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Murders that might be the work of a vampire haunt "Violets Are Blue", James Patterson's follow-up to this novel |
Roses Are Red
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This country's Maharajas' Express features wi-fi & a luxurious presidential suite that is an entire car |
India
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Kristen Bell hit the Hot 100 with "Do You Want To Build A Snowman?" from this film |
[Lizzie selected the first clue.]
Frozen
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In 478 B.C. this city-state led the Delian League to remove the Persians from Greece |
Athens
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In the ninth circle of Hell in the "Divine Comedy" are these people, like Judas |
betrayers
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A simple narrative poem composed in short stanzas & made for singing |
(Brian: What is an a-no?)
ballad
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In an Alexandre Dumas novel, the town of Haarlem offers a prize to anyone who can grow a black one of these |
(Steve: What is a dahlia?) (Alex: No. What is a [*]. [*]. Very rare and very expensive.)
tulip
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The Canadian is a train that takes a scenic 2,775-mile ride from this Ontario city to Vancouver |
Toronto
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Beyonce's 2008 double album was called "I am..." her, said to be Queen Bey's stage persona |
Sasha Fierce
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In the King James Bible, the Ninth Commandment says "Thou shalt not bear false witness against" this person |
(Lizzie: Who is God?)
your neighbor
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It's an opacity of the eye lens |
(Brian: What is the aqueous?)
cataract
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This 1987 play about the friendship between a widow & her chauffeur won Alfred Uhry a Pulitzer Prize |
Driving Miss Daisy
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In 1981 Amtrak revived the name of this Illinois Central train popularized in an Arlo Guthrie song |
(Steve: What is the Wabash Cannonball?)
The City of New Orleans
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Deana Carter covers "State Trooper" on "Badlands", a tribute album to this "stately" Springsteen album |
Nebraska
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Devised in 46 B.C. & named for a Roman leader, it marked time for more than 1,500 years before being replaced |
(Lizzie: What is the Gregorian calendar?)
Julian calendar
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At the 1824 premiere of this work, the musicians & choir were told to ignore the conductor |
(Steve: What is "The 1812 Overture"?)
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
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Don't be an idiot! Name this term for a learned scholar |
savant
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In a Daniel Keyes story, the title bouquet is for this lab mouse |
Algernon
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The Indian Pacific's route between Sydney & this capital of Western Australia has a record 297 miles of straight track |
Perth
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"Vertigo" is from U2's album "How To Dismantle" one of these |
an atomic bomb
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Mr. Bumble takes this title Dickens character to live at the main workhouse on his ninth birthday |
Oliver Twist
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Worn here, it's comfy but can also be elegant |
(Alex: You keep looking for shorter words, I'm sure.)
a kaftan
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Ingrid, in this "pale" tale by Janet Fitch, kills her boyfriend with poison made from the title flower |
White Oleander
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In 2007, between Paris & Strasbourg, the train known by this French abbrev. hit a record speed on rails at 357 MPH |
TGV
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Pharrell was executive producer of "Paperwork", a 2014 album by the rapper who goes by these 2 letters |
T.I.
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On May 7, 1954 a French outpost at this location fell to Communist Vietnamese forces |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Dien Bien Phu
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The ninth Pope of this name served from 1846 to 1878, the longest reign ever |
Pius
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It's an East Indian fig tree |
(Alex: And two As come up in [*]. [*] tree.)
banyan
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