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In September 1964 the Warren Commission concluded that he acted alone in JFK's assassination |
Lee Harvey Oswald
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1958: "...and the Dead" |
The Naked
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Concerning his "Alice in Wonderland" books, he said, "I meant nothing but nonsense" |
Lewis Carroll
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Founded in the 1930s, Mrs. Knott's Chicken Dinner Restaurant became so popular this theme park grew up around it |
(Alex: It was designed to keep people busy while waiting for their tables, sometimes up to 6 hours.)
Knott's Berry Farm
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In the King James Version, Paul wrote, "We shall all be changed... in" this "of an eye" |
(Brian: What is a blink?)
a twinkling
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Test the mineral olivenite & it will leave a streak of this color |
Green
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On December 20, 1860, as a result of Lincoln's election, this state seceded from the Union |
South Carolina
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1971: "...and Maude" |
Harold
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In a Christmas classic, his ghost says, "I wear the chain I forged in life" |
Jacob Marley
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If you crave Swiss food in this country (& who doesn't) head for the Swiss Barn Restaurant in Killarney |
Ireland
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From military marching, "On" this means right away |
The double
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It's the term for small rocks or stones used for paths or for making concrete |
Gravel
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Fleeing the capital on August 24, 1814, she took a Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington with her |
Dolley Madison
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1989: "...and Hooch" |
Turner
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In this 1933 novel survivors of a plane wreck seek refuge in a utopia run by a 250-year-old high lama |
Lost Horizon
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Barbecued shrimp is the specialty of Pascal's Manale on Napoleon Avenue in this southern U.S. city |
New Orleans
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Maxwell House's Master Blend coffee comes in 2 versions -- ground & this |
(Karen: What is drip?)
instant
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Of sedimentary, metamorphic or igneous, it's the type of rock formed when it cools and solidifies |
Igneous
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In 1916 President Wilson sent this brigadier general into Mexico in pursuit of Pancho Villa |
John "Black Jack" Pershing
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1945: "...and the Amazons" |
(Karen: Who is Hercules?)
Tarzan
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In a free-for-all between 2 groups of knights, this title character is rescued from a tight spot by the Black Sluggard |
(Karen: Who is the Green Knight?)
Ivanhoe
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Some folks munch on these shelled reptiles at the Cayman Islands farm where they're hatched |
turtles
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Comic book superhero seen here |
the Flash
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This very hard quartz is struck against steel to make sparks when starting a fire |
Flint
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In 1932 this Republican was elected governor of Kansas; he won reelection in 1934 |
Alf Landon
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1976: "...and the Dirtwater Fox" |
The Duchess
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He wrote his stories about Bertie Wooster & his manservant Jeeves over a period of about 50 years |
P.G. Wodehouse
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Reindeer is on the menu at Fiskekrogen, a restaurant in Bergen in this country |
Norway
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Short period it takes Manhattanites to get something done |
New York minute
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It's a large rock fragment greater than 8 inches in diameter or a Colorado resort city NW of Denver |
Boulder
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