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His term as dictator for life ended on the Ides of March 44 B.C. |
Julius Caesar
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In 1964 Jan & Dean had a hit with a song about "The Little Old Lady from" this California city |
Pasadena
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July 24 is a state holiday in Utah commemorating the 1847 day on which he entered the Salt Lake Valley |
Brigham Young
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They're classified by their shape & elevation |
clouds
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Item in a proper place setting that can be presented in a ring |
napkin
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The flag of this U.S. commonwealth in the Caribbean resembles that of Cuba |
Puerto Rico
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This frontiersman represented Tennessee in Congress first as a Democrat, then as a Whig |
Davy Crockett
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Her music video for "The Star Spangled Banner" sold over 100,000 units in 1991 |
Whitney Houston
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It falls on the Sunday after the first full moon on or after the vernal equinox |
Easter
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In the northeastern part of Honduras, this "season" lasts for most of the year |
rainy
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Nautically speaking, it's the serving dish for your thickened meat juice |
gravy boat
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Port is the left side of a ship; this is the right side |
starboard
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In 1993 a 12-page diary kept by this Siberian mystic was reportedly found in a Russian archive |
Rasputin
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"He rocks in treetop all the day long, hoppin' and a-boppin' and a-singin' his song" |
"Rockin' Robin"
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Until 1971 this holiday was observed nationally on May 30 |
Memorial Day
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The National Weather Service prepares 2 main kinds of these: short-range & extended |
forecasts
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A flute is a tall, slender one of these |
(Lauren: What is a goblet?)
glass
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On June 27, 1950 the U.N. Security Council voted to protect this country's independence with troops |
(Erhard: What is Korea?) (Alex: Be more specific.)
South Korea
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While in Paris in 1804, this South American liberator attended Napoleon's coronation |
Simon Bolivar
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This ballad begins, "Wise men say only fools rush in" |
"I Can't Help Falling in Love"
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Cloverport, Ky. has an annual festival honoring this Shoshone who served as Lewis & Clark's interpreter |
Sacajawea
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These most violent of all storms can form in thunderstorms located inside hurricanes |
tornadoes
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Always used at very formal dinners, they're about 1 1/2" by 2 1/2" & use courtesy titles |
(Erhard: What are name place settings?) (Lauren: What are place settings?) (Chris: What are name placards?) [Laughter] (Alex: They are called [*], so there'll be no harm, no foul on that one. We're not going to give it to any one of you because you were all around it but no one was specific enough, but place settings include the knife, the fork, and the glasses and the plate, not just the card which is what we were going for.)
place cards
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This National League baseball team features the Liberty Bell on its logo |
Philadelphia Phillies
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This philosopher who attended Plato's Academy later founded his own school, the Lyceum |
Aristotle
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Michael Bolton won a 1991 Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal with this 1966 Percy Sledge hit |
"When a Man Loves a Woman"
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Around 740 Pope Gregory III first observed All Saints' Day on this date |
November 1st
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In terms of the 2 types of pressure areas, wind moves in this direction |
high pressure area to the low pressure area
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From the Latin for "earth", it's a deep serving dish for soup |
tureen
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This designer known for using such colors as shocking pink invented the padded shoulder in 1932 |
(Lauren: Who is Gucci?) (Erhard: Who is Coco Chanel?)
Elsa Schiaparelli
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