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SHAKESPEARE PLAY SETTINGS |
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10-, 11- & 12-LETTER WORDS |
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This American retailer of general merchandise opened its first store at Homan Avenue & Arthington Street in Chicago in 1925 |
Sears
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"Romeo & Juliet", is one of the plays that take place in what's now this country |
[ERRATUM: The clue included the spurious comma shown.]
Italy
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Bi- this is a term from psychiatry; magnets are di- this, with north attracted to south |
polar
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Opened in 1971, this Seattle coffee chain used the roasting techniques of competitor Alfred Peet |
Starbucks
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This game whose origins go back to ancient times is played on a board with 24 narrow triangles or points |
backgammon
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"You wanna go where people know, people are all the same" |
Cheers
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Reaping $60 million a year in the 1920s, this man said of his illegal Illinois enterprises, "I give the public what the public wants" |
Capone
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This tragedy has settings in Rome, Syria & fatefully in Alexandria, Egypt |
Antony and Cleopatra
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In 1850 Clausius laid down the second law of this, that heat won't of itself pass from one body to a hotter one |
thermodynamics
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A 1773 act & this following protest prompted many in America to take up coffee |
the Boston Tea Party
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Knock knock--who's there? It's this noisy type of ghost |
a poltergeist
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"Who's that girl? It's Jess" |
New Girl
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Settling in Illinois, he founded his own detective agency & later headed the Union secret service during the Civil War |
(Allan) Pinkerton
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Once more into this play whose centerpiece is a 1415 battle in France |
(Julian: [No response])
Henry V
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A special grating with parallel slits is name for this spreading or bending of light waves similar to refraction |
(Tyler: What is polar? Polarized?) (Tony: What is diffusion?)
diffraction
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In "Letters from Hawaii", Mark Twain said this local coffee "has a richer flavor than any other" |
Kona
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Many health plans now cover this 12-letter practice of consulting with your doctor via your cell phone or computer |
telemedicine
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"It seems today that all you see is violence in movies & sex on TV" |
Family Guy
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Mormon leader Joseph Smith & his brother Hyrum were killed by a mob in 1844 in this Illinois city named for an ancient city of Africa |
Carthage
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Arden, Shakespeare's mother's maiden name, is the name of the forest where this comedy is set |
(Julian: What's A Midsummer's Night Dream?) (Tyler: What is A Midsummer Night's Dream?)
As You Like It
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General relativity meant there must be these waves, but they weren't directly detected until 2015, by the LIGO Observatory |
(Julian: What are dark matter?)
gravitational waves
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This fictional coffee spokesperson is nothing without his mule Conchita |
Juan Valdez
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Some describe this old timey soft drink as tasting like licorice; others, like root beer |
(Julian: What's... oh, no.) (Tony: What is sassafras?)
sarsaparilla
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"She's a magical gal in a small town locale, he's a hubby who's part machine" |
WandaVision
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Around 1673 this French Jesuit priest explored the region & traveled on the Illinois river |
Jacques Marquette
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This princely play is the only one that has a scene in Lebanon |
(Julian: What's Hamlet?)
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
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L, meaning the number of this elementary particle that includes electrons, is constant in every reaction |
(Mayim: Everybody's best friend, [*].)
the lepton
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Some of the highest rated coffee is from a roaster called Port of Mokha, named for a place in this war-torn country |
Yemen
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This adjective can describe something intricate or involved, like a certain maze from mythology |
labyrinthine
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"Meatwad make the money, see / Meatwad get the honeys, G" |
(Mayim: Yes, it's hard to keep a straight face.)
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
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