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Though he lived in many states, his body "lies a-moudering in the grave" south of Lake Placid |
John Brown
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This comedy features a woman named Hero & a hero named Benedick, but it isn't "Much" |
Much Ado About Nothing
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In Hebrew, this word literally means "fit", as in "fit to be eaten" |
kosher
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In the 1890s William Halsted introduced the practice of wearing these sterile surgical accessories |
rubber gloves
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This wealthy oil magnate was born in 1839 just outside the village of Richford |
(John D.) Rockefeller
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Villain in "Othello" who says, "Wine is a good familiar creature, if it be well used" |
Iago
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The holy day of the week in the Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Saturday
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His goal was to collect 100,000 sexual histories; when he died in 1956, he had about 18,000 |
Kinsey
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The local government official who determines the value of a property specifically for tax purposes |
(Alex: Now's the time for it!) [Laughter]
an assessor
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His running ability helped this Dustin Hoffman character escape his Nazi foe |
The Marathon Man
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Make no mistake: this play about twins was "musicalized" as "The Boys from Syracuse" |
(Rich: What is Twelfth Night?)
A Comedy of Errors
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Biblical event commemorated by the taking of communion in Christian ceremonies |
the Last Supper
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Connected to a beeping machine, people have learned to control their blood pressure using this process |
(Thompson: What is biorhythms?)
biofeedback
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Before granting a mortgage, a lender has this person inspect the property to determine its market value |
(Doug: What's an assessor?)
an appraiser
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Film that inspired Burt Bacharach & Hal David to write this 1962 Top 10 hit:
"Alone and afraid she prayed that he'd return that fateful night / Aw, that night / When nothing she said could keep her man from going out to fight..." |
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
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Brooklynite Jennie Jerome was the mother of this famous statesman |
(Doug: I have no idea.) (Alex: I betchyou Rich and Thompson were hoping they would get this one.) (Doug: I'm sure they do, yeah.) (Alex: Who was Jennie Churchill, [*]'s mother.) [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Winston Churchill
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In "Antony and Cleopatra", Marc Antony commits suicide by doing this |
falling on his blade
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European mercenaries of the 15th to 19th c., they now exist only to protect the Pope |
(Doug: Who are the Vatican Guard?) (Alex: Be more specific.)
the Swiss Guard
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Encyclopedia Americana says an infant has about 350 of these, but a typical adult only 206 |
bones
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An area legally designated for specific use, such as business, residential or industrial |
a zone
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Title roles played by Jean-Louis Trintignant & Anouk Aimée in 1966 & a 1986 sequel |
A Man and a Woman
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This 19th c. politician was born at 1 Cherry Street, Manhattan & died in the Ludlow St. jail |
Boss Tweed
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He was banished from Verona for killing Tybalt |
Romeo
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Every good Moslem is expected to make one of these pilgrimages to Mecca once in his life |
a hajj
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An otolaryngologist treats these 3 body parts |
the ear, nose, & the throat
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An agreement with a real estate broker to market one's property |
a listing
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Hitchcock "Man" played by Leslie Banks in 1934 & James Stewart in 1956 |
The Man Who Knew Too Much
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