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THE SONGS OF BACHARACH & DAVID |
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It wasn't a college football game, it was the Great Plains area racked by drought in the 1930s |
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Burt & Hal won an Oscar for this song from "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" |
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In "Ivanhoe", Sir Walter Scott uses the verb jeopard, a back-formation of this word we love |
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In 1998 this actress returned to the screen as Laurie Strode in "Halloween H2O" |
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The South American empire of these people included parts of present-day Ecuador, Peru, Chile & Argentina |
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1950s college basketball was hit by scandal when players were "razor"-sharp at this activity |
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The sentiment of this 1965 Jackie DeShannon hit is schmaltzy, but true, "No, not just for some, but for everyone" |
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Flaysome, a synonym for frightful, appears in this Emily Bronte novel |
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This morning show co-host was once the featured singer on "Name That Tune" |
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From the Latin for "to set on fire", it's an aromatic substance burned to produce a pleasant odor |
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The scandals of his 1920s presidency included skimming by Veterans Bureau head Charles Forbes |
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This singer has sold more than 12.5 million copies of Bacharach-David songs; she must "Say a Little Prayer" for them |
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He may have coined the term daggeroso, meaning "inclined to use a dagger"; it's in his novel "Sons and Lovers" |
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Since leaving Van Halen, he's released such solo albums as "Eat 'Em & Smile" & "Skyscraper" |
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The main islands of this country include Borneo, Sulawesi, Java & Sumatra |
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The founding of this organization in 1909 was spurred by a Springfield, Ill. race riot the previous year |
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Burt & Hal were inspired by this 1962 movie starring John Wayne & Jimmy Stewart to write a song of the same name |
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In "Animal Farm" Major is a prize boar whose "tushes had never been cut" (tushes being these) |
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His high-profile clients have included Sam Sheppard, Patty Hearst & O.J. Simpson |
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Usually the largest branch of an army, it's another name for foot soldiers |
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This Japanese term refers to second-generation Japanese-Americans, many of whom were interned during WWII |
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How could you forget that Naked Eyes remade this Burt & Hal hit in 1983 |
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He's the legendary singer & guitarist nicknamed "The King of the Boogie" |
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A furnace-like device for reducing waste products to ash |
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