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While sobering up, protagonist Winston Smith realizes he's written a slogan against this leader |
Big Brother
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Their famous duel took place on July 11, 1804 |
Burr & Hamilton
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Germany's transportation hub, its name means "ford of the Franks" |
Frankfurt
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This heartthrob played the troubled & tempestuous Tristan in "Legend of the Fall" |
Brad Pitt
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The buildup of this is the major cause of gum disease |
(Bernie: What is tartar?)
plaque
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Architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart designed the Church of the Dome in the Invalides in this city |
Paris
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"1984" was first published in England 7 months before this man, its author, died of tuberculosis |
George Orwell
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On July 24, 1866 it "voluntarily" became the first Confederate state to rejoin the Union |
Tennessee
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In this holy Saudi Arabian city, you'll find a sacred well said to have been used by Hagar, Ishmael's mother |
Mecca
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He directed "Broadway Danny Rose" in 1984 & "Bullets Over Broadway" in 1994 |
Woody Allen
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This pigment can absorb only so much ultraviolet light before your skin starts to burn |
melanin
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Pope Urban VIII raised Jules Mazarin to this high church office in 1641 |
a Cardinal
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In room 101 Smith faces these creature, "The worst thing in the world" |
rats
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Governor De Witt Clinton broke ground for the building of this waterway July 4, 1817 |
the Erie Canal
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In 1860 this chief resort on the Riviera was returned to France from Sardinia |
(Bernie: What is Monaco?)
Nice
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July 1996 film concerning the item seen here: |
(Dave: What is the Congressional Medal of Honor?)
Courage Under Fire
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For the average adult human, the capacity of these is about 3.5 liters |
the lungs
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His novels have inspired many movies, beginning with Georges Melies' "A Trip to the Moon" |
Jules Verne
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Winston enjoys his work in this ministry changing records |
the Ministry of Truth
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In November 1881 Charles Guiteau went on trial for the assassination of this man |
Garfield
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Roxas Boulevard in this capital was once called Dewey Boulevard |
Manila
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Time Magazine called this Morgan Freeman prison movie one of the best films of 1994 |
The Shawshank Redemption
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At this joint the capitulum's rounded head articulates with the head of the radius |
(Bernie: What is the shoulder?)
the elbow
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Jules Favre defended Felice Orsini, who tried to assassinate this emperor also known as Louis Napoleon |
Napoleon III
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At his job Smith uses this official language to simplify events for the masses |
Newspeak
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the Non-Intercourse Act of 1809 replaced this Act banning international trade by U.S. ships |
the Embargo Act
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This Scottish city gave its name to fabric & clothing with colorful, swirled patterns |
Paisley
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"Ready to Wear" ("Pret-a-Porter") is this director's 1994 film about high jinks & high fashion |
(Robert) Altman
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In a vein it's 2 or more cusps arranged to allow blood to flow in only one direction |
a valve
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Jules Massenet's most famous opera is "Manon", based on this Abbe Prevost novel |
Manon Lescaut
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