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In October 1934 Mao Tse-Tung & about 85,000 troops embarked on this country's "Long March" |
China
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In this film Jimmy Stewart asks Clarence the Angel, "What happened to your wings?" |
It's a Wonderful Life
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The annual Regata Storica in this Italian city features gondola races |
Venice
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The Modified Mercalli scale classifies these from I: felt by only a few people to XII: total destruction |
an earthquake
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A British bye-bye, or one piece of cereal |
cheerio
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You don't have to be in this borough of NYC to drink the cocktail of the same name |
a Manhattan
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This Scottish-born tea company founder died on October 2, 1931 |
Lipton
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In this 1941 Humphrey Bogart film, Bogie tells Mary Astor, "Yes, Angel, I'm gonna send you over" |
The Maltese Falcon
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This Florida city has a lighthouse museum, a Wreckers' museum & an Ernest Hemingway museum |
Key West
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Possible names for these in 1994 include Debby, Daniel & Xavier |
hurricanes
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Comedian Marty Allen's famous greeting |
"Hello Dere"
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An illusion that appears in the desert, or a hotel in which Illusionists Siegfried & Roy appear |
a mirage
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In a rigged 1936 election, Anastasio Somoza became president of this country |
Nicaragua
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Character who says, "For one who has not lived even a single lifetime, you are a wise man, Van Helsing" |
Dracula
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The famous carving of the 3 monkeys who shun evil is in Nikko National Park in this country |
Japan
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The Greek letter omega is used as the symbol for this unit of electrical resistance |
the ohm
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The greeting part of a letter, it can be "dear sir" or "gentlemen" |
the salutation
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Sometimes it's a pronoun & sometimes it's an ore deposit |
a mine
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He was popular when he succeeded his father, Fuad, as king of Egypt in 1936 |
Farouk
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Strother Martin's famous line in "Cool Hand Luke" is "What we've got here is failure to" do this |
communicate
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You'll find the Royal Highland Fusiliers Museum in this, the largest city in Scotland |
Glasgow
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In the body a deficiency of this element, symbol Mg, can cause dizziness & weakness |
magnesium
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In radio communications, these words mean; received will comply, finished signing off |
Roger, Wilco, over & out
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A Native American shaman |
a medicine man
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In June 1936 this emperor asked the League of Nations for help in expelling Italy from his country |
Haile Selassie
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In "Giant" Rock Hudson tells this actor, "Jett, you want to know something true? You're all through" |
James Dean
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Built in 1900 by a barbed-wire tycoon, the Pompeiian Villa is a landmark in Port Arthur in this state |
Texas
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Harold Urey won a 1934 Nobel Prize for his discovery of this isotope, also called heavy hydrogen |
deuterium
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Roman gladiators followed "Hail, Emperor!" with this farewell |
We who are about to die salute you
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Sir Walter Raleigh frequented this tavern on Bread Street, but we don't know if he met any sea creatures there |
the Mermaid
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