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When America adopted this country's secret ballot system, people called it "kangaroo voting" |
Australia
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Having no consequences |
inconsequential
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"Colorfully" hirsute killer who lured women w/this ad: "Single gentleman... desires to marry homely lady" |
Bluebeard
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Meat from calves less than a year old is called this |
veal
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After being asked, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" she replies, "I am, George, I am" |
Martha (or Elizabeth Taylor)
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On Jan. 20, 1887 the U.S. leased this Hawaiian port to be a naval station |
Pearl Harbor
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This insolent behavior toward your military superiors can get you a bad conduct discharge |
insubordination
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According to "Book of Lists", Anne Frank called this Auschwitz Dr. "the angel of extermination" |
Josef Mengele
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This catch-all name squeezes in a variety of small fish |
(Sherrie: What are minnows?) ... (Alex: Remember, we're dealing with FOOD & DRINK.)
sardines
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In ceremony ending this musical, the minister says, "I now pronounce you men & wives" |
(Les: What is Seven Wives for Seven Brothers?) ... (Alex: When we're dealing with titles, you have to get it absolutely right.)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
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It was in this city's harbor that we "remember the Maine" blowing up |
Havana
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Quality a person has if she's totally without pity, like "Hannah, the vamp of Savannah" |
hardheartedness
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"Morte alla Francia Italia anela," meaning "Death to the French is Italy's cry--" becomes this name |
(Sherrie: [In a [*] accent] I can't resist it. What is [*]?) ... (Alex: We've got less than a minute to go in the round.)
the mafia
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Originally, the long necks on this condiment's bottle were designed to deter discoloration |
(Les: What's vinegar?)
ketchup
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He ended both "Tea House of the August Moon" & "Sayonara" saying the word "sayonara" |
Marlon Brando
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He suggested discontinuance of "internal taxes" in his 2nd inaugural address in 1805 |
Thomas Jefferson
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What people are apt to say to you if you win this game |
(Bill: [*].) (Alex: Phrasing.)
congratulations
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King Charles II was so intrigued by Col. Blood's attempt to steal these that he commuted his life sentence |
the crown jewels
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From Italian for "little worms", it's a thin spaghetti |
(Les: What is linguine?)
vermicelli
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"Rain!" rejoices Burt Lancaster at the end |
The Rainmaker
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Evidence from a Pinkerton spy in this secret society of Irish coal workers broke it up in 1877 |
the Molly Maguires
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From Latin "to snatch away secretly", it's how kids in the '50s read "Peyton Place" |
(Les: What is surreptitious?) (Alex: That...no. Sorry.) (Les: -ly.) [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
surreptitiously
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Since Iran has been "mined out" of this stone, the finest varieties now come primarily from western U.S. |
(Les: What is aquamarine?) (Sherrie: What is ruby?)
a turquoise
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In 1973, he was sentenced to 25 consecutive life terms for murdering 25 migrant farm workers |
Juan Corona
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Arachibutyrophobia is an actual fear of having this food stick to the roof of the mouth |
peanut butter
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His last film words ever were 1967's "...when the hell are we going to get some dinner?" |
[Applause for Sherrie's run of the category] (Alex: In Guess Who's Coming To Dinner?)
Spencer Tracy
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