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In 1979 Charles Haughey became Prime Minister of Ireland & she became PM of Great Britain |
Margaret Thatcher
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Bogart calls Hepburn a "crazy, psalm-singing, skinny old maid" in this John Huston classic |
The African Queen
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Vladivostok, whose name means "ruler of the East", is the chief Russian port on this ocean |
the Pacific
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He did not attend the 1871 premiere of his opera "Aida" in Cairo |
Verdi
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In 1992 DEA head Robert Bonner ruled against allowing this plant to be used for medical purposes |
marijuana
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Sir John Alderston is a railway owner in this "Jurassic Park" author's "The Great Train Robbery" |
Michael Crichton
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In 1606 Guy Fawkes was hanged for his role in this "plot" to blow up the Houses of Parliament |
the Gunpowder Plot
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Blake Edwards married her in 1969; their first film together, "Darling Lili", was released the next year |
(Matt: Who was Bo Derek?)
Julie Andrews
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This river has 2 headstreams in the Indian Himalayas, the Bhagirathi & Alaknanda Rivers |
the Ganges
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He took the text for his choral Ninth Symphony from Schiller's ode "An Die Freude" |
Beethoven
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This agency that deals with terrorism, subversion & espionage has an identification division |
the FBI
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John Brooke marries Meg March in this Louisa May Alcott book |
(Matt: What is Little Woman?) [Originally ruled correct; reversed before clue 24]
Little Women
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5 years after Margaret Sanger in the U.S., Dr. Marie Stopes opened the 1st of these clinics in Britain |
(Russell: What is Planned Parenthood?) [Originally ruled incorrect; reversed before clue 24]
a birth control clinic
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Joseph Henabery not only played this president but 13 other roles in "The Birth of a Nation" |
Lincoln
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3 of this country's largest towns lie in the 220-square-mile Katmandu Valley |
Nepal
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This composer of "The Four Seasons" was a teacher at a Venetian orphanage for girls |
(Antonio) Vivaldi
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This agency dealing with citizenship applications was formerly part of the Labor Department |
the INS (Immigration & Naturalization Service)
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In "The Prince and the Pauper", John Canty is this character's cruel father |
Tom Canty
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In 1755, after many years of work, he published his 2-volume "Dictionary of the English Language" |
(Matt: Who was Johnson?) (Alex: Which one?)
Samuel Johnson
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Beverly D'Angelo played this late singer, Loretta Lynn's friend, in "Coal Miner's Daughter" |
Patsy Cline
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Cape Palliser is the southernmost point on this country's North Island |
New Zealand
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This American's Symphony No. 3 is titled "Kaddish" |
(Matt: Who is Copland?)
Leonard Bernstein
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In 1789, as one of the first acts of the new government, these lawmen were established |
marshals
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John Bergson is a hardworking but unsuccessful farmer in her "O Pioneers!" |
Willa Cather
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A poll tax of 1 shilling a head led to this revolt in 1381 |
Wat Tyler's revolt
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This 1948 Vittorio De Sica film about a stolen 2-wheeled vehicle is considered a classic |
The Bicycle Thief
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One of Africa's major airports is Jomo Kenyatta International Airport about 10 miles south of this capital |
Nairobi
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This hyphenated composer's first symphony was the first by a Russian |
Rimsky-Korsakov
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The American bureau of this worldwide criminal info exchange group is part of the department |
Interpol
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John Arthur Molyneux Errol is the grandfather of this Frances Hodgson Burnett title character |
Little Lord Fauntleroy
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