|
|
|
|
|
|
|
You do it to a whip, an egg or a code |
crack it
|
|
|
O. Henry called this capital of Texas the "City of the Violet Crown" |
Austin
|
|
|
The first month of the year that has only 30 days |
April
|
|
|
According to Dear Abby, if a lady is wearing a ring you should never greet her with a firm one of these |
a handshake
|
|
|
Ibo, Kongo & Zulu are all spoken on this continent |
Africa
|
|
|
You can buy a tape of this young man reading his father's book "Profiles in Courage" |
John Kennedy, Jr.
|
|
|
5-letter synonym for lariat |
a lasso
|
|
|
General John Pershing taught at the University of Nebraska in this capital |
Lincoln
|
|
|
The length of an Olympiad or the time between most occurrences of February 29 |
four years
|
|
|
Ivory Coast is the world leader in the production of this bean used to make chocolate |
the cocoa bean (or cacao)
|
|
|
Excellence is an English word; exzellenz means the same thing in this language |
German
|
|
|
She taped her novel "Postcards from the Edge"; according to the box, "She has been known to act in films" |
Carrie Fisher
|
|
|
Pie crust that breaks into fine thin fragments is described as this |
(Alex: Correct, and we have less than a minute to go.)
flaky
|
|
|
The 73-story-tall Peachtree Plaza Hotel dominates its skyline |
Atlanta
|
|
|
In the U.S. the second Sunday & last Monday in this month are major observances |
(Alex: Yes, Mothers' Day and Memorial Day.)
May
|
|
|
Of 2, 30 or fourscore & 7, the length in minutes of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address |
2
|
|
|
Like Gaelic, Breton, Spoken in Brittany, France, belongs to this branch of Indo-European languages |
Celtic
|
|
|
F. Murray Abraham put some "bite" into his performance of Anne Rice's "Interview with" this monster |
the vampire
|
|
|
In geology it's a division of a period |
an epoch
|
|
|
The Kennebec Journal serves residents of this city |
Augusta
|
|
|
As a correction, a second month of Adar is added 7 times in every 19 years to this calendar |
the Jewish calendar
|
|
|
This famous 19th c. beauty had 4 husbands, including a bigamist, but she never married Jim Brady |
Lillian Russell
|
|
|
Our words algebra, alfalfa & ironically, alcohol come from this language |
Arabic
|
|
|
If you like Darren McGavin, you might enjoy hearing him read this author's "The Bourne Supremacy" |
Robert Ludlum
|
|
|
A linen fabric used as a liner in curtains or a translucent drop in the theater |
a scrim
|
|
|
Its name is Spanish for "Holy Faith" |
Santa Fe
|
|
|
This calendar that was used from 1793-1805 had 5 feast days: Virtue, Genius, Labor, Reason & Rewards |
the calendar of the French Revolution
|
|
|
Located on the island of Hawaii, it's one of the world's largest cattle ranches |
(Alex: What is the famous [*]?)
Parker Ranch
|
|
|
More than 100 periodicals are published in this artificial language devised by a Polish doctor |
Esperanto
|
|
|
This black author reads selections from her own book "The Temple of My Familiar" |
Alice Walker
|
|