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10 kids, 9 seats, 1 piano & you're ready to play this |
Musical chairs
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Recent fad inspired by the land divers of Pentecost Island, who use it as a rite of passage for young boys |
Bungee jumping
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Macduff calls him a "coward" & a "hell-hound" & then cuts his head off -- mercifully, offstage |
Macbeth
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Oklahoma's is the scissor-tailed flycatcher |
State bird
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There's no need to keep mum about it, mum is short for this flower |
Chrysanthemum
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Ex-E Street Band drummer Max Weinberg leads the house band for this current "Late Show" host |
(John: Who is David Letterman?)
Conan O"Brien
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To stand up to the results of your actions, or to stand like an orchestra conductor |
(John: What is being responsible?)
Face the music
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Vailima, this author's mansion in western Samoa, has now been "Kidnapped" by the country's head of state |
Robert Louis Stevenson
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This Magna Carta king tells his son, "I am a scribbled form, drawn with a pen upon a parchment" |
John
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In 1909 John Mitchell reportedly organized the first American troop of these boys, in Pawhuska |
(Alex: And we have less than a minute to go.)
Boy Scouts
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The opium variety of this flower yields a powerful narcotic, & non-narcotic seeds used in baking |
Poppy
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This heavy metal band bears the last name of drummer Alex as well as his brother Eddie |
(Dan: Who are Guns N' Roses?)
Van Halen
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A 1787 Mozart serenade, or a 1973 Sondheim show |
"A Little Night Music"
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You can order carved wooden models of the HMS Bounty from this island's web site |
(Dan: What is Tahiti?)
Pitcairn Island
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This title prince of Tyre taunts King Antiochus: "Great king, few love to hear the sins they love to act" |
Pericles
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At the turn of the century, the area was divided into 2 territories: Oklahoma & this |
Indian Territory
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Blue Moon & Dainty Bess are hybrid tea varieties of this flower |
Rose
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"Rumours" have it this band that sang "Go Your Own Way" was named for its drummer |
Fleetwood Mac
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These first 3 words of a famous quote are useful when you need "to soothe a savage breast" |
Music hath charms
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The Cook Islands use the currency of this island nation as well as its own, including a $2 triangular coin |
New Zealand
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His fool calls him a fool, saying, "All thy other titles thou hast given away; that thou wast born with" |
King Lear
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Oklahoma once competed annually with Georgia to see who could make the biggest pie out of these nuts |
Pecans
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The story on these flowers, seen here, is that they open for only a few hours each day: |
Morning Glory
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This jazz legend who died in 1987 waged epic drum battles with Gene Krupa |
Buddy Rich
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According to Pythagoras, it was harmonious, made by the planets & inaudible on Earth |
Music of the Spheres
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The south Pacific's last remaining kingdom, its name means "South" in many Polynesian languages |
(John: What is Fiji?)
Tonga
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Fed up with this fairy king, Titania vows, "I have forsworn his bed and company" |
Oberon
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Like Florida's capital, this 2nd-largest Oklahoma city got its name from the Creek for "old town" |
Tulsa
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Butterflies are especially fond of these flowers whose name sounds like you just can't wait for them to grow |
Impatiens
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Since the breakup of his band, heard here, this drummer has become a noted film composer: |
Stewart Copeland
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