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In this novel we see the city through the eyes of young Holden Caulfield |
The Catcher in the Rye
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Pillsbury trademarked this term for a type of contest it has been holding since 1949 |
(Andrew: What is pie eating?)
the Bake-Off
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Non-spoiler alert! Kylo Ren is the bad guy |
[Alex looks to the judges for confirmation on Andrew's response, which apparently did not match what Alex had written on his sheet, before ruling Andrew correct by saying "All right, good."]
Star Wars Episode VII
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It's a homophone of a word for a chimney pipe |
flew
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In 1631 Luke Foxe sailed the coast of Hudson Bay & proved it didn't lead to this long-sought waterway |
the Northwest Passage
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Collectively it's made up of the cranial bones & most of the facial bones |
the skull
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E.L. Doctorow's "The Waterworks" is a Gothic thriller set during this man's corrupt 19th century rule of the city |
Boss Tweed
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Historically, these Germanic people lived in & ruled England & Wales until the Norman conquest |
(Andrew: Who are the Saxons?) (Alex: No.) (Andrew: Oh--Anglo--!) ... (Alex: Yes, hyphenated terms. Andrew forgot.)
Anglo-Saxons
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Cal Hockley, who didn't go down with the ship |
Titanic
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It's a homophone of the period starting on Ash Wednesday |
lent
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The top 7 ribs on each side attach to this bone in the center of your thorax |
the sternum
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Suze Rotolo's "A Freewheelin' Time" is a memoir of her life in the 1960s Greenwich Village folk scene with this boyfriend |
Bob Dylan
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The name of this figure in square dancing comes from a corruption of the French for "back to back" |
(Alex: Answer--Daily Double. So it may cost him dearly. You don't have enough money to catch Andrew, Beth, but you can move up into second place. We have just about a minute to go now.)
do-si-do
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Biff Tannen, whether in 1955, 1985 or 2015 in this film series |
Back to the Future
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Verbs with their present & past tenses the same include this one meaning "chose the wrong actor" |
miscast
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When Alonso de Ojeda landed at this lake, the villages on stilts reminded him of Venice, so he called the area Venezuela |
Lake Maracaibo
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The bones of the shoulder are the humerus, the clavicle & the shoulder blade, aka this bone |
the scapula
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The New York Times called "One Fifth Avenue" a "glossy new offering" from this "Sex and the City" scribe |
Candace Bushnell
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From 1955 until he retired in 1979, George Meany was the president of this union |
the AFL-CIO
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In this 2015 edition of a franchise, Deckard Shaw, who gets a piece of The Rock |
Furious 7
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Buy, sell & this third traditional stock analyst rating all have irregular past tenses |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
hold
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Accompanied by his dog, he climbed a peak in September 1513 & became the first European to see the Pacific from its eastern shore |
(Vasco de) Balboa
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Together with the malleus & the incus, this tiny bone forms the middle ear |
the stapes
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This Jay McInerney novel evoked the yuppie party scene of 1980s New York City |
Bright Lights, Big City
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During the Revolution, Thomas Paine was this type of French-named military assistant to Gen. Nathanael Greene |
an aide-de-camp
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Revolutionary War British Colonel Tavington, who earns payback from Mel Gibson |
The Patriot
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This Italian in the service of England reached the area of Newfoundland in 1497; son Sebastian was likely a crew member |
(Jonpaul: Who is Verrazzano?) ... (Andrew: Who is Cabot?) (Alex: First name?)
John Cabot
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This bone attached at the hips helps form the pelvis |
the sacrum
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