Season 36 (501-1000) Flashcards
THAT USED TO HAPPEN?: This antiseptic that stained you red was used for all sorts of cuts, but the Hg in it wasn’t good for you
Mercurochrome
MUSICAL MONUMENTS: The outlines of the Fab Four rock out in Beatles-Platz in this German city where the band played many an early gig
Hamburg
MUSICAL MONUMENTS: Of course the statue of this pigtailed country legend in Austin, Texas includes his guitar, Trigger
(Willie) Nelson
MUSICAL MONUMENTS: Statues of Bon Scott of this band are found in Scotland & Australia
AC/DC
WOMEN SCIENTISTS: For things like discovering polonium & radium, she & her husband Pierre won the Nobel Prize for Physics
Marie Curie
WOMEN SCIENTISTS: Dian Fossey’s work with these animals in Rwanda led to their further protection from poaching
gorillas
WOMEN SCIENTISTS: The first woman admitted to M.I.T., Ellen Richards advocated this domestic science & founded a “Journal of” it
Home Economics
WOMEN SCIENTISTS: Wendy Freedman et al. nailed down the value of this man’s constant, which, with distance, helps find the velocity of galaxies
(Edwin) Hubble
WOMEN SCIENTISTS: 1740s physicist Emilie du Chatelet made what’s still the standard French translation from Latin of this Newton work
Principia Mathematica
"ON” OR “OFF": To perform important duties at a ceremony, especially a religious one
officiate
"ON” OR “OFF": Adjective for an immediate, unscripted response, or what a righty basketball player uses when shooting lefty
offhand
"ON” OR “OFF": The name of this semiprecious variety of agate used in jewelry, derives from the Greek for “fingernail"
onyx
"ON” OR “OFF": Next time you fly, consider buying carbon these to compensate for adding pollution to the atmosphere
offsets
"ON” OR “OFF": In philosophy it’s the study of the nature of existence itself
ontology
STATE OF CHIEFS: Seattle
Washington
STATE OF CHIEFS: Powhatan
Virginia
STATE OF CHIEFS: Tecumseh (same as William Tecumseh Sherman)
Ohio
STATE OF CHIEFS: Wampanoag chief Metacom AKA King Philip
Massachusetts
STATE OF CHIEFS: Black Hawk
Illinois
U.S. CURRENCY: In 1929 Alexander Hamilton became the new face of the $10 bill, replacing this foe of his legacy, who got moved to another denomination
Andrew Jackson
THEIR NAME IS LEGION: DC Comics had the super-villain group called the Legion of Doom; the Seattle Seahawks had a defensive secondary called this
Legion of Boom
THEIR NAME IS LEGION: Any nationality can now join this 8,000-strong military unit, but one does so using a pseudonym called an “anonymat"
French (Foreign) Legion
THEIR NAME IS LEGION: On April 26, 1937 the Condor Legion, a unit of the Luftwaffe, devastated this Basque city
Guernica
THEIR NAME IS LEGION: In 1923 Mitt Romney (not that one) intercepted 6 passes in a single game for this state’s Racine Legion
Wisconsin
HEALTH & MEDICINE: What was once called “baby” this drug is now known as “low-dose” this drug & given to adults to prevent blood clots
aspirin
HEALTH & MEDICINE: In the early 1900s Drs. Black & McKay discovered that this compound stains teeth brown but also helps them resist decay
fluoride
HEALTH & MEDICINE: Your diet does not affect the pH levels of your blood, which is a standard alkaline 7.4 or so, regulated by these organs
kidneys
HEALTH & MEDICINE: This yellow-green liquid that aids digestion is stored in the gallbladder
bile
HEALTH & MEDICINE: Sufferers of TMJ disorder know that TMJ is a joint connecting the skull & this
jaw
WORD + WORD = NEW WORD: Elation + a broken-off part of a tree = this video game control lever
joystick
WORD + WORD = NEW WORD: A circular piece of jewelry + an informal term for a dish like French fries = this first-row area for boxing fans
ringside
WORD + WORD = NEW WORD: Murray or Hader + a cut piece of wood = this outdoor ad space where you’d see Murray’s & Hader’s names
billboard
WORD + WORD = NEW WORD: To inspect the safety of something + a friend or pal = this chess term
checkmate
WORD + WORD = NEW WORD: A car essential + a synonym for domicile = this, a batter’s preferred area to hit the ball, right in his…
wheelhouse
FROM THE NO. 1 ALBUM: 1992: “Drain You”, “Lithium"
Nevermind
FROM THE NO. 1 ALBUM: 1995: “Ironic”, “You Oughta Know"
Jagged Little Pill
FROM THE NO. 1 ALBUM: 1977: “Second Hand News”, “You Make Loving Fun"
Rumours
FROM THE NO. 1 ALBUM: 2015: “Hello”, “When We Were Young"
25
FROM THE NO. 1 ALBUM: 1967: “Getting Better”, “Within You Without You"
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
COUP COUP: For a time in 1991, this Soviet president was detained in Crimea during a coup by, among others, his chief of staff
Gorbachev
COUP COUP: On Feb. 4, 1992 he led some Venezuelan military officers in a failed coup; 6 years later, he was elected prez
Chávez
COUP COUP: In 1965 General Suharto brutally put down a coup in this country & soon seized power himself
Indonesia
COUP COUP: He was appointed commander of the Chilean army by Salvador Allende 18 days before he took over in a 1973 coup
Pinochet
CLOCKS: Oregon won the first NCAA men’s basketball title by the anemic score of 46-33 in 1939, long before this 1985 innovation
shot clock
CLOCKS: Since 1924 its chimes have been routinely broadcast by the BBC
Big Ben
CLOCKS: Athens’ ancient Tower of the Winds measured time with a water clock when these weren’t working–say, at night
sundials
FRUITFUL BOOK TITLES: A book about “remarkable stories of people overcoming adversity” is titled “When Life” does this
Gives You Lemons
FRUITFUL BOOK TITLES: Learning to count was never more fun than with this author’s “Ten Apples Up On top!"
Dr. Seuss
FRUITFUL BOOK TITLES: It’s Roald Dahl’s 1961 book about a boy crossing an ocean on a very unusual vessel
James and the Giant Peach
FRUITFUL BOOK TITLES: British author Jeanette Winterson won a Whitbread Award for her first novel, called these “Are Not the Only Fruit"
Oranges
RECENT EVENTS QUIZ: This American rapper was tried for assault in Sweden, causing a diplomatic fuss
A$AP Rocky
RECENT EVENTS QUIZ: Their first child, he was born to the Duke Duchess of Sussex May 6, 2019
Archie
RECENT EVENTS QUIZ: The first Impressionist painting to sell for over $100 million shows haystacks in this French village
Giverny
RECENT EVENTS QUIZ: Often known by his initials, he’s been a dominant figure in Saudi Arabia since becoming crown prince in 2017
Mohammad bin Salman
RECENT EVENTS QUIZ: He was the first White House counsel in the Trump administration
Don McGahn
GEOGRAPHIC TRIOS: St. Croix, St. Thomas & St. John make up this U.S. possession
U.S. Virgin Islands
GEOGRAPHIC TRIOS: 2 of the last 3 state capitals alphabetically; they all begin with “T"
(2 of) Trenton & Tallahassee (or Topeka)
CELEBRITY FAMILY TREE: Oliver Hudson’s middle name Rutledge honors his ancestors including Edward, youngest signer of this
Declaration of Independence
CELEBRITY FAMILY TREE: Through 1 of her grandmothers, an Italian princess, Brooke Shields is descended from this sister of Cesare Borgia
Lucrezia Borgia
CELEBRITY FAMILY TREE: This tough guy actor from “The Dirty Dozen” & “Cat Ballou” was named for relative Robert E. Lee
Lee Marvin
BOATS & SHIPS: This type of ship keeps winter channels clear; it’s also an opening line to put people at ease when meeting for the first time
icebreaker
BOATS & SHIPS: In 1851 this schooner won the Hundred Guinea Cup, the prize for a yacht race around the Isle of Wight
America
BOATS & SHIPS: This British luxury liner made its maiden voyage in September 1907; 8 years later it was torpedoed & sank
Lusitania
BOATS & SHIPS: The Cherokee were among those who traveled using the dugout type of this boat
canoe
BOATS & SHIPS: A September 1779 battle featured the British frigate Serapis & this American warship
Bonhomme Richard
GOD SAVE THE “U”, “K": Prince Philip holds this noble title “of Edinburgh"
Duke
GOD SAVE THE “U”, “K": A 17th century matchlock is part of the British museum’s collection of these firearms
musket
GOD SAVE THE “U”, “K": Down at Trafalgar Square, we saw one of these, a person who performs for donations
busker
MUSICAL THEATRE INSPIRATIONS: The title of this musical that opened on Broadway in 1964 was inspired by a Marc Chagall painting
Fiddler on the Roof
1939: WHAT A YEAR IN MOVIES!: This film went on to earn 10 Oscars, including Best Actress for Vivien Leigh
Gone with the Wind
1939: WHAT A YEAR IN MOVIES!: Ray Bolger & Buddy Ebsen switched roles in this film; then the silver makeup made Ebsen ill, so in came Jack Haley
The Wizard of Oz
1939: WHAT A YEAR IN MOVIES!: Charles Laughton was head & shoulders above the rest in this Paris-set film; does it ring a bell?
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939: WHAT A YEAR IN MOVIES!: Merle Oberon played Cathy in this adaptation of a famous novel
Wuthering Heights
1939: WHAT A YEAR IN MOVIES!: In this film Joseph Paine wants a sen. who “can’t ask any questions or talk out of turn”; Paine doesn’t get what he asked for
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
"GEN” KNOWLEDGE: Adjective for something sold without a trademark or brand
generic
"GEN” KNOWLEDGE: The restoration & development of urban areas to make way for middle-class buyers
gentrification
"GEN” KNOWLEDGE: From Latin for “bend the knee”, it means to kneel
genuflect
"GEN” KNOWLEDGE: A police officer in Paris
gendarme
"GEN” KNOWLEDGE: It’s the seaport capital of the region of Liguria
Genoa
READ ANY BESTSELLERS LATELY?: No. 1 on the New York Times’ combined print & e-book nonfiction list in May 2019 was the long-awaited “Report” by this man
(Robert) Mueller
READ ANY BESTSELLERS LATELY?: In 2019 this Rick Riordan title guy–“& the Olympians”, too–spent week 500 on the children’s series list, & that’s no myth
Percy Jackson
READ ANY BESTSELLERS LATELY?: Dirk Pitt returned for book No. 25 in “Celtic Empire” by father-&-son Clive & Dirk this (& it’s not Pitt)
Cussler
READ ANY BESTSELLERS LATELY?: Baseball writer Tyler Kepner took an in-depth look at 10 types of pitches in a book with this single letter as its title
K
FESTIVALS: The Stratford Festival in Ontario, Canada has been presenting the plays of this man since 1953
Shakespeare
FESTIVALS: Given to the director of the best film, the Palme d’Or is the top prize at this festival
Cannes
FESTIVALS: It was held Aug. 15-17, 1969 on Max Yasgur’s farm in upstate New York
Woodstock
FESTIVALS: This Japanese city & host of the 1972 Winter Olympics holds a yearly snow festival with spectacular ice sculptures
Sapporo
THE LAND DOWN UNDER: Down under Suriname
Brazil
THE LAND DOWN UNDER: Down under Estonia
Latvia
THE LAND DOWN UNDER: Down under Botswana
South Africa
THE LAND DOWN UNDER: Down under Mexico
Guatemala
THE LAND DOWN UNDER: Down under Slovakia
Hungary
THAT’S OLD NEWS: The Nov. 23, 1864 Daily Chattanooga Rebel: “Every man will rally in the path of” this Gen. “ere he reaches the seacoast"
Sherman
THAT’S OLD NEWS: The Helena Weekly Herald, July 20, 1876: “Curley says” this man “remained alive through the greater part of the engagement"
Custer
THAT’S OLD NEWS: The New York Daily News, Nov. 1, 1929: “The storm has passed, leaving” this institution “on an even keel once more"
the New York Stock Exchange
THAT’S OLD NEWS: The St. Paul Backbone, Jan. 1897: this “party is alive and well. It was not born to die till the last saloon dies"
Prohibition
THAT’S OLD NEWS: The National Intelligencer, July 23, 1804: this man “disavows all motives of predetermined hostility"
Aaron Burr
ALLUSIONS: Someone dubbed a “White Rabbit” or a “10 o’clock scholar” must be chronically this
late
ALLUSIONS: Though never in the Olympics, Atalanta & Pheidippides are both often alluded to because of this quality of theirs
swiftness (they were fast)
ALLUSIONS: Shadowed by Big Brother in “1984”, this oppressive state is equated with totalitarianism
Oceania
ALLUSIONS: The fabled Flying Dutchman & this novelist’s Siddhartha both can be used as allusions for wandering
(Hermann) Hesse
ALLUSIONS: Like the Phoenix, this wounded “King” of Arthurian myth is associated with resurrection
the Fisher King
TED TALK: Cheers to this actor who found himself in a good place in 2018 with his 16th Emmy nomination
(Ted) Danson
TED TALK: The youngest of 9 kids, he was born into a political dynasty February 22, 1932 in Boston
Ted Kennedy
TED TALK: In September 1960 in his last at-bat, he hit his 521st home run
(Ted) Williams
TED TALK: On the morning of January 24, 1989 he was put to death in the electric chair at a Florida state prison
(Ted) Bundy
TED TALK: As Poet Laureate of England, he penned a poem to mark the funeral of Princess Diana
(Ted) Hughes
WHO ARE THEY?: The student body at West Point is known as this Corps
Cadet
WHO ARE THEY?: Georgia’s NBA team
the Atlanta Hawks
WHO ARE THEY?: Majority ethnic group of Rwanda
Hutu
WHO ARE THEY?: Male fans of Rainbow Dash & the rest of the Mane 6
Bronies
WHO ARE THEY?: Angry, alliterative 1860s coal miners
Molly Maguires
WORD ORIGINS: Canter was shortened from this city–it was the pace pilgrims used to visit the shrine of Thomas à Becket
Canterbury
WORD ORIGINS: This therapeutic process involving back & joint manipulation is partly from the Greek for “hand"
chiropractic
WORD ORIGINS: Leather chaps are named for this thorny southwest brush they are designed to protect you from
chaparral
WORD ORIGINS: Partly from the Greek for “eating”, this type of coffin was made of stone ancients thought was able to eat bodies
sarcophagus
WORD ORIGINS: Partly from the Latin for “stones”, this adjective for a building that is falling apart means it is missing stones
dilapidated
PARODY SONGS ON SESAME STREET: Norah Jones performed a song called “Don’t Know” this letter of the alphabet
Y
PARODY SONGS ON SESAME STREET: "Sesame Street” parodied Fine Young Cannibals with a song called this letter “Drives Me Crazy"
C
PARODY SONGS ON SESAME STREET: A version of “Despacito” was called “El Patito”, Spanish for little this fowl–sung by Ernie, of course
a duck
PARODY SONGS ON SESAME STREET: The parody of this musical starts, “Look down, look down, no cookies anywhere, look down, look down, me tummy in despair"
Les Misérables
PARODY SONGS ON SESAME STREET: This blind Italian tenor tucked Elmo in with “Time to Say Goodnight"
(Andrea) Bocelli
AMERICAN COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: The 1862 Morrill Act gave states federal acreage to sell for school funds, leading to the creation of 69 of these
land-grant universities (land-grant colleges)
NEW DINER SLANG FOR SANDWICHES: Gimme a meatball “u-boat”, extra provolone
a sub
NEW DINER SLANG FOR SANDWICHES: Table 5 wants a “rotary” or a “glee”, hold the Bacon
a club
NEW DINER SLANG FOR SANDWICHES: A “Dumas count” & a root beer, & hurry it up
Monte Cristo
NEW DINER SLANG FOR SANDWICHES: "Brother of Joseph” in the Bible
a Reuben
NEW DINER SLANG FOR SANDWICHES: "Mayflower colonist”, lean turkey, easy cranberry
Pilgrim
GETTING TO THE AIRPORT: Green Ride Boulder will shuttle you to this international airport
Denver
GETTING TO THE AIRPORT: In San Francisco’s International Terminal there’s a station for this train service with a male first name
the BART
GETTING TO THE AIRPORT: You can take the T to Logan from State Street Station in this city
Boston
GETTING TO THE AIRPORT: From The Strip, take Tropicana Avenue to Paradise Road to 5757 Wayne Newton Boulevard, this facility
McCarran Airport
GETTING TO THE AIRPORT: It’s 28 miles south of London between Povey Cross & Lowfield Heath, & it’s not Heathrow
Gatwick
STADIUM STUFF: This Windy City mainstay was named for World War I veterans
Soldier Field
STADIUM STUFF: Valhalla IP is a soccer stadium fit for the gods in Gothenburg in this country
Sweden
STADIUM STUFF: Clemson’s & LSU’s stadiums both use this nickname, also a very dry region in California
Death Valley
STADIUM STUFF: This stade, or stadium, hosts tennis’ French Open
Roland-Garros
THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR: The 1754-63 French & Indian War was the North American phase of this global conflict that was 2 years shorter
Seven Years’ War
THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR: Fort Ligonier was built in SW Pennsylvania to enable the Brits to capture France’s Fort Duquesne, now this city
Pittsburgh
THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR: The British deported French-speaking settlers from Acadia in Nova Scotia; many went south, where their descendants became these people
the Cajuns
THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR: Algonquian-speaking peoples took France’s side; this 6-nation confederacy was allied with the British
Iroquois
THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR: This European power came in on the losing side late in the war & lost Florida as a result
Spain
YOU DID IT!: In 2010 she launched Let’s Move!, a campaign to fight childhood obesity
Michelle Obama
YOU DID IT!: Sergey Brin & Larry Page officially founded it on September 4, 1998; look it up!
YOU DID IT!: In 2019, in an incredible comeback, he won his fifth Masters title & his first major since 2008
(Tiger) Woods
YOU DID IT!: A professor & New York Times columnist, Paul Krugman won a Nobel Prize in this category in 2008
Economics
YOU DID IT!: This renowned architect designed the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain & the Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles
(Frank) Gehry
"MAN” UP: This gentle giant is Florida’s state marine mammal
a manatee
"MAN” UP: It’s the last word of a historic utterance made July 20, 1969
mankind
"MAN” UP: It’s the unlawful killing of another person without malice
manslaughter
"MAN” UP: Almost all of the world’s production of this metallic element is used in the iron & steel industry
manganese
SWEAR IN THE BIBLE: This man tells Esau that he must “swear to me this day” to sell his birthright
Jacob
SWEAR IN THE BIBLE: In Isaiah 45:23 the Lord says, “unto me every knee shall bow, every” this body part “shall swear"
tongue
SWEAR IN THE BIBLE: Denying Jesus for the third time, he “began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak"
Peter
SWEAR IN THE BIBLE: Hebrews 6 says that when God made a promise to this patriarch, “because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself"
Abraham
SWEAR IN THE BIBLE: The book of Jeremiah asks, “Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto” this Canaanite god?
Baal
SIGNS & SYMBOLS: In the 1960s & ’70s, signs with 3 triangles indicated that a building had one of these nuclear war sanctuaries
fallout shelter
SIGNS & SYMBOLS: In white, the flower known as the calla this is a symbol of purity
lily
SIGNS & SYMBOLS: A symbol of the Mormon faith is the angel Moroni with one of these in his mouth
horn (trumpet)
SIGNS & SYMBOLS: With one serpent, the rod of Asclepius can be confused with the Caduceus, a twin-serpent symbol of peace belonging to this messenger
Hermes
BOOKS ABOUT CHINA: Published soon after he came to power, Robert Payne’s 1950 study of this leader is subtitled “Ruler of Red China"
Mao
BOOKS ABOUT CHINA: Not “Hidden Dragon” but this is the title of a study by Peter Navarro of China’s growing militarism
Crouching Tiger
BOOKS ABOUT CHINA: "Empress Dowager Cixi” is a bio of a 19th c. mother of emperors who began as a low-ranking one of these mistresses
concubine
BOOKS ABOUT CHINA: In “The Great Walk of China”, Graham Earnshaw describes a journey on foot from this massive seaport to Tibet
Shanghai
BOOKS ABOUT CHINA: Nixon’s famed trip is covered in “On China”, a look at Sino-U.S. relations by this former Secretary of State
Kissinger
WORLD CAPITAL BIRTHPLACES: Yoko Ono
Tokyo
WORLD CAPITAL BIRTHPLACES: Giada De Laurentiis
Rome
WORLD CAPITAL BIRTHPLACES: Placido Domingo
Madrid
WORLD CAPITAL BIRTHPLACES: Arianna Huffington
Athens
WORLD CAPITAL BIRTHPLACES: Natalie Portman
Jerusalem
WORDS FROM NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGES: The name of this pungent striped mammal comes from the Massachusett language
skunk
WORDS FROM NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGES: This word for a fierce tropical storm comes from the Taino name for a turbulent god
hurricane
WORDS FROM NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGES: The high-flying condor gets its name from the word for that bird in this Inca language
Quechua
WORDS FROM NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGES: Zucchini & pumpkins are both types of this vegetable, a gourd family from a Narragansett name
squash
WORDS FROM NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGES: From Salish, it can be a type of salmon of the Pacific Northwest, or a warm, dry wind
Chinook
NON-GENEVA CONVENTIONS: Since 1995 the Schengen Convention has allowed free movement among 26 member countries on this continent
Europe
NON-GENEVA CONVENTIONS: The Berne Convention protects these for the life of the author plus 50 years
copyrights
NON-GENEVA CONVENTIONS: Banning trade in many plants & animals, CITES is the Convention on International Trade in these
Endangered Species
NON-GENEVA CONVENTIONS: The 1786 Annapolis Convention on Interstate Commerce pointed up the weakness of these, leading to another convention next year
the Articles of Confederation
NON-GENEVA CONVENTIONS: This pro-central-government party conducted the secret antiwar Hartford Convention of 1814-15
Federalist Party
NATURAL GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES: Timely for 2018, in 1866 Mark Twain wrote of this landmark’s “sputtering jets of fire” & “heat from Pele’s furnaces"
(Mount) Kilauea
CIRCLE OF LIFE: Moving your index finger in circles by your ear usually means you think someone is this
crazy
CIRCLE OF LIFE: In the Old West, those told to “circle” these conveyances of yore were afraid of attack
the wagons
CIRCLE OF LIFE: On the road, a red circle with a horizontal white bar in the center means this
Do not enter
CIRCLE OF LIFE: In the 1980s the British countryside became dotted with these mysterious agricultural designs
crop circles
CIRCLE OF LIFE: A famous image of a “man” is named for this Roman–he noted that a body could be symmetrically inscribed inside a circle & a square
Vitruvius
NAMES IN POLITICS: Virginia Governor Ralph Northam graduated from VMI, short for this, then spent 8 years on active duty
Virginia Military Institute
NAMES IN POLITICS: Don’t get them mixed up–Joe Manchin is a West Virginia senator while Steve Mnuchin has this cabinet position
Secretary of the Treasury
NAMES IN POLITICS: Pete Buttigieg, whose last name is from the Maltese for “lord of the poultry”, is mayor of this Indiana city
South Bend
NAMES IN POLITICS: This last name of Illinois Governor J.B. is on a prestigious architecture prize his family endowed
Pritzker
STATE OF THE STATE FOREST: Mackinac State Forest
Michigan
STATE OF THE STATE FOREST: Tillamook State Forest
Oregon
STATE OF THE STATE FOREST: Lowell-Dracut-Tyngsboro State Forest
Massachusetts
STATE OF THE STATE FOREST: Mississippi Headwaters State Forest
Minnesota
STATE OF THE STATE FOREST: Mohegan State Forest
Connecticut
NEWER TO THE LANGUAGE: On an iPhone this “mode” disables Wi-Fi features
airplane
NEWER TO THE LANGUAGE: Bougie, short for this, is all about the Benjamins & the stuff you have
Bourgeoisie
NEWER TO THE LANGUAGE: This acronym meaning the best ever spells out the name of an animal; LL Cool J uses it as an album title
GOAT
NEWER TO THE LANGUAGE: Folks born in the late ’90s or early 2000s are “Generation” this letter
Z
NEWER TO THE LANGUAGE: The document you sent was TL, this, so I DR (didn’t read)
too long
BACHELOR OF ARTS: He proposed to at least 3 women, including Eugenie Loyer in 1873, but this painter never wed on a “Starry Night”–or any other
van Gogh
BACHELOR OF ARTS: In 1806 this composer wrote to his “Immortal Beloved”, “Can you change it that you are not wholly mine”; she couldn’t
Beethoven
BACHELOR OF ARTS: This Norwegian depicted the effects of love in his painting called “Melancholy”; is it any wonder he never married?
(Edvard) Munch
BACHELOR OF ARTS: Rudolph Valentino, who was married to 2 women at once, was played on film by this Rudolf of the ballet who never wed
Nureyev
BACHELOR OF ARTS: In 1759 this German-born composer was buried in Westminster Abbey; with no wife & kids, he paid for his own memorial
Handel
FINISH LINES: After you climb 86 flights of stairs, the Observatory is the finish line in the ESBRU, or this building “Run-Up"
Empire State Building
FINISH LINES: The 2019 Tour de France began in Belgium but the finish line, as always, was on this road in Paris
Champs-Élysées
FINISH LINES: In 2018 this car rally that is named for a 1981 Burt Reynolds movie started in Vegas & finished in Seattle
Cannonball Run
HIP-HOP MUSICIANS’ REAL NAMES: A “Peanuts” character is the source of this stage name that Calvin Broadus uses
Snoop Dogg
HIP-HOP MUSICIANS’ REAL NAMES: Austin Post used a rap name generator to come up with this alias
Post Malone
HIP-HOP MUSICIANS’ REAL NAMES: It’s not an “Invasion of Privacy” to reveal that she is also known as Belcalis Almanzar
Cardi B
HIP-HOP MUSICIANS’ REAL NAMES: This leader of Public Enemy was originally Carlton Ridenhour
Chuck D
HIP-HOP MUSICIANS’ REAL NAMES: Back in the “Good Old Days”, he was Ben Haggerty from Seattle
Macklemore
CHARACTERS IN THE WORK: Hrothgar, Wiglaf
Beowulf
CHARACTERS IN THE WORK: Lennie Small, George Milton
Of Mice and Men
CHARACTERS IN THE WORK: Don Fernando, Dulcinea
Don Quixote
CHARACTERS IN THE WORK: Richard Parker, Orange Juice, Santosh Patel
Life of Pi
CHARACTERS IN THE WORK: By Cormac McCarthy: the Kid, Judge Holden
Blood Meridian
PENCILS: In a 1903 pencil catalog, an entry titled “The Philosophy of Rubber” debated the merits of these tips
erasers
PENCILS: This main ingredient in the business part of a pencil comes from the Greek for “to write"
graphite
PENCILS: As the numbers on pencils rise, say from No. 2 to No. 7, the marks they leave become this
lighter
PENCILS: A century ago in Shelbyville, Tenn., AKA “Pencil City”, the Musgrave Pencil Co. began using Tennessee red this fragrant wood
cedar
ANIMAL ANATOMY: These adorable tree-climbing marsupials have fingerprints very similar to those of humans
koalas
ANIMAL ANATOMY: The omasum & the abomasum are 2 of the 4 stomach chambers of this suborder that includes cattle & giraffes
ruminants
ANIMAL ANATOMY: The musk variety of this herbivore is saber-toothed, not for prey but used by the males to fight during mating season
deer
ANIMAL ANATOMY: Term for the fibrous substance that makes up most of the exoskeleton or outer body protection of insects & spiders
chitin
PRE “SCH”OOL: This, a timetable
schedule
PRE “SCH”OOL: This slang word for a nose
schnoz
PRE “SCH”OOL: This rupture between religious bodies
a schism
PRE “SCH”OOL: This dog breed with a wiry black or salt-&-pepper coat
Schnauzer
PRE “SCH”OOL: This German word for “castle"
schloss
FINNISH LINES: In 1943 Finnish-born architect Eero Saarinen designed the smooth lines of this St. Louis landmark
Gateway Arch
FINNISH LINES: Finnish computer scientist Linus Torvalds wrote his master’s thesis on this operating system of his
Linux
FINNISH LINES: In 1865 Finn Fredrik Idestam started a paper mill that evolved into this mobile phone company
Nokia
FINNISH LINES: Named for 2 1950s presidents, the Paasikivi-Kekkonen Line meant not doing anything to annoy this country
Soviet Union
FINNISH LINES: The press dubbed this Olympic champ “The Flying Finn”, “The Phantom Finn” & “The Finnish Running Marvel"
(Paavo) Nurmi
WORLD LANDMARKS: "The Eighth Wonder”, by composer Alan John & librettist Dennis Watkins, is about this building that opened in 1973
Sydney Opera House
WINNIE-THE-POOH IN THE OED: Of course, Pooh is cited in the entry for this noun: “he sat down and took the top off his jar of” it
honey
WINNIE-THE-POOH IN THE OED: In 2018 the OED updated “Bear” to include Pooh’s description of himself as “a bear of very little” this
brain
WINNIE-THE-POOH IN THE OED: This Pooh pal’s name means “an exuberant, energetic, and cheerful person"
Tigger
WINNIE-THE-POOH IN THE OED: Horrible! the OED defines it as “an imaginary creature resembling an elephant"
Heffalump
WINNIE-THE-POOH IN THE OED: "Pooh-sticks” is defined as “a game in which sticks are thrown into a river from the upstream side of” one of these
bridge
MUSEUM-PODGE: The Vasa, a warship that spent 333 years under the sea, was salvaged & turned into a museum in this capital city
Stockholm
MUSEUM-PODGE: This Chicago Museum of Natural History bought Sue, the largest & most complete T. rex skeleton, for over $8 mil. in 1997
the Field Museum
MUSEUM-PODGE: Wisconsin’s National Railroad Museum has an exhibit on these porters: “from service to civil rights"
Pullman car porters
MUSEUM-PODGE: Giorgio Vasari designed it as an office building; later it housed the Medici art collection & then became a museum
Uffizi Gallery
THEORIES: The steady-state theory in which the universe has no beginning or end lost ground to this one where everything went kablooey!
the big bang
THEORIES: The government is up to something–yes, I’m big on these theories, from the Latin for “breathe together"
conspiracy
THEORIES: The greater fool theory in this activity says don’t worry about overvaluation–there’s always some dummy who’ll buy
buying stocks
THEORIES: This Cold War theory said if one country fell to communism, nearby ones would follow
the domino theory
THEORIES: A 1982 theory named for broken these items says small signs of disorder in an area lead to serious crime
windows
CABLE TELEVISION: An all-time record for HBO, in May 2019, 19.3 million tuned in to watch “The Iron Throne” episode of this series
Game of Thrones
CABLE TELEVISION: Stan, Cartman & the whole town of “South Park” helped put this cable channel on the map
Comedy Central
CABLE TELEVISION: FX’s “American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson” followed up with the story of this man’s assassination
(Gianni) Versace
AN IMP OF A RHYME: To spend time making adjustments to one’s appearance
primp
AN IMP OF A RHYME: "Snoopy One” was one for Metlife
blimp
AN IMP OF A RHYME: 6-letter word meaning to economize
scrimp
AN IMP OF A RHYME: Crangon crangon is the scientific name for the common European one
shrimp
AN IMP OF A RHYME: To connect 2 wires by squeezing the ends together
crimp
WHISKEY BUSINESS: It’s a myth that whiskey labeled “bourbon” must be distilled in this U.S. state, but most of it is
Kentucky
WHISKEY BUSINESS: Most scotch is distilled twice; this type of whiskey, like Bushmills & Tullamore D.E.W., 3 times
Irish whiskey
WHISKEY BUSINESS: Forbes says India’s Officer’s Choice is the world’s top-selling whiskey; America’s is this Lynchburg libation
Jack Daniel’s
WHISKEY BUSINESS: A small percent of whiskey maturing in barrels evaporates each year, a portion called the “share” of these celestial beings
the angel’s share
WHISKEY BUSINESS: Seagram’s famed numeric brand launched the first National Dive Bar Day–naturally on this date in 2018
July 7th
ANTIQUITY CUSTODY BATTLES: In 2019 Norway agreed to give back items taken from Easter Island by this Kon-Tiki explorer
(Thor) Heyerdahl
ANTIQUITY CUSTODY BATTLES: Tension exists between Egypt & the British Museum over the return of this stone, taken from Egypt in 1801
the Rosetta Stone
ANTIQUITY CUSTODY BATTLES: The U.K.’s Coronation Chair feels a little lonelier without this rock, returned to Scotland in 1996
Stone of Scone
ANTIQUITY CUSTODY BATTLES: This rhyming craft-supply chain got in hot water recently after purchasing artifacts that were smuggled out of Iraq
Hobby Lobby
ANTIQUITY CUSTODY BATTLES: In 2017 South Korea returned stolen dinosaur fossils, including the Tarbosaurus bataar, to this Asian country
Mongolia
"B” MOVIE STARS: She was an Elven queen in “The Lord of the Rings"
Cate Blanchett
"B” MOVIE STARS: This Spaniard had no idea how crazy he was as a hitman in “No Country for Old Men"
Javier Bardem
"B” MOVIE STARS: As Sgt. Barnes in “Platoon”, this tough guy really gets on Charlie Sheen’s bad side
Tom Berenger
BIOGRAPHERS: W.E.B. Du Bois wrote a 1909 biography defending this abolitionist who was hanged 50 years earlier
(John) Brown
BIOGRAPHERS: His “The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.” came out in 1791, 7 years after his friend’s death
Boswell
BIOGRAPHERS: "The Pioneers”, the latest by David McCullough, features the settlers of this American territory just past the Ohio river
the Northwest Territory
BIOGRAPHERS: Rose Byrne played biographer Rebecca Skloot in the HBO movie “The Immortal Life of” this woman
Henrietta Lacks
BIOGRAPHERS: His fourth volume on Lyndon Johnson appeared in 2012 & was followed by great anticipation of volume 5
(Robert) Caro
SOME STERN WORDS: A rock that makes a spark begins this adjective for someone of stern demeanor
flinty
SOME STERN WORDS: A way an egg is cooked, or an adjective for an unsentimental chap
hard-boiled
SOME STERN WORDS: This word referring to stern discipline comes from a city-state of ancient Greece
Spartan
SOME STERN WORDS: From a Greek word for a hermit or monk, this adjective means denying oneself comforts
ascetic
SOME STERN WORDS: Unwilling to change your opinion? You’re this, from the practice of coloring fibers before they were woven into cloth
dyed in the wool
SOAP: This word for the foam formed by soap in water can also mean a state of being upset
lather
SOAP: According to Pliny the Elder, this ancient seafaring people of the Mediterranean made soap from goat’s tallow & wood ashes
Phoenicians
SOAP: Soap helps liquids clean better by reducing this molecular cohesion & allowing the liquids’ atoms to spread out more
surface tension
SOAP: For centuries, this olive oil-based soap named for a region in Spain was exported to royalty throughout Europe
Castile soap
WATER: Major ports on this lake include Mwanza & Entebbe
Victoria
WATER: This strait named for an explorer who passed through it in 1520 separates mainland South America from Tierra del Fuego Island
the Strait of Magellan
WATER: Term for a section of treacherous rapids on a river; the Nile’s sixth one is a bit north of Khartoum
cataracts
WATER: The longest river in this country, the Murray runs 1,570 miles
Australia
EPITAPHS: From his own 1898 poem, the epitaph of this Irish-born man ends, “his mourners will be outcast men, & outcasts always mourn"
Oscar Wilde
FROM THE SCOTS, AYE: This checked fabric pattern found on many a Tartan
plaid
FROM THE SCOTS, AYE: This type of minstrel-poet, not necessarily of Avon
a bard
FROM THE SCOTS, AYE: This word for a motto or advertising phrase
a slogan
FROM THE SCOTS, AYE: This big pole that gets tossed by athletic Scotsmen
caber
FROM THE SCOTS, AYE: You’re on a first-name basis with this narrow mountain valley
a glen
COLLEGE-POURRI: In 2018 Dartmouth offered almost 2,000 freshmen a place on this–neither acceptance nor rejection
the waiting list
COLLEGE-POURRI: Bowling Green teams in this state were once known as the BG Normals or BG Pedagogues but Falcons seems a better fit
Ohio
COLLEGE-POURRI: In 2017 Yale renamed one of its residential colleges to honor this Navy computing maven
Grace Hopper
COLLEGE-POURRI: The opulent home of William & Kate Hofstra is now the centerpiece of a private university on this island
Long Island
I BEAT MERYL!: This “Silver Linings Playbook” actress said (accurately), “I beat Meryl” at the Golden Globes in 2013
Jennifer Lawrence
I BEAT MERYL!: Talk about a Titanic upset! Meryl had “Doubt” but this British actress took the Oscar for “The Reader"
Kate Winslet
I BEAT MERYL!: In Meryl’s one nomination for this drama award, she lost to Shirley Knight at the Shubert Theatre in 1976
a Tony
I BEAT MERYL!: No Oscar for Meryl because this other actress’ role in “Dead Man Walking” was second to nun
Susan Sarandon
I BEAT MERYL!: At the BAFTA Awards the Brits have home court & several have beaten Meryl, including Helen Mirren for this 2006 film
The Queen
"S”EVEN-LETTER SCIENCE: This complex organic compound is found in many plants & is used as a sweetening agent
sucrose
"S”EVEN-LETTER SCIENCE: It’s the second most abundant element in the earth’s crust
silicon
"S”EVEN-LETTER SCIENCE: It functions as a junction with the help of neurotransmitters
synapse
"S”EVEN-LETTER SCIENCE: This species name is also the title of a bestselling history of humanity by Yuval Noah Hariri
Sapiens
"S”EVEN-LETTER SCIENCE: In geology it’s the normally hidden mineral-rich layer just above bedrock
subsoil
TIME FOR A SNACK: Arrr! Snacks from this buccaneer brand include veggie puffs & aged white Cheddar puffs
Pirate’s Booty
TIME FOR A SNACK: Even if it’s not October, how about some of these, also called pepitas
pumpkin seeds
TIME FOR A SNACK: Healthy & simple, broccoli & hummus sets you up with plenty of the complex type of these
carbohydrates
TIME FOR A SNACK: How about a couple of these, first sold under the Honey Maid name in 1925
Graham crackers
TIME FOR A SNACK: Maybe a couple of medjool these wrapped in bacon?
dates
TRAIL MIX: In Boston follow this trail to see the Old State House & the Old North Church
the Freedom Trail
TRAIL MIX: You can still see wheel ruts along this 2,000-mile-long route used by pioneers heading west to the Willamette Valley
the Oregon Trail
TRAIL MIX: This national scenic trail in the eastern U.S. passes through 14 states & 8 national forests
the Appalachian Trail
TRAIL MIX: A popular trail in Europe passes through France, Italy & Switzerland while circling this highest mountain in the Alps
Mont Blanc
TRAIL MIX: In her memoir “Wild”, Cheryl Strayed tells of hiking more than 1,000 miles of this trail, from Calif. to Washington State
the Pacific Crest Trail
RECENT BROADWAY PLAYS: Heidi Schreck reaches back to her days debating civics as a 15-year-old in “What” this document “Means to Me"
the Constitution
RECENT BROADWAY PLAYS: Laurie Metcalf & John Lithgow play the first couple in “Hillary & Clinton”, set in this year Hillary first ran for president
2008
RECENT BROADWAY PLAYS: Set during The Troubles, “The Ferryman”, which won the 2019 Tony for Best Play, takes place in this U.K. country
Northern Ireland
RECENT BROADWAY PLAYS: Billed as a sequel to this first Shakespeare tragedy, the comedy “Gary” takes place after the climactic bloody Roman feast
Titus Andronicus
RECENT BROADWAY PLAYS: Ethan Hawke broke more than 10 golf clubs wrecking the set nightly in a revival of this playwright’s “True West"
Sam Shepard
AMERICAN HISTORY: Before the Naval Academy opened in this city in 1845, midshipmen were trained at sea
Annapolis
AMERICAN HISTORY: Most of the battle on June 17, 1775 took place on Breed’s Hill, but it’s this hill that gets the press
Bunker Hill
AMERICAN HISTORY: When this beloved first lady died in Washington in 1849, the “ladies of Virginia” were urged to wear a black bow or ribbon in tribute
Dolley Madison
AMERICAN HISTORY: In 1947 Congress passed this act named for 2 politicians that banned using union dues in national election campaigns
Taft-Hartley
AMERICAN HISTORY: Suffering from tuberculosis, William Rufus DeVane King died in April 1853 before ever performing his duties in this post
vice president
IT’S ONLY A PAPER MOON: Margaret Wise Brown wrote the kids’ books “The Runaway Bunny” & this one that features a bunny going to sleep
Goodnight Moon
IT’S ONLY A PAPER MOON: "In the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf” is the first line of this classic children’s book
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
IT’S ONLY A PAPER MOON: The title of this James Bond novel referred to a fictional missile-based national defense system
Moonraker
IT’S ONLY A PAPER MOON: This 2006 novel features the Volturi, Italy’s reigning royal family of vampires
New Moon
IT’S ONLY A PAPER MOON: A novel by him says, “Between me and the moonlight flitted a great bat, coming and going in great whirling circles"
Bram Stoker
EUROPEAN JOBS: The voga alla veneta technique of getting from place to place was made famous by men in this job
gondoliers
EUROPEAN JOBS: Ravenmaster Yeoman Warder Christopher Skaife said he felt “like a proud father” after 4 raven chicks hatched here in 2019
the Tower of London
EUROPEAN JOBS: Try harvesting cork in the Algarve region of this country, one of Europe’s leading producers
Portugal
A “BUM” STEER: An LP, or a collection of photographs
an album
A “BUM” STEER: This type of bad trip is a real drag, man
a bummer
A “BUM” STEER: To blunder about, or to do a task badly
to bumble
A “BUM” STEER: Silly slang word for an umbrella
a bumbershoot
A “BUM” STEER: Annoyingly self-assertive
bumptious
FUN-TO-SAY QUOTATIONS: In an Edward Lear poem, this character says to the Owl, “O let us be married! too long we have tarried"
the Pussycat
FUN-TO-SAY QUOTATIONS: "Hey, hey, mama, said the way you move, gonna make you sweat, gonna make you groove” is from this Led Zeppelin tune
"Black Dog"
FUN-TO-SAY QUOTATIONS: This film: “Badges? We ain’t got no badges! We don’t need no badges! I don’t have to show you any stinking badges!"
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
FUN-TO-SAY QUOTATIONS: In Barry Mann’s doo-wop classic, it follows “Who put the ram"
in the rama lama ding dong
FUN-TO-SAY QUOTATIONS: "I’m called little buttercup, dear little buttercup, though I could never tell why” is from this Gilbert & Sullivan operetta
the H.M.S. Pinafore
SYMBOLIC OBJECTS: To complete one of its regular trips, in 1948 it took a boat across the English Channel; in 1952 it took a plane en route to Finland
Olympic torch (Olympic flame)
JUMP AROUND!: USA track & field champion Sam Kendricks does it with a pole
vault
JUMP AROUND!: It can mean to jump up or to make something suddenly operative, such as a trap
spring
JUMP AROUND!: Let’s go to this, a ’50s school dance; it’s also a quick plane journey
a hop
JUMP AROUND!: You “gotta” do this slang term to mean you’re leaving; it’s also good to get one in the polls
bounce
NOT-SO-SECRET SERVICE CODE NAMES: Sasha Obama was “Rosebud”; she was “Radiance"
Malia
NOT-SO-SECRET SERVICE CODE NAMES: "Angler” was this veep’s code; there’s fishing imagery in the 2018 movie about him
Dick Cheney
NOT-SO-SECRET SERVICE CODE NAMES: Having a bit of experience with the western genre, he was dubbed “Rawhide"
Ronald Reagan
NOT-SO-SECRET SERVICE CODE NAMES: Donald Trump’s Secret Service code name is appropriately this, also something skiers have to navigate
Mogul
NOT-SO-SECRET SERVICE CODE NAMES: Referring to a geographical location in the state she governed, “Denali” was code for her
Sarah Palin
HODGEPODGE: It has the largest egg of any living bird
the ostrich
HODGEPODGE: The guy for whom this popcorn brand is named began growing his own popping corn at age 12
Orville Redenbacher
HODGEPODGE: In 1852 this object was brought down from a tower & placed in Philadelphia’s Independence Hall
the Liberty Bell
HODGEPODGE: NASA engineer Lonnie Johnson invented this alliterative water gun that promises a drenching
a Super Soaker
HODGEPODGE: He used his antiseptic method for the first time operating on James Greenlees August 12, 1865
(Joseph) Lister
WHAT’S THAT AWARD FOR?: The Arthur C. Clarke Award
science fiction
WHAT’S THAT AWARD FOR?: The Mark Twain Prize
humor
WHAT’S THAT AWARD FOR?: Given since 1983, the Sixth Man of the Year Award
NBA (basketball)
WHAT’S THAT AWARD FOR?: The Eisner Awards–these publications Will Eisner was best known for
comics
WHAT’S THAT AWARD FOR?: The Clio Awards: “to celebrate creative excellence in” this
advertising
CHIP & DALE: Chip Taylor, who wrote this song that says “you make my heart sing”, says his 3 favorite versions are by The Troggs, Hendrix & X
"Wild Thing"
CHIP & DALE: On a 1950s TV show, Roy Rogers rode Trigger & this “Queen of the West” rode Buttermilk
Dale Evans
CHIP & DALE: Stephen Fry narrated the audiobooks in this series in the U.K., while Jim Dale (who is also British) read the American versions
Harry Potter
CHIP & DALE: While coaching the Oregon Ducks, this football coach sent a refund check to a disappointed fan
Chip Kelly
LITERARY NARRATORS: In the epilogue to “Moby-Dick”, this rescued narrator quotes from the book of Job: “and I only am escaped alone to tell thee"
Ishmael
LITERARY NARRATORS: Daisy Buchanan’s cousin, he narrates “The Great Gatsby"
Nick Carraway
LITERARY NARRATORS: Though he takes his own life in “The Sound and the Fury”, Quentin Compson is back to narrate this author’s “Absalom, Absalom!"
Faulkner
LITERARY NARRATORS: In “The Book Thief”, the narrator isn’t a who per se but this, knocking at the door
Death
LITERARY NARRATORS: Montresor, the narrator of this Poe story, lures Fortunato to his doom with the promise of a fine Spanish sherry
"The Cask of Amontillado"
ENDS IN “X": A knee-jerk reaction is also known as the patellar this
reflex
ENDS IN “X": One of these occurred on September 23 in 2019
an equinox
ENDS IN “X": The OED defines it as “to make rhythmical sounds with the voice & mouth in imitation of the rhythms of hip-hop music"
beatbox
ENDS IN “X": 7-letter word for the Swedish specialty of raw salmon cured with salt, sugar & dill
gravlax
ENDS IN “X": Each of the interior angles is less than 180 degrees in this type of polygon
convex
IND-ICC-TED!: The 1998 Rome Statute established the ICC, which prosecutes international wrongdoers in this Dutch city
The Hague
IND-ICC-TED!: The ICC issued an arrest warrant for this man in June 2011, but Libyan rebels closed the case in October
(Muammar) Qaddafi
IND-ICC-TED!: The first ex-head of state held by the ICC, Laurent Gbagbo of this “coast”al country won a surprising acquittal in 2019
the Ivory Coast
IND-ICC-TED!: Ousted as this country’s president in April 2019, Omar al-Bashir is charged with crimes in Darfur
Sudan
IND-ICC-TED!: This global police agency has issued a red notice for capture of ex-Libyan Internal Security Chief Al-Tuhamy Mohamed Khaled
Interpol
THE INSECT WORLD: The lepidopteran family tineidae includes the clothes type of this insect
a moth
THE INSECT WORLD: In the Bible 3 of the 10 plagues of Egypt were caused by insects: these swarmers were in at No. 8
locusts
THE INSECT WORLD: There may be as many as 8 million species of insects & all have bodies divided into 3 major sections: head, abdomen & this
thorax
THE INSECT WORLD: This bee named for its habit of tunneling into wood looks like a big, less hairy bumblebee
a carpenter bee
FILM DIRECTORS: Before directing movies like “SE7EN”, David Fincher directed this singer’s videos for “Vogue” & “Express Yourself"
Madonna
FILM DIRECTORS: He was born in Pondicherry, India & named Manoj, which he shortened to M.
M. Night Shyamalan
FILM DIRECTORS: This alliterative director got Oscar nominations for two 2000 films, getting the green light with “Traffic"
Steven Soderbergh
FILM DIRECTORS: Known for classic westerns like “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon”, he also gave us “Mister Roberts” & “The Quiet Man"
John Ford
CHIPPENDALE: One masterpiece of furniture maker Chippendale is the 8’ long dundas this, a word Thomas spelled with a “ph”; get your feet off it
a sofa
CHIPPENDALE: One of Chippendale’s most famous creations is a bookcase named for this string instrument carved on the front
a violin
CHIPPENDALE: Because Chippendale didn’t use this identifier, also a bourbon brand, his furniture can only be authenticated by original bills
maker’s mark
CHIPPENDALE: Some of the finest examples of Chippendale furniture are at this London museum named for a queen & her consort
the Victoria and Albert Museum
MOUNTAIN RANGES: A chain of volcanoes is named for this mountain range where the continental USA’s deadliest eruption took place
Cascades
TV OR NOT TV: Steve Carell began hanging around this TV title place in 2005, then transferred to “Anchorman 2"
The Office
TV OR NOT TV: On a break from her TV “Friends”, she was full of Grace in “Bruce Almighty” in 2003
Jennifer Aniston
TV OR NOT TV: He played college football stars L’Carpetron Dookmarriot & Bismo Funyuns on TV & won an Oscar for writing “Get Out"
(Jordan) Peele
TV OR NOT TV: A year after playing Julia in TV’s “Top of the Lake”, she became an onscreen aquamom
Nicole Kidman
TV OR NOT TV: In 2001 he tried to save the world as Will on “Alias” & later became a guardian of the galaxy (albeit in raccoon form)
Bradley Cooper
UNTRUE DETECTIVE: This Agatha Christie detective has a secretary named Miss Lemon who is so efficient she is “nearly the perfect machine"
Hercule Poirot
UNTRUE DETECTIVE: In a series starting with “The Beekeeper’s Apprentice”, young Mary Russell teams up with this British sleuth
Sherlock Holmes
UNTRUE DETECTIVE: Introduced in 1930, this junior detective heroine has more than 200 volumes that detail her adventures
Nancy Drew
UNTRUE DETECTIVE: Robert B. Parker wrote “Perchance to Dream” as a sequel to this novel featuring Philip Marlowe
The Big Sleep
UNTRUE DETECTIVE: She’s the heroine of Sue Grafton’s beloved alphabet series
Kinsey Millhone
THE WORKING DEAD: What he called “waist overalls” have stood the test of time (as blue jeans) since he came up with them in the 1870s
Levi Strauss
THE WORKING DEAD: Its founder William died in 1857, about 40 years before it sold the first toothpaste in a tube & 70 before merging with Palmolive
Colgate
THE WORKING DEAD: In 1882 Frederick Pabst started tying these around the necks of his beer bottles
blue ribbons
THE WORKING DEAD: Last name of E.I., who founded his company in Delaware in 1802
du Pont
THE WORKING DEAD: The name of this man who passed in 1947 can be found on the Kentucky bourbon formerly known as Old Tub
Jim Beam
RANGER THINGS: In 1933 the Ranger was the U.S. Navy’s first purpose-built one of these, but had trouble launching planes in rough seas
an aircraft carrier
RANGER THINGS: The New York Rangers play home games in this arena
Madison Square Garden
RANGER THINGS: In 2018 at age 97 Betty Reid Soskin was the oldest NPS ranger, serving at a park named for this heroic female symbol of World War II
Rosie the Riveter
RANGER THINGS: This atom spy was listening to the “Lone Ranger” radio show when nabbed by the FBI in 1950; they picked up his wife later
(Julius) Rosenberg
THIS IS “SU": The next score wins in this 2-word overtime
sudden death
THIS IS “SU": To break up a plot of land into several building lots
subdivide
THIS IS “SU": The apex, or a big political meeting
summit
THIS IS “SU": 5-letter word meaning smoothly polite
suave
THE NOT-SO-GOOD DOCTOR: Surgeon/gambler William Palmer was hanged in 1856; he poisoned his wife & brother for the payout from these
life insurance
THE NOT-SO-GOOD DOCTOR: Serbian psychiatrist Radovan Karadzic was indicted for war crimes in the aftermath of the breakup of this country
Yugoslavia
THE NOT-SO-GOOD DOCTOR: In 1910 Walter Dew of this London police force caught wife-killer Dr. Hawley Crippen in Canada after a transatlantic chase
Scotland Yard
THE NOT-SO-GOOD DOCTOR: Nicknamed the “Angel of Death”, this Nazi doctor fled to South America after World War II
Mengele
THE NOT-SO-GOOD DOCTOR: The 1788 Doctors’ Riot in New York occurred when physicians were suspected of this crime due to their dissection needs
grave-robbing
NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL: Written at a time when the cathedral was in disrepair, his “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” inspired Paris to save it from ruin
Victor Hugo
NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL: During the Reformation, these French Protestants raided the cathedral & destroyed statues that they considered sacrilegious
the Huguenots
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS: In April 1973 H.R. Haldeman & John Dean were among 4 top presidential aides forced out over this scandal
Watergate
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS: In 2019 this Iowa senator succeeded Orrin Hatch as president pro tempore
(Chuck) Grassley
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS: In 1965, Harry Truman looked on as President Johnson signed this program into law
Medicare
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS: From a Native American word, it was the term for Republicans who supported Democrat Grover Cleveland in the 1884 election
the Mugwumps
PART-TIME WRITERS: This action star co-wrote the “Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding” with Bill Dobbins
Arnold Schwarzenegger
PART-TIME WRITERS: Beatrix Potter’s estate asked this actress & “Sense & Sensibility” screenwriter to pen new Peter Rabbit stories
Emma Thompson
PART-TIME WRITERS: Long after she was Winnie Cooper on this show, Danica McKellar wrote the book “Girls Get Curves” about geometry
The Wonder Years
PART-TIME WRITERS: James Lipton wrote “An Exaltation of Larks”, about animal group names, before he hosted this Bravo acting show
Inside the Actors Studio
THE NEAREST OTHER NATIONAL CAPITAL: To Ottawa, Canada
Washington, D.C.
THE NEAREST OTHER NATIONAL CAPITAL: To Canberra, Australia
Wellington, New Zealand
THE NEAREST OTHER NATIONAL CAPITAL: To Paris, France
Brussels (Belgium)
THE NEAREST OTHER NATIONAL CAPITAL: To Rabat, Morocco
Lisbon, Portugal
THE NEAREST OTHER NATIONAL CAPITAL: To Tokyo, Japan
Seoul, Korea
THE 17th CENTURY: Taking over for Elizabeth I after her death, he told parliament he was “an old and experienced king"
James I
THE 17th CENTURY: In 1633 he was charged with heresy for believing “the sun is the center of the world"
Galileo
THE 17th CENTURY: Around 1612 in Virginia, John Rolfe began growing this “brown gold”; soon the colony started shipping it to England
tobacco
THE 17th CENTURY: Add 3 letters to the title held by Tokugawa Ieyasu to get this type of regime he began in 1603 that would last for over 2 centuries
a shogunate
A NAME LIES WITHIN THE WORD: To seize a plane by force, perhaps while greeting Mr. Nicholson
hijack
A NAME LIES WITHIN THE WORD: Singing that’s done sans band or any instruments
a cappella
A NAME LIES WITHIN THE WORD: This 8-letter money-holder is thin, flat & bendable
a billfold
A NAME LIES WITHIN THE WORD: A longshoreman or a dockworker could tell you this word for the job of one who loads a ship
a stevedore
A NAME LIES WITHIN THE WORD: Opaque & grayish, this substance from whale guts has long been used in perfumery
ambergris
ANIMAL AKAs: It’s also called the czar fish
sturgeon
SONG ROYALTY & NOBILITY: Gene Chandler: “___ of Earl"
Duke
FOOTWEAR: In the 1960s Gucci dressed up these lazy-sounding shoes by adorning them with a metal horsebit
loafers
FOOTWEAR: In 2016 the Smithsonian began a Kickstarter campaign to help conserve these iconic shoes from “The Wizard of Oz"
the ruby slippers
FOOTWEAR: Originally worn by Plains Indians, these soft shoes get their name from a Native American language
moccasins
FOOTWEAR: Last name of Tony, the Italian-American cobbler who began making army boots before moving on to western boots
Tony Lama
HUNDRED “P”ERCENT: 100 this means 50% alcohol
proof
HUNDRED “P”ERCENT: The 100th of these begins, “Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands"
Psalms
HUNDRED “P”ERCENT: In 2018 Bellerive Country Club hosted the 100th edition of this, one of golf’s 4 major championships
the PGA Championship
HUNDRED “P”ERCENT: Crow Fair, Montana’s largest Native American event, is this type of big chatty gathering; the 100th was in 2018
a powwow
SHIFT THE STRESS: To absorb nutrients internally & a condensed literary collection
digest
SHIFT THE STRESS: To express disapproval & something that you can see & touch
object & object
SHIFT THE STRESS: To say no & a social loser (there’s a band of All-American ones)
Rejects & reject
SHIFT THE STRESS: To assign someone to a particular task & a minor part of the whole
detail
SHIFT THE STRESS: To dismiss a theory as incorrect & a reduction in the price of an item
discount
GO WEST: …Over Westminster Bridge & you’ll arrive on the north bank of this river
the Thames
GO WEST: …30 miles from Grand Junction, Colorado & you’ll be in this state
Utah
GO WEST: …With your eyes from your veranda on West Maui to this island that sounds like a veranda
Lanai
GO WEST: …A few miles from Feldkirch, Austria, cross the border & you’ll be in this tiny principality
Liechtenstein
GO WEST: …From Nunavut into this adjacent territory
Northwest Territories
YOUNG MAN: At 12 Mozart wrote “Bastien und Bastienne”, one of these composed in German, not Italian
an opera
YOUNG MAN: Teenaged Michelangelo sculpted the “Battle of” these horse/men hybrids
Centaurs
YOUNG MAN: In 1628 28-year-old Oliver Cromwell was elected to this, which probably came to regret letting him in
Parliament
YOUNG MAN: Young Tom Edison developed trouble with this at an early age, possibly as a result of mastoiditis
his hearing
YOUNG MAN: Admitted to the bar in 1800, Richard Rush was only 33 when President Madison appointed him this in 1814
Attorney General
THE WORLD IN 1819: The University of Virginia was founded on 1,000 acres near the Blue Ridge Mountains with this man as its first rector
Thomas Jefferson
THE WORLD IN 1819: Shelley’s poem “England in 1819” calls him “an old, mad, blind, despised and dying king"
George III
THE WORLD IN 1819: Sometimes called the 1st U.S. immigration law, the Steerage Act required all arriving ships to present this “list of…the passengers"
a manifest
THE WORLD IN 1819: In 1819 this bank employee won a Supreme Court case that pitted him against the state of Maryland
James McCulloch
THE WORLD IN 1819: Sir Stamford Raffles landed on this diamond-shaped Asian island & began buying land to set up a trading operation
Singapore
BASEBALL MANAGERS: One of the smallest Major League players ever, Miller Huggins managed this 1927 team, perhaps the greatest of all time
the New York Yankees
LOVIN’ THE SPIN I’M IN: When you stop spinning, a fluid called endolymph in your head still spins, moving the tiny hairs here, causing dizziness
in the ears
LOVIN’ THE SPIN I’M IN: Discovered in 1967, this type of neutron star spins rapidly
a pulsar
LOVIN’ THE SPIN I’M IN: Spiral grooves in a gun barrel spin a bullet to stabilize its flight; the grooves & the process of cutting them are called this
rifling
FUN FACTS: The boys from Delta House didn’t make it, but a party for 3,700 wearing these garments took place in Queensland in 2012
togas
FUN FACTS: An Arizona man urged bored teens to go outside & do this & it went viral; in Spanglish, it’s called #basurachallenge
to clean up trash
FUN FACTS: Fact: Fun can be had in this Missouri town, “The Live Music Show Capital of the World"
Branson
FUN FACTS: Popping some champagne for fun? This brand named for a founder & his great-grandson-in-law sells the most
Moët & Chandon
AUTHORS: BORN & DIED: This “little woman” was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania in 1832 & died in Boston in 1888
(Louisa May) Alcott
AUTHORS: BORN & DIED: Dublin born in 1882, he died in Zurich in 1941
(James) Joyce
AUTHORS: BORN & DIED: "Go Tell It On The Mountain” that he was born in New York in 1924 & said adieu in France in 1987
James Baldwin
AUTHORS: BORN & DIED: His story began in Salem, Mass. in 1804 & ended 60 years later during a trip to New Hampshire with Franklin Pierce
Hawthorne
AUTHORS: BORN & DIED: The “Winds of War” carried this author from his birth in the Bronx to his death in Palm Springs, California in 2019 at age 103
Herman Wouk
2 LETTERS, SECOND IS K: You can get a Whopper Jr. there
BK
2 LETTERS, SECOND IS K: This all-American form of approval dates back to around 1840
OK
2 LETTERS, SECOND IS K: "Today I didn’t even have to use my” this, so “it was a good day” for Ice Cube
my AK
2 LETTERS, SECOND IS K: It was the former stock symbol of the company now listed as KODK
EK
2 LETTERS, SECOND IS K: Canada Post says to put this provincial abbreviation on your postcard to your friend in Regina
SK
