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On Hippo Campus we study Greek & learn that our name is derived from "river" this |
horse
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Speaking in 2014 on the controversial ending of this series, creator David Chase said, "Maybe he choked on an onion ring" |
The Sopranos
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A restaurant server who has survived her husband |
a widow waitress
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According to the National Candle Association, about 35% of all candle sales occur during this holiday season |
Christmas
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Seamstress for the band / Pennsylvania Navy job / 1830s death |
Betsy Ross
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She was born Sophie Frederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst in Prussia in 1729; go east, young girl! |
Catherine the Great
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In nutrition we learn we eat relatively little because our lives are this, from the Latin for "sit" |
sedentary
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"I am" this legendary gladiator who on Starz was dealing with "Blood and Sand" |
Spartacus
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Childlike angels with thighs irritated from rubbing together |
(Elisa: [Laughs] Chubby cherubs? I'm sorry--what are chubby cherubs?) ... (Alex: [*], yes. Their legs are sore because they rub together.)
chafing cherubs
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A glass chimney protecting a candle is usually called this stormy type of lamp |
a hurricane lamp
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Civil War battle / Pickett charges to ruin / The rebels retreat |
(the Battle of) Gettysburg
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Piscine nickname of the 1974 A.L. Cy Young award winner (yes, he had whiskers) |
"Catfish" Hunter
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In cinema studies we critique Jada Pinkett Smith's work as Gloria the Hippo in this animated movie series |
(Alex: With less than a minute to go, you are right again.)
Madagascar
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Showtime says this drama "stars Liev Schreiber as the... guy who makes the problems of the city's elite disappear" |
Ray Donovan
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This petroleum-based wax was introduced in candlemaking in the 1850s & is still used today |
paraffin
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Post-Lenin, a pall / From the non-peachy Georgia / Total Bolshevik |
(Joseph) Stalin
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She found "Big Trouble in Little China" before her days on "Sex & the City" |
Kim Cattrall
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Excitement in Bible class as we learn this creature that "drinketh up a river" in Job is thought to have been a hippo |
(Catherine: What is Leviathan?) ... (Alex: It's not Leviathan, it's [*]. Back to you, though, Catherine.)
Behemoth
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This HBO series that debuted in 2014 makes talk about compression algorithms & tech incubators really funny |
Silicon Valley
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Five-letter type of candle lit by the bride & groom using two separate candles after making their vows |
a unity candle
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Loveless French "affair" / 1797 / Letter-perfect mess |
the XYZ Affair
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This ancient Roman wrote poems in praise of the lady he called Lesbia & on the death of her sparrow |
Catullus
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Geography taught us young bulls that this country whose capital is Lusaka probably has the most hippos |
(Catherine: What is Botswana?)
Zambia
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The Red Hot Chili Peppers sued Showtime over the title of this show, which also named a character after a Peppers tune |
Californication
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A coddled & overindulged caver |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
a spoiled spelunker
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In 1974 this Massachusetts firm introduced its Country Kitchen & Bath Brite apothecary candle jar lines |
Yankee Candle
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10 days, that's too much / I don't want the crown, she said / 16 & headless |
Jane Grey
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Much of our knowledge of 19th-century Native Americans comes from paintings & drawings by him |
George Catlin
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