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In 1995 she told the BBC, "I'd like to be a queen...in people's hearts, but I don't see myself being queen of this country" |
Princess Diana
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In a Mexican restaurant, you can get your choice of flour tortillas or this type |
corn
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He won 112 games as coach of the Raiders & has since won over a dozen Emmys for his football commentating |
John Madden
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At his death in 1865, this assassin was supposedly engaged to Lucy Hale, daughter of an ex-senator |
(John Wilkes) Booth
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Population in summer: about 4,000; in winter, about 1,000 |
Antarctica
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In 1492, she & her husband signed a decree ordering all Jews to convert to Christianity or leave the country |
Queen Isabella
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Basmati from India & jasmine from Thailand are aromatic types of this grain |
rice
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These brothers, Joseph & Lyman, founded an upscale NYC department store in 1872 |
(Tom: Who are the Woolworth brothers?)
the Bloomingdales
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At over 200 people per square mile, it has the highest population density |
(Tom: What is Europe?)
Asia
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Machismo |
(Marc: What is Italian?)
Spanish
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An avid art collector, she founded the Hermitage Museum as a private gallery for her art collection |
Catherine the Great
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This cool soup, a summertime specialty of Andalusia, is literally a "liquid salad" |
gazpacho
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This former Miami coach is the winningest coach in NFL history |
Don Shula
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Unless we act now, she says, "The world is... close to the day when there will be no more great apes in the wild" |
Jane Goodall
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This continent has the highest per capita GNP at about $20,000 a person |
(Liz: What is Europe?) (Tom: What is Australia?)
North America
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Unlike her sister Stephanie, she's a princess of Great Britain as well as of Monaco |
(Liz: I was going to say Grace, but I know that's wrong!)
Princess Caroline
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Consisting of chunks of grilled lamb on skewers, it's the Greek version of shish kebab |
(Marc: What is moussaki?)
souvlaki
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Now a broadcaster & businessman, his Chicago restaurant bears the logo seen here |
(Mike) Ditka
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Sometimes called the worst film director of all time, he died penniless in 1978 |
Ed Wood
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This continent is also a commonwealth |
Australia
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Marie Antoinette was among the 16 children of this Holy Roman empress & archduchess |
Maria Theresa
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Colcannon is an Irish peasant dish of mashed potatoes & traditionally this green, finely chopped |
cabbage
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After he was fired from the team that was named for him, he went on to coach the Bengals |
(Paul) Brown
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Charlie Chaplin, that little tramp, married 2 16-year-old actresses as well as Paulette Goddard & her |
Oona O'Neill
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Its mainland section is composed of 12 independent countries |
(Marc: What is North America?)
South America
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Maelstrom |
(Tom: What is Danish?)
Dutch
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