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A century before the same-named act of 1964, this act of 1866 guaranteed the rights of those formerly enslaved |
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2016: "Fences", in which he also starred |
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These 4-letter soft feathers are used to stuff pillows |
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This live form of transportation is sometimes called the "ship of the desert" |
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(Ken Jennings presents the clue.) After going 7 and 3 arguing before the Supreme Court, he reeled off an amazing 22 straight wins, including the unanimously decided Brown vs. the Board of Education and would join the court himself in 1967 |
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The 2nd Amendment describes this 2-word type of "militia" |
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1997: rediscovering "The Lost World: Jurassic Park" |
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Used in lotions, lanolin generally comes from the body grease of these shearable creatures |
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Almost 100 years old, the Delta Queen is this kind of river steamboat, named for a feature 28 feet in diameter |
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I could have had this type of internal-combustion engine with 2 opposed banks of 4 cylinders |
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(Ken Jennings presents the clue.) This Midwesterner did have some down years in his 50-plus-year investing success story but also some pretty good streaks, including a nine-year run where shares in his company increased in value by an average of 52% a year |
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In 2020 Virginia became the 38th state to ratify this proposed amendment, but there's the matter of that 1982 deadline |
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1935: taking "The 39 Steps" |
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Seth Boyden never got a patent for the process to manufacture the "patent" type of this |
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Ride the track from one end of the Las Vegas Strip to the other in about 15 minutes via this, similar to the one at Disneyland |
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A 134-pound boxer, or a guy who can't hold his booze |
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(Ken Jennings presents the clue.) In the 19th century, Mischief, Vigilant, and, appropriately, Defender kept this item in the hands of the U.S. for what eventually added up to 132 years and 24 defenses, including one led by Ted Turner--yes, that Ted Turner |
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On July 17, 1918 this czar was proved mistaken in his belief in the divine right of kings, that only God can punish rulers |
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In 2017, a man unafraid of explosions: "Transformers: The Last Knight" |
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This alliterative type of bristle used in brushes comes from a wild pig relative |
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Competitors in this flat-on-your-back Winter Olympic sport can reach 90 miles per hour |
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An ice skating move, or a type of knot |
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(Ken Jennings presents the clue.) 28 publishers rejected the first book by this legal thriller master, but he'd have the last laugh by writing 28 consecutive number one fiction bestsellers |
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1991: "Point Break" (she'd win a directing Oscar for a later film) |
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The red pigment carmine comes from cochineal, this type of animal |
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In 1960 this nuclear sub bearing the name of Poseidon's son became the first to circumnavigate the globe underwater |
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Perhaps foreign objects if you weren't around to enjoy music in the 1970s, they're the items seen here |
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(Ken Jennings presents the clue.) The Persian Empire fell to him in the 330s B.C., then Western Asia Minor, the Mediterranean coast, Egypt, on into India; not bad for a guy barely over 30 |
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