THERE'S A CENSUS EXCITEMENT IN THE AIR |
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SHAKESPEARE'S CONTEMPORARIES |
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THE FIRST FEATURE THEY DIRECTED |
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A MEMORABLE NEW YEAR'S EVE |
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1900: First count of Native Americans on these, not just in the general population |
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DJ Alan Freed's claim to have coined this term in Cleveland helped it beat out New York City & Memphis as home to a museum |
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The title character & kids are murdered in John Webster's "The Duchess of Malfi", considered one of the greatest plays of this type |
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In World War I the soldiers of the USA's all-Black 92nd infantry division put this animal on their patch |
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1890: 14.8% are this, highest in history, finding the streets paved with gold |
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Adam Sandler sang about her, "Put on my new plastic glove / Served some reheated Salisbury steak with a little slice of love" |
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With 1587's "Tamburlaine the Great", Christopher Marlowe, not Shakespeare, set the stage for the use of this verse in drama |
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The 2020 killing of Iranian general Qassim Suleimani by a U.S. drone took place at the airport of this world capital |
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(Ryan Seacrest presents the clue.) I hope Alex wouldn't mind me saying that this city is not known for wild celebrations, but when Queen Victoria chose it as the capital December 31, 1857, it was on |
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2010: The 45-64 population grew 32% since 2000, thanks to this post-WWII phenomenon |
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Ben Jonson wrote a play in which 4 characters represent the 4 these, medieval bodily fluids |
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In exile in Jamaica in 1815, he wrote a letter outlining unity among the to-be-liberated nations of Spanish America |
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1984: "This Is Spinal Tap" |
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1850: All free people listed, not just this alliterative paterfamilias |
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This 2022 buzzphrase doesn't mean leaving your job, but doing no more than it requires |
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A Thomas Kyd play featuring a ghost & a play within a play is thought to have inspired this Shakespeare work published in 1603 |
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After continually losing elections for Israeli prime minister since 1948, he won the office in 1977 in what's known as "the upset" |
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1986: "She's Gotta Have It" |
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(Ryan Seacrest presents the clue.) On December 31, 1229, it was celebration time for the Spanish mainlanders as this island, named for being the largest of its group, was conquered by King James of Aragon |
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Census talk! 1950: The first post-enumeration survey revealed this shortfall, more than 3 million people |
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In the 10th century Arab mathematician Abul-Wafa wrote about these, saying they're needed by businessmen who go into debt |
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In Thomas Middleton's 1624 "A Game at Chess", the black pieces represented this country that threatened England |
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This word meaning a spectacular mining find was given to the creek where gold was found in the Klondike in 1896 |
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2020: "One Night in Miami..." |
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