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He calls his company Oak Productions because he used to be called "The Austrian Oak" |
Schwarzenegger
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An East African hunting expedition |
a safari
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From the Latin "solium", meaning "seat", it's the material in which plants grow |
soil
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Nickname of a bond with a credit rating of triple B or lower |
a junk bond
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Nova Scotia's provincial flag contains the coat of arms of this country |
(Kyle: Well, in your honor, Alex, let's start with CANADA for $100.) (Alex: Well, thank you.)
Scotland
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Cheaper grades of champagne are made to sparkle by adding this gas |
carbon dioxide
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This Oscar-winner became a Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1990; Jean Brodie would approve |
Maggie Smith
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A commemorative tablet or a thin film of bacteria-laden mucus on a tooth |
plaque
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With the slogan "One world one card" this company now offers Visa & Mastercard |
(Bonnie: What is American Express?) (Brian: What is Citibank?)
AT&T
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River that allows the Great Lakes access to the sea |
the St. Lawrence
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Irna Phillips is credited with introducing organ music to this radio genre which later moved to television |
(Bonnie: What are mysteries?)
soap operas
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The 1979 Broadway musical "I Remember Mama" starred this Norwegian actress |
Liv Ullmann
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It describes a mixture of incongruous elements or a rock & roll crew |
motley
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2 years after he was expelled from Harvard in 1885 his father gave him the San Francisco Examiner |
(William Randolph) Hearst
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The constitution guarantees this province the right to maintain a Roman Catholic school system |
Quebec
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The stimulants found in a kola nut are theobromine, kolanin & this |
caffeine
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In 1989 this elegant Englishwoman became the new host of PBS's "Mystery" |
Diana Rigg
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This word meaning a noisy uproar is a corruption of Bethlem, a British madhouse |
bedlam
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The edible fruit of this spiny cactus is also called an Indian fig |
(Brian: What is... I haven't a clue, Alex.) ... [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Opuntia (the prickly pear)
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George Bush's son George runs this baseball team |
(Alex: Minute to go.)
the Texas Rangers
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Canada's largest port is this city on its west coast |
Vancouver
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Researchers identify individual humpback whales by photos of this body part |
the fluke (tail)
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She had a British hit single "I Lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper" before marrying Andrew Lloyd Webber |
Sarah Brightman
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It usually refers to goods that are tossed overboard to lighten a ship |
(Brian: What is ballast?)
jetsam
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Oriental, Alpine, Iceland & tulip are varieties of this flower & the golden type is California's state flower |
the poppy
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In March 1990, this personal computer store opened a branch in Moscow |
(Bonnie: Who is Apple Computer?)
ComputerLand
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Canadian who hit U.S. bestseller list in 1987 with "The Handmaid's Tale" |
Margaret Atwood
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This artist who once put skirts around 11 islands off Miami holds the record for making the largest curtain |
Christo
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