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THROWING THE "BOOK" AT YOU |
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Lieutenant Frank Drebin was on the case in this series of police comedies |
Naked Gun
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The "humanity formulation" of Kant's categorical imperative says people are never a means, always this |
an end
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This publisher's New York Journal fought a circulation war with Joseph Pulitzer's New York World |
(William Randolph) Hearst
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William Lampton described this state as "where the corn is full of kernels and the colonels full of corn" |
[Stephanie selected the first clue.] (Anton: What is Nebraska?) (Stephanie: What is Iowa?) ... (Alex: "Colonels", corn.)
Kentucky
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The Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge is the northern entrance to this city |
Boston
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The gentleman who takes your bets |
a bookie
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He won an Oscar for his powerful performance as rogue detective Alonzo Harris in "Training Day" |
Denzel Washington
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You need to learn to wield a syllogism in this millennia-old branch of philosophy |
logic
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This general was the Allied commander of the Japanese occupation from 1945 to 1951 |
MacArthur
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This 19th century Irish wit said, "work is the curse of the drinking classes" |
Oscar Wilde
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Some of the world's most beautiful bridges are this type, like Tokyo's Rainbow Bridge, seen here |
suspension
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A browser shortcut |
a bookmark
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Title tour that security guard Kevin Hart got to take with a cop played by Ice Cube |
Ride Along
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A Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry written by Thaddeus Metz, or a movie co-written by John Cleese |
(Alex: Tim?) (Tim: [Shakes head])
The Meaning of Life
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Harry Truman appointed her a delegate to the U.N., where she chaired the Human Rights Commission from 1946 to 1951 |
Eleanor Roosevelt
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In "Treasure Island", the captain claims he is "a plain man"; this drink "and bacon and eggs is what I want" |
rum
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In the first sentence of a 1927 novel, this "finest bridge in all Peru" fatally collapses |
the Bridge of San Luis Rey
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A pair of events marking a beginning & a terminus |
bookends
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Last names of the 2 cops played by Mel Gibson & Danny Glover in the "Lethal Weapon" movies |
Riggs & Murtaugh
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Edvard Munch's picture of this German philosopher is "Human, All Too Human", to quote his 1878 title |
Nietzsche
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In an 1896 speech William Jennings Bryan said, "You shall not crucify mankind upon" this |
a cross of gold
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George W. Young warned, "the lips that touch liquor must never" do this |
touch mine
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As well as SoHo, NYC has this area whose acronym comes partly from the Manhattan Bridge |
Dumbo
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In 2016 Emma Watson launched an online feminist one |
a book club
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Harvey Keitel plays an unnamed, unhinged cop with serious drug & gambling addictions in this film |
Bad Lieutenant
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This adjective means "required"; in philosophy it describes a statement true in any possible case, like 2+2=4 |
necessary
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Here's a sculpture of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony & this woman, a Quaker & a suffragette |
(Lucretia) Mott
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Mickey Spillane wrote that this private eye drinks "beer because I can't spell cognac" |
(Stephanie: Who is Dick Tracy?) (Anton: Who is Sam Spade?)
Mike Hammer
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Think about who won the battle of Austerlitz & you'll know the 19th century Austerlitz Bridge crosses this river |
(Alex: Napoleon won the battle, and the bridge crosses [*].)
the Seine
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The U.K.'s National Archives calls this 11th century survey "our most famous... public record" |
the Domesday Book
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