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Feat performed May 17, 1998 by David Wells; it was only the 13th time in the 20th century |
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A century before the U.S.S. Nautilus, the Confederacy had 2 of these new ships, the Pioneer & the Hunley |
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This Rudyard Kipling classic begins with the story of "Mowgli's Brothers" |
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The snipe in guttersnipe is one of these creatures that frequent the mud at the edge of a pond |
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He finally won an Oscar in 1952 for playing a raffish yet courageous riverboat captain |
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A little red wine is usually added to make this popular color of champagne |
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This strikeout king's last season, 1993, was marred by injuries & a fistfight with Robin Ventura |
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This July 1861 campaign in Virginia began as the Affair at Blackburn's Ford |
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She's Jane & Michael Banks' magical nanny |
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Meaning to vacillate between 2 choices, this phrase was originally "shall I, shall I" |
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In a Herman Wouk novel, crazy Captain Queeg commanded this vessel |
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A classic champagne cocktail contains a dash of the Angostura type of this ingredient |
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Intimidating moundsman seen here (in a Houston Astros uniform) |
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This grandson of the ninth president commanded troops in the Army of the Cumberland |
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A famous book by Crockett Johnson tells of a little boy named Harold & his adventures with this color crayon |
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From the French for "discomfited", to be "left in" this is to be left in trouble without help |
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The British captured this courageous captain Sept. 21, 1776 on his return from a spy mission |
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The songwriter who wrote, "I get no kick from champagne, mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all" |
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Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1971, he got his nickname carrying bags at a Mobile, Alabama depot |
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It's no secret, "The Long Secret" was Louise Fitzhugh's sequel to this book about a little girl snoop |
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This 3-letter word for "class" or "kind" usually follows the phrase "of that ..." |
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Killed by Communist forces 10 days after WWII, this U.S. Army captain has his own "society" |
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This pitcher named for a U.S. president was played by Ronald Reagan in "The Winning Team" |
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The 1986 Newbery Medal went to this book about a mail-order bride who joins a family on the prairie |
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This word meaning "to gad about" may be an alteration of gallant |
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The courageous captain of this spectral ship is condemned to sail the seas until judgment day |
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