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Its return about every 76 years has been documented back to 239 B.C. |
Halley's Comet
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His work at Alfred A. Knopf made Chip Kidd a superstar in designing these |
book covers/jackets
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Yo, as part of his morning workout, this title movie boxer runs up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art |
Rocky
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His "Last Stand" came at the hands of the Cheyenne & the Sioux |
George Custer
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It's the Canadian province that borders the state of Washington, eh |
(Mark: What is Vancouver?)
British Columbia
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You can find Boot Hill Museum on Wyatt Earp Blvd. in this Kansas community |
(Mark: What is Deadwood?)
Dodge City
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The Puerto Rico Trench has the Atlantic's deepest point; this trench has the Pacific's |
Marianas Trench
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After getting a nice motherly stab, Martin Balsam careens backwards down the stairs in this Hitchcock classic |
Psycho
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This 18th century man composed the music heard here:
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew sings.) "Behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a son and shall call his name..." |
George Frideric Handel
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Washington State University was closed for a few days in May 1980 because of the eruption of this nearby volcano |
Mount St. Helens
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This team plays its home games in Texas Stadium |
Dallas Cowboys
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Divided into 3 parts as its name implies, this period came right before the Jurassic |
(Mark: What is the Cenozoic?)
Triassic
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The luxo, with springs to tilt it at the correct angle, is a favorite desktop one of these |
lamp
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At a speech given at Harvard in 1947, this man laid out his namesake plan for European economic recovery |
George C. Marshall
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The highest summit in Washington state was given this name by George Vancouver in 1792 |
(Ian: What is Mount Hood?)
Mount Rainier
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Pullman's Delmonico became the first of these railroad carriages in 1868 |
dining car
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Suffering from premature ignition? You may want a gas where this indicator number is greater |
octane
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Type of design that's the title of a work by Raymond Loewy, who designed bottles, cars & refrigerators |
(Mark: What is streamline?) (Phillip: What is gugge?)
industrial design
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A baby buggy careens down steps in a famous scene from this Russian film |
(Mark: What is the Potemkin?)
Battleship Potemkin
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Asked why he wanted to climb Mount Everest, he famously responded, "Because it is there" |
George Mallory
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Nicknamed "Scoop", he represented Washington in the U.S. Senate for 30 years |
Henry Jackson
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This cable outlet airs TV shows like "Blue Planet" & "Walking With Prehistoric Beasts" |
Discovery Channel
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Symbolized D & called heavy hydrogen, it won a Nobel Prize for its discoverers |
deuterium
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Softened by steam, it's the type of wood used to make the 19th century chair seen here |
(Phillip: What is [**]?) [Originally ruled incorrect; reversed before the Daily Double at clue 13] (Mark: What is willow?) ... (Alex: [After Daily Double is revealed at clue 13] Phillip, your response is acceptable, and Mark, your response will be as if it never occurred, so the scores are now correct.)
bentwood (or rattan)
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Robert Preston & Angela Lansbury starred in the film version of this 1957 William Inge play |
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
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Nicknamed "The Iceman", this basketball legend was inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame in 1996 |
George Gervin
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President Truman visited Washington state in May 1950 to rededicate this large dam |
(Ian: What is the Columbia Dam?)
Grand Coulee Dam
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He wrote "Public Speaking and Influencing Men in Business" several years before his more famous book |
(Alex: And we have a minute to deal with WASHINGTON.)
Dale Carnegie
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