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The book is also called this, from the Greek word for Revelation |
Apocalypse
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Some locusts make noise by rubbing their legs on these to vibrate them |
Wings
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At 14,433 feet, Mt. Elbert in this state is a real Rocky Mountain high; it's the highest peak in the range |
Colorado
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Lucky Walter Matthau got to romance Sophia Loren in this 1995 sequel to "Grumpy Old Men" |
Grumpier Old Men
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When Perry holds forth, he is often accused of doing this, from Latin for "A high cleric" |
Pontificating
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Term for a word with a similiar meaning to another, Roget's lists "Roget's" for "thesaurus" |
Synonym
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This author of Revelation mentions his own name 4 times in the book |
John
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Natives in Guyana make canoes out of this part of the locust tree |
(Pat: What is the trunk?)
Bark
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In 1937 the government set aside this Georgia swamp as a national wildlife refuge |
(P.D.: What is the Okekenokee?)
Okefenokee Swamp
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In titles of '90s films, this word precedes "As Sin", "As Charged" & "By Suspicion" |
Guilty
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Friends call Perry the "Cokie Monster" for his crush on this ABC & NPR journalist |
(Pat: Who is Cokie Robertson?)
Cokie Roberts
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These terms are, you know, the 2 examples of embololalia in this clue that, like, stall for time |
You know & like
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It's Revelation's place in order of books in the New Testament |
Last
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The singer heard here, she was born in Locust Ridge, Tennessee: |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Dolly Parton
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This large Connecticut city was named after a structure spanning the Pequonnock |
(Gary: What is Hartford?)
Bridgeport
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Dennis Quaid marries a 13-year-old in the movie bio named for this 1957 song |
Great Balls of Fire!
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Perry earned a Ph.D. in this "science", like Woodrow Wilson, who was the subject of Perry's thesis |
Political science
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A speaker's use & choice of words; with the suffix "ary", it's a list of all the words & their meanings |
(Gary: What is lexicon?)
Diction
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Satan is cast into a lake of these 2 things, & "shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever" |
Fire & brimstone
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This Great Lake's deepest point, 1330 feet, lies about 50 miles north of Michigan's Upper Peninsula |
Lake Superior
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"Hey There!" It's the 1966 film that made Lynn Redgrave a star |
Georgy Girl
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Perry starts the day with decaf & David Broder's column in this "Capital" newspaper |
The Washington Post
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To tell the truth, mendaciloquence, is the art of doing this -- artfully |
Lying
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This Mesopotamian city is destroyed in Chapter 18 |
Babylon
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This 6,684-foot peak in western North Carolina is the highest U.S. point east of the Mississippi River |
(P.D.: What is Stone Mountain?) (Gary: What is Kings Mountain?)
Mount Mitchell
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Angela Lansbury was in her teens when she made her film debut in this 1944 Charles Boyer-Ingrid Bergman classic |
Gaslight
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Perry opens many columns with a deep-sounding quote, like this poet's "April is the cruellest month" |
(Pat: Who is Tennyson?)
T.S. Eliot
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From French for a stencil -- something used over again -- it's a too oft-repeated phrase |
(Alex: And we have less than a minute to go.)
Cliche
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