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| PARISH THE THOUGHT, LOUISIANA |
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| In 2015 Elisabeth Moss of "Mad Men" starred as Heidi Holland in a Broadway revival of this Wendy Wasserstein play |
The Heidi Chronicles
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| Parish-wise, there's East this capital city & West this capital city |
Baton Rouge
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| If your lips are movin', you're probably naming this ms. who broke through with "All About That Bass" in 2014 |
Trainor
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| Prifysgol Cymru is the university of this U.K. country |
Wales
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| Thermae were complexes designed primarily for this activity, & all classes of Romans mixed there |
baths
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| This is unrestricted on much of the German Autobahn |
speed limit
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| "Man's disobedience" & "the prime cause of his fall" are the subjects of this 17th century man's most famous poem |
(John) Milton
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| Crawfish field tours in the parish named for this Confederate president run from March to May |
Jefferson Davis
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| She & the Captain had a No. 1 hit with "Love Will Keep Us Together", but ultimately it didn't |
(Toni) Tennille
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| From 2009 to 2014 4 alums of this Montreal school won Nobel Prizes |
McGill
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| Every 5 years a Roman citizen had to declare his slaves in this tally, lest he become a slave himself |
the census
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| This dish gets its name from the Turkish for "skewer" & "roast meat" |
shish kebab
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| The murder & guilt of "Crime and Punishment" play out in this former capital city |
(Alex: You are right. A minute to go.)
Saint Petersburg
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| A French soldier of the Revolutionary War shares a name with this parish known for its Cajun folk |
Lafayette
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| In 2010 this Canadian country singer divorced the mutt who'd produced her hit albums like "The Woman in Me" |
Shania Twain
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| India has universities named for Indira Gandhi & this man, her father |
(Jonathan: Who is Nehru?) (Alex: Be more specific.) (Jonathan: I can't.)
Jawaharlal Nehru
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| If fleeing your home, you'd grab the images of the Penates, or household these, from their shrines |
gods
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| Milan's La Scala is this type of place |
an opera house
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| In 1895 this author of Polish descent took us to the exotic port of Sambir with his first novel, "Almayer's Folly" |
Joseph Conrad
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| This "Big Mama" sang "Hound Dog" before Elvis did |
(Suzanne: Who is Bessie Turner?)
"Big Mama" Thornton
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| In the Times higher education rankings, this city's Swiss Federal Institute of Technology is 13th, tops outside the U.S. & U.K. |
(Melissa: What is Geneva?)
Zurich
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| Passage of the 445 B.C. law known as the Lex Canuleia allowed plebeians to marry this other "P" class of Romans |
patricians
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| It's the type of art chart seen here |
a color wheel
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| In honor of James Joyce, Ted Hughes & Sylvia Plath got married on this date in 1956 |
Bloomsday (or June 16)
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| If you don't have a total eclipse of the brain, you'll name this raspy-voiced lass born Gaynor Hopkins |
Bonnie Tyler
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| Mick Jagger may have learned to count his money when he attended the London School of this & Political Science |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
economics
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| Now a term more familiar from the Olympics, this class of citizens got its name from its former cavalry role |
the equestrian order
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| It's the type of guitar heard here |
(Melissa: What's a steel guitar?) (Suzanne: What's a steel string?) ... (Alex: What is a [*] guitar? Two words, five letters each.)
pedal steel
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