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Bangkok is the leading port on this gulf, an inlet of the South China Sea |
(Mark: What is the Gulf of Tonkin?)
Gulf of Thailand
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The Sailor Boy & his dog seen here are a symbol of this snack brand |
Cracker Jack
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This 18th century queen reportedly used mannequins to send home the latest fashions to her native Austria |
Marie Antoinette
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Work your legs, arms & upper back on a machine simulating this, an Olympic sport since 1900 |
rowing
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The first classic, issued in 1946, was this Homer tale of heading home |
"The Odyssey"
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Aesop was known for these, from the Latin for "story" or "tale" |
fables
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This European country's most populous province is Katowice in the south |
Poland
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Amateur Night at this former Harlem theater was the brainchild of showman Ralph Cooper Sr. |
Apollo
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The mannequin seen here is used in the teaching of this procedure |
CPR (Cardiopulmonary resuscitation)
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A gym rat may eat a PowerBar to load up on energy, 75% of it coming from these |
carbohydrates
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The cover seen here is from the new edition of this classic 1605 novel |
"Don Quixote"
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Of the 3 virtues mentioned in the King James Version of I Corinthians 13;13, the 2 that are from Latin |
faith & charity
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This south Pacific nation has over 800 islands & islets, but Viti Levu & Vanua Levu provide more than 85% of its area |
(Mark: What is Vanuatu?)
Fiji
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In December 1995 Bill Watterson ended this comic strip about a 6-year-old boy & his stuffed tiger |
Calvin and Hobbes
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Unfortunately for window dressers, many early mannequins were made of this & didn't last in the heat of summer |
wax
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In 2002 strength equipment maker Nautilus acquired this cardio brand that has you stepping lively |
StairMaster
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The cover seen here is from a Penguin Classic of this 1726 novel |
(Trevor: What is "Tom Thumb?")
"Gulliver's Travels"
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Pronounced one way, this word from the Latin for "to make smaller" means "tiny"; another way, it's a unit of time |
minute
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It precedes "kush", which means "killer", in the name of a central Asian mountain range |
Hindu
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Gin or vodka & sour apple schnapps (instead of vermouth) go into this trendy variation of a mixed drink |
(Trevor: What is a Manhattan?)
apple martini
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In a magazine called The Show Window, this Oz creator dispensed advice on mannequins & creative display |
L. Frank Baum
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew working out in the gym) The name of this type of bike comes from the Latin for "to lie down" |
recumbent
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New to Penguin Classics is this 1953 play, a parable about McCarthy's witch hunts |
"The Crucible"
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From the Latin for "seed", it's one particle of sand or a seed of corn or rice, for example |
grain
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This area that was created in 1960 & has oil companies licking their chops is dominated by the Brooks Range |
(Mark: What is the north slope of Alaska?)
ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge)
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It's the brand name of the transporter seen here |
Segway
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A wooden torso mannequin was found near a clothing chest when this man opened King Tut's tomb in 1922 |
Howard Carter
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Named for its inventor, this trendy, new "method" of body conditioning actually dates back to the 1920s |
Pilates
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Penguin Classics has sold 300,000 copies of this ancient Sanskrit poem whose title means "song of the lord" |
(Trevor: What is the Rubaiyat?)
the Bhagavad Gita
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From the Latin for "hiss", it describes sounds like the first letter of sigh, speck & the correct response |
sibilant
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