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| After 5 years in Rome, he returned to Florence in 1501 where he began work on his statue of David |
Michelangelo
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| This newsmagazine's masthead lists Briton Hadden as well as Henry Luce as founders |
Time magazine
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| It was once called the "Spanish Main" |
(Peter: Uh, what is the uh, Gulf of Mexico?)
(Colleen: What is the Mediterranean Sea?)
the Caribbean
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| 73% of people readers polled said this duchess has more fun than the Princess of Wales |
Fergie
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| About 99% of the air surrounding the Earth is made up of these two gases |
nitrogen & oxygen
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| He dedicated "Where's the Rest of Me?" "To Honey with love" — we assume he meant Nancy |
Ronald Reagan
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| In 1543 this Polish scientist wrote, "Finally we shall place the sun himself at the center of the universe" |
Copernicus
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| This Pleasantville, N.Y. company also publishes Travel-Holiday & American Health |
Reader's Digest
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| At its northern end, this sea divides into the Gulf of Aqaba & the Gulf of Suez |
the Red Sea
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| Last name of CNN Pentagon Reporter Wolf, who became famous during the Persian Gulf War |
Blitzer
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| It's the idea that a machine, once started, will continue forever without outside interference |
perpetual motion
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| This author dedicated "Elmer Gantry" "to H.L. Mencken with profound admiration" |
Sinclair Lewis
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| Many of his astrological predictions appeared in the 1555 book "Centuries" |
Nostradamus
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| This company that publishes USA Today began with the purchase of half of the Elmira Gazette in 1906 |
the Gannett company
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| Of the North China Sea, the East China Sea & the South China Sea, the 1 that doesn't exist |
the North China Sea
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| In 1991 he appeared on his 27th Academy Awards show, setting an all-time record |
(Alex: We have a minute to go.)
Bob Hope
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| Used to suspend high-speed trains above a track, maglev is an abbreviation for this |
magnetic levitation
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| He dedicated "War and Remembrance" to his firstborn son, Abraham Isaac, who died in 1951 |
(Herman) Wouk
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| In 1512 he received his doctorate of theology from the University of Wittenberg |
Martin Luther
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| John S. Knight, who later teamed with Ridder, bought this Miami paper in 1937 |
the Miami Herald
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| The Ionian Sea is the deepest part of this sea |
(Kevin: What is the Aegean?)
the Mediterranean
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| This Olympic diver minored in dance at UC Irvine & says he'd love to choreograph ice skating |
Greg Louganis
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| It's the only reading on the Fahrenheit & centigrade scales where the temperature is equal |
(Kevin: What is absolute zero?)
(Peter: What is 100 degrees?)
minus 40 degrees
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| "The Bridge of San Luis Rey" is dedicated to his mother |
(Alex: Yes, and our last clue...)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
(Alex: ...will remain hidden and it was about a friend of mine; well, we'll work it in to a LEFTOVERS category at some future time.)
Thornton Wilder
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| In 1579 this future admiral landed on the California coast & claimed the region for England |
(Sir Francis) Drake
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| When this literary magazine moved, Calvin Trillin's office daybed went to the Smithsonian |
(Kevin: What is The New York Review of Books?)
The New Yorker
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| The Danube, Dniester & Dnieper Rivers all flow into this sea |
the Black
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| This former FCC chairman said his daughters threaten to put "on to a vaster wasteland" on his tombstone |
Newton Minow
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| The largest dinosaurs lived during this geologic period, named for a Swiss-French mountain range |
(Alex: The mountain range is the Jura, hence [*].)
the Jurassic Period
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