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In 1870 if you wanted to visit Franz Liszt, you could drop by 20 Palatine Street in this city across from Buda |
[Eric selected the first clue.]
Pest
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The "arrow" about to be launched by this constellation points to the center of the Milky Way |
Sagittarius
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This "White Fang" author's "The Mutiny of the Elsinore" was based in part on his 1912 voyage around Cape Horn |
Jack London
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Eadweard Muybridge's 1878 photos proved that when this animal runs, all 4 feet are off the ground at 1 point |
a horse
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In a 1979 George Miller film, this title road warrior uses his V8 Interceptor to run down some bad bikers |
Mad Max
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Money paid to a shareholder |
a dividend
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Liszt, the 19th c. equivalent of a rock star, was played by this frontman of The Who in the movie "Lisztomania" |
(Abigail: Who is Pete Townshend?)
(Roger) Daltrey
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Capella is the brightest star in Auriga, the driver of a horse-drawn one of these vehicles |
chariot
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In old age Colette wrote this 1944 novella of a girl raised to be a courtesan, adapted as a movie musical |
Gigi
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Dorothea Lange's "Migrant Mother" is an iconic photo of Florence Thompson from this period in U.S. history |
the Dust Bowl
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The end of this 1978 comedy saw a car named the "Deathmobile" emerge from a giant cake that said "Eat me" |
National Lampoon's Animal House
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To understand, or to take into police custody |
apprehend
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Liszt wrote books, too, on subjects like "Tannhauser", Chopin & the music of these itinerant peoples of Europe |
the Romany (or the Gypsy)
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Vela, once part of the constellation Argo Navis, represents these, which kept the Argo moving |
the sails
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In 1867 he took a 5-month cruise to the Mediterranean; his newspaper articles sent back home became "The Innocents Abroad" |
Mark Twain
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Lewis Hine's 1932 book "Men at Work" documented in photographs the construction of this NYC building in 1930 |
the Empire State Building
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In this movie, Clark Griswold must explain to an officer why there is a dogless leash tied to the back of the family car |
(Eric: What is Family Vacation?) (Alex: Yeah.) [The end-of-round signal sounds.] (Alex: No, it isn't Family Vacation, sorry. It's [*] without the "Family", darn.)
National Lampoon's Vacation
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After Kanye West signed him, singer & pianist John Stephens adopted this last name |
Legend
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To get the title of this Liszt waltz, take the first 3 syllables of a "Faust" character |
"Mephisto"
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The curator of the Lahore Museum in the first chapter of "Kim" is based on this author's father, who once held the position |
Kipling
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In 1927 this photographer published his first portfolio, "Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras" |
Ansel Adams
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The official form of address for an archbishop is "most" this |
reverend
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Marie, Countess d'Agoult bore Franz 3 illegitimate children: Daniel, Blandine & this one named for St. Cosmas |
Cosima
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Zeus placed Callisto in the night sky as one of these animals; her son Arcturus was her "keeper" in the stars |
(Eric: What is a deer?)
a bear
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W. Somerset Maugham's childhood was material for the life of orphan Philip Carey in this 1915 novel |
Of Human Bondage
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A 2016 film about this controversial photographer who died of AIDS in 1989 is subtitled "Look at the Pictures" |
Mapplethorpe
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To haughtily deign to do something |
condescend
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