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A barbecue takes place at Twelve Oaks, the Wilkes family plantation, in chapter VI of this novel |
Gone with the Wind
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He made his Hollywood debut with "Rosemary's Baby" the same year he married Sharon Tate |
Roman Polanski
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It's the act of occupying a building as a form of protest |
sit-in
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It's the "numerical" bar where you can relax & have a drink after a round of golf |
[No mention is made by Dan or Alex to specify to nineteenth hole.]
19
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WWII's Battle of the Coral Sea was the first naval battle in which these, not the ships, did the attacking |
airplanes
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(Sofia of the Clue Crew ascends a staircase.) I'm here on the hidden staircase in this mysterious house that inspired a Nathaniel Hawthorne novel |
(Dan: What is The House of Seven Gables?) [Ruled correct without remark]
The House of the Seven Gables
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He passed away in 1999 just months before the release of his final film, "Eyes Wide Shut" |
Stanley Kubrick
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The "Big Easy" |
New Orleans
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After the Battle of the Little Bighorn, this leader stood up & escaped to Canada |
Sitting Bull
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These tissues that may be smooth or skeletal countract & relax, thereby producing the movement of body parts |
muscle
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By flooding it, large mock naval battles were often held in this largest Roman amphitheater |
Colosseum
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In a Thomas Love Peacock novel, Headlong Hall is Squire Headlong's country home in this U.K. principality |
Wales
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Last name of Jonathan, who directed "Philadelphia" & nephew Ted, who directed "Blow" |
Demme
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In Nevada: "The Biggest Little City in the World" |
(Dan: What is Las Vegas?)
Reno
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The name of this instrument is from the Hindi for "3-stringed", though it has more |
sitar
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You can relax & enjoy the 47 thermal bodies of water at this Arkansas national park |
Hot Springs
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After losing more than 60 ships in the summer of 1588, this Spanish fleet limped home in defeat |
Spanish Armada
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Mr. Lockwood becomes Mr. Heathcliff's tenant at Thrushcross Grange in chapter 1 of this novel |
(Roger: What is Jane Eyre?)
Wuthering Heights
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Czech out "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" & "The People vs. Larry Flynt"; he directed both |
Miloš Forman
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In Ohio: the "Birthplace of Aviation" |
Dayton
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Last name of Dame Edith, known for her poem "Still Falls the Rain" |
Sitwell
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From the French for "relax", it was the relaxation of Cold War tensions between the U.S. & the U.S.S.R. |
detente
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The British lost no ships & the French about 20 when their naval forces clashed in this 1805 battle near Cadiz, Spain |
Trafalgar
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In a novel by Sir Walter Scott, this title character & his father Cedric are held captive in Torquilstone Castle |
Ivanhoe
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This director of "He Got Game" has the real first name of Shelton |
Spike Lee
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"The Steel City" of Indiana |
Gary
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It's not the larch, it's the variety of spruce seen here |
Sitka
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"Art raises its head when religions relax their hold", once remarked this ubermensch philosopher |
(Roger: Who is Sartre?)
Nietzsche
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In one of the largest naval battles ever, over 250 ships took part in the 1916 battle off this Danish peninsula |
Jutland
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