THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY |
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SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE RECURRING ROLES |
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The iconic lions at the entrance were named "Patience" and "Fortitude" by this 1930s mayor after needed qualities during the Depression |
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The distinctive-looking Beldar Conehead |
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Waxing pragmatic, Mother Jones said, "Pray for the dead & fight... for the" this |
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The 8-ball in pool is primarily this color |
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Gustav V's 1914 borggardstalet, or "courtyard speech", prompted the resignation of this country's government |
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In Britain it's a swimming pool; in the U.S. it's something you take in a tub |
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They changed a bit in illustrations & movies, but the library has this author's son's original animals, including a bear |
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Motivational speaker Matt Foley |
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Mother Jones said of herself, "I'm not a humanitarian, I'm a" this "raiser" |
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The 8-day festival of this utilizes a 9-branched menorah |
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In 1969 he said, "I receive from... Generalissimo Franco the political legitimacy born of 18 July 1936" |
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To the Brits he can be an unscrupulous businessman, not just a ranch hand or John Wayne character |
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The library has a loveletter to Fanny Brawne by this poet, from August of 1820; he died the following February |
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New York governor David Paterson |
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Mother Jones said, "Sit down &" do this to "educate yourself for the coming conflicts" |
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Alphanumeric term for your car engine that has 2 banks of 4 cylinders aligned in a specific angle |
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On January 21, 1793 he told a throng of onlookers, "I die innocent of all the crimes laid to my charge" |
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In Britain it's a baby's pacifier; to us, it's a thick, often down-filled blanket |
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The circa 1510 Hunt-Lenox globe bears the Latin inscription "hc svnt dracones" which translates to this 3-word phrase |
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The monkey-esque Mr. Peepers |
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"On their sides the workers had only" this document: "the other side had bayonets" |
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On a baseball scorecard, this position player is No. 8; put me in, coach! |
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In 1895 this czar said that calls for democratic reform by the zemstvos, or rural councils, were merely a "senseless dream" |
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Here, it's a small quick bread; in Britain, it's a cookie |
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Among books that don't circulate is an 1866 volume inscribed by this British author to the little girl who inspired his work |
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Dominican baseball great Chico Escuela |
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Talking with a man in prison for stealing shoes, she said if he'd "stolen a railroad he could be" one of these 100 people |
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This "Little Magician" was our 8th president |
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In an Aug. 15, 1945 broadcast, this emperor said, "we have ordered the acceptance of the provisions of the joint declaration" |
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In the U.S., it's a scientist who studies what matter is made of; in Britain, a dispensing one is a pharmacist |
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