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The heroine of her 1849 novel "Shirley" was inspired by her sister Emily |
Charlotte Brontë
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Longtime TV island-dweller Bob, or longtime singer & Rocky-Mountain dweller John |
Denver
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Ross Moore, tired of hanging out the laundry, invented this |
the dryer
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In 1871 he began a 19-year period as the leader of Germany |
Bismarck
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It's the sea just southeast of the Gulf of Mexico |
the Caribbean Sea
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They're the 2 antonyms separated by "or" on an Old West wanted poster for a really bad fugitive |
dead & alive
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In English, the title of this Hermann Hesse novel means "The Prairie Wolf" |
Steppenwolf
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In music's Top 40: Daryl or Tom T. |
Hall
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If this famous inventor wanted to phone home, it would be to Edinburgh, where he was born in 1847 |
(Alexander Graham) Bell
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It's the only Great Lake entirely within the U.S. |
(Lance: What is Lake Erie?)
Lake Michigan
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Antonyms of "tall" & "thin" that describe "a little teapot" in a children's song |
short & stout
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The novel "Trilby" introduced this hypnotist whose name is synonymous with evil manipulation |
(Suzanne: Who is... Rasputin?)
Svengali
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"King of Queens" Kevin, or king of the court LeBron |
James
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On Oct. 1, 1942 Robert Stanley took off in the XP-59A as the first American leaving on one of these |
a jet plane
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From 1992-99 he was CNN's senior White House correspondent covering the tenure of President Clinton |
(Wolf) Blitzer
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India, Bangladesh & Burma border this bay of the Indian Ocean |
the Bay of Bengal
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Whatever your politics, "hidari" & "migi" still mean these directions in Japanese |
left & right
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Fanchette is "the most intelligent cat in the world" in the "Claudine" books by this "Gigi" novelist |
Colette
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"Top Gun"ner Val, or '70s NFL gunner Billy |
Kilmer
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In 1686 Edmond Halley, not Al Roker, published the first comprehensive one of these maps |
weather maps
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Known as the "King of Torts", this San Francisco lawyer defended Jack Ruby at his murder trial |
(Lance: Who is F. Lee Bailey?)
Melvin Belli
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Most of the Greek Isles are in this sea, an arm of the Mediterranean |
the Aegean Sea
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In law, there are these 2 main kinds of "nuisance" |
(Cathy: Oh, my goodness. What are, um... petty and, uh, felony?)
public & private
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"The Wapshot Scandal" was this New Englander's sequel to "The Wapshot Chronicle" |
John Cheever
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Mormon religion founder Joseph, or "Howdy Doody Show" founder Buffalo Bob |
Smith
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(Sarah & Jon of the Clue Crew report from the lab.) The oscillations of a plucked rubber band are normally too fast to see, but it appears slowed down in front of a monitor, which pulses & acts like this lighting instrument used for high-speed photography |
a strobe light
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This British horror novelist was executive producer of the 1998 film "Gods and Monsters" |
Clive Barker
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This Eurasian "sea" is actually the world's largest lake |
the Caspian Sea
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The 2 antonymic varieties of petroleum that could also describe your table manners |
crude & refined
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