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    | The Falasha Jews of Ethiopia claim descent from King Solomon & this woman | Sheba 
 
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    | "Miss Manners always believes in sending" these "notes.  It encourages people to give more" | thank-you notes 
 
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    | Acquisitive slogan that Cuba Gooding, Jr. shouts at Tom Cruise in "Jerry Maguire" | "Show me the money!" 
 
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    | In 1973 "All My Children"'s Mary Fickett became the first daytime soap actor to win one of these awards | (Alex: About a minute to go.) 
 an Emmy
 
 
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    | At over 60 million square miles, this ocean covers about a third of the Earth's surface | Pacific Ocean 
 
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    | The only requirement for membership in this group founded in 1935 is a desire to stop drinking | Alcoholics Anonymous 
 
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    | The Deseret News is one of several publications owned by this church | Mormons (LDS) 
 
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    | Of cracking these body parts, Miss Manners says, "Please insist that everyone stop it this very minute" | knuckles 
 
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    | Biblical term for a menacing sermon, from 2 torments it depicts awaiting sinners | (Elizabeth: What are hellfire and damnation?) [Originally ruled incorrect; reversed at the first break]
 
 fire & brimstone
 
 
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    | As a member of Pine Valley's Daughters of Fine Lineage, Phoebe traces her roots back to this boat | Mayflower 
 
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    | Huron a roll if you know the Straits of Mackinac connect Lake Huron with this Great Lake | (Elizabeth: What is Lake Superior?) 
 Lake Michigan
 
 
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    | This word used of Herbert Hoover in 1928 referred to his support of Prohibition, not his dull speeches | (Elizabeth: What is teetotaler?) 
 dry
 
 
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    | The name of this Christian sacrament is from the Greek for "to dip" | baptism 
 
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    | According to Miss Manners, gentlemen remove these when shaking hands; ladies do not | gloves 
 
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    | This phrase wishing an actor good luck was taken literally by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's theater | break a leg 
 
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    | On January 5, 1995 "All My Children" celebrated this anniversary | 25th 
 
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    | About 250 miles long, this river is usually navigable for only about 20 miles from Rome to the sea | (Ron: What is the Po?) 
 the Tiber
 
 
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    | Temperance workers used this liquor as a synonym for all spirits & prefaced it with "demon" | rum 
 
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    | Tradition says this central shrine of Islam, located in Mecca, was built by Abraham & Ishmael | Kaaba 
 
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    | Miss Manners claims you'll "develop warts on your toes" if you wear these after Labor Day | white shoes 
 
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    | In current slang, someone attractive or cool may be "all that and a bag of " these | chips 
 
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    | Verla Grubbs on "All My Children", she used to star in "As the Stomach Turns" on her own variety show | Carol Burnett 
 
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    | The city formerly called Stalingrad lies on this river | Volga (city renamed Volgograd) 
 
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    | This Southern state whose name means "great water" was the last one with a prohibition law | Mississippi 
 
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    | With more than 60 million members worldwide, it's the largest Protestant denomination | (Elizabeth: Who are the Baptists?) 
 Lutheranism
 
 
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    | Sadly, Miss Manners notes that these linen items are never used, "even by the guests" | guest towels 
 
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    | Broadcaster Red Barber popularized "sitting in" this seat as an equivalent of "sitting pretty" | the catbird's seat 
 
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    | She was "All My Children"'s Jenny Gardner before becoming "NYPD Blue"'s Det. Diane Russell | Kim Delaney 
 
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    | In Turkey you can get from Europe to Asia by crossing the Bosporus Strait at this sea just below it | (Elizabeth: What is the Black Sea?) 
 the Sea of Marmara
 
 
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    | In "A Drinking Life", this editor of NYC's Post & Daily News tells how he got on & off the sauce | Pete Hamill 
 
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