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In a chorus of "The Messiah", the sopranos sing this word 39 times |
Hallelujah
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She co-starred with Woody Allen in both the stage & film versions of "Play It Again, Sam" |
Diane Keaton
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Can you beat that? in 1850 congress outlawed this form of punishment in the Navy |
(Karen: What is corporal punishment?) (Alex: Be more specific.) (Karen: What is...)
flogging
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Ben Nevis, the tallest mountain in the UK, is located in this appropriately named part of Scotland |
the Highlands
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Considered a condiment as well as a sauce, the fancy grade consists of no less than 33% tomato solids |
ketchup
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For centuries African natives have used these to "talk" over long distances |
drums
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Sound you might hear from Mr. Ed after one of Wilbur's corny jokes |
a horse laugh
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This Beatle known for his sketches inspired a sketch for "Oh! Calcutta!" |
John Lennon
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Alexander Hamilton was instrumental in this man's losing the 1804 race for governor of N.Y. |
Aaron Burr
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London's largest & Europe's busiest airport |
Heathrow
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Basic Italian spaghetti sauce whose name means "in sailor's style" |
marinara
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World Book calls the person who had this job "the 'walking newspaper' of the American colonies" |
the town crier
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Turkish candy made with sesame seeds & honey |
halvah
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The title of this Lorraine Hansberry play came from a poem by Langston Hughes |
A Raisin in the Sun
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In the mid 1890s this young publisher hired away the Sunday staff of Pulitzer's N.Y. paper |
William Randolph Hearst
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James VI of Scotland was known by this name & number when he became king of England as well |
James I
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A variety of very hot chili pepper, or a brand of very hot sauce sold in small dropper bottles |
Tabasco
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Medium in which celebrities have left messages in front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre |
cement
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A 3-dimensional image produced by a laser |
a holograph
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This 1953 John Patrick play is set in an American-occupied town in Okinawa |
The Teahouse of the August Moon
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On September 19, 1865 he received a patent for his sleeping car |
George Pullman
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This epic of the hero who killed the monster Grendel & his monster mom is the 1st major poem in English |
Beowulf
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Brown sugar, corn syrup, cream & butter create this sauce often served on sundaes |
butterscotch
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NYC's WFAN is the 1st U.S. radio station whose 24 hour format is exclusively this |
all sports
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Last name of the composer who wrote the music to this song, B. Streisand's 1st million-selling single:
"Memories / Light the corners of my mind / Misty water-colored memories / Of the way we were..." |
(Alex: We're running out of time, Cathy, how much do you want to risk?) ... (Alex: Cathy?) (Cathy: [Shakes head]) (Alex: It's a tough category, I know...) (Cathy: Ham--can I say it?) (Alex: No, a little too late, now; we don't give you all that much time... "The Way We Were".)
Marvin Hamlisch
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In "Polly", the sequel to this John Gay work, Macheath becomes a pirate |
(Cathy: What is The Threepenny Opera?)
The Beggar's Opera
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This poem by Katherine Lee Bates was 1st published on July 4, 1895; the music came later |
"America the Beautiful"
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Among modern Celtic languages, this, not Gaelic, is the 1 most commonly spoken in the UK |
Welsh
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The color of & other name for béchamel sauce |
white sauce
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Dale Carnegie taught this & wrote a text on it for businessmen in 1926 |
(Cathy: What is How to Win Friends and Influence People?)
public speaking
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