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Unless flooding occurs, you can tour the Paris underground by way of les egouts, which are these |
the sewers
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Here, "way up high, there's a land that I heard of once in a lullaby" |
somewhere over the rainbow
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The half eagle minted in 1795 was the first U.S. coin to bear this Latin motto |
E pluribus unum
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This "Christmas Carol" curmudgeon is "secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster" |
(Ebenezer) Scrooge
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The Department of Libraries in Montpelier has this state's best collection of early newspapers |
Vermont
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He's the tyrannical political leader in George Orwell's "1984" |
Big Brother
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The gleaming beauty of Paris has earned it the nickname "City of" this |
Lights
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"I'm an old cowhand from" this river, "but my legs ain't bowed and my cheeks ain't tanned" |
the Rio Grande
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Completed in 1885, the 10-story Home Insurance Co. Building in Chicago was the 1st to be called this |
(Lucy: What is the tallest building?)
a skyscraper
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The "Alm-Uncle", who lives on an Alpine peak called the Alm, is the grandfather of this Swiss miss |
Heidi
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This city's public library system is Wisconsin's largest with more than 1.5 million books |
(Carolyn: What is Madison?) (Lucy: What is Racine?)
Milwaukee
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It sounds every hour on the hour outside London's houses of Parliament |
Big Ben
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The Sorbonne is located in this quarter, the oldest part of the Left Bank |
the Latin Quarter
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"Would you like to swing on a star, carry moonbeams home in" one of these |
a jar
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In 1973 Emily Howell became the 1st woman employed by a major U.S. airline in this capacity |
(Pat: What is a stewardess or hostess?)
a pilot
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The devoted housekeeper Nelly Dean narrates much of the story of this Bronte title house |
Wuthering Heights
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This organization's Dag Hammarskjold Library specializes in books dealing with international affairs |
the United Nations
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This baseball organization was founded in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, originally for boys aged 9 to 12 |
Little League
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"The Departure of the Volunteers" is perhaps the best-known sculpture adorning this monument |
the Arc de Triomphe
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Title line preceding "It's the April rose that only grows in the early spring" |
love is a many-splendored thing
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In Oct. 1967 he became the first black associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court |
Thurgood Marshall
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In this novel Hugh Conway finds out that the High Lama is about 250 years old |
(Pat: What is Lost Horizons?) (Alex: Yes, [*]. Nope. Oops, I'm sorry, it's my error; we cannot accept Lost Horizons and since I have given the response, we'll have to go on.)
Lost Horizon
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In 1928 Commander Richard E. Byrd established this U.S. base on Antarctica |
Little America
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Place Blanche in this artistic quarter is dominated by a moulin rouge or red windmill |
(Alex: We have a minute to go.)
Montmartre
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"Secret Love", from this 1953 Doris Day film about a famous frontierswoman, won an Oscar for Best Song |
Calamity Jane
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Located in Kansas, it was the 1st federal penitentiary authorized for construction |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Leavenworth
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Laurie's wealthy grandfather gives Beth her own piano in this well-loved novel |
Little Women
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Directions like "Get your girl & take a twirl" were called out during this jitterbug dance of the 1930s |
the Big Apple
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