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IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK |
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This Washington Irving character slept through the American Revolution |
(Amy: Who is... um...) (Alex: Ooh, sorry!)
Rip Van Winkle
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The population of this capital grew approximately 140% between 1975 & 1995, to its present 11 million |
Jakarta
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This mesh-bottomed cup is used to break up large pieces in confectioner's sugar or flour |
sifter
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"Fair and" this geometric shape means honestly |
square
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Surrounding the statue, my walls are inscribed with quotes like "with malice toward none" |
the Lincoln Memorial
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Chew on this: in the "Bite of the Century" Mike Tyson bit off a bit of this boxer's ear |
Evander Holyfield
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The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn, & he's under the haystack fast asleep |
Little Boy Blue
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Term for the skirt worn by Dorothy Lamour on film, or the traditional garb of Indonesians of both sexes |
(Norm: What is a sari?)
sarong
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People normally top off a bowl of goulash with a dollop of this dairy product |
sour cream
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Something that is not unusual is described as "run of" this place |
the mill
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Pardon my sensitivity--I may be over 1,500 miles long, but I cannot be seen from the Moon |
the Great Wall of China
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Measuring about 5 feet wide, the ears of the African species of this are the largest of any animal |
(Alex: Right. About a minute to go.)
elephant
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This rodent couldn't stay awake through the Mad Hatter's tea party |
the Dormouse
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Amid a Muslim nation, this island next to Java maintains its Hindu rituals, music & dance |
Bali
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This herb's name comes from the latin "salvus" meaning "safe", not "wise" |
sage
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To stir up trouble you put it "among the pigeons"; to give away an ending you let it "out of the bag" |
the cat
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Look at me. You can now e-mail a prayer to be placed in my crevices |
(Alex: The [*] or [*] in Jerusalem, yes!)
the Wailing Wall (Western Wall)
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In the '70s she ended her TV variety show by tugging on her ear as a signal to grandma |
Carol Burnett
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Dorothy, Toto, and the Cowardly Lion fell asleep in a field of these flowers |
(Alex: Deadly [*], yes.)
poppies
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A factory in the town of Serang makes over a million sports shoes a month for this U.S. company |
Nike
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Ricotta isn't a cheese, it's a cheese by-product made from this liquid drained from cheeses |
whey
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Similar to "shape up or ship out" is "straighten up and" do this |
fly right
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Tourists come to see me at Santa Maria Della Grazie because of this mural Leonardo painted on me |
The Last Supper
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According to folklore, if your ears are doing this, someone is talking about you |
(Amy: If they're buzzing or ringing.) [Amy never phrased her response in a form of a question because it was deemed incorrect quickly by Alex. After further research by judges, she was later given credit during an announcement prior to the beginning of the Double Jeopardy! Round.]
burning
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He played a narcoleptic drifter in the 1991 film "My Own Private Idaho" |
River Phoenix
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This anticommunist general took power from Sukarno in 1966 & has run the country since |
Suharto
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Term for boiling a sauce to lessen the volume by evaporation, causing it to thicken |
to reduce
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From the Dutch "honk", meaning "home" or "goal" comes this phrase for all is A-OK |
(Alex: That's it!)
hunky-dory
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I'm named for the Roman Emperor who visited Britain around 121 but didn't stick around to see me built |
Hadrian's Wall
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An inner ear disorder kept this first American in space from returning to space until 1971 |
Alan B. Shepard
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