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In '68, this country seized the USS Pueblo |
North Korea
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What George Washington wouldn't let his sleeping dogs do |
lie
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Not a butter substitute, it's a geometric inlay design, usually in hardwood floors |
(Jay: What is margarine?)
parquet
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Giza's great graves |
(Nathan: What is the mausoleum?)
the Pyramids
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City that burned in "Gone with the Wind" |
Atlanta
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U.S. Forest Service "hatched" this feathered friend who advises, "Give a hoot! Don't pollute" |
(Nathan: What is an owl?) (Alex: Be more specific.) (Nathan: Uh, what is, Hootie the Owl?) (Peggy: What is Woody the Owl?)
Woodsy Owl
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In order to collect tolls to pay for Aswan Dam, this leader nationalized Suez Canal in '56 |
Nasser
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For a peaceful world, the Bible urges men to "beat their swords" into these |
plowshares
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Al fresco decor gives your room this type of look |
like outdoors
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Mexico's Paricutin, youngest of these in Western Hemisphere, is also newest of 7 natural wonders |
a volcano
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The 2nd wife of "Citizen Kane" had this hobby to keep from going to pieces |
(Nathan: What is knitting?)
jigsaw puzzles
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Weather phenomenon that's been killing wildlife in lakes |
acid rain
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British Prime Minister who crowned Queen Victoria "Empress of India" |
(Nathan: Who is Lloyd George?)
Disraeli
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"Age-ist" proverb of the '60s |
"don't trust anyone over 30"
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2 of 3 specific structures in Paris, San Francisco, & New York on the list of modern wonders |
(2 of) the Empire State Building, the Golden Gate Bridge and the Eiffel Tower
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Mode of transportation by which the wizard of Oz tries to help Dorothy return to Kansas |
(Peggy: What is a tornado?)
a (hot air) balloon
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EPA head who resigned under pressure in March '83 |
(Nathan: Who is, um, Ruckelshaus?)
Anne Burford
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Alexander Kerensky briefly led democratic government in this country in 1917 |
the Soviet Union
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A well-rounded person who lacks special expertise can proverbially be called this |
(Jay: What is a jack of all trades?) (Alex: Complete it.)
jack of all trades, master of none
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This ancient wonder guided ships for a thousand years before being toppled by an earthquake |
(Nathan: What is the Colossus of Rhodes?) ... (Alex: We've got less than a minute to go in the round.)
the Lighthouse at Alexandria
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In 1948, Paul Mueller received a Nobel Prize for developing this now-banned insecticide |
DDT
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This Central American country, known for its political stability, has had no army since 1949 |
Costa Rica
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The French & Spanish caves containing these are listed not as ancient, but natural wonders |
(Jay: What are prehistoric carvings?)
cave paintings
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In 1798, this Eng. clergyman warned of overpopulation |
(Peggy: Who is Malthusius?) [The end-of-round signal sounds.] (Alex: Did Peggy not give us the correct question? What did you say, Peggy?) (Peggy: Malthusius.) (Alex: Well, I'm going to give it to her because it's [*], and that's close enough.) (Peggy: Well I'm saying it in Latin, Alex.)
Malthus
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