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| In Luke, Jesus is tried both by Herod & by this Roman governor |
Pontius Pilate
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| History diverges from this film, as the Spartans also had over 1,000 men from other Greek cities fighting at Thermopylae |
300
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| Pakistan's longest border is with this country to its east |
India
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| The railroad crossing warning sign called a crossbuck is shaped like this letter |
X
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| "Bachelor President" |
James Buchanan
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| A turn of 180 degrees from the position of attention |
about-face
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| When the Jews of Persia are ordered killed, Mordecai puts on a sackcloth accessorized with these |
ashes
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| Johnny Depp is in England on the trail of this serial killer in the Alan Moore-inspired film "From Hell" |
Jack the Ripper
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| Pakistanis are predominantly Muslim, with the vast majority belonging to this branch |
Sunni
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| "Tennessee Tailor" |
(Cynthia: Who is Zachary Taylor?)
Andrew Johnson
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| Hello, baby! The Big Bopper knows this delicate fabric used for bridal gowns |
(Chantilly) lace
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| The First & Second of these books cover the same period as Second Samuel & First & Second Kings |
Chronicles
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| Tom Hanks takes his son on a violent mission of retribution against a gangster boss in this film |
The Road to Perdition
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| Like some of its neighbors, Pakistan uses this unit of currency |
the rupee
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| In 1706 William Jones made this the symbol of the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter |
pi
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| "Grandpa's Grandson" |
(Cynthia: Who is John Quincy Adams?)
Benjamin Harrison
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| A very small amount of something, or in meteorology, precipitation of less than 0.0005 in. |
a trace
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| The Jews held these people in low esteem, so they're made to look "good" in Luke |
the Samaritans
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| Sadly, this 1994 film about a man who comes back from the dead was Brandon Lee's last |
The Crow
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| Though Islamabad is the capital, this former capital is the most populous city, with 13 million people |
Karachi
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| When it comes after Byron Dorgan, "D." stands for this |
(Keith: What is deceased?) ... (Alex: Senator Dorgan of North Dakota will be very upset. The "D" stands for [*], not deceased.)
Democrat
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| "Butcher from Galena" |
Grant
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| A shell covering some or all of the dorsal part of a turtle |
a carapace
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| As Rachel died bearing him, she called him Benoni, "son of my suffering"; his father, Jacob, used this name |
Benjamin
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| Thora Birch & Scarlet Johansson are best friends who move in together after high school in this novel film |
Ghost World
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| Since 1947, Pakistan has fought 2 wars over this disputed region to its far north |
Kashmir
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| "Hermit Author of Palo Alto" |
Hoover
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| For the Titanic, this figure was 60,000 tons of water |
displacement
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