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In "The Grapes of Wrath", this matriarch says, "All we got is the family unbroke" |
Ma Joad
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Ash Wednesday signals the start of this 40-day period of prayer & fasting |
Lent
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Star of 1984's "The Duck Factory", you can't "Mask" the fact he went on to a "Dumb" film career |
(Alex: And a very successful one!)
Jim Carrey
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Dutch elm disease is spread by a fungus carried by these insects, yeah, yeah, yeah |
beetles
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The Embassy Row Hotel, The Georgetown Inn, The Capitol Hill Suites |
Washington, D.C.
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A rough sketch with no shading, or a short summary of a written work or speech |
an outline
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Sherlock Holmes described this foe as the "Napoleon of Crime" |
Professor Moriarty
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Among the events Epiphany celebrates is the visit of this trio to Bethlehem |
the Magi (or the Wise Men)
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Beginning in 1961 ABC's "Wide World of Sports" captured "The thrill of victory" & this |
the agony of defeat
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Tender perennials are so-called because they are killed by this, a sign the weather's getting chilly |
frost
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The Hotel Maison de Ville, The Soniat House, Le Richelieu in the French Quarter |
New Orleans
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He told Brigid O'Shaughnessy, "I'm going to send you over. The chances are you'll get off with life" |
Sam Spade (in The Maltese Falcon)
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In Islam Laylat Al-Miraj commemorates his flight from Mecca to Jerusalem & into heaven |
Mohammed
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This former Cosby kid is the Malcolm in "Malcolm & Eddie" |
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
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If you want your tulips to bloom next year, dig these up in the fall & store them in a dry, cool place |
bulbs
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The Golden Nugget, The Flamingo Hilton, The Mirage |
Las Vegas
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Nebraska center Dave Rimington is the only 2-time winner of this trophy for college football interior linemen |
the Outland Trophy
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D.H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley plays around with a playwright as well as this gamekeeper |
(Patrick: Who is Lady Chatterley's lover?)
Oliver Mellors
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"Pause for the Pledge" is one of the ceremonies for this June 14 observance |
(Patrick: What is Bastille Day?)
Flag Day
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Adrian Paul stars as Duncan MacLeod, an immortal in the series based on this movie |
Highlander
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Generic names for these include Fluazifop & 2, 4-D |
(Patrick: What are insecticides?)
weed killers (or herbicides)
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The Marriott Riverwalk, The Hilton Palacio Del Rio, The Holiday Inn Crockett Hotel |
San Antonio
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It follows Macbeth's line, "And all our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death" |
"Out, out brief candle"
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This Thackeray character is the orphaned daughter of an artist & a French opera girl |
Becky Sharp (in Vanity Fair)
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It begins on the 25th of Kislev & lasts 8 days |
Hanukkah
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More than 20 years before Fran Drescher, she played a nanny in "Nanny and the Professor" |
Juliet Mills
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One way to do this to your potting soil is with a formaldehyde drench |
sterilize
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The Pierre, The St. Regis, The Carlyle |
(Alex: And we have less than a minute to go.)
New York City
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This 1869 Mark Twain travel narrative is subtitled "The New Pilgrim's Progress" |
Innocents Abroad
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