After 27 years as heir, in 1888 Frederick III spent 99 days as this nation's monarch, unable to talk due to illness
Germany
Johnson and Johnson first sold this brand in 3" wide, 18" long strips in 1920; precut ones came in 1924
Band-Aids;band-aid;bandaid
Magician Ralf Laue held a record 326 of these in one hand so that the value and color of each one was visible
playing cards
One state of water; as a verb, it can mean to decorate a cake or to ensure a victory
ice
This teenage girl who had a brief 1553 reign knew Latin, Greek and Hebrew
Lady Jane Grey;Jane Grey
The Royal Danish Opera's home city (10 letters)
Copenhagen
Craven Walker is credited with inventing these oozing illuminators in 1963
lava lamps
When launched in 1998, it was just a noun; now it's a verb meaning to check up on somebody online
Google
Sultry Sevillian cigarette-maker(6 letters)
Carmen
The twit who was czar for 6 months in 1762 was the grandson and husband respectively of these 2 "Great" leaders (separate answers with "and")
Catherine and Peter;Peter and Catherine
The two projectiles in Olympic track and field that weigh 16 pounds (separate answers with "and")
shotput and hammer;hammer and shotput
From the French for "to cut", it can mean a small piece or the whole or to do careful work on your car
detail
You'll hear some cutting remarks in the 47th St. "district" named for these brilliant items
diamonds;diamond
In Steinbeck's satire "The Short Reign Of Pippin IV" a descendant of Charlemagne takes this country's throne
France
It's official state vegetables are the frijole pinto bean and the chile pepper
New Mexico
Natural event sometimes used as a verb; there's a form of it in Prissy's famous line in "Gone with the Wind"
birth
The biblical Ahaziah followed the evil ways of this mother, but luckily only ruled Israel briefly
Jezebel
An 8,000-piece collection of this fencing material is featured at Oklahoma's Natl. Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum
barbed wire
"Relatively" speaking, it means to exempt someone already in business from new regulation
grandfather
An example of a plant that's a parasite is this one hung from ceilings at Christmas
mistletoe
In 1860 Abraham Lincoln was the first president elected from this political party
Republican
"Starts with r": An attempt to overthrow the authority of the government
revolt
As they are made up mostly of this compound, mushrooms are a low-calorie food
water
This book by Eric Schlosser has made some people rethink that double-cheese mongoburger
Fast Food Nation
Goodland, Kansas has an 80-foot easel with a reproduction of a Van Gogh painting of what else but these
sunflowers;sunflower
In January of 1870 Hiram Revels of Mississippi became the first African American elected to this body
Senate
The woody, jointed stems of these plants in the grass family are called culms
bamboo
Naming themselves after a Natalie Wood film, this band went to No. 1 in 1989 with "She Drives Me Crazy"
The Fine Young Cannibals
The disputed 2004 elections in this former Soviet republic included charges of poisoning by dioxin-spiked soup
Ukraine
In 1776 sculptor Jean Baptiste Pigalle created a nude statue of this author
Voltaire
It's no stretch to tell us the Ficus elastica is better known as the India this
rubber plant
This novel by Sue Monk Kidd about a 14-year-old southerner Lily Owen is a honey of a read
The Secret Life of Bees
Until 1984, the African county of Burkina Faso was known by this 2-word name
Upper Volta
The large, starchy root of this plant, also known as the manioc, has its roots in the new world
cassava
A group of deadly arachnids, or the German combo that went platinum with "Love At First Sting"
the Scorpions;scorpions
Every 4 minutes in the U.S. someone buys a book by this woman who also writes as J.D. Robb
Nora Roberts
Name the song: "With a corncob pipe and a button nose and two eyes made out of coal"
Frosty The Snowman
Flat snow crystals generally have this many sides or arms
six;6
This major mountain range of the United States also runs through Canada between Montana and Alaska
Rockies
Lumbini, Nepal is a pilgrimage site as the birthplace of this man about 2,500 years ago
Buddha
It happens on or about December 21
winter solstice
Name that song: "Come, they told me, pa rum pa pum pum; a newborn king to see, pa rum pum pum pum"
The Little Drummer Boy
The National Weather Service defines this as snowy winds of 35 mph with 1/4 mile visibility lasting for 3 hours
blizzard
Africa's highest mountain, it's primarily made up of 3 extinct volcanoes
Kilimanjaro
The Slipper Chapel in Norfolk, England is so named because penants walked the last mile this way
barefoot
Name that song: "Where the treetops glisten and children listen, to hear sleigh bells in the snow"
White Christmas
Buffalo, New York is familiar with the snowstorm-causing effect named for this type of body of water
lake effect
This 14,110-foot Colorado mountain peak discovered in 1806 inspired the song "America The Beautiful"
Pikes Peak
This founder of the city of Quebec is in an Explorers' Hall of Fame online
Champlain
"Labbayka Allahumma Labbayk" is recited during this religion's pilgrimage
Islam
"Winter": Russian revolutionaries stormed it in November 1917
Winter Palace;palace
Name that song: "And heaven and nature sing, and heaven and nature sing, and heaven and heaven and nature sing"
Joy To The World
When air becomes "super" this adjective, relative humidity is above 100% and snow can form
supersaturated;saturated
You don't need no stinkin' badges to treasure this main mountain system of Mexico
Sierra Madre
Devout members of this faith hope to walk Panchakosi Road at Varanasi &, if possible, to die there
Hinduism
"Winter": This 1935 Maxwell Anderson play was based in part on the Sacco and Vanzetti trial
Winterset
Name that song: "No crib for a bed, the little Lord Jesus laid down His sweet head"
Away In A Manger
Poli'ahu, the goddess of snow, lives on this highest Hawaiian mountain
Mauna Kea
The 20,320-foot mountain then known as Densmore's Mt. was renamed for this presidential candidate in 1896
McKinley
Bahá'i pilgrims go to the Shrine of the Báb on this Israeli mount for which a Catholic order is named
Mount Carmel;carmel
"Winter": This plant, Gaultheria procumbens, produces an oil used in medicine and as a flavoring
wintergreen
In basketball, FT
free throw
He's not just Prince of Wales but also Lord of the Isles and a liveryman of the Fishmongers' Company
Prince Charles
The heroines of this 1860s novel were based on the author and her sisterns Anna, Elizabeth and May
Little Women
"What do these terms mean?": Farouk, Latifah and Sprat
king, queen and jack
Line 12 of this Brit's Sonnet 142 reads, "Thy pity may deserve to pitied be"
Shakespeare
We'll give you a break and just ask for the second "F": FIFA
football
This "Supreme Temporal and Religious Head of Tibet" has a doctorate in Buddhist philosophy
Dalai Lama
Condemning split infinitives is based on a false analogy with this language in which infinitives are a single word
Latin
An umbrella organization: IOC
International Olympic Committee
His entry features his books "Odin Den' Ivana Denisovicha" and "Arkhipelag Gulag"
Solzhenitsyn
These words split from the last line of the "Star Trek" TV series opening denotes how the crew jaunts into the unknown
to boldly go
A cable channel: ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network
Michael Nobel is a philanthropist born in this capital city in 1940
Stockholm
Duessa, who's executed in Book V on "The Faerie Queene", was inspired by this Scotswoman
Mary Queen of Scots;Mary
The compact version of this book, aka the OED, says that split infinitive use is normal and useful
Oxford English Dictionary
In cycling, it's one rider against the clock: ITT
individual time trial
When this man won, Richard Dreyfuss said goodbye to being the youngest ever to win the Best Actor Oscar
Adrien Brody;brody
In the 1763 Treaty of Paris France ceded to England all its land east of the Mississippi, except for this city
New Orleans
She's not only the center square on "Hollywood Squares", she's the show's executive producer
Whoopi Goldberg;goldberg
In baseball, it's also known as a round-tripper
Home run
The red on the flag stands for this spilled by the patriots
Blood
Dan Aykroyd played Mack Sennett in this 1992 biopic starring Robert Downey, Jr.
Chaplin
Name the country with these rulers: Victor Emmanuel II, Umberto I, Victor Emmanuel III
Italy
The August 1857 Indian Massacre of surrendered American and English troops is in this 1826 Cooper novel
The Last of the Mohicans
This Tim Allen show premiered on September 17, 1991
Home Improvement
It stands to reason Colombia's highest peak is named for this explorer (full name)
Christopher Columbus
Name the country with these rulers: Olaf I Tryggvason, Olaf II Haraldsson, Olaf IV Haakonsson
Norway
In 1753, concerned over French fort-building in the Ohio Valley, Virginia sent this 21-year-old to check things out
George Washington;washington
Lying in a basin high in the Andes, it's Colombia's largest city
Bogota
The cover of the video to this 1997 comedy features Jack Nicholson and a dog
As Good as it Gets
Name the country with these rulers: Albert I, Leopold III, Baudouin
Belgium
In 1692 a 14-year-old girl defended a Canadian fort against warriors from this 5-nation Indian group
Iroquois
Incorporated in 1978, this company claims to be the largest do-it-yourself retailer in the U.S.A.
Home Depot
Unable to conclude a treaty with Colombia in 1903, the U.S. helped this country secede and made one with it
Panama
Name the country with these rulers: Talal, Hussein, Abdullah II
Jordan
On May 9, 1712, during Queen Anne's War, this American colony split into 2 parts
Carolina
It may not be the gem of the ocean, but this gem is the "green gold" natives once threw into Lake Guatavita
Emeralds
Name the country with these rulers: Ferdinand VII, Juan Carlos
Spain
Familiar songs in this opera include Don Jose's "Flower Song" and Escamillo's "Toreador Song"
Carmen
This industry is the subject of Robert Cringely's column and of his PBS documentary, "Triumph of the Nerds"
Computer industry;computers;computer
Ford Madox Ford's trilogy "The Fifth Queen" centers on Catherine Howard, this king's fifth wife
Henry VIII
Who invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney;Whitney
Cio-Cio-San's better-known name
Madame Butterfly
It's the first book in a historical trilogy that continues with "Men Against the Sea" and "Pitcairn's Island"
Mutiny on the Bounty
What show?: Paradise Cove Trailer Colony, Malibu Beach, Calif.
The Rockford Files
A contest for blowing these shells is a highlight of Old Island Days in Key West, Florida
Conch shells;conch;conches
This Ethiopian princess was captured by the Egyptians and made a slave to Princess Amneris
Aida
Books titled "The Town" are part of trilogies by Conrad Richter and by this Mississippian
William Faulkner;Faulkner
The International Rose Test Gardens may be the most fragrant attraction in this, Oregon's "City of Roses"
Portland
The Chicago Tribune filled his empty column with tributes from readers the day after his April 1997 death
Mike Royko
Olivia Manning's "Balkan Trilogy" depicts a British couple living in the Balkans during this war
World War II
In this opera Violetta bids farewell to the past by singing "Addio Del Passato"
La Traviata
Which show's address? 148 Bonnie Meadow Road, New Rochelle, N.Y.
The Dick Van Dyke Show
This Tennessee city boasts a 32-story pyramid with a base the size of 6 football fields
Memphis
A change of procedure in 1979 led to 3 of these being named Bob, David and Frederic (they were only female before)
Hurricanes