we will not have you solve, 53 is the divisor & 1,431 is this
the dividend
PUTTING OUT THE WELCOME MATH: "O” say can you say this kind of triangle having no right angle? Or at least make some kind of indirect reference?
an oblique triangle
WEIRD LEGAL NEWS: In 2009 maybe a teen should not have robbed a cop…at a police convention…& tried to flee via taxi…near this Penn. capital
Harrisburg
WEIRD LEGAL NEWS: A novelist who penned an essay on how to do this to your husband got arrested for allegedly doing it to her husband
murder
WEIRD LEGAL NEWS: The BBC said in 2012 after a Sea World trip, Welsh tourists woke up hungover & “with (this type of) flightless bird in their apartment"
a penguin
WEIRD LEGAL NEWS: A Burglar in Vancouver, Wash. was arrested after he broke into one of these fun experience places & naturally, couldn’t get out
an escape room
WEIRD LEGAL NEWS: Blowing our minds in 2010, a Neb. native got nailed for DUI costumed as this device that depicted a blood alcohol level of 6.9%
a breathalyzer
SOUP TO NUTS: The Campbell’s Soup website calls this & a grilled cheese sandwich a dinner combination that can’t be beat
Tomato Soup
SOUP TO NUTS: You can’t make traditional pesto sauce without basil & these “nuts"
pine nuts
SOUP TO NUTS: Small meatballs & vegetables are “joined together” in this Italian soup that sounds perfect for a nuptials dinner
Italian wedding
SOUP TO NUTS: It’s the nut in Nutella
a hazelnut
SOUP TO NUTS: A French chef in New York gets the credit for creating this creamy potato-&-leek soup that’s served cold
vichyssoise
"HOLD” IT: There’s an initial preposition in this word meaning to support
uphold
"HOLD” IT: To perceive, old-time-ily
behold
"HOLD” IT: A 2016 report said Ford had “revolutionized” this central console compartment
the cup holder
"HOLD” IT: In this game there are 5 community cards
Texas hold’em
"HOLD” IT: An official who continues in a job from one administration to another
a holdover
20th CENTURY HISTORY: On December 19, 1984 Margaret Thatcher & Zhao Ziyang signed a joint declaration to end British rule in this place
Hong Kong
20th CENTURY HISTORY: The 381-day bus boycott in this city was triggered by Rosa Parks’ arrest for refusing to give up her seat to a white man
Montgomery
20th CENTURY HISTORY: Queen Victoria’s eldest son took the throne in 1901 with this name & number
Edward VII
NICKNAMES FROM TONY STARK: Tony’s name for this web-slinging hero is Underoos
Spider-Man
NICKNAMES FROM TONY STARK: Hawkeye gets this moniker of a “Lord of the Rings” archer
Legolas
NICKNAMES FROM TONY STARK: Tony’s nicknames for this group of Avengers lite: Blue Meanie (Nebula), Build-a-Bear (Rocket) & Mr. Clean (Drax)
the Guardians of the Galaxy
NICKNAMES FROM TONY STARK: Tony refers to amnesiac assassin the Winter Soldier by the title of this 1962 Frank Sinatra thriller
The Manchurian Candidate
NICKNAMES FROM TONY STARK: Tony calls Loki by the title of this 2009 Broadway musical about 1980s hair bands
Rock of Ages
THE BOOK OF LAKE (& POND & RIVER): Thoreau’s goal in writing about his time by this body of water was to “front only the essential facts of life"
Walden
THE BOOK OF LAKE (& POND & RIVER): In an 1884 novel Jim is held as an escaped slave after rafting down this river
the Mississippi
THE BOOK OF LAKE (& POND & RIVER): Chapter XXV of “Le Morte d’Arthur” is “How Arthur By the Mean of Merlin Gat Excalibur His Sword of” this woman
the Lady of the Lake
THE BOOK OF LAKE (& POND & RIVER): "I’ve never been in a boat before”, says Mole to the Rat as the 2 head down a river in this Kenneth Grahame novel
The Wind in the Willows
NEW TO THE OED: This adjective meaning “swindled” that sounds like a chess castle was the culprit
rooked
NEW TO THE OED: This derisive 4-letter word for a novice in an online community
noob
NEW TO THE OED: This 2-word term for the spot from which conspiracy theorists think an unknown second gunman fired on JFK
the grassy knoll
PILLARS OF THE EARTH: The Rock of Gibraltar is one of the 2 pillars of this mythical figure
Hercules
PILLARS OF THE EARTH: This British hero’s column is in Trafalgar Square; his pillar was in Dublin until an IRA member blew it up in 1966
Nelson
PILLARS OF THE EARTH: The Egyptian pillar called by the name of this “Great” foe of Julius Caesar was built 300 years after he lived
Pompey
THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARD: The 2015 AMAs saw Taylor Swift take home the trophy for Pop/Rock Album–this one named for the year of Taylor’s birth
1989
THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARD: At the 2017 AMAs, Favorite Song–Pop/Rock went to this one by Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber
"Despacito"
KLAUS ENCOUNTERS: Physicist & spy Klaus Fuchs was convicted in 1950 of supplying this country with secrets about the allies’ atomic bomb research
the Soviet Union
KLAUS ENCOUNTERS: Klaus Baudelaire is a character in this 13-book “Series"
A Series of Unfortunate Events
KLAUS ENCOUNTERS: This German actor & father of Nastassja was as well known for his eccentric behavior as for his acting
(Klaus) Kinski
KLAUS ENCOUNTERS: Václav Klaus was president of this Central European republic from 2003 to 2013
the Czech Republic
KLAUS ENCOUNTERS: As Bror Blixen, Austrian actor Klaus Maria Brandauer was married to Meryl Streep in this film
Out of Africa
OF THE THIRD KIND: The second of these German empires ended in 1918; the third came along just 15 years later
the Reich
OF THE THIRD KIND: The Third Amendment to the Constitution is about the right to not have these people in your house
soldiers
OF THE THIRD KIND: The third Winter Olympic site, & the first one in the U.S., it’s not far from Saranac Lake & Tupper Lake, N.Y.
Lake Placid
OF THE THIRD KIND: In July 2019, around a big anniversary, there was renewed interest in this 88-year-old often called the “Third Man"
(astronaut) Michael Collins
AMERICAN HISTORY: One a Civil War hero & one a U.S. Senator, brothers with this last name were both considered for the 1884 Republican presidential nomination
Sherman
BLACK-&-WHITE FILMS: In “The Maltese Falcon”, this actor tells Mary Astor, “if you…were as innocent as you pretend to be, we’d never get anywhere"
Humphrey Bogart
BLACK-&-WHITE FILMS: Grabbing a shower at a motel seems like a good idea to Janet Leigh in this 1960 thriller–it is not a good idea at all
Psycho
BLACK-&-WHITE FILMS: This actor is defiant in “Raging Bull”–“I never went down, Ray. You never got me down, Ray"
Robert De Niro
BLACK-&-WHITE FILMS: Gen. Jack D. Ripper, Col. “Bat” Guano & Major “King” Kong are characters in this 1964 doomsday comedy
Dr. Strangelove
BLACK-&-WHITE FILMS: On “Seinfeld”, Jerry caught serious grief for making out with his date during this 1993 World War II-set drama
Schindler’s List
RED ALERT: In the 1940s Kim Philby, Britain’s head of anti-communist counter-espionage, was one of these “2”-timing spies
a double agent
RED ALERT: 1948’s Battle of Huaihai left Communist forces finally & firmly in control during this country’s civil war
China
RED ALERT: From the Latin for “offspring”, it was the Communist term for the working class that was meant to be liberated
the proletariat
RED ALERT: When he became the USSR’s leader, Mikhail Gorbachev was the youngest member of this chief Communist Party policymaking body
the Politburo
RED ALERT: This first leader of Communist North Korea was an officer in the Soviet Red Army during World War II
Kim Il-sung
IN THE PINK: If you’re vegan or vegetarian, you may struggle to get enough of this in your diet, so try some seitan & tofu
protein
IN THE PINK: Careful with raw milk, AKA this 13-letter kind; it can contain harmful bacteria
unpasteurized
IN THE PINK: Eat & exercise to keep your BMI, short for this, within the proper range; shoot for between 18.5 & 24.9
body mass index
IN THE PINK: Floss & brush regularly to get the jump on this gum disease; if left untreated, it can lead to periodontitis
gingivitis
IN THE PINK: NAMI, the National Alliance on this, tries to fight the stigma associated with the condition
Mental Illness
YELL “O": It measures a car’s travel
an odometer
YELL “O": This instrument has a tubular body & a double-reed mouthpiece
an oboe
YELL “O": Someday you may find me by a well or spring at this small green area in a desert
an oasis
YELL “O": Get a leg up after an injury with this type of M.D. who specializes in your skeletal system
an orthopedist
YELL “O": Some people of the 46th state have reclaimed this dust bowl-era epithet, putting it on mugs & t-shirts
Okie
IT’S ALL ABOUT THAT GREEN, BABY: At 22 this Aussie native inherited a newspaper after his father’s death; in 2019 he & his family were worth 11 figures
Rupert Murdoch
IT’S ALL ABOUT THAT GREEN, BABY: He rebounded nicely after getting fired from Salomon Brothers, becoming mayor of NYC & being worth about $50 billion in 2019
(Michael) Bloomberg
IT’S ALL ABOUT THAT GREEN, BABY: Last name of brothers Charles & David, worth around a combined $100 billion at the time of David’s death in 2019
Koch
IT’S ALL ABOUT THAT GREEN, BABY: Talk about Amazon Prime! This woman pledged more than half her $37 billion fortune to charity in 2019
(MacKenzie) Bezos
IT’S ALL ABOUT THAT GREEN, BABY: Very rich men Larry Page & Sergey Brin head up this parent company of Google
Alphabet
I GOT THE BLUES: This company’s crayons come in more than a dozen shades of blue, including cornflower & cadet
Crayola
I GOT THE BLUES: This “seafaring” shade of blue is one of the most popular colors for school uniforms in the United States
navy blue
I GOT THE BLUES: The name of this often blue fabric points to its place of origin, the city of Nimes
denim
I GOT THE BLUES: Katy Perry voiced this blue animated movie character with blonde hair
Smurfette
WINDY CITY POLITICS: Riots hit Chicago in this year as the Democratic national convention stirred up emotions
1968
WINDY CITY POLITICS: For all but 12 years from 1955 to 2011, Chicago had a mayor with this last name
Daley
WINDY CITY POLITICS: From 1915 to 1917 Oscar de Priest sat on Chicago’s city council after becoming the first African American elected to this post
alderman
WINDY CITY POLITICS: Chicago’s most famous community organizer before Barack Obama, he wrote books like “Rules for Radicals"
Saul Alinsky
7-LETTER WORDS: If one of these, AKA a turkey vulture, is circling overhead, call 911
a buzzard
7-LETTER WORDS: 2 basic types of college courses are the seminar & this, basically the professor speaking to a large group
lecture
7-LETTER WORDS: An oubliette was a secret one of these beneath a trapdoor in a castle & a place you did not want to end up
a dungeon
7-LETTER WORDS: A type of poker game where A-2-3-4-6 is a winning hand, or to underestimate on purpose
lowball
7-LETTER WORDS: A place where metal is cast in molds
a foundry
QUOTABLE BOOKS: 1865: “She was walking by the White Rabbit, who was peeping anxiously into her face"
Alice in Wonderland
QUOTABLE BOOKS: 1958: “It was some little while before I could bring myself to open the window, and ask Miss Golightly what she wanted"
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
QUOTABLE BOOKS: 1990: “You have brains in your head, you have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose"
Oh, The Places You’ll Go!
QUOTABLE BOOKS: 1873: “Phileas Fogg had won his wager of twenty thousand pounds!"
Around the World in Eighty Days
QUOTABLE BOOKS: A recent Pulitzer Prize winner set during WWII: “Open your eyes and see what you can with them before they close forever"
All the Light We Cannot See
U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY GRADUATES: This late senator from Arizona, class of 1958
John McCain
U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY GRADUATES: This author of “Stranger in a Strange Land”, a 1929 graduate
(Robert) Heinlein
U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY GRADUATES: Wally Schirra, who was the only astronaut to fly in all 3 of these NASA programs
Mercury, Gemini & Apollo
U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY GRADUATES: An 1858 graduate, he would become the “Hero of Manila"
George Dewey
GEOGRAPHIC AKAs: As it flows through Oxford, it’s called the Isis
the Thames
GEOGRAPHIC AKAs: Mount Godwin-Austen
K2
GEOGRAPHIC AKAs: Dutch Guiana
Suriname
GEOGRAPHIC AKAs: Danzig
Gdansk
GEOGRAPHIC AKAs: Van Diemen’s Land
Tasmania
GOOD TELEVISION: This “Cheers” actor plays Michael, designer of “The Good Place"
Ted Danson
GOOD TELEVISION: David Hartman was the host for this ABC a.m. show when it premiered in 1975
Good Morning America
GOOD TELEVISION: This 2-word title got Michelle Dockery’s Letty out of prison early on a TNT drama
Good Behavior
GOOD TELEVISION: This actress fights “The Good Fight” as Diane Lockhart, as she did on “The Good Wife"
Christine Baranski
HOME & GARDEN: In 1847 eccentric horticulturalist Sir Charles Isham popularized these when he imported terra cotta ones from Nuremberg
garden gnomes
THE 1960s: A 1964 report from the surgeon general said this was “causally related to lung cancer in men"
smoking
THE 1960s: He was stripped of his heavyweight boxing title after he refused to be drafted into the Army
(Muhammad) Ali
THE 1960s: Timothy Leary famously told young people to “Turn on, tune in”, do this
drop out
THE 1960s: Popular in surfer culture, this energetic dance style shares its name with an ethnic group of East-Central Africa
the Watusi
THE 1960s: In 1964 he went from leader of the Soviet Union to obscure pensioner
Krushchev
MEDICAL IDIOMS: It can mean to measure body heat but idiomatically, it means to survey the attitudes of a group of people
take the temperature
MEDICAL IDIOMS: Someone being treated the way he has treated others is “getting” this
(taste of) their own medicine
MEDICAL IDIOMS: A blow to one’s reputation, or bruising around the organ of sight
a black eye
MEDICAL IDIOMS: An unpleasant fact that one must accept
a bitter pill
MEDICAL IDIOMS: A medical professional is mentioned in this phrase for exactly the thing needed
just what the doctor ordered
NEW YORK-SET NOVELS: When the Book-of-the-Month Club asked about changing this novel’s title, its author said, “Holden Caulfield wouldn’t like that"
Catcher in the Rye
NEW YORK-SET NOVELS: 9-year-old Oskar Schell searches for clues about his father who died on 9/11 in the novel “Extremely Loud &” this
Incredibly Close
NEW YORK-SET NOVELS: It begins, “Amerigo Bonasera sat in New York criminal court …and waited for justice; vengeance on the men who… hurt his daughter"
The Godfather
NEW YORK-SET NOVELS: In this classic, Francie Nolan lives with her family in the poorer part of the Williamsburg neighborhood
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
NEW YORK-SET NOVELS: Psychologist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler & his team track down a brutal serial killer in this bestseller set in 1896
The Alienist
IF IT WERE AN ACTION MOVIE: "Losers’ Club? No. Not tonight. That clown came after my friends. That clown came after me. Tonight, that clown…goes down"
It
IF IT WERE AN ACTION MOVIE: To an Aussie dentist: “I know where you work–42 Wallaby Way. Release my son from your tank, or I will come for you"
Finding Nemo
IF IT WERE AN ACTION MOVIE: Audrey Tautou: “I tried to help people be happy. But your relative killed my mom. Now this French waitress is serving revenge…cold"
Amélie
IF IT WERE AN ACTION MOVIE: A 2008 film: “I may or may not be your father, but know this. If anyone ever kidnaps you, I will find you. Now, let’s all sing ‘Waterloo”'
Mamma Mia!
IF IT WERE AN ACTION MOVIE: In a 2016 musical, “You fired me for playing jazz piano, not Xmas songs. We each made a choice. But you won’t get to live with yours"
La La Land
WORD ON THE STREET: In Manhattan: Lexington or Madison
Avenue
WORD ON THE STREET: In L.A.: Glendale, Sunset or Wilshire
Boulevard
WORD ON THE STREET: In Chicago: North Lake Shore or South Wacker
Drive
WORD ON THE STREET: In London: Drury or Leather this little road
Lane
WORD ON THE STREET: In Rome: Dei Condotti or Giuseppe di Vittorio
Via
MODELS OF THE HEAVENS: In Sweden’s scale model of the solar system, Stockholm’s 230-foot Globe Arena is the Sun & this dwarf planet is 5” wide, 185 miles away
Pluto
MODELS OF THE HEAVENS: Almost 2,000 years old, a celestial globe called the Farnese Atlas does not show individual stars but only these
constellations
MODELS OF THE HEAVENS: A model kit for this last moon mission contains parts to make a lunar module & lunar rover
Apollo 17
MODELS OF THE HEAVENS: A NASA scale model uses a grapefruit-sized sun in D.C.; the Sun’s “neighbor”, Proxima this, would be a cherry in California
Centauri
1990s LYRICS: Right Said Fred: “I’m a model, you know what I mean, & I do my little turn on the catwalk"
"I’m Too Sexy"
1990s LYRICS: No Doubt: “Take this pink ribbon off my eyes"
"Just A Girl"
1990s LYRICS: Mariah Carey: “I feel good, I feel nice, I’ve never felt so satisfied"
"Emotions"
1990s LYRICS: R.E.M.: “Now, Andy, did you hear about this one? Tell me, are you locked in the punch?"
"Man On The Moon"
1990s LYRICS: The Goo Goo Dolls: “And I’d give up forever to touch you"
"Iris"
PHILOSOPHY: "Our discussion is …on the right way to conduct our lives”, this Greek philosopher wrote in “The Republic"
Plato
PHILOSOPHY: According to Karl Marx, this is “the opium of the people"
religion
PHILOSOPHY: A persistent issue in bioethics is the fate of patients in PVS, persistent this state
vegetative
PHILOSOPHY: Francis Bacon is considered a father of this school of philosophy that holds that all knowledge comes from experience
empiricism
DOUBLE LETTERS IN THE MIDDLE: A place to house your hound when you head out of town
a kennel
DOUBLE LETTERS IN THE MIDDLE: It can mean a small mug but is usually a way to refer to your head; use yours now!
a noggin
DOUBLE LETTERS IN THE MIDDLE: A thickened area of skin, perhaps on your hands
a callus
DOUBLE LETTERS IN THE MIDDLE: In machine sewing, thread is wound upon this spool
a bobbin
DOUBLE LETTERS IN THE MIDDLE: An 8-letter Olympic game of horse
dressage
WORLD GEOGRAPHY: A small chapel marks the source of this river in the Valdai Hills about 200 miles northwest of Moscow
the Volga
WORLD GEOGRAPHY: This peninsula stretches south about 700 miles from the Isthmus of Kra to Singapore
the Malay Peninsula
WORLD GEOGRAPHY: This Yemeni capital lies at the foot of Mount Nuqum more than 7,200 feet above sea level
Sana’a
WORLD GEOGRAPHY: Italy’s highest point is on this Alpine peak it shares with France
Mont Blanc
HISTORIC MERCENARIES: 900 Hessian mercenaries spent new year 1777 as prisoners after Washington crossed this river & captured them
the Delaware
HISTORIC MERCENARIES: Sir John Hawkwood fought for Florence, for the pope & for the English in the first few decades of this long war with France
the Hundred Years’ War
HISTORIC MERCENARIES: In the 400s B.C., Athenian soldier & historian Xenophon fought in a rebellion in this empire against its ruler Artaxerxes II
the Persian Empire
HISTORIC MERCENARIES: With a name meaning “lord”, in the 11th century he fought for the king of Castile & later for the Moorish ruler of Zaragoza
El Cid
BUSINESS 2019: The New York Stock Exchange allowed jeans on the trading floor for the initial public offering of the stock with this 4-letter symbol
LEVI
BIG BODIES OF WATER: Approximately 60 million square miles: this largest ocean
the Pacific
BIG BODIES OF WATER: More than 950,000 square miles: this sea that touches Africa & Asia, among others
the Mediterranean
BIG BODIES OF WATER: 5.4 million square miles: this ocean that touches the U.S., Canada & Russia, among others
the Arctic
BIG BODIES OF WATER: About 378,000 square miles: also called the East Sea, it borders Sakhalin Island
the Sea of Japan
BIG BODIES OF WATER: Around 900,000 square miles: this sea that touches North America & Asia
the Bering Sea
WHAT DO “I” STAND FOR: In IRS, an agency of the Treasury Department
Internal
WHAT DO “I” STAND FOR: In IBS, a disorder of the intestines
irritable
WHAT DO “I” STAND FOR: In DPI, a measure of printing resolution
inch
WHAT DO “I” STAND FOR: In F.I., a feature of some car engines
injection
WHAT DO “I” STAND FOR: In AFIS, a system law enforcement uses to compare fingerprints
Identification
DEEP STUFF: This “Star Trek” spin-off boldly stayed in place–it took place on a station instead of a ship
Deep Space Nine
DEEP STUFF: The Internet that has not been indexed by these is the deep web
search engines
DEEP STUFF: This 8-letter type of digitally manipulated video has realistic face swaps, like Nicolas Cage’s face on Amy Adams’ body
Deepfake
DEEP STUFF: In 1947 this Iowa company introduced its DeepFreeze Upright freezer
Amana
