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This Western mining town was named after a prospector nicknamed "Old Virginny" |
Virginia City
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On Jan. 20, 1994 he celebrated his 98th birthday by performing for a sellout crowd at Caesars Palace |
George Burns
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This company introduced its Crunch bar in 1938 |
(Bob: What is Heath?)
Nestle
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This is a body of land smaller than a continent, surrounded by water of an ocean, sea, lake or stream |
an island
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The most common family name is Zhang or Chang, possessed by over 100 million people in this country |
China
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Governments are instituted to secure the rights of life, liberty and the persuit of happiness |
pursuit
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This house is known for the dumbwaiter installed by the third president |
Monticello
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This comedian turned 39 on Valentine's Day in 1933--& remained 39 for the rest of his life |
Jack Benny
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Machine salesman Walter Bowes teamed with this postage meter inventor in 1920 |
Pitney
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Saccharum officinarum is sugarcane & Beta vulgaris is this sugar- producing plant |
the sugar beet
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This British sleuth is the screen's most-portrayed character, appearing in over 200 films |
Sherlock Holmes
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We find it fascinating that he was still conscious after the lightening hit him |
lightning
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The St. Louis Cathedral on this city's Place d'Armes, now Jackson Square, was built by the Spanish |
New Orleans
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Linda Evans & Brenda Vaccaro share their Nov. 18 birthday with this rodent, but he's older than they are |
Mickey Mouse
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In 1966 Giovanni Agnelli II became chairman of this Italian industrial giant |
Fiat
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This metal, symbol Sn, has 10 stable isotopes, the most of any element |
tin
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The world's best-selling brand of scotch is this brand's Red Label |
Johnnie Walker
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Henry Clay said, "If you wish to avoid foriegn collision, you had better abandon the ocean" |
foreign
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This Boston hall built in 1742 as a market & meeting place is nicknamed "The Cradle of Liberty" |
Faneuil Hall
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David Bowie was born Jan. 8, 1947, the day this future King of Rock 'n' Roll turned 12 |
Elvis Presley
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Walter, William & Arthur Davidson & William Harley sold their first of these vehicles in 1903 |
motorcycles
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Maria Goeppert Mayer shared a Nobel Prize for work on the structure of this part of an atom |
the nucleus
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The record number of hands shaken at an official function is 8,513 by this president in 1907 |
Teddy Roosevelt
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Complaints will be dealt with by appearrance at the appropriate bureau |
(Stan: What is appropriate?) ... (Alex: There's one "R" too many in there.)
appearance
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This famous fort was located at the point where Lake George empties into Lake Champlain |
Fort Ticonderoga
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This queen turned 30 on April 21, 1956, the day Margaret Truman was married |
Queen Elizabeth II
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Broken Hill Proprietary Company Ltd. is this continent's largest public company |
Australia
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The heart contains several of these, including the semilunar & tricuspid |
(Stan: What are muscles?)
valves
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This country has the world's lowest birthrate: 0 |
(Stan: What is China?) (Alex: Oh, no. Not China. By no means China.)
Vatican City
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To eliminate embarassment, be sure to study your grammar conscientiously |
(Alex: Should be an extra "R".)
embarrassment
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