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This molten volcanic rock was given its name by those who lived around Mount Vesuvius |
(Sam: What is magma?)
lava
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Kevin Costner played Civil War vet Lt. John Dunbar in this film |
Dances with Wolves
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(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from FedEx headquarters in Memphis, Tennessee) In this month in 1986, FedEx first handled over one million packages in a single night |
December
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One of Louis Malle's first jobs in filmmaking was an assistant to this marine explorer |
Jacques Cousteau
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Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder |
Germany
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If Oscar- & Tony-winning actress Ruehl married "XXX" star Vin, she'd have this souped-up name |
Mercedes Diesel
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The oxbow type of this is formed when a meander or stream is cut off from the principal channel |
(Sam: What is a dam?) (Alan: What is a bend?)
lake
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Forest Whitaker played bop legend Charlie Parker in this 1988 biopic |
Bird
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2-word name for solid carbon dioxide, useful for shipping perishables like fish |
dry ice
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Colette once wrote a libretto for this "Bolero" composer |
(Maurice) Ravel
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President Tran Duc Luong |
Vietnam
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Actress Driver opens up her "Circle of Friends" to include "Adaptation" actor Chris to drive away as... |
Minnie Cooper
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A sonar transducer is used by hydrographers to obtain knowledge about earthquake activity here |
(Alan: What is the epicenter?)
under the ocean
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Tatum O'Neal is a girl pitching ace on a boys' Little League team in this 1976 comedy |
The Bad News Bears
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(Sarah) Every FedEx package is looked over by at least 12 of these |
(laser) scanners
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This explorer established the trading post that became the city of Quebec |
Samuel de Champlain
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President Pervez Musharraf |
Pakistan
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If actress Givens wed Confederate general John, she'd make out like a bandit with this name |
Robin Hood
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This "old" scientist's 37-volume "Historia Naturalis" covered all Roman knowledge of rocks & minerals |
Pliny the Elder
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War is fabricated to cover up a presidential sex scandal in this 1997 film starring Dustin Hoffman & Robert De Niro |
Wag the Dog
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Also done by hunters, it's what you do to follow the progress of a package you sent |
tracking
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Not fisherman, but this was the trade of Nicolas Poussin |
artist
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President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |
the Philippines
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If lady outlaw Starr married jazz saxophonist Art, she'd have this spicy name |
Belle Pepper
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It's believed that a land mass called Pangaea later split into 2: Laurasia & this one |
(Sam: What is Eurasia?)
Gondwanaland
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The name of this 2001 film about a weekend aboard William Randolph Hearst's yacht is '20s slang for something great |
The Cat's Meow
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Spring for overnight delivery when sending tissue samples to this government agency based in Atlanta |
(Sam: What is the federal...[time]?) (Alan: What is the Center for Disease Control?)
the Centers for Disease Control
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A unit of pressure & a computer programming language are named for this mathematician |
(Blaise) Pascal
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President Bashar Al-Assad |
Syria
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No joke, "Golden Girl" Arthur's marriage to Australian actor Yahoo would make her... |
Bea Serious
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