YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK 125th ANNIVERSARY |
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This actor & Robert De Niro both won Oscars for playing Vito Corleone |
Brando
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It was about as large or even larger than a modern-day elephant |
a mammoth
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Corea del Sur |
(Alan: What is South Africa?)
South Korea
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A steamy E.L. James book becomes Canadian football's biggest team prize |
Fifty Shades of Grey Cup
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In 1944 this future president directed Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion at Normandy |
Eisenhower
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Waterfalls, like the 2,000 foot Sentinel Falls, remind you you're in the mountains, the western slopes of this California range |
the Sierra Nevada
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(Hi, I'm Zachary Quinto.) In March 2015 I got to reminisce with Conan O'Brien about the beautiful life of this man with whom I shared a role |
(Leonard) Nimoy
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Advil, Aleve & aspirin are among the over-the-counter anti-this type of drugs |
inflammatory
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Reino Unido |
the United Kingdom
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The woman who gave King Arthur his sword moves to Garrison Keillor's fictitious town |
the Lady of the Lake Wobegon
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The Confederate memorial carving on Stone Mountain includes Stonewall Jackson & this other Civil War general |
Lee
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Yosemite Valley is home to groves of these giant conifers that lend their name to another national park 100 miles south |
sequoias
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"Men in Black 3" had Josh Brolin as the young Agent K; he's the older Agent K |
(Alan: Who is James Garner?) (Cam: Who is, uh... Thompson?)
Tommy Lee Jones
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Ironically, it was for the movie "Beginners" that at 82 he became the oldest person to win an acting Oscar |
(Alan: Who is Philip Seymour Hoffman?)
Christopher Plummer
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Letonia, north of Lituania |
Latvia
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Asimov's 1950 classic tale that gave us the 3 laws becomes a poultry-titled animated show on Adult Swim |
I, Robot Chicken
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This brigadier general who gave his name to a Colorado peak was killed during the War of 1812 |
(Zebulon) Pike
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In "Beaches", this actress "blossomed" into Bette Midler |
(Cam: Who is Sissy Spacek?)
Mayim Bialik
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It's a gas made up of 1 part nitrogen & 3 parts hydrogen |
ammonia
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Milan Kundera's "Unbearable" novel turns into a 1999 film about literally getting into a real-life movie star's head |
(Alan: What is The Unbearable Lightness of Being Sarah Marshall?)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being John Malkovich
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In 1968 he turned over command of U.S. forces in Vietnam to General Creighton Abrams |
Westmoreland
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Ryan Gosling ages into this actor in the weepie romance "The Notebook" |
(Alex: Alan, now is the time for [*]!)
James Garner
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In the original Dr. Spock title, these 2 words preceded "Book of Baby and Child Care" |
Common Sense
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Costa de Marfil |
Côte d'Ivoire
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The Supreme Court justice known for not speaking becomes the reclusive "Lot 49" novelist known for not speaking |
Clarence Thomas Pynchon
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From 1949 to 1953 this five-star general served as the first chairman of the joint Chiefs of Staff |
Omar Bradley
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