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The astronomer Hipparchus is famed for cataloging more than 800 of these (That's even more than MGM had) |
stars
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He played a tipsy dancer in the 1914 film "Tango Tangles" |
(Charlie) Chaplin
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His father, James O'Neill, was a 19th century actor whose famous role was the Count of Monte Cristo |
Eugene O'Neill
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In ancient times, the Pentelic quarries were a major source of this building material for Athens |
marble
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While living abroad in Chelsea, Whistler painted a series of scenes set along this river |
the Thames
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Mollie Katzen popularized this kind of diet with the "Moosewood Cookbook" |
vegetarian
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I dew declare, Tefnut was this ancient civilization's goddess of the dew |
the Egyptians
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Occasionally called Chuck, this comics character had violent battles with his local "kite-eating tree" |
Charlie Brown
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Public disgust over his play "Ghosts" caused this Norwegian to retaliate in his "An Enemy of the People" |
Ibsen
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Rodin first gained attention for a lifelike statue later called "The Age of" this, the metal in which it was later cast |
bronze
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In 2003 the gallery in Vegas' Bellagio featured a show of this pop artist's works with an audio narration by Liza |
(Andy) Warhol
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Darius I of this empire claimed that Bardiya, the king he killed & replaced, had been an impostor |
Persia
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In 1986, the same year he starred in "Platoon", he was the "boy in police station" in "Ferris Beuller's Day Off" |
Charlie Sheen
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This Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright was related to John Sevier, the first governor of the "Volunteer State" |
Tennessee Williams
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Henriette, eldest child of this illustrator, was a portrait artist when brother Andrew was just beginning to draw |
(Kristen: Who is Wyeth?) (Alex: Be more specific.) (Kristen: Who is... Jamie Wyeth?) ... (Alex: Who is N.C.? The father.)
N.C. Wyeth
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It's what's symbolized by "X" in the "10X" on a microscope |
magnification
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The Celtic town of Vindobona became a military post for the Romans; it later evolved into this capital on the Danube |
(Howard: What is Budapest?)
Vienna
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The IMDb lists "Charlie" as a nickname for this Oscar-winning "Monster" actress |
Charlize Theron
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Novelist Edna Ferber collaborated with this playwright on 6 plays, including "Dinner at Eight" & "Stage Door" |
(Alex: And that playwright was George F. Kaufman... [*].)
George S. Kaufman
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By definition, cordwainers make shoes from this material |
(Dan: What is... I don't know. Twine?) (Alex: No. What is [*]? Cordovan leather. You did well to risk just the hundred. You're still in the lead.)
leather
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This American impressionist was beloved for her affectionate maternal paintings as seen here |
(Mary) Cassatt
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A publication, such as a magazine, that doesn't come out every day |
periodical
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"If I were not Alexander," said Alexander the Great, "I would be" this philosopher who lived in a tub |
(Dan: Who is Archimedes?)
Diogenes
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Candice Bergen said, "You knew he wasn't real, & yet he was treated so much better than most humans. He had his own room." |
Charlie McCarthy
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A 1934 NYC taxi drivers' strike led him to write "Waiting for Lefty", the first of his plays to be produced |
Clifford Odets
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Developed in the 1930s, this synthetic rubber is waterproof & slightly buoyant, making it ideal for wetsuits |
neoprene
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Some of his pen-&-ink drawings of his famous "girl" were modeled on his wife, a sister of Lady Astor |
(Alex: And the artist was [*]. Remember the Gibson girl.)
Charles Dana Gibson
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Moe & Larry agree; now if Curly would just go along, we'd have this condition |
unanimity
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