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THE "LAST" SHALL BE FIRST |
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The third verse of this state's song begins, "I love your old gray missions, love your vineyards stretching far" |
California
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A 1950s song named for this goodie says, "Sweeter than candy on a stick, huckleberry, cherry or lime" |
lollipop
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(Jon Bon Jovi presents the clue.) In 2000, "It's My Life" took us back to the top of the charts; in the song, I refer to this man, born 30 miles from where I was, a role model as a singer who later got into acting, and like he said, "I did it my way" |
Frank Sinatra
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A temple in Kandy, Sri Lanka is said to house a very special relic: a tooth belonging to this religious founder |
Buddha
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We'd better get one more round--barkeep just said it was this |
last call
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Treatment of the dead varies; some South Koreans make these into beads, in contrast to scattering dad at midfield |
ashes
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This state's song is about its flag, "The Simple Flag Of A Last Frontier" |
Alaska
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There are about 420 grains of rice in each of these milk chocolate bars Nestlé introduced in 1938 |
Crunch
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An upside down cross is an ancient symbol of this sainted apostle who tradition says was crucified upside down |
Peter
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Something you turn to when nothing else works, or, heading south on the Las Vegas Strip, Mandalay Bay |
the last resort
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They're the 2 main human language modalities; one might have begun 2 million years ago, the other 5,000 |
(Ty: Um... what is speech and vision?) (Adriana: What are, um... language and signs--vocal language and signs?) ... (Ken: [**] is the one that's 5,000 years old.)
speech & writing
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In 1960 Ray Charles took this "old sweet song" to No. 1 |
"Georgia On My Mind"
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First sold in 1928, they were sometimes called Penny Cups because they were sold for a penny |
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
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(Jon Bon Jovi presents the clue.) It was at the house where Richie Sambora was still living with his mom & dad that we wrote about life on the road; for the record the steel horse I ride in this song was our tour bus |
"Wanted Dead Or Alive"
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Sajjadat salat is an Arabic name for a prayer rug used by Muslims, placed so that the top points towards this holy city |
Mecca
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A famous one happened June 25, 1876 |
(Ken: For Custer, right.)
a last stand
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One of the oldest Homo sapiens skulls, now thought to be pushing 240,000, was found in Ethiopia by Richard of this family |
Leakey
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"The shot heard 'round the world" goes off " in the third line of this state's official song |
(Ken: That is correct, Lexington and Concord.)
Massachusetts
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The bee on its wrappers calls the product "nutty little honey chews" |
Bit-O-Honey
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(Jon Bon Jovi presents the clue.) I wrote "Blaze Of Glory" for Emilio Estevez's character in the sequel to this 1988 Western; I even had a cameo as an inmate who, as fate would have it, got shot through the heart |
(Adriana: BON JOVI for $1000.) (Ken: Going out in a "Blaze Of Glory"...)
Young Guns
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The custom of hanging this on the doorpost of a Jewish home comes from a commandment in Deuteronomy |
a mezuzah
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There's a shout of approval in this term for a swan song or final campaign |
a last hurrah
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Skin, eye & hair color are all largely determined by the chemistry of this biochrome pigment |
melanin
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John Philip Sousa was an admirer of this college song about the "grand old badger state" |
(Ty: What is Wisconsin?) (Kelsey: What is Michigan?)
"On, Wisconsin!"
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In a strange case of evolution, the eagle on the wrapper of this prism-shaped Swiss chocolate bar changed to a bear |
Toblerone
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(Jon Bon Jovi presents the clue.) I love Elvis, so it was a big deal to meet this man; he was Elvis' manager, & he had an unforgettable question for ours, "How do you make any money on five of them there Bon Jovis?" |
(Ken: Our thanks to Jon Bon Jovi for helping us out with that category; the docu-series Thank You, Goodnight: A Bon Jovi Story streaming now on Hulu.) [No applause for Adriana’s run of the category]
Colonel (Tom) Parker
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It's the collective name for the oldest & most sacred books of Hinduism |
the Vedas
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The sacrament of extreme unction is also known as this |
last rites
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Using animal fat & sticks, a team of Spanish researchers tried to solve this kind of obvious question about cave paintings |
(Ty: What is how did they painted them?) (Kelsey: What is what kind of paint they used?) ... (Ken: They used animal fat and sticks to try to get some illumination in there; the question is, [*]?)
how did they paint in a dark cave
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