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THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO |
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Characters on this HBO show included Al Swearengen, Calamity Jane & Morgan Earp |
(Alex: Yes, good series.)
Deadwood
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Grab a vine & swing by this 1906 Chicago-based novel that's been called "The Vegetarian Manifesto" |
(Nancy: What is The...) (Alex: Say it! Oh, too much time.)
The Jungle
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In 1976 Jersey said gambling was OK in this city, as long as each casino was part of a hotel with at least 500 guest rooms |
Atlantic City
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I Kings relates that this wise king had 700 wives & 300 concubines (Did I say wise?) |
Solomon
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This tourist haven on the waterfront of the city is roughly bounded by Kearney & Bay Streets & Van Ness Ave. |
Fisherman's Wharf
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Eat too much poi & your opu, meaning this, might get larger |
stomach
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In 1985 the theme to this hip cop drama was tops on the Billboard charts |
(Alex: That's a place on the map, a TV show on the map.)
Miami Vice
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The 1893 novel "The Cliff-Dwellers" centers on this type of high-rise structure; Chi-town's first was completed in 1885 |
(Patrick: What is a tenement?)
a skyscraper
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In 1969 New Jersey voters approved a state this to raise money for schools... Let's give 3, 9, 15, 17, 32 & 41 a whirl |
a lottery
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This 16th century man is usually credited with 7 wives, including Marfa Sobakina & Anastasia Romanovina |
Ivan the Terrible
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It's the winding tourist attraction seen here |
Lombard Street
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Home to the NFL's Pro Bowl, it's the third largest island in the Hawaiian chain |
Oahu
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The title of this Robert Urich show ended with a dollar sign |
Vega$
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In 1784 this Jersey city said fine, we'll be the U.S. capital for a while; it would be the state capital 6 years later |
Trenton
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After his marriage to his beloved Catholic wife was declared invalid, the fourth British king of this name wed a Protestant |
(Nancy: Who is Henry?) ... (Alex: [*] IV, yes.)
George
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Napier Lane on Telegraph Hill is the only surviving S.F. street still made of this stuff; lots of it went in 1906 |
(Jericho: What is cobblestone?)
wood
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Opakapaka & ono are types of this creature |
fish
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After "Ally McBeal", David E. Kelley stayed local with this show about a troubled school |
Boston Public
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New Jersey said sure, so the Camden home of this "O Captain! My Captain!" poet is a state historic site |
Whitman
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This Middle Eastern king's marriage to Queen Noor in 1978 was his fourth |
(Patrick: Uh, who is King Abdullah?) (Alex: No, who is [*], his father? [*] of Jordan.)
King Hussein
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Army Street, which runs from Noe Valley to the Bay, was renamed for this migrant labor leader |
César Chávez
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An olo is a traditional one of these sporting items that Laird Hamilton might use |
a surfboard
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Melina Kanakaredes starred in this TV show whose title doubles as a New England capital |
Providence
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In 1945 New Jersey said yep, we'll take full responsibility for this university, founded as Queen's College in 1766 |
(Jericho: What's Princeton?) [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Rutgers
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This "Great" Pharaoh of Egypt's 19th Dynasty had 60 daughters, 96 sons & 200 wives & concubines |
Ramses the Great
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This more than 7-mile-long street was once the road out to a religious establishment founded in 1786 |
(Nancy: What is Mission Avenue?)
Mission Street
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Legend says a procession of oio, these, walks down Mahiki Road every year; Macbeth was also vexed by one |
a ghost
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