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A FOND FAREWELL TO THE 114th CONGRESS |
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This character first donned a goalie mask in "Friday the 13th Part 3" |
Jason
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The first of the 3 little pigs built his house of this material |
straw
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For his statue of Balzac, he contacted Balzac's former tailor to get exact measurements |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Rodin
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The Tycho Brahe planetarium opened in this capital in 1989 |
Copenhagen
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In October 2015 this 45-year-old became the youngest Speaker of the House in over 140 years |
Paul Ryan
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On Oct. 9, 1986 in London Michael Crawford first donned the mask to play this role |
the Phantom of the Opera
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Before this element can be used in a fission reactor, it has to be enriched to increase the level of its 235 isotope |
uranium
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Disseminate, or strew seeds on the ground for growing |
sow
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Myron's most famous bronze was made around 425 B.C. & depicts an Olympic athlete throwing this object |
a discus
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Malmo in the south of this country was once known as Malmhaug, or "sandpile" |
Sweden
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In 2016 Orrin Hatch pushed legislation combating opioid abuse, saying "My home state of" this "has been... hard hit" |
Utah
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This masked man first "led the fight for law and order in the early Western United States" in 1933 on WXYZ in Detroit |
(Colin: Who is Zorro?)
the Lone Ranger
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eV for short, this unit of energy used in nuclear physics is so small, a trillion of them equals the motion of a mosquito |
electron volt
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At a circus this small exhibition is sometimes offered in addition to the main attraction |
a sideshow
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The Louvre has a sculpture of this winged goddess that was found on Samothrace & probably honors a sea battle |
Nike
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The Norwegian Olympic Museum is in this small town |
Lillehammer
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"We are actually governing", said Rep. Renee Ellmers about the "Doc Fix" bill that raises reimbursements under this program |
(Hallie: What is the Affordable Care Act?) (Stephanie: What is Obamacare?)
Medicare
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V, the freedom fighter in "V for Vendetta", wears a white plastic mask said to represent this historical conspirator |
Guy Fawkes
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This old radio character knew "what evil lurks in the hearts of men" |
the Shadow
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This British sculptor said, "The first hole made through a piece of stone is a revelation" |
(Alex: A lot of holes in his sculptures. [*].)
Henry Moore
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Each August productions of "Hamlet" take place on Kronborg Castle in this Danish town |
(Hallie: What is Copenhagen?)
Helsingør (or Elsinore)
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Having "fought" for California in the Senate since 1993, she decided to bid a fond farewell to Congress in 2017 |
Boxer
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When this villain was introduced in a 1948 issue of Detective Comics, he was nicknamed "The Prince of Puzzles" |
the Riddler
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A 9-letter process or type of coil that produces high-voltage current from low-voltage |
an induction coil
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This flat-bottomed boat has square ends & transports all types of freight, including garbage |
a scow
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The Lincoln statue seen here is by this saintly sculptor, also known for his designs of the $10 & $20 gold coins |
(Alex: Less than a minute now.)
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
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Whale & reindeer are on the menu in Longyearbyen, capital of this Norwegian island group also known as Spitsbergen |
Svalbard
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Chief Deputy Whip in the 114th, this representative from Florida lost a Democratic Party leadership post in July 2016 |
(Alex: And her name is [*]. Colin, you knew that.) (Colin: I did.)
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
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