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Stone tools were first used during this period known as the "Old Stone Age" |
(Brian: What is Mesolithic?)
Paleolithic
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In September 2002, Jerry Lewis' telethon raised a record $58.3 million for this association |
Muscular Dystrophy Association
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For 1948's "Hamlet", he was nominated for both Best Director & Best Actor |
Sir Laurence Olivier
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On TV, Jack Klugman's Quincy was an M.E., standing for this |
medical examiner
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This condition, the failure of an arch to form, will only keep you out of the army if it's extreme or causes other symptoms |
flat feet
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In 1533, at age 3, he became grand prince of Moscow; 14 years later he was crowned Russia's first czar |
Ivan the Terrible
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In February 1995 Myrlie Evers-Williams, widow of Medgar, was elected this organization's chairperson |
NAACP
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"Last Flight", published by her husband George Putnam in 1937, was composed mainly of her diary entries |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Amelia Earhart
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Starting with "The Deer Hunter", this actress received Oscar nominations in all but 4 years from 1979 through 1991 |
Meryl Streep
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For the L.A. Times, it's Dean Baquet |
(Kevin: What is metro editor?)
managing editor
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It comes before "knee" to indicate inward leg curvature such that the knees touch |
knock-knee
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In 1497 John Cabot visited the area of this Newfoundland capital & named it for a beheaded saint |
(Kevin: What is St. John?) (Jackie: What is St. George?) .... (Alex: Kevin, you made a common mistake...St. John is the capital of New Brunswick.)
St. John's
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Its slogan is "When You Can't Breathe, Nothing Else Matters" |
(Brian: What is Greenpeace?)
American Lung Association
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The diary this Englishman kept from 1660 to 1669 was deciphered & published in 1825 |
Samuel Pepys
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Hal Wallis was nominated for producing an amazing 19 times, but won only once -- for this 1942 Bogart classic |
Casablanca
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Otitis media is an inflammation of this |
middle ear
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Inflammation of this tendon that pulls up the heel is common; rupture is a lot more serious |
(Alex: You get the feeling that just by coincidence we've had so many medical clues, & it's like another medical exam for you; you're having to pass it all over again?)
Achilles tendon
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In January 1793 France's national convention voted 387 to 334 to have him guillotined |
Louis XVI
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Assassinated in 1990, Rabbi Meir Kahane was the founder of this organization, also known as the JDL |
Jewish Defense League
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Erasures & alterations in his 1926 diary have thrown doubt on his claim to be first to fly over the North Pole |
Richard Byrd
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Prior to winning his Best Director Oscar for "Platoon", he won for Best Adapted Screenplay for "Midnight Express" |
(Alex: Minute to go.)
Oliver Stone
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This field deals with the design & production of machinery |
mechanical engineering
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This term, also a riding accessory, refers to a bony growth often found on the heel |
spur
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On June 28, 1914 this 18-year-old Serb assassinated Archduke Francis Ferdinand, leading to World War I |
Gavrilo Princip
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Its library & H.Q. in Plymouth, Massachusetts is on property once belonging to Pilgrim descendant Edward Winslow |
(Jackie: What is the Mayflower Association?)
The Mayflower Society
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Her correspondence with Henry Miller sparked interest in her published 7-volume diary |
Anais Nin
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This actress was not an official nominee for 1934's "Of Human Bondage", but she finished third in a write-in campaign |
(Jackie: Who is Marlene Dietrich?)
Bette Davis
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This literary form combines a grand style with a trivial subject, as seen in Pope's "Rape of the Lock" |
(Brian: Sorry.)
mock epic
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It's the inner & larger of the 2 main bones between the knee & the ankle |
tibia
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