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In 1736 this Philadelphia publisher became clerk of the Pennsylvania Assembly |
Benjamin Franklin
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Danielle Steel's pet pig is named Coco in honor of this couturier |
Chanel
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Enghlab Avenue in this capital city was formerly known as Shah Reza Avenue |
Tehran
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About 45% of the world's cultivated coffee trees are on this continent |
South America
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The last name of American artists N.C., Andrew & Jamie |
Wyeth
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In 1959 this company introduced its first simplified office copier |
Xerox
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These people who had contracted to work without wages were at the bottom of society along with slaves |
indentured servants
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Of Bach, Beethoven or Brahms, the one who wrote "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" |
(Richard) Bach
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The emirate of Qatar occupies a peninsula that juts into this large gulf |
the Persian Gulf
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This company's "Mountain-Grown" coffee leads the USA in sales with over 30% of the market |
Folger's
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As distinguished from engraving, this printing process uses acid to eat away parts of the plate |
etching
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This national park's Steamboat Geyser once set a world record by erupting 400 feet into the air |
Yellowstone
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This theologian married his stepsister Maria Cotton in 1662 & Ann Cotton, the widow of his nephew, in 1715 |
(Brian: Who is Cotton Mather?)
Increase Mather
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He adapted his own novel "Exodus" into a musical called "Ari"; unfortunately, it flopped |
Leon Uris
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In area it's the largest country in the Middle East |
Saudi Arabia
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Its name comes from the Italian for "pressed coffee" |
espresso
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Vasari called this Italian city "the nest and home of the arts" |
Florence
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The oldest military body in England, their costumes date back to King Henry VIII |
the Yeomen (of the Guard)
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In 1770 Virginia had the largest population & this colony, the last to be founded, the smallest |
(Alex: Say something, Walt?) (Walt: Uh... what is [*]?) (Alex: Right. We have had the strangest week; I would just off the top of my head in a half dozen incidents we've had contestants on a Daily Double come up with something off the top of their head at the last moment and it was the correct response.)
Georgia
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"The Moon Lady" is a children's book from this author of "The Joy Luck Club" |
(Amy) Tan
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In 1979 this country became the first Arab nation to recognize Israel |
Egypt
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The East Indian Coffee Trade was founded in 1690 when the Dutch introduced coffee to this Indonesian island |
(Alex: $3,000 with about a minute to go in the round.)
Java
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The 1913 Armory Show held in this city introduced modern art to the United States |
(Julie: What is Chicago?)
New York City
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It could be the West Wind or simply a gentle breeze |
zephyr
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This Pawtuxet Indian taught the Pilgrims where to fish & how to plant corn |
(Walt: Who is Powhatan?)
Squanto
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He claimed that he finished "Answered Prayers", but the complete manuscript has never been found |
Truman Capote
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This country's principal agricultural area is the Bekaa Valley |
Lebanon
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The world's most expensive coffee is produced in the Blue Mountains of this Caribbean island |
Jamaica
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In 1986 a Kansas City- based foundation bought almost 60 pieces by this 20th century British sculptor |
(Brian: Who is Calder?)
Henry Moore
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This observatory of the University of Chicago has the world's largest refracting telescope |
the Yerkes
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