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They're the 3 fundamental phases of matter |
solid, liquid, gas
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Oui! my name is Jacques & I am this, the guy who drives your limo |
a chaffeur
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It's the 1-word alternate title of "My Country 'Tis Of Thee" |
"America"
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Joan the mad, the daughter of Ferdinand & this woman, became the Queen of Castile in 1504 |
Isabella
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You might preface a fact with FYI, short for this |
for your information
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Decades before Bram Stoker, J. Sheridan le Fanu wrote "Carmilla", a tale about a female one of these creatures |
a vampire
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This scale has 180 degrees between the freezing & boiling points of water |
Fahrenheit
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Your first bat & ball set may have included this perforated plastic ball that doesn't go very far |
a Whiffle ball
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A song by Kelly Clarkson says, "What Doesn't Kill You" does this |
makes you stronger
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He succeeded his father as King of France in 1643 at age 4 & reigned for 72 years |
Louis XIV
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According to the initials, a remark that isn't PC, isn't this |
politically correct
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In a Neil Gaiman novel, this title girl meets the alternate reality "other mother" who has buttons for eyes |
Coraline
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Sounds (like the ocean's roar) are transmitted via the longitudinal type of these disturbances |
waves
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Mother cats carry their newborn kittens by this part of the neck |
the scruff
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"You put your right foot in" in this song from the 1940s |
"The Hokey Pokey"
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On Feb. 8, 1587 for Mary, Queen of Scots it was 2 strokes & you're out--2 strokes of this implement |
(Jeff: What is the guillotine?)
the axe
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When in New York City, be sure to visit MoMA, short for this |
Museum of Modern Art
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"The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories" is by this "Alice in Wonderland" movie director |
Tim Burton
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In an atom, these particles move in arrangements called orbitals |
electrons
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In the dictionary this word comes before calculus, equation & psychology |
differential
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She sings, "Our song is the slamming screen door, sneaking out late, tapping on your window" |
Taylor Swift
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In 1863 George I became king of this country & known as King of the Hellenes |
Greece
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In the office called USPTO for short, the P is for patent & the T is for this |
Trademark
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Thomas Harris first gave readers a taste of this creepy cannibal in the novel "Red Dragon" |
Hannibal Lecter
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The short day when the path of the sun is farthest south in the northern hemisphere is known by this 2-word term |
the winter solstice
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This title impostor in a Moliere comedy doesn't show up until the third act |
Tartuffe
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This country star is in several football stadiums --including K.C.--at the start of his video "Reality" |
Kenny Chesney
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In September 2011 this country's King Abdullah announced that he was giving women the right to vote |
Saudi Arabia
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Before starting high school you might have had a DPAT booster that protects against tetanus, diphtheria & this "P" |
pertussis
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This 19th century American writer's scary short stories include "The Sphinx" & "The Oblong Box" |
Edgar Allan Poe
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