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The "Sir" before this mystery author's name came after his work as an army doctor during the Boer War |
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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"Here it is... your moment of Zen" |
Jon Stewart
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In 1977 Roy & Gaye Raymond founded this lingerie chain, naming it after a very proper queen |
Victoria's Secret
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Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah meet at a monument known as this |
the Four Corners
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This warrior class was excluded from power in the 1870s & its privileged status dissolved |
the Samurai
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This classic form of jazz developed in New Orleans in the early 20th Century & often features a banjo & trumpet |
Dixieland
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Jockey & author Dick Francis flew a spitfire when he served with this group during World War II |
the RAF (Royal Air Force)
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"Can we talk?" & "Who knew?" |
Joan Rivers
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The somewhat mannish shirtwaist was popularized by this "girl" named for an illustrator |
the Gibson Girl
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The "4 Causes" of this Greek philosopher were the material, the formal, the efficient & the final |
Aristotle
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On March 20, 1995 a cult released sarin gas in this city's subway system, killing a dozen people |
Tokyo
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It can refer to a resident of Baghdad or Basra |
an Iraqi
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George Orwell was wounded while fighting for the losing Leftist side in this 1930s Civil War |
the Spanish Civil War
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"And in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make" (2 people) |
Lennon & McCartney
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This fashion weekly began publishing in 1867; it got the double "A" in 1929 |
(Leigh: What is Bazaar--[*]?) (Alex: That's it, okay.)
Harper's Bazaar
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The third of Buddhism's 4 Noble Truths is the cessation of suffering commonly known as this |
Nirvana
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In 1914 Japan joined the Allies & quickly seized this European power's islands in the Pacific |
Germany
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A cutting remark, or a filament projecting from the shaft of a feather |
a barb
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His time in the 488th Bombardment Squadron, 340th Bombardment Group inspired a classic satirical novel |
(Alex: Yes, Catch-22.)
Joseph Heller
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"Oh my God, they killed Kenny!" (2 people) |
(Leigh: Who are Stan & Kyle?) (Bruce: Who are Stan & Cartman?) (Jared: Who are Kyle & Cartman?)
Trey Parker & Matt Stone
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Last name of Bologna siblings Marino, Maria &, of course, Bruno, taught the art of shoemaking by their grandpa |
Magli
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The first H in 4-H, it's followed by Heart, Hands & Health |
Head
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The Meiji Constitution of 1889 created this 4-letter legislature with 2 houses |
the Diet
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Pass each arm under the other wrestler's arm & behind his neck in the "full" this hold; there's also a half type |
Nelson
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His time comforting wounded soldiers during the Civil War helped inspire his collection "Drum-Taps" |
Walt Whitman
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"I see dead people" (the writer) |
M. Night Shyamalan
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Cushionet & bum roll were earlier names for this 19th Century device that pushed a skirt out in back |
a bustle
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The 4 of these were bile, blood, choler & phlegm |
the humors
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From the 1630s to 1850s, this port on Kyushu served as Japan's only window to the Western World |
(Bruce: What is Yokohama?) ... (Alex: You had to go for the other one--[*].)
Nagasaki
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A not too chatty order of Cistercian monks, or a mild yellow cheese named for it |
the Trappist monks
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