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The heroine of this "Beloved" author's first novel, "The Bluest Eye", wishes her eyes were blue |
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Alma Reville, this director's wife, co-scripted his films "The 39 Steps" & "The Lady Vanishes" |
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His second voyage, beginning in 1493, included visits to Jamaica & Puerto Rico |
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The Dayton Daily News said that this 1999 scarefest "does for the woods what 'Jaws' did for water" |
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In a dream, Jacob saw God at the top of one of these implements |
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The pirate hero of his first novel, "Cup of Gold", is a far cry from Tom Joad |
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Alma Schindler's list of spouses included composer Gustav Mahler & Walter Gropius, best known as one of these |
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In 1999 China confirmed that this girl really existed & served in China's army 1,300 years ago |
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Premiere magazine said of this raunchy 1999 teen comedy, "There's something about pastry" |
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Abraham tried to reason God out of destroying this city where his nephew Lot lived |
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A house party in the country is the setting for this "Brave New World" author's first novel, "Crome Yellow" |
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Silent star Alma Rubens appeared in this D.W. Griffith film whose 1-word title is a synonym for bigotry |
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From India the Arabs got the point of this number system also called the Hindu-Arabic System |
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"Bard to the Bone" was the headline of Entertainment Weekly's review of this 1998 romance |
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As the father of Ishmael, Abraham is also considered a patriarch of this religion |
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4 years after graduating from Duke, this "Sophie's Choice" author published his 1st novel, "Lie Down in Darkness" |
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The name Alma was popularized by an 1854 Anglo-Russian battle on the Alma River during this war |
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Though of unsound mind, Afonso VI ruled this country from 1656 to 1667, when deposed by his brother Pedro |
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Faltering at the box office, this 1999 Cruise & Kidman film was dubbed "Risque Business" by People magazine |
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Ishmael's favorite son wasn't Jacob, but this hunter who brought him venison |
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Verbs are divided according to whether this form ends in -ar, -er or -ir |
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We don't know "Who's Afraid of" reading her first novel, "The Voyage Out" |
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Soprano Alma Gluck had one of her great successes as this coughing heroine of "La boheme" |
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Russia's Peter I was just "Great"; the Turkish Suleiman I was this |
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The L.A. Times said this 1999 Liam Neeson movie about a possessed house "had all the...terror of a jury notice" |
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Fearing the Philistines, Isaac tried to pass off this woman, his wife, as his sister |
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This irregular comparative form of grande, "big", is spelled like the English word for someone who runs a city |
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