This elaborate sumptuous meal takes its name from the French for "little bench"
Banquet;banquette
The MGM classic "The Wizard of Oz" premiered in August of this year
1939
In 2000 a whopping $666,000 was paid by a collector for a pair of these worn in the Wizard of Oz
ruby slippers;ruby slipper
Differences in this bony structure that includes the hip distinguish the sexes & reveal if a woman ever gave birth
pelvis
No trees grow above this "line" near the tops of mountains
timber line;timber
On the 7th episode of "Rome", this warring general & rival of Julius Caesar is killed after fleeing to Egypt
pompeii;pompey;pompei
Living from 1846 to 1935, this celebrated Frenchman was known as "the king of chefs and the chef of kings"
georges auguste escoffier;escoffier
The Bible tells us of this element being beaten into plates, cut into wires & worked into the clothing worn by Aaron
gold
At the end of World War I, the nations designated the "Big Four" were the U.S., Italy, France & this one
great britain (not england, not britain, not UK);great britain
It's the 4-dimensional continuum within which physical events can be located
space-time continuum;space time;space-time
The 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse in the Bible are War, Pestilence, Famine & this
death
Pu! But this element-238 doesn't stink--it powers pacemakers
plutonium
Before he was a writer, Arthur Conan Doyle worked in this profession, like Watson
medicine;doctor;medical
It's the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet
delta
As its name suggests, it's a square dance for 4 couples
quadrille
"I" know Bernard Courtois discovered this element in 1811
Iodine
Before "Rain Man", he directed "Young Sherlock Holmes", in which Holmes & Watson meet as boys at boarding school
barry levinson;levinson
Conan Doyle was partly influenced by this poet's Dupin stories
Edgar Allen Poe;Poe
The third & the longest of the four Gospels is the Gospel according to this man
Luke
Ballet music was thought an inferior genre when he was commissioned to write the music for "Swan Lake"
Tchaikovsky;Tchaikovski
An adult human is supported by 206 of them
Bones;bone
In March 2001 this notorious Afghan group dynamited ancient giant statues of Buddha in Bamiyan
taliban
Talos was a man of bronze that this god of metalworking made for Minos
hephaestus
Gutzon Borglum died in 1941 so his son, Lincoln, finished sculpting the 4 figures of this memorial
Mt. Rushmore;Mount Rushmore
This former Yugoslavian republic broke away from Serbia in 2006
montenegro
It took 8 years for this 1899 Freud work to sell the initial 600 copies printed, earning him about $250 in royalties
the interpretation of dreams;interpretation of dreams
In 1935 he founded the Swiss Society for Practical Psychology & became its president
carl jung
Sherwood Anderson told this author to write about what "you know... that little patch... in Mississippi where you started from" 
william faulkner;faulkner
It's 9.46 trillion kilometers, give or take a few kilometers
lightyear;light-year;light year
Related to Italian, it has about 5 million speakers in S. Italy & on a large Mediterranean island
sicilian
Called the "Sick Man of Europe" in the early 20th century, this empire collapsed just after WWI
ottoman empire;ottoman
In 73 B.C. this Thracian gladiator began a 2-year slave revolt against Roman rule
spartacus
He has a riddle contest with Gollum in "The Hobbit"
bilbo
The Chinese in Hong Kong & Macao mainly speak this Chinese dialect
cantonese
This language spoken in Reykjavik is also called Islenska
icelandic
During World War II, this queen of the Netherlands headed her government-in-exile from London
Wilhelmina
Fog & dew are the results of this process by which a gas or a vapor becomes a liquid
condensation
"Working Days" is a compilation of the journals he kept while writing "The Grapes of Wrath"
john steinbeck;steinbeck
Canada's 8-mile-long Confederation Bridge links this province to New Brunswick
prince edward island (PEI no count.);prince edward island
Her marriage to Henry VIII lasted less than a year, but she had the last laugh, surviving him by 10 years
Anne of Cleves
This British poet got romantic about "La Belle Dame sans Merci"
John Keats;keats
Monet & this fellow impressionist often painted the same scene, like Monet's wife & son in 1874
Auguste ju;renoir
This dadaist exhibited ready-mades like "Fountain", a urinal that he signed R. Mutt
Duchamp
A usually nonmalignant tumor causing obstruction
polyp
If it ain't this period of music said to have ended with Bach's death in 1750, don't fix it
baroque
This divine messenger told Mary that she would give birth to a son
gabriel
He got his name because Mexican victims of his attacks would cry out in terror to St. Jerome
geronimo
In 1609 he led his men across the Atlantic & up what became known as his river, to Albany
Henry Hudson;hudson
The suffix -ose is used to form the names of these, as in glucose & sucrose
sugars;carbohydrates;sugar;carbohydrate
Term for a roll of 2 in the game of craps
snake-eyes;snake eyes
It's the large river that runs through Albuquerque & Brownsville
rio grande
King who was dad to these 3 girls: Goneril, Regan & Cordelia
king lear;lear
The name of this fluid that contains white blood cells comes from the Latin for "water"
lymph
Good year for sailing: Convert MCDXCII
1492
Selene was the Greek goddess of this heavely body--& quite a heavenly body herself
The Moon;moon
Hyp hyp hooray for this god of sleep whos name is Greek for--you guessed it--"sleep"
Hypnos
In 1453 the last Byzantine emperor, the XI of this name, died in the vain defense of his city
constantine
Tigers are the largest cats, & this tiger named for a Russian region is the largest tiger
siberian tiger;siberian
Rodolfo burns his poems to keep the stove going in act I of this Puccini work
la boheme;boheme
This Paisiello opera about a Spaniard was "snipped" out of the repertoire by Rossini's more popular version
barber of seville
This orchestral giant can have up to 48 strings & measure more than 6 feet tall
harp
A person who comes to a hospital or clinic for treatment but is not hospitalized
outpatient
Formerly an independent country, this region of China is known as the "Roof of the World"
tibet
The name for this length of catch rope comes from the Spanish for "noose"
lasso
At her swearing-in, Speaker Pelosi wore this color (also a longtime symbol of power) as a symbol of the Suffragettes
purple
The title of this Faulkner novel about the troubled Compson family comes from a line in "Macbeth"
the sound and the fury
Contrary to popular belief, mass drownings by the Norway species of this rodent are not suicidal in nature
lemmings;lemming
In psychoanalytic theory, it's the first & most primitive stage of development
oral stage;oral
In the first Allied victory of World War I, Togo was captured from this European country
germany
She died on July 18, 1817 after dealing with some pride & prejudice in her day
jane austen;austen
On "Fat Actress", she poked fun at herself, playing a version of herself struggling with her weight
kirstie alley;alley
Like her "Grey's Anatomy" character Izzie Stevens, she used to be a model
Katherine Heigl;Heigl
In "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea", he's the designer & master navigator of a submarine
captain nemo;nemo
Mia discovers she's not just a goofy teen but also Genovian royalty in this Meg Cabot novel
the princess diaries;princess diaries
This giant cephalopod has the largest eyes of any creature; they can be as big as a basketball
giant squid
In the first James Bond film, this villain's base of operations was Crab Key
Dr. No;Dr no
The Chateau d'If isn't a 5-star hotel in this 1844 novel; it's an island prison
The Count of Monte-Cristo;Monte Cristo;Monte-Cristo
The uncut version of this Russian epic based on a Tolstoy novel is more than 8 hours long
War and Peace
The Barengraben, or bear pits, in this Swiss capital have entertained visitors for centuries
Bern
He betrayed Jesus with a kiss
Judas
The jet stream is found in this layer of the atmosphere
troposphere
The highest point in Tonga is 3,400-foot Mount Kao, a dormant one of these that formed Kao Island
volcano
In the South, the lemony cake named for this Civil War general is the perfect treat for his birthday, Jan. 19
Robert E. Lee;Lee
The green type of this reptile gained protection in the 20th century because of its popular use in soup
turtle
This "Electra"fying playwright gets the credit for adding a third actor to Greek tragedies
Sophocles
This man boasts, "he that knows better how to tame a shrew, now let him speak"
Petruchio
This one of the 3 main states of matter has no fixed shape or volume
gas
A 16th century Japanese village is the main setting for this 1954 foreign film classic
The Seven Samurai;Seven Samurai
The special theory of this says that the speed of light in a vacuum is a universal constant
theory of relativity;relativity
Total number of moons belonging to the closest 3 planets to the sun
1
In medieval legend: Tristan & _____
Isolde
Denied a college education in her own country, in 1903 she became the first woman in France to earn her doctorate
Marie Curie;Curie
Gustav Kirchhoff & Robert Bunsen used this prismed "scope" to see the bands of colored light each element produced
spectroscope
Named for a physicist, it's the amount of work done when 1 amp passes through 1 ohm of resistance for 1 second
joule
Rated "R" for violence, this 2004 film set in ancient times is the highest-grossing "R" movie ever in the U.S.
passion of the christ
In the 1790s Toussaint L'Ouverture led a slave revolt that led to this Caribbean nation's independence
Haiti
"There's something in his soul o'er which his melancholy sits on brood" is said of this title character
Hamlet
Friar John gets quarantined, so he never delivers that really important letter that this Friar wrote to Romeo
Friar Lawrence
Kurt Cobain was the lead singer of this group
Nirvana
The Wars of the Roses ended in August 1485 with the battle at this field
Bosworth
This 1970s book, later a movie, told the true & gripping tale of survival in the Andes after a 1972 plane crash
Alive
In 2006 this country surpassed the U.S. to become No.1 in moto vehicle production
Japan
Jesus grew up in this town in the Southern part of Galilee
Nazareth
To help make sure your brain stays fueled, its cells need less of this hormone for glucose uptake
Insulin
Linus pauling found the structure of keratin, the main component of nails & this human body part
Hair
Krav Maga is the official self-defense system of this Mideast country's defense forces
Isreal
On "The Addams Family", Ted Cassidy played not only Lurch but this disembodied hand as well
Thing
JFK was awarded one of these for wounds he received near the Solomon Islands during WWII
Purple Heart
In an animated 1987 TV special, this Space Age family traveled back in time to meet the Flintstones
Jetsons
The final act of this opera takes place outside a bullring, where the heroine is stabbed to death
Carmen
The 3 basic vocal classifications for women opera singers are soprano, mezzo-soprano & this lowest range
Alto (or Contralto);Alto;Contralto
There's a Shatner Building at McGill University in this city where William Shatner was born
Montreal
In 1953 he produced the first issue of Playboy for $10,000
Hugh Hefner;Hefner
According to one legend, Oman was the home of this "Thousand and One Nights" sailor
Sinbad
This racquet sport was added to the Olympics in 1992
Badminton
In July 2005 scientists announced the discovery of Eris, a dwarf planet larger than Pluto, in this belt
Kuiper Belt;Kuiper
This treacherous pirate in "Treasure Island" has a pet parrot named Captain Flint
Long John Silver
This large country re-adopted its old red, white & blue flag in 1991
Russia
The shortest way to sail to the Arctic Ocean from Nome, Alaska is to go north through this strait
Bering Strait
This very hard metal is named for the children of Uranus & Gaea
titanium
This "Wizard of Oz" author wrote books for girls under the pen name Mrs. Edith van Dyne
Lyman Frank Baum;Frank Baum
1949 saw the first ballet version of this operatic Bizet work that features Don Jose & a toreador
Carmen
The evil priest Frollo wants Esmeralda but she is saved by him
Quasimodo;The Hunchback of Notre Dame;The Hunchback of Notre-Dame;The Hunchback of Notredame
On this sitcom, Oscar Nunez is Oscar, Creed Bratton is Creed, Angela Kinsey is Angela & Rainn Wilson is...Dwight
The Office;Office
One of the many supporting folks on this animated show, student Ralph Wiggum said, "Me fail English? That's unpossible"
Simpsons
Larousse spread the tale that after a 17th Century triumph, the victors ate this as a symbol of the beaten Muslims
croissants;croissant
The rheumatoid type of this is 3 times as common in women as in men
arthritis
On Oct. 31, 1961, the U.S. Navy discontinued its squadrons of these made for them by Goodyear Aircraft
blimps;blimp
Ingram Frizer stabbed this playwright to death in Deptford May 30, 1593
Christopher Marlowe;Marlowe
The world lost 2 more Marx Brothers in 1977--Milton, aka Gummo, & Julius, aka this
Groucho
In 602 Saint Augustine established himself in this city as the first Archbishop of the English Church
Canterbury
The name of this opiate used as a pain reliever comes from the name of the Greek god of dreams
morphine
Prozac is an SSRI; the second "S" stands for this chemical thought to be effective in treating depression
seratonin
Amoxicillin is used to treat infections caued by these
bacteria
"All Along The Watchtower" was this guitar virtuoso's only Billboard Top 40 hit
Jimi Hendrix
The American Academy of Ophthalmology declares July safety month for these rays
UV Rays;UV;Ultraviolet;ultra violet
From the Latin for "guardian", it's a private instructor who helps you with your studies after class
tutor
A famous crossing of this river took place in 49 B.C.
rubicon
You may have "Red" about his father, Erik, but he was so successful he was nicknamed "The Lucky"
Leif Eriksson;Leif Ericson;Leif Ericsson
The devil you say! He inherited the title "Duke of Normandy" from his dd Robert the Devil in 1035
William the Conqueror;William I
Food used in many Thai dishes & also mentioned in "Take Me Out To The Ball Game"
Peanuts;Peanut
Her dad was Ptolemy XII; lucky no. XIII, 10 years old at the time, became her co-ruler & husband
Cleopatra
Ptolemy XII, Egypt's king for nearly 30 years, used bribery to prevent this empire from annexing the country
Roman Empire;Byzantine;Roman
Ptolemy's system of astronomy held up until 1543, when this Polish astronomer went heliocentric
Copernicus
Relativity theory assumes that the effect of accelaration on an object equals the effect of this force
gravity
Jan. 12, 1976 news could say, "The Queen is dead!"--this mystery writer called the "Queen of Crime"
Agatha Christie;Christie
"The Sacred Wood" was the first book of criticism by this Missouri-born "Four Quartets" poet
T.S. Eliot;T S Eliot;TS Eliot;T.S Eliot
In the "Republic", he criticized the job of painter as just a "creator of appearances...what he creates is untrue"
Plato
The lunar kind means the light of the Moon is obscured because the Earth is between the Moon & the sun
Eclipse
From 1275 to 1292, Marco Polo worked for the Yuan Dynasty under this emperor
Kublai Khan;Khan
In 538 B.C. Cyrus the Great put an end to the "captivity" of the Jews in this realm
Babylon
The action of this novel concerns a quest to defeat the dragon Smaug in his lair in Erebor, the lonely mountain
The Hobbit;Hobbit
In one of his fables, a bee of Mt. Hymettus asks Jupiter for its sting to be fatal
Aesop
In "Pride and Prejudice", Fitzwilliam is the first name of this aristocratic gent
Darcy
Toronto's CN Tower opened in this year in which Canada also hosted the Summer Olympics
1976
"Scarlet Riders" is a collection of pulp tales about this Canadian group
RCMP;Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Using a blender & radioactive "tags", Alfred Hershey found that this, not protein, was the genetic material of life
DNA;Deoxyribonucleic Acid
After a 1980s legal battle, Robert Gallo & Luc Montagnier agreed to share credit for the isolation of this virus
HIV
Martin, not Brian, is the real first name of this man who was Canada's PM from 1984 to 1993
Mulroney
This man's return to the U.S. in 1824, 47 years after his first trip here, added splendor to James Monroe's presidential term
Lafayette
The beautiful Bathsheba was already married, but that didn't stop this King of Israel from pursuing her
King David;David
According to George Orwell, he "is watching you"
Big Brother
This beautiful queen's affair with a knight of the Round Table foreshadowed the fall of King Arthur's kingdom
Queen Guinevere;Guinevere
One of the most beautiful women in Antiquity, this gal's "bust" can be seen in the Egyptian Museum in Berlin
Nefertiti
France generally forbids making this light-bodied pink wine, such as Anjou, by mixing red & white
rose
A prince of Walachia, he was known for impaling thousands at Bradsov in Transylvania
vlad the impaler;vlad
Anne Hathaway was 26 & pregnant when she married this 18-year old in 1482
william shakespeare;shakespeare
Midway is home to the world's largest colony of the Laysan species of this "wandering" sea bird
Albatross
"Imperial Adventurer", "The Last Emperor" & "The Cactus Throne" are books about this man who died at 34
Emperor Maximillian;Maximillian
Circa 8th c. B.C.: Writing the 2 epic poems that'll make me famous! Scholars would never doubt my existence... d'oh!
Homer
The 1760s establishment of this permanently fixed Maryland's northern border
Mason-Dixon Line;Mason Dixon;Mason-Dixon
Fish oil & flaxseed oil are a rich source of this class of essential fatty acids
Omega-3;Omega 3
Anguilla in this sea is noted for its superb beaches
Caribbean
A spinal tap is done to obtain this, abbreviated "CSF"
cerebral spinal fluid
Rotary pumps are also known as this type of pump, from the Latin for "to flee the middle"
centrifugal
Eric Dane heats things up as "Dr. McSteamy" on this ABC series
Grey's Anatomy;Greys anatomy
Scrolls found in a synagogue
Torah;Torahs
This young hero of "Ulysses" stands in this spot looking over the sea and pondering love's bitter mystery
Stephen Dedalus;Dedalus
Wagner called this "Symphonie Fantastique" composer the "savior of our modern world of absolute music"
Hector Berlioz;Berlioz
Ricky Martin sang,"She's into superstitions, black cats and voodoo dolls", & no doubt she's livin' this
La Vida Loca
It's New York State's longest river
Hudson
In 1805 Napoleon made this duchy a kingdom; today it's Germany's largest & southernmost state
Bavaria
In 1963 economist Mollie Orshansky created this "line" by multiplying the cost of an adequate diet by 3
Poverty Line;poverty
We have a "hunch" you'll know this French author of the 1827 play "Cromwell"
Victor Hugo;Hugo
Of 3 kings who ruled under this name, 2 were born in Turin, one in Naples
Victor Emmanuel
On January 18, 1871 Germany was unified with Wilhelm I as its first kaiser & this man as its chancellor
Bismarck;Bismark
Only one complete poem, 28 lines in length, remains from the poetry of this lyric poet from Lesbos
Sapphos
He wrote more than 120 plays, but only 7 complete ones survive, including "Oedipus Rex" & "Oedipus at Colonus"
Sophocles
Aristophanes' style is called "old" this; Menander's, less high-spirited, is "new "this
Comedy
Leo Szilard & this more-famous Euro-American physicist worked together to develop a refrigeration pump
Einstein
Political battleground states are usually called this secondary color
Purple
The U.S. Post Office can thank this "father of history" for writing "neither snow nor rain", etc.
Herodotus
It's Russia's national alcoholic drink--Na zdorovia! To your health!
Vodka
Auxin is a growth type of this substance; it regulates plant growth, especially in stems
Hormone
489 years after her death, this woman becomes a saint when Pope Benedict XV canonizes her May 16, 1920
Joan of Arc
Term for the distance from the center of a lens to the pt. where parallel rays that pass through it converge
focal length
On May 16, 1836 this American author marries his 13-year-old cousin Virginia
Edgar Allan Poe;Poe
This Sioux chief led warriors in the Battle of the Rosebud
Sitting Bull
For hundreds of years, the Barbary apes have rocked atop the world-famous Rock of this
gibraltar
In 1737 in Boston, the Charitable Irish Society held the first municipal celebration of this holiday
St. Patrick's Day;st patricks
You'll find this geological attraction about 280 miles from Alice Springs
ayers rock
12-letter term for a college course needed to be taken & passed before you can take another one
prerequisite
This ancient Greek's "screw" aided in pumping water from deep in the ground
archimedes
Atrial fibrillation may reduce the efficiency of this pump, especially the atrium
heart
NHL regulations stipulate that this must be kept in a frozen state in order to be used in a game
puck
Collective coalition name for Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria & the Ottoman Empire during WWI
the central powers;central powers
Vince Lombardi declared the "Winning isn't everything, it's" what
the only thing
This man's "Diet Revolution" was first published in the 1970s
robert c. atkins;atkins
The first pope with this name lasted 4 years; No. II, only one; we're presently on XVI & wish him well
Benedict