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On Nov 27, 1963 he solemnly said, "All I have I would have given gladly not to be standing here today" |
Lyndon Johnson
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In a flame test, use a clean wire made of this metal, symbol Pt |
platinum
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Among the 25 this magazine found most intriguing in 1992 were Diane English & Billy Ray Cyrus |
People
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A folie a deux is a delusion shared by this many people |
2
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You can recognize one by its leather apron & possessiveness of its pot of gold |
leprechaun
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When on this Hawaiian island be sure to visit the Waikiki Aquarium in Kapiolani Park |
Oahu
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In 1815 he sold his 6,000 book library to Congress to replace those destroyed by the British |
(Jeff: Who is Madison?)
Thomas Jefferson
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Lemon juice will turn litmus paper this color |
red (pink)
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With the death of William Gaines, the publishing of Mad Magazine will not be overseen by this comic book company |
DC
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A hematophobic is afraid of the sight of this |
blood
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He's Robert E. Howard's barbarian hero |
Conan
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Thermal springs on this North Atlantic island supply hot water for home heating in its capital |
Iceland
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In 1953 he renamed the presidential retreat Camp David, after his grandson |
Dwight Eisenhower
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In the reaction of 4Fe + 3O2 yields 2Fe2O3, it's the substance being oxidized |
iron
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The National Portrait Gallery has a collection of this newsmagazine's painted covers |
(Keena: What is The Saturday Evening Post?)
Time
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This inability to get a good night's sleep can be caused by studying too hard late at night |
insomnia
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These fishy creatures enchant human males & take them beneath the sea |
mermaids
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This island nation's longest river, the Mahaweli Ganga, flows into the Bay of Bengal |
Ceylon
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Poor health forced William Howard Taft to retire from this post in Feb. 1930; he died a month later |
Chief Justice (of the Supreme Court)
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C2H3CL is this colorless gas that put the VC in PVCs |
vinyl chloride
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Lifetime has given this magazine's editor Jane Pratt her own cable talk show |
Sassy
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Bipolar disorder is a more recent term for this condition characterized by extreme mood swings |
manic-depression
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Narnia was created by Aslan, one of these animals |
lion
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This island nation is separated from mainland Africa by the Mozambique Channel |
Madagascar
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One of Barbara Bush's distant cousins was this dark horse president who succeeded Fillmore |
Franklin Pierce
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N2 + 3H2 yields 2NH3 is the equation illustrating the Haber process, used to process this gas |
ammonia
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With 18 editions, it claims the largest worldwide circ. of any fashion mag.; its title is French for "she" |
Elle
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This Swiss psychologist introduced the concepts of introverted & extroverted personalities |
Carl Jung
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Legend says only a young virgin can catch this creature; it will come to her & lie down |
(Alex: Yes, and we have about a minute left.)
unicorn
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In 1988 Hurricane Gilbert damaged over half the houses on this third-largest Caribbean island |
(Jeff: What is Puerto Rico?)
Jamaica
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