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Reflecting Wall Street fears, Business Week's 1/26/98 cover asked "What to do About" this continent |
Asia
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This Jonathan Larson musical set in New York's East Village made the May 13, 1996 cover of Newsweek |
Rent
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This 1815 battle ended Napoleon's career |
Waterloo
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This monument seen here is considered the national war memorial of France |
Arc de Triomphe
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This 6'9" Utah Jazz forward was named the NBA's MVP for the 1996-97 season, the first Jazz player so named |
Karl Malone
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Horsefeed, or what soldiers are to cannons |
Fodder
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On March 3, 1998 it hit a fifth consecutive all-time high of 8,584.83 points |
Dow Jones Industrial Average
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New York's Club Expo was transformed into Berlin's Kit Kat Club for the 1998 revival of this musical |
Cabaret
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This British queen was named empress of India in 1876 |
Victoria
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I've got a "hunch" you can name this Paris cathedral |
Notre Dame
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On November 5, 1994, he regained the heavyweight boxing title he lost 20 years & 30 pounds earlier |
(Cheech: Who is...[time]?)
George Foreman
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Things got hairy for this actor as Cornelius in the "Planet of the Apes" movies |
Roddy McDowall
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This synonym for "choice" is a contract to buy or sell an asset at a given price |
Option
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1993 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical that featured the following song |
Sunset Boulevard
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In 1896 the first modern Olympics were held in this city |
(Alex: We have about a minute to go, gentlemen!)
Athens, Greece
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From either bank, it's the body of water seen here |
Seine River
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This 304-pound Packers defensive end has played in the NFL's Pro Bowl a record 12 straight years |
Reggie White
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This Connecticut senator is the son of a senator |
Christopher Dodd
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If you're not in this biggest mutual fund, you missed the boat -- it closed to new investors in 1997 |
(Mark: Obviously, we're not in it!)
Fidelity Magellan
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"High Society" features some of this composer's best-loved songs, including "True Love" & "Let's Misbehave" |
Cole Porter
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29-year-old slave Harriet Tubman escaped in 1849, went north & became a "conductor" on this |
Underground Railroad
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Simone de Beauvoir met Jean-Paul Sartre at this Paris institution of higher learning seen here |
The Sorbonne
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On Sept. 20, 1997, 270-pound Dorian Yates won this top bodybuilding title for the sixth straight year |
(Cheech: What is Mr. America?) (Mark: What is Mr. Universe?) (Jerry: What is Mr. World?)
Mr. Olympia
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He was Goldfinger's deadly assistant; watch out for his hat! |
Oddjob
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2-word term for an anti-takeover tactic, or something a spy might carry |
Poison pill
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This historical 1969 musical, revived on Broadway in 1997, features the following |
1776
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In 1889 France's Compagnie Universelle du Canal Interoceanique went bust trying to build this |
(Jerry: What is a tunnel?) [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
the Panama Canal
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Weighing just over 600 pounds, Hawaiian-born Konishiki is the heaviest athlete in this Japanese sport |
Sumo wrestling
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Born Avrom Goldbogen, this producer of "Around the World in 80 Days" was once married to Liz Taylor |
Mike Todd
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