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| You're hot as a pistol if you know the Union bought over 146,000 of this company's pistols |
Colt
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| In 1989, for this medium's 50th anniversary, a plaque was put in a museum at the site of the 1939 World's Fair |
Television
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| English translation of the title of Berlioz's opera "Le Troyen" |
The Trojans
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| When hunting, this carnivore whose name means "prophet" raises its forelegs into a pious position |
a praying mantis
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| This country's deserts include the Gibson, Great Sandy & Great Victoria |
Australia
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| In 1939 he visited England for the first time since his abdication |
Edward VIII
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| In contrast to the "Stars and Stripes", the 1861 Confederate flag was nicknamed this |
"Stars and Bars"
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| Communications satellite launched in 1962 that was the first privately owned Earth satellite |
Telstar
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| Placido Domingo played Radames in a 1987 production of this Verdi opera staged at the Temple of Luxor |
Aida
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| The German variety of this household pest is also called the Croton bug, after New York City's Croton Reservoir |
a cockroach
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| Jamestown is the capital of this British island where Napoleon died |
St. Helena
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| This country's King Edward supported exploration projects of his brother Henry the Navigator |
Portugal
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| After failing to stop this general in Atlanta, General Hood asked to be relieved from duty |
William T. Sherman
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| U Thant spoke to the U.N. general assembly in English, although this was his native tongue |
(Alex: My only wish is that our scoreboards were as right as your responses; you contestants are going so quickly we're having trouble keeping up with you: let's put in the correct scores right now. Mark, you have 19,500 points, Paul has 8,300 points, Cathy, you have 4,100. That is correct; Keith, I know you'd love to have 66,600 because we threw in an extra 50,000 there. You have 15,600.)
Burmese
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| This Russian novel inspired the opera "Raskolnikov" |
Crime and Punishment
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| Bubonic plague is spread by these insects who bite infected rats |
fleas
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| In population, it's the largest city in South America |
São Paulo
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| Edward IV's symbol wasn't the tulip, though he fled to Holland before returning to fight this war |
War of the Roses
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| After he resigned as treasury secretary, he was named Chief Justice by Lincoln, who never got along with him |
Salmon P. Chase
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| The most often used letter in English text, it is also the quickest to send in Morse code |
E
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| Ping, Pang & Pong are characters in this Puccini opera set in Peking |
Turandot
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| The dreaded Dutch Elm Disease is spread from tree to tree by this insect |
a beetle
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| Found mostly in the Soviet Union, this belt of grassland runs 5,000 miles from Hungary to Manchuria |
Steppes
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| At his death he named Harold his successor though he allegedly promised the crown to William of Normandy |
(Alex: A gutsy move that paid off, Mark -- well done!)
Edward the Confessor (Edward III)
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| On August 21, 1863 Quantrill's Raiders descended on this city in Kansas |
Lawrence
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| This M.I.T. linguist claims every human knows the general principles of language at birth |
Noam Chomsky
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| Donizetti opera that includes the following, perhaps the most famous mad scene in opera: |
(Alex: And both Paul and Mark looked at each other on that one as if to say, "This is a piece of cake!" For some people, maybe; for our champions, certainly.)
Lucia di Lammermoor
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| Some have called the dragonfly this, in the belief that it sews up people's lips |
a darning needle
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| Iona is part of this Scottish island group |
(Paul: What are the Orkneys?)
Hebrides
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| King for 3 months in 1483, Shakespeare's "Richard III" tells of his death in the tower |
(Mark: Who is Edward VI?)
Edward V
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