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He built his revolver business using money from his traveling laughing-gas demonstration |
Colt
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The title character in this 1981 classic is a rabid Saint Bernard |
Cujo
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Consumers use chapter 7 or 13 of this code, a federal statute; businesses restructure under chapter 11 |
bankruptcy
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This Grateful Dead leader was named after "Show Boat" composer Jerome Kern |
Jerry Garcia
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It's the familiar rule, in rhyme, useful in spelling "chief" & "receive" |
"I" before "E," except after "C"
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The son & same-named great-grandson of this man, "the Falstaff of Congress", were both U.S. presidents |
(Amy: Who is Harrison?) (Alex: Which one?)
Benjamin Harrison
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In a 2002 TV miniseries horrifying secrets are revealed in a haunted mansion known by this colorful name |
Rose Red
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The writer of "Once In Love With" her was married twice (one of them had to be the evil of 2 Loessers) |
(Alex: Yes. Didn't that work out well for you?!)
Amy
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The Passover haggadah has a mnemonic to remember these, which the Egyptians would rather forget |
the ten plagues
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Nehemiah Ordway, governor of this territory, wanted it to become one big state, not a north & a south one |
Dakota
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Anthony Hopkins is a mysterious boarder who befriends a young boy in this 2001 film adapted from a King book |
Hearts in Atlantis
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This order allows a worker's wages to be withheld & paid to a third party to whom a debt is owed, as for child support |
garnishing
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A song by Joe Henry, heard here, became a hit recording by this sister-in-law of his
"Don't tell me to stop / Tell the rain not to drop / Tell the wind not to blow..." |
Madonna
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Completes the mnemonic used when working with screws or valves, "Righty tighty..." |
lefty loosey
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Samuel Gompers, a main founder of this "American" workers' group, was born in England |
the American Federation of Labor
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"Coffey's Hands" was the third installment of this novel that was published in serial form in 1996 |
(Alex: Good film with Tom Hanks.)
The Green Mile
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Mother of mercy! Is this 1970 federal law the end of us wiseguys? |
(Alex: Could set a new one-day record on our program. Wanna--want to wager it all?) ... (Alex: Yes. Edward G. Robinson, "Is this the end of Rico?")
the RICO
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He wrote "My Life", "Big Shot" & the piano works on the recent album "Op. 1-10 Fantasies & Delusions" |
Billy Joel
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In biology's "King Philip came over from Germany Saturday", K & P are kingdom & phylum; G & S are these |
genus & species
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Ozoni |
(Amy: What is, um, Italy?) (Rich: What is Greece?)
Japan
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"Needful Things" was King's last story set in this fictional town, also the name of an entertainment company |
Castle Rock, Maine
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(Hi. I'm Catherine Crier.) In law, this French phrase means an unexpected event that may excuse a party from a contract |
a force majeure
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CS&N's hit "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" was written by Stephen Stills for this singer, his girlfriend |
[Alex specifies "CS&N" as "Crosby, Stills & Nash" when reading the clue.]
Judy Collins
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The fates of this group go "Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived" |
the wives of Henry VIII
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