|
|
|
|
|
|
|
N.C.-set "Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp" was the second anti-slavery novel by this 19th century author |
Stowe
|
|
|
He co-czarred with his half-bro Ivan V from 1682 to 1696, then got single billing until 1725 |
Peter the Great
|
|
|
Not just a whiz with a lever, Archimedes is said to have used this simple machine & cranks to drag a ship from land into the sea |
(Weckiai: What is a screw?)
a pulley
|
|
|
Jetting across the Atlantic at Mach 2.04, the Concorde was an SST, short for this type of transport |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
supersonic transport
|
|
|
|
This compound word now refers to a woman's purse, but in the 1700s it was a flexible leather folder for keeping papers or bills |
a pocketbook
|
|
|
2 lost souls find each other at a coastal North Carolina inn in this author's "Nights in Rodanthe" |
Nicholas Sparks
|
|
|
Medieval popes called the Great included Gregory I & the first pope of this name who served from 440 to 461 & suppressed heresy |
(Angelus: Who is Nicholas?)
Leo the Great
|
|
|
In the late 1700s James Watt coined this term that's equivalent to about 33,000 foot-pounds of work per minute |
horsepower
|
|
|
This dog breed that developed from the greyhound can run at up to 35 miles per hour; England calls it "the poor man's racehorse" |
a whippet
|
|
|
"Born To Run"--"I wanna die with you... on the streets tonight in an everlasting kiss" |
(Ken: Less than a minute, Weckiai.)
Wendy
|
|
|
A wealthy & powerful businessman, it was borrowed from the Japanese who in turn borrowed it from the Chinese words for "great prince" |
(Angelus: What is a...)
a tycoon
|
|
|
Raleigh minister Thomas Dixon espoused racial purity in novels like "The Clansman", basis of this 1915 film |
[Weckiai did not included the leading article in her response.]
The Birth of a Nation
|
|
|
|
2-word distance from the center of a lens to a point where the light rays that pass through it converge |
(Angelus: What is the focal point?)
the focal length
|
|
|
Anger at Christian converts & foreigners spurred this 1900 uprising in China |
the Boxer Rebellion
|
|
|
"Church Bells"--she "slipped something in" hubby's "Tennessee whiskey no lawman was ever gonna find" |
(Ken: No Carrie Underwood fans here?)
Jenny
|
|
|
In Matthew 23 Jesus accuses these people, from the Greek for "actor" or "pretender" |
(Sarah: What are Pharisees?)
hypocrites
|
|
|
Edna Ferber wrote this 1926 bestseller after meeting riverboat performers in Bath, North Carolina |
Show Boat
|
|
|
A 3rd century B.C. leader of this Punic city, Hanno the Great opposed costly wars & even negotiated peace with Rome |
Carthage
|
|
|
This isotope of hydrogen also called 3H has one proton & 2 neutrons in its nucleus |
(Angelus: What is deuterium?)
tritium
|
|
|
This amendment to the Constitution promises "a speedy and public trial" |
the 6th (Amendment)
|
|
|
"Mambo No. 5"--"a little bit of" her "in my life, a little bit of Erica by my side" |
Monica
|
|
|
The chicken is in this sauce, part of Indian cuisine but named from Portuguese for "wine of garlic" |
(Weckiai: Marsala?) (Ken: No, I'm sorry.) (Weckiai: What is Marsala?) (Angelus: What is Masala?)
vindaloo
|
|
|
2018's "Varina", about Mrs. Jefferson Davis, is by this North Carolinian author of "Cold Mountain" |
Frazier
|
|
|
Berengaria the Great was an advisor to her son Ferdinand III in this series of campaigns to regain Iberia from the Moors |
the Reconquista
|
|
|
Named for a Scottish botanist, it's the random movement of microscopic particles in a fluid |
Brownian motion
|
|
|
Angry Young Men, a British literary movement of the 1950s, included John Osborne & this 1956 play of his, perfect for that movement |
Look Back in Anger
|
|
|
"Pretty In Pink"--she "laughs and it's raining all day" |
Caroline
|
|
|
This 4-letter word for antiaircraft fire or criticism is a merciful shortening of the German for "flyer defense cannon" |
flak
|
|