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The song "This Land Is Your Land" mentions these waters, a warm ocean current flowing in the North Atlantic |
(Dan: What is the Gulf of Mexico?)
the Gulf Stream waters
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Apollo missions that landed on the Moon: 11, 12, this |
(Alex: Good, with less than a minute to go.)
14
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In 1861 this poet wrote about "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" |
Longfellow
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In 1589 a fanatical monk named Jacques Clement assassinated this country's reigning King Henry III |
France
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(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Australia.) This section of water known as the Backpacker's Express carries unwary tourists out to sea; it's one of these currents, similar to an undertow, that draws water away from shore |
a rip current
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On the periodic table: Carbon, nitrogen, this |
oxygen
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This poem begins, "Once upon a midnight dreary" |
"The Raven"
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John de Roma is one of the brutal monks in the 16th c. Protestant "Book of" these people who died for their faith |
Martyrs
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It's hard to visit, but this deepest trench, in the Pacific Ocean, was designated a U.S. national monument |
the Mariana Trench
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Here's the "Situation": this anchor began his career in 1972 working for Reuters in Tel Aviv |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
(Wolf) Blitzer
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A cruciverbalist is someone who engages in this endeavor |
crosswords
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White House state dinner May 7, 2007: Soup, fish, meat, this course |
(Dan: What is dessert?)
salad
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"Midnight's Children" by Salman Rusdie tells of the post-colonial era in this nation where Rushdie was born |
(Dan: What is... Syria?)
India
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Friar Vicente de Valverde gave Atahuallpa the choice of death by fire or garrote; he chose the latter & this empire ended |
the Incan Empire
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The Gulf of Volos or Pagasai, anciently called Sinus Pagasaeus, is an arm of this sea |
(Dan: What is the Mediterranean?) (Alex: Be more specific.)
the Aegean
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This "Current" newsman wrote the book "The Worst Person in the World: And 202 Strong Contenders" |
Keith Olbermann
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Seen in rodeos, estrapade is a horse's attempt to remove this |
its rider
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States, alphabetically: New Mexico, New York, this |
North Carolina
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"The Book" gift shop in Savannah, Georgia offers souvenirs associated with this John Berendt bestseller |
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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AKA Saloth Sar, he was a novice monk for a time in Cambodia before becoming infamous for "Killing Fields" |
Pol Pot
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This is a measure of certain minerals in the water; for the deep waters of the Dead Sea, it's about 332 parts per thousand |
salinity
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(Hi. I'm Chris Matthews.) In 2004 I received the award for excellence in broadcast journalism named for this longtime news partner of Chet Huntley |
David Brinkley
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Want to open your Veuve Clicquot with style? Try sabrage, where you use one of these |
a sword
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Geologic time eras: Paleozoic, Mesozoic, this |
Cenozoic
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James Leo Herlihy wrote this 1965 novel about Joe Buck, who tries to make it in New York as a stud for hire |
Midnight Cowboy
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As the first Grand Inquisitor in Spain, this Dominican authorized torture |
(Sean: Who is... [sighs])
Torquemada
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