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This battleship was launched from the New York Navy Yard in 1890; it blew up in 1898 |
the Maine
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It's an official language in both Paraguay & Peru |
Spanish
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Ireland's Trinity College is also known as the University of this city |
Dublin
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The Russian title of Tchaikovsky's opera about this saint is "Orleanskaya Deva" |
(Paul: What is Boris Godunov?)
Joan of Arc
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The special Pulitzer that Alex Haley received for this epic book was auctioned off in 1992 |
Roots
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This actor's first line in the film is "Gee, I'm sorry. I didn't hear you in all this rain" |
Anthony Perkins
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The Jones Act of 1916 made residents of this Caribbean island citizens of the U.S. |
Puerto Rico
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In "Julius Caesar", Casca describes a Cicero speech by saying, "It was" this language "to me" |
Greek
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Winchester in this state is the home of Shenandoah University |
(David: What is West Virginia?)
Virginia
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This Verdi heroine is the daughter of Amonasro, an Ethiopian king |
Aida
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President Reagan called this author's "The Hunt for Red October" the "perfect yarn" |
Tom Clancy
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According to Norman Bates, "A boy's best friend is" this relative |
his mother
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On January 31, 1795, this man resigned as Secretary of the Treasury & was succeeded by Oliver Wolcott |
Alexander Hamilton
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Sadly, the Manx language became extinct in this century |
(Paul: What is the 18th century?)
the 20th century
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The school once known as the University of Deseret is now called the University of this |
Utah
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The Welsh National Opera is based in the New Theatre in this capital city |
Cardiff
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In a recent bestseller, this TV & radio show host muses on "The Way Things Ought to Be" |
Rush Limbaugh
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Norman likes to stuff these animals found in the title of a 1963 Hitchcock film |
birds
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This Louisiana governor was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1930, but didn't take his seat until 1932 |
Huey Long
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Most native speakers of Urdu live in 1 of these 2 countries |
(Paul: What is Kenya?)
India or Pakistan
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You'll find the University of New South Wales in Kensington, a suburb of this capital of New South Wales |
(David: What is Adelaide?)
Sydney
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Mephistopheles is a bass role in Berlioz' opera about "The Damnation of" this man |
Faust
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In 1972 he published "All Creatures Great and Small" & "It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet" |
James Herriot
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This actor seen in a non-speaking role as a police guard later talked a lot when he played Ted Baxter |
Ted Knight
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In 1935 this future GOP presidential candidate was appointed a special prosecutor in N.Y. |
Dewey
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Kiamu, which is spoken on the island of Lamu, is one of the most important dialects of this Bantu language |
Swahili
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There's a building named for Mrs. Herbert Hoover on the campus of this university, her alma mater |
Stanford
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"The Kiss" was the first opera this "Bartered Bride" composer wrote after losing his hearing |
(Paul: Who was Beethoven?)
Bedrich Smetana
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Tao House, where he wrote "Long Day's Journey into Night", is a National Historic Site in California |
Eugene O'Neill
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Norman wraps Marion's body in this, which she'd clutched & pulled from its rings as she died |
a shower curtain
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