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| This 8th Ave. building's facade is engraved "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night..." |
New York Post Office
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| Even before its 1993 premiere, this Dennis Franz series attracted controversy for graphic scenes |
NYPD Blue
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| Born in 1935, left Brooklyn with the Dodgers, left a record of 382 strikeouts in a season |
Sandy Koufax
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| It's a sheer, fluffy silk fabric for blouses, or a fluffy type of pie |
(B: What is silk?)
Chiffon
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| England's "Good Queen Bess" |
Elizabeth I
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| To be pilgarlic is to be this; but don't worry, it's nothing that a toupee can't fix |
Bald
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| Cheers! This tavern has been a favorite spot in Central Park for 6 decades |
Tavern on the Green
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| Bea Arthur starred in this sitcom about 4 women over 50 living together in Miami |
The Golden Girls
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| Born in Santa Ana in 1958, went from check-out girl to David E. Kelley girl, made some films |
Michelle Pfeiffer
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| Open mesh fabric used in stockings & on trawlers |
Fishnet
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| France's "The Austrian Wench" |
Marie Antoinette
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| Doggone it! They're the threads that cross the warp in a woven fabric |
(T: What is a knapp?)
Woof
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| Recently renovated, it's the most famous room in the building seen here [New York Public Library] |
Rose Room
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| This title pair of laboratory mice continually & unsuccessfully try to take over the world |
Pinky and the Brain
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| Arrived on the dot April 27, 1791, Yale grad, painted, coded, dashed off April 2, 1872 |
(less than a minute to go...)
Samuel Morse
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| This soft, slightly napped cotton fabric is popular in snuggly PJs & gray suits of the '50s |
Flannel
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| "The Little Mother of all the Russians" |
Catherine the Great
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| This part of the hand is sometimes called the medius |
(S: What is the palm?)
Middle finger
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| This club's brief, glamorous life began in 1977 at 254 West 54th Street |
(B: What is the YMCA?)
Studio 54
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| On this popular variety show you might have seen characters like Bolivar Shagnasty & Clem Kadiddlehopper |
The Red Skelton Show
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| A poet, don't ya know it, born in Florence in 1265, met Beatrice at 9, found life "divine" |
Dante Alighieri
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| Now made of hemp or jute, when worn with ashes it's tops in mourning attire |
Sackcloth
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| From the first 6 letters at the upper left, it's the arrangement of a standard computer keyboard |
QWERTY
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| Manhattan's oldest church, this chapel shares its name with a famous London cathedral |
(B: What is St. Patrick's?)
St. Paul's
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| Newspaperman Britt Reid was the secret identity of this '60s TV crimefighter |
The Green Hornet
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| Born 1903, untouchable in Chicago, cleaned up Cleveland, died 1957 |
Eliot Ness
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| To get actual Harris tweed from where it's made, go to this group of islands west of the Scottish mainland |
Hebrides
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| Don't fear this 17-letter word, it simply means the fear of the number 13 |
(buzzer sounds)
Triskaidekaphobia
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