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On April 7, 1989 a Soviet nuclear-powered submarine sank near this Scandinavian country |
Norway
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A mnemonic device helps you improve this |
memory
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D.H. Lawrence could have called this book "Oliver Mellors' Lover" |
Lady Chatterley's Lover
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This Treasury Dept. agency was founded in 1865 to catch counterfeiters, not to protect the president |
the Secret Service
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While they're carefree & young, barnacles are free-swimming; on becoming adults, they do this |
attach to ships (anything)
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A bloodhound chasing Mickey in "The Chain Gang", he later became "Mickey's Pal" |
Pluto
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In February 1989 Jimmy Johnson was hired to replace him as coach of the Dallas Cowboys |
Tom Landry
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In this stage of sleep the brain is alert, but most of your muscles are in a paralyzed state |
R.E.M. sleep (rapid eye movement)
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Kimball O'Hara is the central character in this Kipling novel |
Kim
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At one time, 6 white beads of this Indian currency were worth 1 English penny |
wampum
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The Encyclopedia of Aquatic Life says a shark can smell one drop of this in 25 gallons of water |
blood
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He began in the early 1930s as a stringbean character called Dippy Dawg |
Goofy
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The Senate by a vote of 53-47, rejected this Bush nominee for Secretary of Defense on March 9, 1989 |
(John) Tower
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Reader's Digest reports there's no correlation between the size of one's brain & this |
intelligence
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George Orwell's 2 most famous books, they were the last novels he wrote |
1984 & Animal Farm
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Evangelist Billy Sunday said, "Goodbye, John Barleycorn" when this was passed in 1919 |
(Tom: The amendment prohibiting alcohol.) (Alex Trebek: You made a little mistake; you forgot to phrase it in the form of a question. Sorry about that.)
prohibition
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In 1959 the 1st submersible designed for underwater exploration was built for this Frenchman |
Jacques Cousteau
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In 1960 the new xerography process made it unnecessary for the animators to draw all 101 of these |
dalmatians
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Robt. McFarlane became the 1st government official sentenced for his role in this |
the Iran-Contra Affair
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Each hemisphere, is divided into 4 of these, the temporal, occipital, parietal & frontal |
lobes
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Remarque said the purpose of this novel was "to tell of a generation of men...destroyed by" World War I |
(Tom: What is "All", "All's Quiet on the Western Front"?) (Alex Trebek: [*]. We'll accept that.)
All Quiet on the Western Front
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When Washington crossed the Delaware, he went from Pennsylvania to this state |
New Jersey
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All of these sea creatures belong to 2 main groups, toothed & baleen |
whales
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Walt Disney's 1st live-action comedy & his 1st to star Fred MacMurray |
The Shaggy Dog
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On Feb. 10, 1989 this Washington. D.C. attorney became the 1st black to chair the Democratic Party |
Ronald Brown
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Encephalitis is an inflammation of the brain, & this is an inflammation of the membrane surrounding it |
meningitis
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Her 1st novel was "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" |
Carson McCullers
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Hannibal Hamlin was his 1st vice president |
Lincoln
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It's the largest coral mass on Earth |
the Great Barrier Reef
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In a 1957 film, this dog fights off a pack of wild pigs |
Old Yeller
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