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TONY-WINNING MUSICALS IN OTHER WORDS |
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This royal promoted voyages of discovery in the 1420s, but despite his nickname, never embarked on any himself |
Prince Henry the Navigator
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"Genetics" as we use the word was coined in a 1905 letter by William Bateson, who popularized this monk's work |
(Gregor) Mendel
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A thin, flat case for paper money much like a wallet |
a billfold
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James Russell Lowell asked, "What is so rare as a day in" this month? |
June
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After a certain holiday, use this leftover meat to make Pilgrim sandwiches |
turkey
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Though born in Canada, this "I'm Like A Bird" singer is of Portuguese descent & holds Portuguese citizenship |
Nelly Furtado
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The "23" of 23andme.com, a site tracing ancestry & personal genetic information, refers to pairs of these |
chromosomes
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Liable to err, unlike the Pope |
fallible
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1996: "Monthly Apartment Payment" |
Rent
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A poem by him says, "When can their glory fade? O the wild charge they made!" |
(Alfred Lord) Tennyson
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Their name implies that they go right down |
sliders
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Trained as a physician before becoming Pope in 1276, John XXI wrote the work "Liber de Oculo", "Concerning" this |
the eye
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In 1986 the U.S. issued the first patent on a plant produced through genetic engineering, a hybrid of this grain |
(Monica: Oh, I'm so excited, Alex. I'm gonna make it a True Daily Double!) (Alex: All right. It doesn't take much to get you excited, obviously.) [Monica mock-pouts.] ... (Monica: What is wheat?) (Alex: Oh, no, sorry. It was [*].) (Monica: Oh, the other one.) (Alex: [*], yeah, the other one.)
corn
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This interjection means "Praise ye the Lord!" |
Hallelujah!
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1964: "Hiya, Ms. Parton!" |
Hello, Dolly!
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It was Joseph Welch who asked him, "Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?" |
(Joseph) McCarthy
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An eatery founded by Pat Olivieri in 1940 claims to be the originator of this Philly favorite |
a cheesesteak
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She was born in Portugal but became known as a Brazilian bombshell |
Carmen Miranda
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Way faster than it used to be, it's the act of determining a series like ACAAGATGCC & with it your genetic blueprint |
sequencing a genome
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Lumpy fat deposits in the thighs |
cellulite
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2006: "Garden State Guys" |
Jersey Boys
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About the Tyger, this poet wondered, "What immortal hand or eye could frame thy fearful symmetry?" |
(William) Blake
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Rachael Ray says you can use a heated foil-covered brick as a press to make this Italian-named sandwich |
a panini
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Teresa Heinz Kerry was born to Portuguese parents in this then-Portuguese colony on Africa's east coast |
(Monica: What is Cape Verde?)
Mozambique
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This test performed between the 15th & 18th weeks of pregnancy can detect fetal genetic disorders |
amniocentesis
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It describes ambiguous writing or a type of exercise machine such as a NordicTrack |
elliptical
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1970: "A Round of Clapping" |
Applause
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In "As You Like It", Shakespeare quoted this contemporary's "who ever loved that loved not at first sight?" |
(Monica: Who is Donne?)
Christopher Marlowe
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This city gives its name to an omelette & a sandwich of eggs, chopped ham & green pepper |
Denver
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