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Originally a garden owned by monks, this London square used to be called "Convent Garden" |
Covent Garden
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Though some call it the 5th, his 3rd symphony, K.22, was written in 1765, when he was only 9 |
Mozart
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What you do to your opponents to get a contract in bridge, or an antique at an auction |
(Pat: What is bid?) (Alex: Remember the category.)
outbid
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Richard D'Oyly Carte formed an opera company to produce this duo's works |
Gilbert & Sullivan
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Last 2 people from the same state to win this consecutively were Mary Ann Mobley & Lynda Lee Mead |
Miss America
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It's what you'd own "a piece of" if someone sold you a gneiss |
a rock
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Sir Christopher Wren was an astronomy prof. at Oxford before gaining fame in this profession |
architecture
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Since it's featured in Saint-Saens' 3rd symphony, this instrument often pipes up w/the orchestra |
organ
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A 3-beat gait slower than a gallop |
canter
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Among the 1st winners of these awards, in 1947, were Ingrid Bergman, Agnes de Mille & Vincent Sardi |
the Tony Awards
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In 1968, she set new sales records for a female country singer with the following: |
["Stand By Your Man"]
Tammy Wynette
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Russell Stover Candies warns their chocolate covered cherries will do this if taken up on airplanes |
(Larry: What is leak... [*]?) (Alex: Larry, I had to rule against you since your response of "leak" came first.)
explode
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Some of the stones for this landmark on Salisbury Plain came all the way from south Wales |
Stonehenge
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His original dedication to Napoleon was later withdrawn from his 3rd symphony, the "Eroica" |
Beethoven
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2 of the 3 dwarfs in Disney's "Snow White..." who fit this category |
Sneezy & Grumpy (and Sleepy)
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In 1904, the famed Abbey Theatre opened on Abbey Street in this city |
Dublin
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This legendary baseball announcer, the "Old Redhead", may be old, but he's no longer a redhead |
Red Barber
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Number of minutes it takes the hour hand of a clock to go from XII to II |
120
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This bell was named for London's commissioner of works, Sir Benjamin Hall |
Big Ben
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Schumann's 3rd symphony, the "Rhenish", was meant to depict village life along this |
the Rhine River
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It's from an old French word which originally meant to be out of one's cape |
escape
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An 1898 production of 1 of his plays was the Moscow Art Theatre's 1st big hit |
Anton Chekov
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Rowan Oak, the home of this Nobel Prize-winning novelist, is a national historic landmark |
William Faulkner
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It's what the final boil down of molasses is called |
(Larry: What is sorghum syrup?) [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
blackstrap
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Hans Holbein the Younger was this king's court painter & designer of the royal robes |
Henry VIII
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Mendelssohn was inspired to write this, his 3rd symphony, after visiting Holyrood Castle |
"The Scottish Symphony"
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Contemporary of Shakespeare who wrote "Tamburlaine" & "The Jew of Malta" |
Christopher Marlowe
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In 1962, he became the 1st black admitted to the University of Mississippi |
(Alex: And we've got a minute to go.)
James Meredith
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