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The 1st American novel to sell more than 1 million copies was this 1852 antislavery work |
Uncle Tom's Cabin
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This Hun invaded Italy in 452 but was persuaded to turn back by Pope Leo I |
Attila
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A Chinese dentist in 1498 came up with the first modern bristled one of these |
a toothbrush
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Gainsborough's "Blue Boy" now hangs in the Huntington in this state |
California
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The 3 Ms in 3M stand for this |
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing
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Now a Braves' official, he hit home run no. 715 off Dodger Al Dowling in Atlanta |
Hank Aaron
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This 1st novel in a trilogy was followed by "Men Against the Sea" & "Pitcairn's Island" |
Mutiny on the Bounty
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This Thracian slave & gladiator was finally defeated by Crassus in 71 B.C. |
Spartacus
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Common name of the third molars |
(Rand: What are eyeteeth?) (Ron: What are canines?)
your wisdom teeth
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A bunch of bored prostitutes is the subject of his "In the Parlor at the Rue des Moulins" |
Toulouse-Lautrec
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On April 17, 1991 the Dow closed above this "barrier" for the first time |
3,000
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In 1868 Atlanta became the state capital & Colonel C.W. Styles founded this Atlanta newspaper |
The Constitution
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This Allen Drury novel about confirming a Sec'y of State was the fiction best seller of 1960 |
(Ron: In the spirit of Cliff Clavin, I'll go for it all.)
Advise and Consent
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This country's 28th dynasty consisted of a single king, Amyrtaeus of Sais |
Egypt
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In the Old West a pole of these two colors indicated a barber who did dentistry |
red and white
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Michelangelo's teacher Bertoldo was taught by this great Italian sculptor |
Donatello
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In Fort Worth there's a statue of this man who made Radio Shack a national chain |
(Charles) Tandy
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In 1912 Juliette Gordon Low founded this organization in Savannah |
the Girl Scouts
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James Michener novel in which an American pilot in the Korean War falls in love with a Japanese girl |
Sayonara
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In 331 B.C. his troops plundered Persepolis & burned the palace of Xerxes |
(Alex: We've got a minute left in the round.)
Alexander the Great
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Heloise hints & your dentist agrees you can use this cooking ingredient instead of toothpaste |
baking soda
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Flemish family of artists that included the elder & younger Pieters & Jan |
(Rand: Who were the Vermeers?) (Ron: Who were Van Eyck?) (Ed: Who were Van Dyck?)
the Brueghels
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On April 24, 1991 Pizza Hut delivered pizzas to each U.S. family they could find with this name |
(Ed: What is Monaghan?) ... (Alex: You were thinking of the owner of the chain.)
Domino
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Based on a James Dickey novel, this movie in which Dickey played a sheriff was filmed on the Chattooga River |
Deliverance
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His 1873 novel "The Gilded Age", was co-written by fellow Hartford, Conn. writer Charles Dudley Warner |
Mark Twain
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This greatest of Greek orators killed himself by taking poison in 322 B.C. |
(Rand: Who was Socrates?) ... (Alex: [*] was the orator. Socrates was the philosopher.)
Demosthenes
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1 of the American Dental Association's 8 specialties; it corrects cleft palates & harelips |
oral surgery
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In 1989-90 the Louvre displayed works of this artist associated with the French Revolution |
(Rand: Who is Delacroix?)
(Jacques Louis) David
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For its "World's Biggest Offer" this airline gave away 50,000 tickets for people to fly free April 23, 1991 |
British Airways
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Jimmy Carter is a distinguished professor at this university |
Emory
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