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THE SHAPE OF "THING"s TO COME |
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In 2010 Nevada went all in for this Senate majority leader in his race against Sharron Angle |
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"Springtime for Hitler, and Germany, Deutschland is happy and gay" |
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This cookie brand was marketed as a sandwich in 1921 to emphasize it could come apart & be eaten icing first |
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In medieval England it equaled the length of 3 grains of barley |
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In a 1901 sci fi romance, Wells told a tale of "the first men in" this heavenly body, where they meet the Selenites |
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A toy for a child, or a person used capriciously & selfishly by another |
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In early 2010 Scott Brown defeated Martha Coakley to win the seat held by this man for 47 years |
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"Big bottom drive me out of my mind, how could I leave this behind?" |
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Baked Alaska is sponge cake topped with a slab of ice cream, all of which is blanketed by this froth & then browned |
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It comes from an old Roman unit & Jim Ryun got famous by running it |
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Tripod-borne aliens attack & destroy London in this scary 1898 novel |
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3-word term for increasing a bet so that you'll either owe twice as much money or zero |
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This senator from Minnesota has mayoral experience: he was the voice of Mayor McCheese on TV in "Clerks" |
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"I gave my love a chicken, that had no bones, I gave my love a story, that had no end, I gave..." (Bluto smashes guitar) |
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Ben & Jerry's has an ice cream called this flavor Dynamite, a play on the name of a Jon Heder film |
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In 1959, due to "minor but troublesome discrepancies", the U.S. redefined this unit as .3048 meters |
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Rod Taylor starred in a film version of this Wells novel in which a scientist cruises the centuries |
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A gummable circlet for an infant's improved dentition |
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In 1981 Bernie Sanders, now a senator from this state, won the mayorship of Burlington by 10 votes |
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1979: "Always look on the bright side of life... for life is quite absurd, and death's the final word" |
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Introduced in 1932, this candy bar was named for its original design of separate pieces in vanilla, chocolate & strawberry |
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A unit of measure for horses at the shoulder is based on the width of this |
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In an 1897 work a man discovers his "refractive index" can be changed to that of air, making him this type of "man" |
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This Shakespeare comedy is set in Messina |
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In Wisconsin the 2010 Republican wave brought in Ron Johnson, sweeping out this Liberal Democrat |
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"Blame Canada, blame Canada, it seems that everything's gone wrong since Canada came along" |
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This brand known for its cake mixes is named for a Kentucky-born restaurant & hotel critic |
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A huge glass of ale with a bulb at one end is named for this measure |
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It's the unicameral parliament of Iceland |
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