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From 1967 to 2006 composer Pierre Boulez took home 26 of these awards, including 6 for best classical album |
Grammys
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Proverbially, you do this to one's feathers to provoke anger |
ruffle
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On PBS I see bewigged Brits but no more "Theatre" in the title |
Masterpiece
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The tomb of the 12th century Muslim leader Saladin is located in this Syrian city |
Damascus
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Pa Kent found this child sent by his father, Jor-El, before his planet exploded |
Superman
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The 4 basic boxing punches are the jab, the hook, the cross & this one that arrives from below |
an uppercut
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The film "Notes on a Scandal" was rated R, but the music was pure "P.G.", this composer |
Philip Glass
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It's the provider of nourishment seen here |
carhop
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On CBS Michael Weatherly is analyzing a trial |
Bull
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Klang Klang Klang went the river! The Klang & Gombak Rivers meet in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of this |
Malaysia
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Found as a baby in a railway station, Jack discovers he really is Ernest, the son of General Moncrieff in this Wilde play |
The Importance of Being Earnest
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Brazilian jiujitsu master Royce Gracie won 3 of the first 4 of these events; they're up to 220 now |
(Alex: Less than a minute now.)
UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship)
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This composer of "Doctor Atomic" has a presidential first & last name & for his middle name, Coolidge |
John Adams
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The return of a tennis ball before it hits the court surface |
a volley
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On MeTV, it's this Steve McQueen western that shares its title with a Bon Jovi song |
Wanted Dead or Alive
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Dushanbe in Tajikistan means "Monday"--that was the day of this weekly event bringing buyers & sellers to town |
a bazaar (or market)
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In "Annie", this president tells the title orphan who her real father is |
FDR
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Mike Tyson might have trouble in pankration, an ancient combat sport in which the only fouls were gouging & this |
biting
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In "Music of Changes", John Cage used results from this ancient Chinese divination text to add a random element |
I Ching
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One who is absent from school without permission |
truant
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On the CW Rachel Bloom is singing |
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
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With upscale shopping & blazing lights, the Xinyi district in this island capital resembles Tokyo's Ginza |
Taipei
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When a shepherd found this abandoned son of Laius, king of Thebes, the prophecy was back on |
Oedipus
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An elbow strike to the face is a basic move in this self-defense system developed by the Israel defense forces |
krav maga
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This Finnish maestro composed "L.A. Variations" in 1996 when he was music director of the L.A. Philharmonic |
(Geoff: Who is Sibelius?)
Esa-Pekka Salonen
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A visible spirit, starting with a visible but silent W |
a wraith
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On Discovery a man & a woman are out in the wild with no clothes |
Naked and Afraid
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In 1959 this city was designated to replace Karachi as the capital; its construction began 2 years later |
Islamabad
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This Fielding foundling discovers a son of a preacher man was his real father |
Tom Jones
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This nationality follows "muay" in the name of a kickboxing style that includes blows with the elbows & knees |
Thai
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