|
|
POETIC FIRST OR LAST WORD |
|
BURIED AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY |
|
|
ETYMOLOGISTS' ABBREVIATIONS |
|
|
The Allies began the invasion of Italy on July 10, 1943 by landing on this island |
Sicily
|
|
|
On film he said, "A Cinderella story outta nowhere. Former greenskeeper & now about to become... Masters champion" |
(John: What is Caddyshack?) (Martin: Who is Murray the groundskeeper?) ... (Alex: It was [*]. You had the right film, but we were going for he said.)
Bill Murray
|
|
|
Last word of Poe's "The Raven" |
nevermore
|
|
|
The rather tall monument on his grave mention that he was President & Chief Justice of the U.S. |
Taft
|
|
|
Soon after arriving in Tahiti in 1891, he took a native girl named Tehura as his wife |
Gauguin
|
|
|
No longer in use: obs. |
obsolete
|
|
|
In 1606, Willem Janszoon landed on Cape York Peninsula, becoming the 1st European to visit this continent |
Australia
|
|
|
This "You Needed Me" singer is mentioned in the Oscar-nominated song "Blame Canada" |
Anne Murray
|
|
|
First word of Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky" |
(Martin: What is "I"?)
'Twas
|
|
|
Pictured here, this actor and marine was a relative of Arlington's original landowner, Robert E. Lee |
Lee Marvin
|
|
|
This Norwegian's first masterpiece, "The Sick Child", recalled the death of his sister Sophie due to tuberculosis |
(Edward) Munch
|
|
|
An ancient language: Skt. |
Sanskrit
|
|
|
In 1885 this country's Leopold II established the Congo Free State as his own personal property |
Belgium
|
|
|
"Since 1912 we have been teaching the world to dance!!!" proclaims this man's website |
Arthur Murray
|
|
|
Last word of Dylan Thomas' "Do not go gentle into that good night" |
light
|
|
|
No "bull"--this Fleet Admiral who won many battles during WWII was buried at Arlington in 1959 |
Halsey
|
|
|
This "Second Of May" artist lived in a villa outside Madrid called "The Deaf Man's House" |
Goya
|
|
|
A form of a word: dim. |
diminutive
|
|
|
Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassin, Gavrilo Princip, was a member of this "dark" Serbian terrorist group |
(Alex: He was a member of [*].)
the Black Hand
|
|
|
An '80s Oscar winner, this actor's first name is Fahrid |
F. Murray Abraham
|
|
|
Last word of Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" |
(Alex: [*]. "And that has made all the [*].")
difference
|
|
|
The headstone of this man who died in 1986 reads, "Father of the Nuclear Navy" |
(Sara: Who is Nimitz?)
(Hyman) Rickover
|
|
|
His "School of Athens" covers one wall of the Stanza Della Segnatura, a room in the pope's private quarters |
Raphael
|
|
|
A text: O.E.D. |
Oxford English Dictionary
|
|
|
The Pragmatic Sanction gave this Holy Roman Empress the legal right to inherit her father's territories |
(John: Who is Catherine of Aragon?)
Maria Theresa
|
|
|
He played Murray Slaughter on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" before captaining "The Love Boat" |
Gavin MacLeod
|
|
|
First word of Dryden's epitath for his wife |
(Alex: That word is [*]. "[*] lies my wife, [*] let her lie. Now she's at rest, and so am I." Good old Dryden!)
here
|
|
|
In 1988 this African-American explorer's remains were moved to Arlington & reburied near Robert Peary |
Matthew Henson
|
|
|
Members of this Flemish family of artists were nicknamed "Peasant", "Velvet", & "Hell" |
the Bruegels
|
|
|
A dialect of Southern France: Prov. |
(John: What is Provence?)
Provençal
|
|