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A supporting garment such as a girdle is called this type of garment, like the base of a house |
a foundation
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Mariners used to rely on radio beacons in these towers but now satellite positioning is used instead |
lighthouses
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His lab notes for March 10, 1876 say he called his assistant with the words "Mr. Watson--come here--I want to see you" |
Alexander Graham Bell
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The epilogue to this novel tells us that one took holy orders, one married a rich woman & one moved to a country home |
The Three Musketeers
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Songs by both Emmylou Harris & Todd Rundgren instruct "bang" this instrument (slowly for her, all day for him) |
the drum
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On Jan. 21, 2017 the National Mall was a sea of pink hats for the event formally known as the "Women's" this |
March on Washington
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The 1977 movie "Handle With Care" was about this radio fad |
CB radio
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One of his fairy tales is "The Emperor's New Clothes" |
Hans Christian Andersen
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In the 1879 story "The Begum's Fortune", he predicted chemical warfare using projectiles |
Jules Verne
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In a song from "The Music Man", these "led the big parade" |
76 trombones
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Satisfied with what one has |
content
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This lineage-based women's organization was founded October 11, 1890 |
the Daugthers of the American Revolution (or DAR)
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The frequency of radio waves can be as high as 300 of these units, which are a billion times another unit |
a gigahertz
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A museum named for this agronomist is part of the Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site |
George Washington Carver
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In this 1862 work, Victor Hugo wrote, "No one ever keeps a secret so well as a child" |
Les Miserables
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Billy Joel based this song on his experience playing at an L.A. bar called The Executive Room |
"Piano Man"
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A pointy part of a pitchfork |
a tine
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This star of "Juno" has become one of Hollywood's more outspoken feminists |
Ellen Page
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Need to identify your cattle? The USDA suggests injectable radio transponders or tags usually placed here |
the ear
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Here he is, perhaps making the 114 offenses against literary art Mark Twain accused him of in two-thirds of a page of "The Deerslayer" |
James Fenimore Cooper
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This title character hails from Asteroid B-612, which has 3 volcanoes & a rose |
the Little Prince
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"Hey" this person, "play a song for me; I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to" |
Mr. Tambourine Man
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A medicine, or the key note of a musical composition |
a tonic
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Gilda Radner was among the victims of this cancer that still kills 2/3 of U.S. women who get it |
ovarian cancer
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William MacGillivray helped write "Ornithological Biography", the text that accompanied his "Birds of America" |
(Pat: Who is Audubon? ...[*]?) (Alex: Thank you! Those are the three names.)
John James Audubon
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Jean-Paul Sartre wrote this major philosophical work in 1943 while fighting for the French Resistance |
Being and Nothingness
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George Harrison wanted to get the "crying" effect without using a wah-wah pedal for this 1968 Beatles song |
"While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
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It's number 50 on the periodic table |
tin
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