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In this novel by Jack Kerouac, Sal Paradise says he'd "often dreamed of going west to see the country" |
On the Road
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Alexandra Scott's stand selling this drink turned into a nonprofit that's raised over $150 million to fight childhood cancer |
lemonade
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A car crash took country star Rayna James out of this title city for good |
Nashville
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Mickey or Minnie's mansion |
(Jeff: What is a mouse's house?)
a mouse house
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This term for the person who cares for horses at a stable sounds like someone who's getting married |
the groom
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In Shakespeare Mark Antony says of this deceased fellow, "He was my friend, faithful & just to me" |
Julius Caesar
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A student murders a St. Petersburg pawnbroker in this masterpiece by Dostoyevsky |
Crime and Punishment
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Protecting the public from unfair practices & unreliable companies, the BBB is this organization |
the Better Business Bureau
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In 2015 Dr. Derek Shepherd, Patrick Dempsey's character on this show, could not be resuscitated |
Grey's Anatomy
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An odd group of connected mountains |
a strange range
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This gait is faster than a trot but slower than a gallop |
a canter
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"Phone-a-Friend' is gone on this game show, but you can bring the friend to the studio as your "Plus-One" |
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
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Estragon suggests that he & Vladimir hang themselves in this absurdist play |
Waiting for Godot
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It was founded by 6 cardiologists in 1924 |
the American Heart Association
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Death was a temporary setback for Bobby Ewing, killed off this soap in a hit-&-run; turned out Pam just dreamt that! |
Dallas
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Calamitous sleight of hand |
tragic magic
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These draft horses make appearances all over; they take the trip from St. Louis to appear in the Rose Parade |
the Clydesdales
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Quite the loner, Nikola Tesla made close friends only with these urban creatures & often fed & nursed them |
pigeons
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Isak Dinesen mentions that the Masai are her neighbors in this memoir |
Out of Africa
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Carrie Chapman Catt founded this league in 1920 during the convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association |
the League of Women Voters
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After getting impaled on "South Park", this Isaac Hayes character was the meal for a bear & a mountain lion |
Chef
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Down at the docks, he clips your locks |
the harbor barber
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One of the USA's largest labor unions, it was originally organized for drivers of horse-drawn vehicles |
the Teamsters
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As seen in the film "The Favourite", Sarah, wife of this duke & general, made good use of her friendship with Queen Anne |
(Jeff: Who is the Duke of Wellington?)
the Duke of Marlborough
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Young Cedric charms his grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, in this novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett |
(Christina: What is, um, The Little Prince?)
Little Lord Fauntleroy
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FA for short, this nationwide network of food banks is the largest domestic hunger-relief organization in the United States |
Feeding America
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Dean Norris played this character who ended up on the wrong end of the gun on "Breaking Bad" |
Hank
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A thick cup for tea on a small, powerful boat that likes to push or pull |
a mug tug
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This horse breed traces its origins to a stallion named for its owner, Justin |
a Morgan
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Requiring tests for all applicants, 1883's Pendleton Act was meant to end this system in which govt. jobs went to friends & allies |
the spoils system
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