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The city of Tuscaloosa in this state is named for a Choctaw leader who fought Hernando de Soto in 1540 |
Alabama
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In 1958 Chuck Berry sang, "All over St. Louis, way down in New Orleans, all the cats wanna dance with" her |
(Pat: Who is Maybelline?)
"Sweet Little Sixteen"
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An antiwar novel: "Im Westen nichts Neues" |
All Quiet on the Western Front
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He was born in Genoa, Italy in 1451 & died in Valladolid, Spain in 1506 |
Christopher Columbus
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A food stand by London's Petticoat Lane is called, & serves, "Jellied" this elongated fish |
eel
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A dangerously large ingestion of a drug leading to hospitilization or death |
overdose
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Drake's Bay in what's now this West Coast state is believed to be the inlet that Sir Francis Drake sailed into in 1579 |
California
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Both Bobby Goldsboro & Mariah Carey had No. 1 hits with songs using this sweet title |
"Honey"
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A suspense title: "Il pendolo di Foucault" |
Foucault's Pendulum
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Born in Oak Park, Illinois in 1899; closed the book on himself in Ketchum, Idaho in 1961 |
(Ernest) Hemingway
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In Berlin it's popular to dust your sausage with this powder popular in Asia |
curry powder
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They're now the Tennessee Titans |
the Houston Oilers
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Stories spread by Cabeza de Vaca inspired Coronado to search for the Seven Golden Cities of this |
(Bobby: What is El Dorado?) (Pat: What is God?)
Cibola
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Brenda Lee sang, "My baby whispers in my ear, ummm" these, "he knows the things I like to hear" |
sweet nothings
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Aristophanes' ribbit-tickler: "Batrachoi" |
The Frogs
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Born in Ulm, Germany in 1879, he died in Princeton, New Jersey in 1955 |
(Albert) Einstein
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Swifts may provide the raw material for this Asian soup |
(Bobby: What is egg drop soup?)
bird's nest soup
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From the Greek for "correct teeth", it's the dental specialty that's used to give you them |
(Pat: What are periodontics?)
orthodontics
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The French established a settlement on this South Carolina island in 1562--tell it to the Marines! |
(Alex: Not only are the clues tough, the category is getting tough to pronounce!)
Parris Island
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In this song The Chiffons asked, "Why do I love him like I do?" |
"Sweet Talkin' Guy"
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A really "deep" book: "Vingt mille lieues sous les mers" |
(Bobby: What is "Twenty Thousand Leagues Beneath the Sea?")
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
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Born in Paris in 1840, he got the final brush off at Giverny in 1926 |
Monet
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Callos, this stomach lining, is considered a delicacy in Madrid |
(Alex: You know it & enjoy it as just plain old [*]!)
tripe
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One of the earliest, this Mesoamerican people's civilization flourished around 1200 B.C. |
the Olmecs
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew) This Italian explorer sailed past Martha's Vineyard in 1524 & gave it the name Louisa, but it didn't catch on |
Verrazano
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Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs had a hit with "Sugar Shack" & Nancy Sinatra with this sweet place |
"Sugar Town"
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The romantic "De Amor y de Sombra" |
Of Love and Shadows
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He was born in Norwich, Connecticut in 1741 & died in London in 1801 |
Benedict Arnold
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This spread that's from the Land Down Under & in the song "Down Under" is definitely an acquired taste |
Vegemite
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3-word title of the play Abraham Lincoln was watching when he was shot |
Our American Cousin
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