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APPROXIMATE WEIGHTS & MEASURES |
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1856 saw the first import of these desert animals for use by the U.S. Army in the American Southwest |
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It can refer to a large number of bees, especially if looking for a new home, or of other insects such as locusts |
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This evolutionary scientist found Shakespeare "so intolerably dull that it nauseated me" |
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Kola nuts from a West African tree have been a source of this stimulant used in American soft drinks |
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Mary Elizabeth "Tipper" Aitcheson's, though they're separated |
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Since 2000 this writer has 18 credits on imdb.com, including an "Emma" miniseries; not bad for being dead for 195 years |
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Sericulture, the use of these "worms" in fiber manufacture, goes back more than 4,000 years |
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Superman is able to "leap tall buildings in a single" one of these jumps |
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This Russian writer & noble didn't have much use for the Bard, saying his works were immoral, vulgar & senseless |
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Middle age, or a crisis of doubt & anxiety experienced by some during that period |
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Seen here, Jane Kaczmarek played Lois, the harried mom on this sitcom about a boy genius |
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Orso is the Italian word for this carnivore |
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When used before a date, the abbreviation c. stands for this |
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Of "A Midsummer Night's Dream", this 17th c. diarist wrote that it was "the most insipid ridiculous play that ever I saw" |
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A public declaration of principles & policies; Marx issued one in 1848 |
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Published in 2011, "Prime Time", a guide to living the second half of life successfully, is by this actress & workout pioneer |
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An Alpine variety of this amphibian can stay pregnant for 3 years & 2 months |
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Poet Edward Fitzgerald wanted this amount "of wine, a loaf of bread and thou beside me singing in the wilderness" |
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When he described "Hamlet"' as "a vulgar and barbarous drama", this French author was quite candid |
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This small, thin disk of unleavened bread is used in the Eucharist |
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Octavia's (we'll give you Gaius Marcellus, whom she married around 54 B.C., but you supply this second hubby) |
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The theme to this cartoon show mentions "his boy Elroy. Daughter Judy. Jane, his wife" |
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A 5-letter term for a field of beans or pumpkins |
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This 3-named Irish dramatist despised Shakespeare so much he wanted "to dig him up and throw stones at him" |
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It's the term for fidelity owed by a vassal to his feudal lord |
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The former Holly Knowlton, a 1995 "Jeopardy!" contestant, is seen here with this husband of hers |
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In 1997 this Perry Farrell band had "Been Caught Stealing" Flea of the Chili Peppers, who took over on bass for Eric Avery |
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