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She was the Virgin Queen or Good Queen Bess |
Elizabeth I
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Founded by Claire Chennault, these aviators shot down hundreds of Japanese planes during World War II |
the Flying Tigers
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1 Samuel 17 informs us that the Philistine city of Gath was the home of this giant |
Goliath
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This man's most avid supporters during the Cultural Revolution were students mobilized as "Red Guards" |
Mao Tse-tung
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Winston Churchill said that this weapon "brought peace, but man alone can keep that peace" |
the atomic bomb
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In a June 19, 1846 game, J.W. Davis of the N.Y. Nine was fined 6 cents for swearing at this person |
the umpire
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Louis VI of France was known as this; as a child he must have shopped in le husky department |
Louis the Fat
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Now endangered, this largest variety of tiger bears the name of a large Russian region |
the Siberian tiger
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In Lilliput he's a giant |
Gulliver
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In the Catholic Church, they wear red hats |
(Alex: With a minute to go.)
cardinals
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Some scientists believe the dinosaurs died out when one of these interstellar objects struck the Earth |
an asteroid
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To injure opposing players, Ty Cobb was said to sharpen these |
his spikes
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Russia's first ruler with this name was called Kalita, meaning "moneybags"; not so terrible |
Ivan
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Genus sphyraena, this long, thin predatory fish with protruding jaws & teeth is known as the "tiger of the sea" |
(Dick: What is a piranha?)
barracuda
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Jett Rink, a poor ranch hand, becomes an oil millionaire in her novel "Giant" |
Edna Ferber
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It's the world-famous "colorful" area seen here in the 1950s |
Red Square
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Whether for a sorcerer or a craft guild, one serves time as one of these before becoming a journeyman |
apprentice
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Topps' 1952 series No. 311 was this player's first card & is a holy grail among collectors |
Mickey Mantle
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Charles Edward Stuart could have worn a T.Y.P. necklace for "The Young Pretender" or a B.P.C. one for this nickname |
(Gina: [no response])
Bonnie Prince Charlie
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One of this man's most famous poems begins, "Tyger! Tyger! burning bright, in the forests of the night" |
(Gina: Who is Rudyard Kipling?)
William Blake
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"Giants in the Earth" is Ole Rolvaag's novel about immigrants from this country adjusting to life on the prairie |
Norway
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About 1,200 miles long, it has a maximum depth of almost 10,000 feet |
the Red Sea
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This "Khan" is the spiritual leader of the Ismaili sect of Muslims |
the Aga Khan
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2 of the 5 cities that had both National League & American League teams in 1903 |
(2 of 5) Boston, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, or St. Louis
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This first king of Poland was alliteratively nicknamed "the Brave" |
Boleslaw
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The autobiography written by this famous Nepalese was titled "Tiger of the Snows" |
(Gina: [no response])
Tenzing Norgay
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Odysseus incurs the wrath of Poseidon by blinding this giant Cyclops |
Polyphemus
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The flag of this U.K. division features an impressive red dragon with a forked tongue & tail |
(Gina: What is Scotland?)
Wales
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In 1841 ex-president John Quincy Adams represented the mutineers of this ship before the Supreme Court |
the Amistad
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During his 22-year career he walked a then-record 2,056 times |
(Russ: Who is Pete Rose?) (Dick: Who is Hank Aaron?)
Babe Ruth
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