|
|
|
|
THE ASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN |
|
|
|
In 1936 he showed up for a Surrealist exhibition dressed in a diving suit |
(Salvador) Dali
|
|
|
On April 20, 1912 the first game at this new venue went 11 innings & ended with a Red Sox win |
(Alex: You know all about the Red Sox, and it paid off handsomely. You're now in the lead with $11,000.) [Audience applause for Neel running the category]
Fenway Park
|
|
|
It indicates a website about employment, not about a founder of Apple |
(Neel: What is jobs.com?) (Jessica: What is jobbing.com?)
.jobs
|
|
|
Its "day" is 24 hours & 39 minutes |
Mars
|
|
|
One of the other 3 people in the presidential box with Lincoln & Booth at the time of the attack |
(Alex: Yes, Major Rathbone & Clara were also there.)
Mary Todd Lincoln
|
|
|
Son of Philip II of Macedonia who became the world's largest coral system |
Alexander the Great Barrier Reef
|
|
|
In 2006 "Roots", a 1943 painting by her, sold for $5.6 million, then the record for a Latin American work |
Frida Kahlo
|
|
|
With 44 homers, 121 RBIs & a .326 average, Carl Yastrzemski is the last baseball player to win this |
the Triple Crown
|
|
|
It's the perfect 2 letters for video-heavy sites such as Geekbrief |
(Alex: Yes--dot-[*].)
TV
|
|
|
It's the third largest in our solar system |
(Neel: What is [**]?) [Originally ruled incorrect; reversed at the end of Double Jeopardy!] ... (Alex: [After clue 30] We were a little vague on that because you are dealing with diameters of planets and mass. We were thinking of mass, which would make [*] a correct response. You said [**], which has a bigger diameter, so your response is deemed acceptable.)
Neptune (Uranus also accepted)
|
|
|
In the aftermath this owner of the theater/crime scene was thrown in jail as a possible conspirator |
(John T.) Ford
|
|
|
Period of time named for an alloy of copper & tin & the new water-bearing Zodiacal era |
the Bronze Age of Aquarius
|
|
|
This Belgian's "Mysteries Of The Horizon" shows 3 men in bowler hats; a sliver of moon hangs above each of them |
Magritte
|
|
|
Tim Wakefield has more starts than any pitcher in Red Sox history, mostly due to his success with this low-velocity pitch |
the knuckleball
|
|
|
If disseminating facts, knowledge, the 411, try this 4-letter domain, used by New York State's MTA |
info
|
|
|
It's never observable when the sky is fully dark |
(Megan: What is Uranus?) (Alex: No, the planet closest to the Sun, 'cause it rises at about the same time as the Sun--[*].)
Mercury
|
|
|
Dirty Harry could tell you it's also the caliber of the Derringer used by John Wilkes Booth to shoot Lincoln |
(Megan: What is .57?) (Jessica: What is a .357?) ... (Alex: It was a [*] but not a Magnum--it was a Derringer.)
.44
|
|
|
"Wonder"-ful giant statue of Helios that brings financial aid to study at Oxford |
The Colossus of Rhodes Scholarship
|
|
|
In 1958 he tripled up on his patriotic painting of "Three Flags" |
(Jasper) Johns
|
|
|
In 1918 he extended his streak of scoreless World Series innings pitched to 29.2 & tied for the most HRs in the league |
Babe Ruth
|
|
|
It follows dot in a domain for companies & "That's show" in a familiar phrase |
.biz
|
|
|
It was the first to be discovered with the aid of the telescope |
(Jessica: What is Saturn?)
Uranus
|
|
|
The 3-word Latin phrase yelled out by John Wilkes Booth while making his escape |
sic semper tyrannis
|
|
|
Sophoclean tragedy about the killing of a father & his friend, the actor who portrayed Henry Higgins on film |
Oedipus Rex Harrison
|
|
|
"Sky Blue", "Blue Mountain" & "The Blue Rider" are all paintings by this Russian abstract artist |
Kandinsky
|
|
|
In 2001 this Osaka-born pitcher tossed Boston's first no-hitter since 1965 |
(Hideo) Nomo
|
|
|
As of 2010, you can invent your own domain, according to the folks who regulate the Net; they're at www.icann.this |
(Alex: We'll accept that, but [*] would have been more correct.)
.org (.net accepted)
|
|
|
Leda is its 13th moon |
Jupiter
|
|
|
Attempts on the lives of VP Andrew Johnson & this Secretary of State were also part of the plot |
Seward
|
|
|
Homo erectus archaeological find on Jakarta's island by an expatriate U.S. photographer |
(Jessica: Who is Java Man without a country?) ... (Alex: You were on the right track at the beginning--who is [*]?)
Java Man Ray
|
|