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GO FORTH ON AUGUST FOURTH |
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As of 2003 a Renoir & a Rembrandt remained missing after a robbery from the National Museum in this city |
Stockholm
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He married Gilda Radner in 1984 |
Gene Wilder
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Religious-sounding name for a twangy musical instrument held between the teeth |
Jew's harp
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Aug. 4, 1944: Police raid a house in Amsterdam; this 15-year-old girl is one of 8 arrested |
Anne Frank
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During World War II, some 400 members of this Southwest tribe served as "code talkers" in the U.S. Marine Corps |
Navajo
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Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday evenings |
(A.J.: What are weekdays?)
weeknights
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There are reports of a prehistoric monster living in Storsjon, one of these bodies of water |
lake
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Former rabbinical student & performer seen here |
Gene Simmons
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Today's city streets are indeed poorer for the lack of this type of professional |
organ grinder
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Aug. 4, 1892: She allegedly axes her father & stepmother to death in Fall River, Massachusetts |
Lizzie Borden
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In 1885 Geronimo & others escaped from this tribe's White Mountain Reservation in Arizona; they were recaptured in 1886 |
(A.J.: Who are the Hopis?)
the Apache
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Perfect for a picnic is the picnic or ice-box variety of this fruit |
watermelon
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Christer Pettersson, convicted of the mysterious killing of this Swedish leader, was later released |
(Jennifer: Who is Lech Walesa?) (Alex: Lech Walesa was Polish.)
Olof Palme
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The movie star who founded L.A.'s Museum of Western Heritage |
Gene Autry
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Greg Leisz is a virtuoso on the pedal type of this relatively new instrument, which is supported on a stand |
steel guitar
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Aug. 4, 1916: The U.S. buys these "unspoiled" Caribbean islands from Denmark for $25 million |
the Virgin Islands
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The name of this offshoot of the Shoshone comes from the Spanish camino ancho, or "wide trail" |
Comanche
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Early in his career David Letterman filled in weekends as one of these for an Indianapolis TV station |
weatherman
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Boston cops were baffled by the murder of Karina Holmer, a Swede working as this French-named type of domestic |
au pair
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It was hard to beat this man, Benny Goodman's drummer from 1935 to 1938 |
Gene Krupa
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Free from worry about too-slow human hands, Stravinsky wrote a 1917 etude for this now seldom-seen instrument |
player piano
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Aug. 4, 1977: Electrifying news as Jimmy Carter signs the measure establishing this cabinet department |
Energy
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In the winter of 1838-39, over 4,000 died during this tribe's forced march from the Southeast to Oklahoma |
the Cherokee
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Singer/songwriter Loudon III, or a person who makes wagons |
(A.J.: What is a wagoneer?)
Wainwright
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The post-WWII fate of this diplomat & humanitarian, seen here, is not known for certain |
Raoul Wallenberg
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He created Mr. Spock & Captain Kirk |
Gene Roddenberry
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew at Grambling State University in Louisiana) This section of the band was the title of a 2002 movie starring Nick Cannon |
Drumline
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Aug. 4, 1987: A stamp honoring this author is first sold at the Oxford, Miss. post office where he once worked |
William Faulkner
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This tribe's chief Osceola has been called the "Snake of the Everglades" |
the Seminole
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Eugene O'Neill's only comedy was "Ah", this |
Wilderness
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