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On August 14, 1935 FDR signed this act establishing old-age benefits & unemployment insurance |
Social Security
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In 1996 the founding members of this group including Gene Simmons reunited for a world tour |
KISS
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Pouring beer to produce this foamy top lets you savor its aroma & lessens the gas you'll consume |
Head
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The largest country in the world, it has 21 republics, 49 oblasts & 6 krays |
Russia
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This character jumped out of his first biscuit can on TV in 1965 |
the Pillsbury Doughboy (or Poppin' Fresh)
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This product changed the proverb "It never rains but it pours" to "When it rains it pours" |
Morton salt
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On August 12, 1867 President Johnson named this Civil War general his new Secretary of War |
Ulysses S. Grant
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"Bohemian Rhapsody", one of this group's early hits, returned to the Top 10 in 1992 |
Queen
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Cutter, O'Douls & Sharp's are this type of beer |
Non-alcoholic beers
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It uses the Monegasque franc |
Monaco
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The earliest form of this weapon was a dagger that fit into the muzzle of a musket |
Bayonet
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"Even a worm will" do this |
Turn
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In 1936 this American tied or set 3 Olympic records in individual track & field events |
Jesse Owens
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In a 1995 hit she posed the question, "What if God was one of us?" |
Joan Osborne
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A black & tan mixes light-colored ale & this dark brew that made Guinness famous |
Stout
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There are no permanent lakes in this country that's home to Mecca |
Saudi Arabia
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To play Milton Bradley's "Channel Surfing" you need one of these hand-held devices |
Remote control
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"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man" does this "for his friends" |
Lay down his life
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On August 14, 1900 more than 2,000 U.S. troops helped capture Peking, thus halting this uprising |
Boxer Rebellion
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In 1974 this singer had her first No. 1 hit with "I Honestly Love You" |
Olivia Newton-John
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These small, specialized beer producers, like Sierra Nevada, became popular in the 1980s |
Microbrewers/craftbrewers
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In this country's parliament, the Dail has 166 seats, the Seanad, 60 |
Ireland
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He bequeathed $2 million to Columbia University to establish a school of journalism |
(R: Who is Carnegie?)
Joseph Pulitzer
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This is "forearmed" |
Forewarned
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On August 2, 1927 this president said, "I do not choose to run for president in 1928" |
Calvin Coolidge
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In the '80s this group had U.S. hits with "Lost In Love", "All Out Of Love" & "The One That You Love" |
Air Supply
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The Boston Beer Co. makes a lager named for this brewer, patriot & cousin of a U.S. president |
Samuel Adams
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Its borders with Bolivia & Peru are much shorter than its border with Argentina |
Chile
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Christmas Seals were first sold in 1907 to raise funds to fight this disease |
Tuberculosis
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Do this but, "Prepare for the worst" |
Expect/hope for the best
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