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| In "Gulliver's Travels", the sizes in this land are reduced to 1/12 |
Lilliput
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| After this actor is bitten in the 1994 film "Wolf", he marks his territory all over James Spader |
(Marty: Who is Jack Nicklaus?) (Alex: Yes. No!)
Jack Nicholson
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| In 1912 Heinrich Schliemann's grandson Paul claimed falsely that he had proof of finding this "lost continent" |
Atlantis
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| This 4'10" author began her epic in 1926 after an injury; David O. Selznick bought the rights & the rest is history |
(Alex: [*], Gone with the Wind.)
(Margaret) Mitchell
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| 2, 3 or this number means you rolled craps, so give up the dice already |
12
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| It's Harvard's school color |
crimson
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| "Paradise Lost" calls him "The goodliest man of men since born his sons" |
Adam
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| The title of this Stephen King movie also refers to a traditional projectile used against werewolves |
Silver Bullet
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| Former astronaut James Irwin launched several expeditions in hopes of finding this on Mount Ararat |
Noah's Ark
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| While on the run in the 1930s, this 4'10" bank robber sent poetry & photos of her & Clyde to newspapers |
Bonnie Parker
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| In Yahtzee if you lose a pair of the dice you need to play, you're left with this many |
3
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| You might blush as red as this plant of the goosefoot family that has an edible red root |
a beet
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| Beowulf, prince of the Geats of southern Sweden, sails off to this country to fight the monster Grendel |
Denmark
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| In "Underworld 3" the werewolves are called these, & they're on the "rise" |
Lycans
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| CNN reported in 2008 that ruins in Jordan could be the long-sought mines of this king |
(Stefan: Who is King Midas?)
King Solomon
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| This 4'9" actress won an Oscar for only her second film, "The Year of Living Dangerously" |
Linda Hunt
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| Roll your pair of dice & land on Luxury Tax on a classic Monopoly board & you lose this much cash |
$75
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| The name of this gem precedes "throated hummingbird", as seen here |
ruby
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| This one of the "Little Women" marries Professor Bhaer, whom she met while living in a boardinghouse |
Jo
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| When David--yeah, the Dr. Pepper guy--gets bit on the English moors, he turns into the title monster in this 1981 film |
An American Werewolf in London
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| He heard Bimini held the Fountain of Youth; sadly, he thought Florida was Bimini & died from an Indian attack |
Ponce de Léon
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| Though not tall, this future Secy. of State made a big impression in 1993 as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations |
(Nina: Who is Hillary Clinton?) (Marty: Who is Shirley Temple?)
Madeleine Albright
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| If your toss of the dice couldn't knock off the last number on this game show that I once hosted, you lost |
High Rollers
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| This shade of red whose name includes a building block has been a Crayola color since 1949 |
brick red
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| In "The Scarlet Letter" her daughter is Pearl, quite the little gem |
Hester Prynne
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| Patrick MacNee is no Avenger as his werewolf colony terrorizes Dee Wallace in this 1981 classic |
The Howling
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| Antonio de Mendoza, viceroy of New Spain, sent Coronado to find the Seven Cities of this golden land; he didn't |
(Stefan: What is El Dorado?)
Cibola
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| In 1928 this diminutive daughter of an Albanian grocer joined the Sisters of Loretto in Ireland |
Mother Teresa
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| If your man is on this 3-letter place in backgammon, your dice roll must correspond to an open point or your turn is lost |
(Alex: If your piece is on [*], and you can't roll the dice to get 'em off [*] and onto the board, you forfeit your turn.)
the bar
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| This shade of scarlet gets its name from the Latin for "worm" |
(Alex: Nina?) (Nina: Don't know.)
vermillion
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