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In 1953 the U.S. completed its air base at Thule on this island, causing the resettlement of over 100 Eskimos |
Greenland
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James Cagney played Bottom & Mickey Rooney was Puck in a 1935 adaptation of this Shakespeare comedy |
(Arthur: What is A Midsummer's Night's Dream?) ... (Alex: You put an "S" on "Midsummer" and it cost you.)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
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The Black Hills Spruce is its state tree |
South Dakota
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A narrow opening in rock, or the last name of a "Star Wars" character |
fissure/Fisher
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From the Latin for "stern one", it was Kierkegaard's first name |
Søren
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To make cloth by interlacing threads |
weave
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This Amy Tan novel became a movie with Ming-Na & Tamlyn Tomita |
The Joy Luck Club
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Because of its durability in wet soil, this "spreading" tree is used to make fenceposts |
chestnut
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Hey, man, what's the capital of Switzerland? This, baby, this |
Bern/burn
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"The Father of Existentialism", Kierkegaard said that human life requires a "leap of" this |
faith
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To ease a baby animal off its mother's milk |
wean
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On December 12 this U.S. Air Force pilot set a speed record by flying his Bell X-1A rocket plane over 1600 MPH |
(Chuck) Yeager
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Alan Alda starred as George Plimpton playing football for Detroit in this film based on Plimpton's book |
(Deborah: What is "The Paper Tiger?")
Paper Lion
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The Douglas fir is not a true fir but a separate genus in this tree family |
(Arthur: What is spruce?) (Matt: What is the conifers?) (Deborah: What is evergreen?)
pine
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The type of road seen here, or a Southern university |
two-lane/Tulane
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The European country in which Kierkegaard was born |
Denmark
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In basketball, it's the side away from the ball |
the weak side
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Concerning this, Ike said, "We have won an armistice on a single battleground, not peace in the world" |
(Arthur: What is Korea?)
the Korean War
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The inner bark of the slippery species of this tree has been used as a thirst quencher & for medicinal purposes |
elm
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Detectives in this city in West Yorkshire follow these to solve cases |
Leeds/leads
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Kierkegaard's powerful work "Frygt og Baeven" is usually translated into English as "Fear and" this |
(Deborah: What is Loathing?) [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Trembling
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A sly & underhanded person, or a black-footed ferret, for example |
weasel
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On April 7, he was elected by a vote of 57-1 to succeed Trygve Lie |
(Alex: As the new secretary-general of the United Nations.)
Dag Hammarskjöld
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The Lady Chablis, a Savannah drag queen, played herself in this John Cusack film based on a bestseller |
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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The nuts from this tree are also called green almonds |
pistachios
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This important French naval city is a homophone of an anatomical English word |
(Alex: With a minute to go.)
Brest/breast
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From 1919 to 1933 Germany was known as this republic |
the Weimar Republic
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