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In 2020 this chancellor topped Forbes' list of the world's most powerful women for the tenth straight year |
Merkel
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Another word for the gas pedal |
the acceleratorem>
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The abbey of Sainte-Genevieve in this city was demolished & replaced by the Pantheon |
Paris
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Born in 1899 in what is now Oak Park, Illinois, the bell tolled for him in Ketchum, Idaho in 1961 |
Hemingway
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It was the type of separate confinement that Albert Woodfox was freed from in 2016 after 43 years |
solitary
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Jimmy Stewart experiences dizziness & a fear of heights in this San Francisco-set Hitchcock film |
Vertigo>
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Daniel Webster's statue in Statuary Hall represents this state |
(Ian: What is Massachusetts?) (Dillon: What is Kentucky?)
New Hampshire
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It's the 11-letter accessory worn here |
a neckerchief
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In 1987 this abbey was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with the Houses of Parliament |
Westminster Abbey
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From a southern family, his "Fable" began in 1897 & ended in 1962, both in Mississippi |
Faulkner
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The phrase "separate the sheep from" these other bleating animals is derived from Jesus' words in Matthew 25:32 |
goats
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Like, oh my god, Deborah Foreman & Nicolas Cage are totally star-crossed lovers in this iconic '80s flick |
(Ken: [After having read the clue with the relevant accent] Correct, that kind of got away from me.) [Laughter]
Valley Girl
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Emmanuel Macron is the eighth president of France's Fifth Republic; this general & statesman was first in 1959 |
Charles de Gaulle
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Musical mentor <a href="https://www.j-archive.com/media/2023-04-25_DJ_28.jpg" target="_blank">seen in the foreground |
the choirmaster
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The Our Lady of Montserrat Abbey is in this capital city on Luzon Island |
Manila
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This romantic poet was born in England in 1792 & drowned off the coast of Italy in 1822 |
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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In this Missouri city known by a 2-letter moniker, Troost Avenue traditionally divides poorer east from richer west |
(Dillon: What is Jefferson City?) (Ian: What is St. Louis?)
Kansas City (K.C.)
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(I'm B.J. Novak.) In my first feature film as writer & director I play a New York journalist trying to help a bereaved Texas family get this, the film's title & a synonym for retribution |
Vengeance
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Her ups & downs in Myanmar include winning a seat in parliament in 2012 after years of house arrest |
(Aung San) Suu Kyi
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How far is the hole or the enemy target? This will tell youtd>
| a rangefinder
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St. Mary's Abbey in this city is right across the River Liffey from the Temple Bar neighborhood |
Dublin
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This "Trees" poet was born in New Jersey in 1886 & was killed in action in World War I |
Joyce Kilmer
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A boning knife separates chicken from its carcass; this type of knife is used to free fish meat from its skeleton & skin |
a fillet knife
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The title of this film refers to the huge payout a jury awards to Paul Newman's client in a case of medical malpractice |
The Verdict
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In one of his final posts before his death in 1895, this African American served as U.S. minister to Haiti |
Frederick Douglass
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A legally defined wine-growing area such as Médoc |
an appellationem>
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Our Lady of Dallas Abbey is Cistercian, not this offshoot, so don't go expecting beer |
Trappists
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Born in Paris in 1905, he went from being to nothingness in 1980 |
Sartre
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Financial firms separate analysts who advise clients & these people who get IPOs going, named for when they signed at the bottom |
underwriters
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In response to a college admissions scandal, James Van Der Beek tweeted about this 1999 movie he starred in |
Varsity Blues
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