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It's often called Earth's twin |
Venus
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It's who spokesman Larry Speakes speaks for |
the president
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The largest one is in Hawaii, not Holland |
(Alex: There's a power generator down there with 400-foot rotors--biggie.)
a windmill
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100 years ago, Madeira wine was used as ballast in these |
(sailing) ships
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Follows Righteous, Doobie, & Everly |
Brothers
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In U.S. prisons, about 2000 volts does it |
the electric chair
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Averaging 30 miles a second on its orbit, it's a very fast planet |
Mercury
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Chapter on St. Vitus' dance has been dropped from 40th anniv. edition of his "Baby & Child Care" |
Dr. Spock
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This knot usually is wider than the 4-in-hand |
a windsor knot
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When Jumbo the Elephant was crossing the ocean to join P.T. Barnum, he was soothed with this brew |
beer
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Peter & Gordon's hit, "World Without Love", was written by this Beatle pair |
Lennon & McCartney
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Their "Book of the Dead" had hints for passing the tests of Osiris, god of the underworld |
the Egyptians
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In a 1964 Christmas film, Pia Zadora played Girmar, a kid from this planet |
Mars
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His cocaine bust in London put Mike Hammer in the slammer |
Stacy Keach
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The tractor to convey Saturn rockets at Cape Canaveral has largest set of these squeegees |
windshield wipers
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From German for "squirt", this drink is white wine & a squirt of seltzer |
a spritzer
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This Bill Haley classic has sold over 20 million singles |
"Rock Around The Clock"
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Appropriate personification of death that came to take Cyrus McCormick in 1884 |
[Alex reads the year as 1888 and corrects his mistake after the break.]
the (grim) reaper
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Only for a 20-year period every 248 years is this planet closer to the Sun than Neptune |
(Alex: And it's closer right now, as a matter of fact.)
Pluto
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He's managed Minnesota, Detroit, Texas, N.Y., N.Y., Oakland, N.Y. & N.Y. in that order |
Billy Martin
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President Carter proposed that oil companies would have to pay taxes on these |
(Alex: Yes, that occurred in 1980.) ... (Alex: [After next clue selection] We've got about a minute a to go.)
windfall profits
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In France, a big "brut" is usually this, not Mark Gastineau |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
a bottle of champagne
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Robb Royer, James Griffin, & David Gates made a lot of "dough" as this 1970's group |
Bread
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Well-named newspaper office where reporters would find file information for an obituary |
the morgue
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Planet traveled to in film whose theme was the following:
[Also sprach Zarathustra plays] |
(Jared: What is Saturn?) [The music was not reprised going into the break.]
Jupiter
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2 Senators, William Cohen & this former presidential candidate, have teamed to write a spy thriller |
Gary Hart
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The British call them windcheaters |
(Ed: What are windows?)
windbreakers
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She liked to spend "Midnight At The Oasis" |
Maria Muldaur
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The death of this pair was just the beginning of their life with Topper |
George & Marion Kirby
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