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PLEASE WELCOME TO THE STAGE... |
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It truly was a whole New World in a 2012 TV movie called this title guy "and the Death Lamp" |
Aladdin
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To shatter & to halt a vehicle |
break/brake
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A city in Minnesota settled by Czech immigrants in 1856 is called "New" this but if you go, know it rhymes with "Hague" |
Prague
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The fishermen on "Deadliest Catch" search for this crustacean off Alaska & had a derby style race in search of it in 2024 |
(Jason: What is crab?)
king crab
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For Adam Lambert's Broadway debut in 2024, life was this show, old chum, with Adam as your emcee who sings "I Don't Care Much" |
Cabaret
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The tail stinger of a bark type of this desert arachnid is the only one in the U.S. powerful enough to do big damage but that's its nature |
a scorpion
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In his memoirs this president of few words recalled being sworn in "by the light of a kerosene lamp" |
Calvin Coolidge
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To carry & naked |
bear/bare
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The Taylor-Grady House is an example of Greek Revival architecture in this city, home to the University of Georgia |
Athens
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The fourth-oldest institution of higher learning in the U.S., this New Jersey school was founded in 1746 |
Princetonem>
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Not long after hitting Broadway in "The Innocents" in 1976, this future Carrie Bradshaw was "Annie" (not getting her gun) |
Sarah Jessica Parker
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As if this Aussie monotreme isn't weird enough, check out a venom-injecting spur that causes pain even morphine can't help |
a platypus
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Around 1807 Sir Humphry Davy lit up the first this 3-letter lamp using a 4-inch space between 2 charcoal sticks |
an arc lamp
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An Alaskan seaport & a fabled dwarflike creature |
Nome/gnome
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Named for a European capital, this city in Texas is so chic that Wim Wenders titled a movie after it |
(Ken: [*], Texas.)
Paris
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Modern & elegant, this cut refers to a diamond or other gemstone that's cut in a square or rectangular shape |
princess
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In 1972 John Travolta auditioned for Danny in this show but got Doody instead; things worked out later |
Grease
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That Avenger's gone rogue! The pinprick-like bite of this spider, Latrodectus mactans, causes nausea & mild diaphragm paralysis |
black widowem>
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The 513,654 bricks used to build this Boston landmark with one lamp or 2 were made & fired in kilns at nearby Medford |
the Old North Church
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Illegal & to provoke a response |
(Jason: What is... h... what is... [*]?) (Ken: It is [*], but unfortunately, you gave the response right after the time's up signal.)
illicit/elicit
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In 1845 this Western city was given its name by Maine-born Francis Pettygrove |
(Ken: That's right and you beat Jason from Portland, Maine to that clue, well done.)
Portland, Oregon
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This director of the original Broadway production of "The Phantom of the Opera" was truly theater royalty |
(Dave: Who is Andrew Lloyd Webber?)
Hal Prince
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In 2001 Nick Jonas, single digits in age, debuted in "Annie Get Your Gun", starring this legend of country music |
(Jason: Who is Willie Nelson?) ... (Ken: I, for one, would love to see Willie playing Annie Oakley, but in this case it was [*].) ... (Jason: Viral.) [Laughter]
Reba McEntire
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The village of Key Biscayne, not the city of Lisbon, says to avoid this marine animal with a nasty sting even if it's dead |
a Portuguese man o' war
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The opening verse of Rilke's poem "Archaic Torso of" this god compares said torso to a lamp |
Apollo
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One underling & 10 Jews praying |
(Jason: Uh... what is a... [*]?) (Ken: Sorry, out of time.) ... (Ken: [*] was correct, but Jason, you ran out of time.)
minion/minyan
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Each May this city in Michigan's southwest settled by the Dutch hosts the Tulip Time Festival |
Holland, Michigan
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The basis for a film, this C.S. Forester novel tells of a missionary rescued by a riverboat captain during World War I |
The African Queen
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In 2001 young Kristen Bell's first Broadway role was this girl in "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" |
Becky (Thatcher)
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Me-ouch! The venomous fin spines of this sea creature rarely kill but sure can bring the pain |
a lionfish
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