Some scholars believe he initially called off his marriage, as he'd fallen in love with a friend of the Todds Lincoln The threat to use physical harm, it becomes "aggravated" when combined with the use of a deadly weapon assault Pun alert! To make its home, the pocket gopher doesn't beg or steal, it does this burrows In old song titles, it precedes "The Sad Sea Waves" and "The Light Of The Silvery Moon" by The barn in "Charlotte's Web" has a pigpen for Wilbur, tie-ups for the cows and this "down below for the sheep" sheepfold It can precede "the curve", "the times", or in a Smithereens song, "The Wall of Sleep" behind If you own 1 or more cichlids, we hope you keep them in one of these aquarium These Chinese secret societies that met in tongs in North America started as groups of Kung Fu Fighters triads;triad Karl Von Hasenauer was one of the leading architects of the Ringstrasse in this world capital Vienna The Sugar Act of 1764 taxed American importation of this liquid at 3 cents a gallon molasses Movie in 1973: "Enter the _____" Dragon Wagner called Beethoven's 7th "The apotheosis of" this, and Isadora Duncan interpreted it in this form the dance;dance As of 1960, her descendants, except princes and princesses, will bear the surname Mountbatten-Windsor Elizabeth II "He's the very pineapple of politeness" is an example of this malapropism In the late 1600s he designed hospitals at Chelsea and at Greenwich Wren In 1785 Edmund Cartwright patented a "new invented machine for weaving", known today as a power this loom A Haydn symphony of 1795 and a Vaughan Williams one of 1914 are both nicknamed for this city London It's beer having a relatively high alcohol content, usually 5 to 8% malt liquor Movie in 2003: 2003: "____ Jack" Kangaroo In 1859 this King of Sardinia began his unification of the Italian peninsula Victor Emmanuel II;Emannuel II In 1868 Emperor Mutsuhito chose this name meaning "enlightened rule" as the name for the era of his rule in Japan Meiji The theme of Jimmy Carter's July 15, 1979 address is associated with this French word for weakness or ill-being malaise 1 of 2 kings in France's House of Bourbon not named Louis (no number necessary) Charles or Henry;Charles;Henry This state, besides having the first, also has the most nuclear reactors Illinois "Ring" in if you know that this gem is the hardest substance found in nature a diamond There are only 12 letters in the alphabet of these American islands Hawaii This gem is most prized when its color is pigeon's blood red ruby Just when Wentworth Miller thought he was out, they pull him back--into jail--on this Fox drama Prison Break Kyle Chandler is the coach of a small-town high school football team on this critically acclaimed TV show Friday Night Lights Folklore affirms that spheres made from this precious stone, ojo de tigre, help in attaining business success tiger's eye Starbuck is a woman on the Sci-Fi Channel's version of this series Battlestar Galactica nytimes.com says the Belle Epoque architecture and late-night cafes of this capital lure expat artists and tango lovers Buenos Aires This developer of the first practical helicopter built and flew the first 4-engine aircraft in 1913 Sikorsky Citrine, a translucent yellow quartz, is often sold as this gem topaz Because it's hidden, the hitou is the most prized type of natural hot spring in the mountains of this country Japan Chitin is the main component in this supportive outer covering of lobsters and insects exoskeleton Shelley "penned" that this alpine peak "gleams on high: the power is there, The still and solemn power of many sights" Mont Blanc On July 16, 1945 the Nuclear Age began when this govt. project exploded the first atomic bomb near Alamogordo Manhattan Project Danny Ocean, 2001, 2004, 2007 George Clooney;Clooney In 2006, Warner Bros. pledged to help these Australian animals stricken by a cancer epidemic Tasmanian devil John Quincy Adams' wife's first name; she shared it with a Miss Alcott Louisa A 1937 general strike in Trinidad is commemorated every June 19, celebrated as this day Labor Day;Labour Day In the presidential election of 1820, this man got 231 electoral votes and Adams got one James Monroe;Monroe Running the length of the state, this river is New Mexico's longest Rio Grande Who's the actor?: Batman, 1989 Michael Keaton;Keaton A symbolic fortress of Scotland overlooking Edinburgh, or a Rob Reiner movie company Castle Rock They take their name from the old French for "enchantment" fairies;fairy Found at 30° N. and S., these regions are thought to be so named because becalmed ships had to lose animal weight horse latitudes In 1986 and again in 2001, people power protests in this nation pushed out male presidents and replaced them with females Philippines Built by the federal government, Boulder City is the only community in Nevada where this isn't legal Gambling This D.C. structure is the world's tallest obelisk Washington Monument Starts with "Q": It's an untrained person pretending to have medical knowledge Quack The largest lake entirely within Nevada, or the shape of the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas Pyramid The United States' oldest continuously published newspaper is this city's Courant Hartford The largest land gorge is this one on the Colorado River Grand Canyon In 1912, a reticulated one of these animals was measured at 32' 9 1/2" long Python The capital of Nevada was named for this man Christopher Carson;Carson The FCC deleted this channel number from VHF allocations in 1948 1 The greatest tides occur in this Canadian bay Bay of Fundy The first free-fall jump using one of these devices was from a damaged airplane in 1922 Parachute William Randolph Hearst's father George made a "lode" of money when he invested in this mining area Comstock Conan Doyle's "The Sign of Four" and this Oscar Wilde novel were commissioned at the same time The Picture of Dorian Gray This first host of "The Tonight Show" emceed "Meeting of Minds" for PBS in 1977 Steve Allen;Allen A Fender Stratocaster belonging to this man who died in 1970 sold for a record $338,580 in 1990 Jimi Hendrix;Hendrix In 1941 Walter Farley created this now-classic animal tale The Black Stallion The highest price paid for one of these was $3.315 million for a Patek Philippe Calibre 89 Watch A composer's works are often numbered and appear with the abbreviation Op., which stands for this Opus This founder of the American Red Cross also founded one of New Jersey's first public schools Clara Barton;Barton Victoria, the capital of British Columbia, is located on this island Vancouver Island;vancouver A defrocked minister-turned-tour guide is the leading character in his play "The Night of the Iguana" Tennessee Williams;Williams During the last years of the revolution, he worked on his "Notes on the State of Virginia" Thomas Jefferson;Jefferson Churchill College is one of 31 residential colleges at this British university Cambridge Earlier composers used these large drums in pairs; modern composers may use 3 or more Timpani What Argentina calls the Islas Malvinas, England calls this Falkland Islands He protested the Stamp Act through his widely circulated copper engravings Paul Revere;Revere The oldest U.S. university west of the Alleghenies is Transylvania University, at Lexington, in this state Kentucky The last pureblooded Aborigine on this Australian island died in 1876 Tasmania This unincorporated U.S. territory includes the islands of Olosega, Ofu and Tutuila American Samoa In 1770, this future president defended the British soldiers accused in the Boston Massacre and won the case John Adams;Adams After his 1901 opera "Feuersnot" flopped, he found a wild story, "Salome" Richard Strauss;Strauss As well as MADD, she founded SADD, Students Against Driving Drunk Candy Leitner;Leitner At its standard mass, it puts the red in red fireworks; its 90 isotope is found in nuclear fallout Strontium There is no record of his activities between Stratford in 1585 and London in 1592 William Shakespeare;Shakespeare A 10-square-mile area covers 6,400 of these Acres Dining utensils are called Cutlery While still a delegate, Richard Henry Lee offered the June 7, 1776 resolution that led to this document Declaration of Independence Babe, beware: it's the cold sandwich eaten most by Americans Ham According to itself, it's the biggest-selling copyrighted book, at over 80 million copies Guinness Book of World Records In 1999 Nestor Chylak was the first of these inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame since Bill McGowan in 1982 Umpire 1 gigawatt equals 1,000 of these Megawatt Barbara Cartland's over 700 novels include "Running Away to" this, "Never Lose" this and "Luck Logan Finds" this Love A flat, boneless piece of veal, for example Cutlet This egg derivative is almost always found in a tuna fish sandwich Mayonnaise In 1993 Werner Gunther of Switzerland threw one of these 72 feet 1 inch Shotput;shot put Italian for "little breads", these sandwiches are becoming popular in North America Panini He's the only man to win Pulitzer Prizes for fiction ("The Bridge of San Luis Rey") and drama ("Our Town") Thornton Wilder;Wilder A 24-carat stone weighs 4.8 of these metric units Grams The island of Martinique was mainly formed by one of these and in 1902, partly destroyed by one Volcano For years Julia Child has been cooking up a tempete under this moniker The French Chef 3 of the 6 restaurants owned by Emeril LaGasse are in this city New Orleans Psalm 8:2: "Out of the ______ of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength" Mouths Make it plural: Moose Moose Make it plural: Mother-in-law Mothers-in-law In 1874, after a 9-month trek, the body of Dr. Livingstone made it to this island off mainland Tanzania Zanzibar Make it plural: Mongoose Mongooses Antigua is part of this island group named for its position sheltered from the trade winds Leeward Islands Make it plural: Phylum Phylla A boat can take you round the Raa and Baa Atolls of the Maldives in this body of water Indian Ocean On this Food Network show, Takeshi Kaga plays an eccentric gourmet who pits his own cooks against others Iron Chef Make it plural; Genus Genera 1 Thessalonians 1:3: "Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and _____ of love" Labor "Worth" magazine says with 1.7 million ranchland acres in 5 states, this mogul is the USA's largest private landowner Ted Turner;Turner