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The 1999 version of this encyclopedia on CD-ROM includes the San Diego Zoo's Cyber Safari |
(J: What is the Encyclopaedia Britannica?)
World Book Encyclopedia
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It's still working at deepening the Grand Canyon |
Colorado River
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Ads for the 1998 remake of this 1960 film said, "Check in. Relax. Take a shower." |
Psycho
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Bechti, a 1-year-old member of this ape species, poses here with her mommy |
Orangutan
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"You don't know about me, without you have read a book by the name of 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'" |
"Huckleberry Finn"
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A French queen: October 16, 1793 |
Marie Antoinette
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Internet surfers know www stands for this |
World Wide Web
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This river featured on the state flag of Nebraska bears the name of another state |
(T: What is the Ohio?)
Missouri
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One reviewer was "bored to death" by this 1998 Brad Pitt epic, a remake of 1934's "Death Takes a Holiday" |
Meet Joe Black
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Type of "derby" in progress here |
Demolition derby
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"In a certain village in La Mancha, which I do not wish to name, there lived not long ago a gentleman" |
"Don Quixote"
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A U.S. president: April 22, 1994 |
Richard M. Nixon
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Based in Washington, it commonly makes $100 million loans, but won't give you a second mortgage |
World Bank
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Called the mother of Canada, it includes Lake St. Louis & Lac St.-Pierre |
St. Lawrence
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1940's "The Shop Around the Corner" was the basis for this 1998 Meg Ryan-Tom Hanks romantic comedy |
You've Got Mail
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It's the fish seen here in silhouette swimming with the humans |
(J: What is a stingray?)
Manta ray
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'When Mrs...Little's second son arrived, everybody noticed that he was not much bigger than a mouse" |
"Stuart Little"
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A peasant girl: May 30, 1431 |
(T: I don't know.)
Joan of Arc
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Louis Armstrong sang, "I see trees of green, red roses too...and I think to myself" this |
(and we have a minute to go...)
"What a Wonderful World"
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It falls in altitude over 16,000 feet over its first 600 miles & only another 800 feet over the last 3,600 miles |
Amazon
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Lindsay Lohan pulled double duty as twins in the 1998 remake of this 1961 Hayley Mills comedy |
The Parent Trap
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Take a close look, but don't let this insect "bite" |
(K: What is a flea?) (J: What is a mosquito?)
Bedbug
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"As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed... into a gigantic insect" |
"Metamorphosis" (by Franz Kafka)
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A movie "rebel": September 30, 1955 |
James Dean
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The 2 current daytime TV network soaps that fit the category |
Another World & As the World Turns
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2 of the 3 rivers that surround the island of Manhattan |
(J: What are the Hudson & the East?)
East, Harlem, Hudson
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Terry Moore, who starred in this 1949 gorilla film, has a cameo in the 1998 version |
Mighty Joe Young
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The dry valleys offer some unusual views of this continent |
Antarctica
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"Once upon a time there was a Martian named Valentine Michael Smith" |
(J: What is "The Martian Chronicles?") (K: What is "War of the Worlds?")
"Stranger in a Strange Land" (by Robert Heinlein)
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A Russian royal family: July 16, 1918 |
(T: Who were the...[time]?)
the Romanovs
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