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On May 19, 1967, the U.S. launched an air strike on the center of this capital |
Hanoi
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Name for rockets used to decelerate a lunar lander so it can make a soft landing |
retro rockets
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He wrote songs & 2 autobiographies, "Sometimes I Wonder" & "The Stardust Road" |
Hoagy Carmichael
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In the Algonquian language, this historic North Carolina site was "Chickahauk" |
(Kevin: What was Roanoke Island?)
Kitty Hawk
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A large flaw in glass in the form of a bubble, Cinderella might get one from tight slippers |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
a blister
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In 1868, this office of military dictator was abolished in Japan |
(Kevin: What is mikado?)
shogun
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Of the Square Deal, New Deal, or Fair Deal, the one that came first |
(Alex: That's right, with Teddy Roosevelt.)
the Square Deal
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Geocentric means having the Earth as a center, this means having the Sun as a center |
heliocentric
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"To Hell & Back" |
(Kevin: What did [*] write?)
Audie Murphy
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Indian tribe that shares its name with a southwestern river & a venomous "monster" |
the Gila
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Process in which glass is dipped in or sprayed with hydrofluoric acid to form designs |
etching
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Babe Ruth's last public appearance was while attending this film starring William Bendix |
(David: What is The Life of Riley?)
The Babe Ruth Story
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In July 1938, this pilot who couldn't get a flight permit to Europe "accidentally" landed in Dublin |
(Douglas G.) "Wrong Way" Corrigan
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You get vulcanized rubber by heating rubber with this volcanic element |
(David: What is pumice?)
sulfur
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Paraphrasing the title of 1 of his father's films, he called his book "Going My Own Way" |
(Steve: Who is Dennis Crosby?) (Alex: Oh, sorry, you picked the wrong son; right famil--who is [*]?)
Gary Crosby
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A river, a lake & a city in Wisconsin were all named for this weapon |
a tomahawk
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Now a region of Czechoslovakia, it was to 19th century glassmaking what Venice had been in the 16th c. |
(Alex: We've got a minute to go.)
Bohemia
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In the Old Testament, Samuel was the last of these leaders |
(Kevin: Who is a prophet of Israel?)
judges
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A constitutional amendment to allow this, defeated by the Senate in 1954, was finally ratified in 1971 |
the vote for 18-year-olds
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Device that, circa 1730, replaced the astrolabe |
the sextant
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Hers was "The Movies, Mr. Griffith, & Me" |
(David: Uh, who is Andy Griffith's wife?) (Alex: No.) [Laughter] (Kevin: Who is Mary Pickford?)
Lillian Gish
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The name of this southern state capital is a Creek Indian word for "old town" |
Tallahassee
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Around 1930, a few glass tables were made by this French designer famed for his fine glass works |
(Steve: Who is Tiffany?)
René Lalique
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In 1891, she became both the first woman & the last person to rule Hawaii |
(Steve: Who is Queen Kamehameha?) (David: Who is Queen Lohikahani?) ... (Alex: David, you were having trouble with [*]; Steve changed the sex of King Kamehameha, made him a queen, which I think will not sit well with our Hawaiian viewers.) [Laughter]
Queen Liliuokalani
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