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THE SONGWRITERS HALL OF FAME |
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In the early 1900s the wall of the penitentiary in this Georgia capital was the USA's largest concrete mass |
Atlanta
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In 1886, before moving to Paris, this scientists wrote her cousin Henrika, "My plans for the future? I have none" |
Marie Curie
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Since 1955 every Supreme Court nominee has testified before this Senate committee |
the Judiciary Committee
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He was inducted in 2000 along with partner Glenn Frey |
Don Henley
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Cyanosis, a bluish cast to the skin, is caused by a lack of this gas in the blood |
oxygen
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A young goat's daytime snooze |
a kidnap
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Criminals sent "up the river" went up the Hudson river to this joint |
Sing Sing
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Historic last name of brothers Lucien & Joseph; their children Charles & Zenaide married each other in 1822 |
Bonaparte
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Congressfolks, don't cross this committee that's empowered to enforce the House's Code of Official Conduct |
(Noah: What is the Ways & Means Committee?)
the Ethics Committee
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He was inducted for "It's So Easy" & "That'll Be The Day", among others |
(Josh: Who is Elvis?) ... (Alex: "That'll be the day when you say goodbye--ah-ah." [*].)
Buddy Holly
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A Bundt taking a stroll |
a cakewalk
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In September 1971 tough-on-crime Governor Nelson Rockefeller authorized the retaking by force of this prison |
Attica
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This small-town English authoress had a glamorous cousin, Eliza de Feuillide, whose husband was guillotined |
Jane Austen
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Chairman Jeff Miller of the House Committee on their "Affairs" has called for an audit of the cemeteries it oversees |
Veterans
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He opened the 2012 ceremony with "Turn The Page", then stood like a rock as he was inducted |
Bob Seger
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Also called reduction division, it's the process by which cells divide in sexually reproducing organisms |
(Rebecca: What is mitosis?)
meiosis
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Hey, yellow fruit, leave, just get on out of here, dig? |
a banana split
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It was closed in 1963 because it was too costly to operate; 1 million gallons of water were shipped to the island each week |
(Alex: [*], right here in California.)
Alcatraz
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Here this artist depicts Edouard Manet niece Julie with her cousin |
Renoir
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This Senate committee has subcommittees on seapower & strategic forces |
(Josh: What is Armed Forces?) ... (Alex: You were so close--it's [*] Committee--not Armed Forces.)
Armed Services
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In 2007 the Hall welcomed this "Okie from Muskogee" |
(Noah: Who is Woody Guthrie?)
Merle Haggard
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Teflon is an example of this type of compound that contains only the elements F & C |
(Noah: Don't know.)
a fluorocarbon
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A perch rolls strikes & spares |
(Noah: What is birdbowling?)
a fishbowl
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Prisoners in Angola in this southern state can study for degrees at a Baptist seminary |
Louisiana
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The 1572 Paris wedding of King Henri to his cousin was the "Scarlet Nuptials"--this massacre was just days later |
the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre
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He was inducted along with partner Richie Sambora |
Jon Bon Jovi
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This male reproductive organ of a flowering plant produces pollen in the anther |
the stamen
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Paintings seen along the sloping path for wheelchairs |
rampart
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