“Reds”: In a 1948 work, this commie observed, "the people are like water and the army is like fish"
Mao Zedong;Zedong
Born in Argentina, this commie helped take over Cuba & later died in Bolivia
Che Guevara;Guevara
He's been lying in state in Moscow since 1924 & gets a change of clothes every 3 years
Lenin
In 1940 Ramon Mercader gave this commie the axe.. literally!
Trotsky
What a Christmas present! This country's last commie leader, Nicolae Ceausescu, was executed Dec. 25, 1989
Romania
“Shampoo”: Johnson's Baby Shampoo promises "no more" these
tears
In the early 1960s, Procter & Gamble launched an anti-dandruff shampoo under this brand name
Head & Shoulders;Head&Shoulders;Head and Shoulders
This classic green shampoo was introduced in 1947 in a metal tube (glass bottles broke in the shower)
Prell
"Never wear black without the blue" --this shampoo
Selsun Blue
Brooke Shields & Kim Basinger are 2 of the "girls" who appeared in ads for this shampoo
Breck
“Love Affair”: Mr. Bingley leases an estate near the 5 unwed Bennet daughters in this 1813 novel; complications ensue
Pride and Prejudice;Pride & Prejudice
This 1878 title gal has a child with her hubby Alexei but her affair with Vronsky is what gets her preggers again
Anna Karenina
Francesca really gets into National Geographic (well, a photographer for it, anyway) in this novel
The Bridges of Madison County;Bridges of Madison County
This title medico's life is disrupted by war & his love for Lara, wife of a revolutionary; the Bolsheviks don't help, either
Doctor Zhivago
Thornfield Hall's attic holds a surprise wedding guest for this title governess, but love wins out in the end
Jane Eyre
“Splendor”: This French palace is synonymous with splendor, & a 1998 museum exhibit was called the "splendors of" it
Versailles
The first book of Chronicles says, "thine, O lord, is the greatness, and the power, and" this
the glory;glory
This synonym for "splendor" often refers to high intelligence, or to the shine of a diamond
brilliance
It can be the glow some people give off, or, in physics, the quality of emitting heat or light
radiance
Latin splendere, "to shine", gives us splendid, splendor & this adjective for "dazzling in appearance"
splendiferous/resplendent;splendiferous;resplendent
“In The Grass”: This woody grass has been known to grow 4 feet in 24 hours
bamboo
This type of grass is named for the plains it covers. What do I hear? The hoofbeats of a gaucho?
pampas grass;pampas
Timothy grass is considered the best grass for making this (while the sun shines, of course)
hay
Among the most important grasses are cereal grains, like this one, that's sometimes made into meal
oats;oat
A type of grass popular for golf greens is named for this British colony in the North Atlantic
Bermuda grass;Bermuda
“Warren Beatty”: In 1990 Warren starred as this square-jawed comic book detective
Dick Tracy
A tagline for this 1967 Warren Beatty film said, "They're young. They're in love. They rob banks"
Bonnie and Clyde;Bonnie & Clyde
L.A. Ram Warren Beatty comes back to life in the body of a recently murdered millionaire in this comedy from 1978
Heaven Can Wait
Warren Beatty plays a disillusioned senator who falls for Halle Berry in this 1998 film
Bulworth
Roger Ebert said this 1987 Hoffman & Beatty film was "a lifeless, massive, lumbering exercise in failed comedy" 
Ishtar
“Tough Bodies of Water”: Turkey forms the southern border of this sea
Black Sea;Black
Outlaw Rob Roy used to hang out on the bonny bonny banks of this largest Scottish lake
Loch Lomond;Lomond
Ethiopia's Lake Tana serves as the main source of this "colorful" river
the Blue Nile;Blue Nile
Major gulfs extending from this sea include the Mosquito Gulf & the Gulf of Darien
Caribbean Sea;Caribbean
This Canadian province's largest lake is Bras D'or, a saltwater lake lying on Cape Breton Island
Nova Scotia
“Celebs’ Original Names”: NBA legend Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor (full name)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Pop singer Michael Anthony Orlando Cassavitis (full name)
Tony Orlando
"American Idol" heartrhrob Clayton Holmes Grissom (full name)
Clay Aiken
Film star Thomas Mapother IV
Tom Cruise
Film director Raimund Liebling, who's "wanted and desired" (full name)
Roman Polanski
“Instrumental”: Earl Scruggs could tell you this 5-stringed instrument originated in Africa
banjo
The reeds of this instrument are positioned to sound whether you blow or suck through the wind channels
harmonica
Patented in 1835, this instrument was designed to provide a suitable valved brass bass for a wind band
tuba
The Japanese tsuzumi is just one type of this instrument that is a stretched head held taut across a shell
drum
Touching the tuning fork to a larger surface makes the noise louder, the same way a piano or guitar uses this type of board for amplification
sounding board;sounding
“Annual Events”: On the second Sunday of June, the 1967 Summer of Love is re-created at the Haight Street Fair in this city
San Francisco
In an annual ceremony, on Nov. 20, 2007, President Bush pardoned 2 of these named May & Flower
turkeys;turkey
The foundation honoring this holiday says, "We inspire people to plant, nurture, and celebrate trees"
Arbor Day
Each June 60,000 visitors are served bowls of cereal in this Michigan city's Cereal City festival
Battle Creek
On Nov. 11,1953 in Emporia, Kansas, this holiday was first observed under its current name
Veterans Day
“Anatomy”: As opposed to the muscular or skeletal system, the heart, blood & blood vessels are parts of this system
circulatory system;circulatory
A thin, tough fibrous material called the renal capsule covers the outer surface of these organs
kidneys;kidney
Allowing the lower leg to move backward & forward in the same way that a door opens & closes, the knee is considered this type of joint
hinge
Glucose levels in the blood are regulated by 2 pancreatic hormones: glucagon & this
insulin
A large forehead doesn't indicate smartness; it indicates a large one of these bones that form the forehead
frontal bone;frontal
“’For’ Words”: It's inevitable, there's nothing I can do to change it, it's this type of conclusion
foregone
It can precede cookie, hunter & teller
fortune
Food for domestic animals, it also means to search for food or provisions
forage
Medical jurisprudence is another name for this branch of medicine
forensics
From the Latin word for "ant", it's an anthill or nest
formicary
“USA”: The highest waterfall in the U.S. is Yosemite Falls, located in this state
California
Virginia Gildersleeve signed this charter for the U.S. June 26, 1945
United Nations Charter;United Nations
This city's first casino opened in 1978 & took in more than $2 million its first week
Atlantic City
Arkansas' state tree is this & Alabama's is the southern this
pine tree;pine
It's the name given the largest of Wyoming's Les Trois Tetons
the Grand Tetons;Grand Tetons
“Musicmakers”: In 2003 he & Art Garfunkel broke their "Sounds of Silence", reuniting for the Grammys & a new tour
Paul Simon;Simon
Yes, Sir! His 2002 "Back in the U.S." tour was named Tour of the Year by Billboard Magazine
Paul McCartney;McCartney
He did a little of "My Way" his way when he appeared on an episode of TV's "Las Vegas"
Paul Anka;Anka
The Raiders, a "Revolutionary" group of the '60s, were led by a man with this Revolutionary name
Paul Revere;Revere
In 1972 he "and Mrs. Jones" had a "Thing Going On"
Billy Paul;Paul
“Middle Name Please”: Inventor Thomas Edison
Alva
“Middle Name Please”: President Ronald Reagan
Wilson
“Middle Name Please”: American catalog merchant & businessman Aaron Ward
Montgomery
“Middle Name Please”: Romantic poet Percy Shelley
Bysshe
“Middle Name Please”: "Dynastic" architect I.M. Pei
Ming
“Keep the Faith”: A daily supply of this is asked for in the Catholic version of the Lord's Prayer
bread
Kalkin is an avatar-to-come of this Hindu deity
Vishnu
A group of 16th century German princes started this Protestant denomination
Lutheranism
From the Greek for an "act of choosing", it's something done or said against traditional doctrines
heresy
2-letter name shared by the Maori creator of the universe & Jupiter's third-largest moon
Io
“Lethal Weapons”: In "Moby Dick", Starbuck chose the tattooed cannibal Queequeg to man this weapon
harpoon
In the largest man-made explosion in history, the USSR detonated a 50-megaton one of these in 1961
hydrogen bomb
Unlike the longbow, this medieval weapon could be loaded & held ready; an arbalest was a later type of it
crossbow
The U.S.S. Springfield submarine carries these cruise missiles with the name of an Indian weapon
tomahawk
U.S. troops in Iraq have been menaced by RPGs, which stands for these weapons
rocket propelled grenades
“Word & Phrase Origins”: The name of this reference book has the same roots as "treasure"--& don't give us a synonym for it
thesaurus
discjockey101.com says this term for rap music & culture came from DJs jumping between turntables
hip-hop;hip hop;hiphop
J. Langdon Down (of Syndrome fame) coined this 2-word phrase, French for "learned fool"
idiot savant
Once spelled H-O-R-T-Y-A-R-D & meaning "a garden yard", it now refers to a garden of fruit trees
orchard
It's said that the first literary use of "stuffed shirt" for a pompous bore was in her 1913 novel "O Pioneers!"
Willa Cather;Cather
“USA!! USA!!”: In October 2004 he got the final word that he gets to keep his 2004 all-around gymnastics gold medal
Paul Hamm;Hamm
This U.S. women's team steamrolled to gold in Athens, outscoring opponents 51-1
women’s softball team;softball team;softball
It was courtesy of an FBI instructor that Matthew Emmons got into this sport in which he won gold in 2004
shooting
Maurice Greene was better known, but this G-man took 100-meter gold in Athens in 2004
Justin Gatlin;Gatlin
He won the 50-meter freestyle swim in Athens at the ripe old age of 29
Gary Hall Jr.;Hall Jr.
“James Thurber”: In 1927 James Thurber began a lifelong association with this Manhattan magazine
The New Yorker
In a 1940 story Thurber wrote, "Early to rise and early to bed makes a male healthy and wealthy and" this
dead
Thurber's "My World--And Welcome To It" contained a story about "The Secret Life of" this henpecked man
Walter Mitty
Thurber's first book, 1929's "Is Sex Necessary?", was co-written with this collaborator of William Strunk
E.B. White;White
Thurber joined the cast as himself for 88 performances of the Broadway play "A Thurber" this
Carnival
“World of Food (identify the country from which the food originates)”: Sauerbraten
Germany
Vegemite
Australia
Pho
Vietnam
Feijoada
Brazil
Adobo & sinigang
Philippines
“Barons & Baronesses”: In 1979 she became the first woman prime minister in Europe; 13 years later she became a baroness
Margaret Thatcher;Thatcher
In 1927 this Austrian baron married his children's governess, Maria Augusta Kutschera
Baron von Trapp;von Trapp;Trapp
In June 1960 this future baroness established a camp at the Gombe Stream Game Reserve to study chimps
Jane Goodall;Goodall
A sports trophy is named for the Canadian baron who donated it, Frederick Arthur, who was Lord this of Preston
Stanley
For his role in training Revolutionary War troops, this Prussian was awarded 16,000 acres in New York
Baron von Steuben;von Steuben;Steuben
“Is There A Doctor In The House?”: In 1903 the founder of this brand invented the "Foot Eazer"
Dr. Scholl’s
In 1962 this famed pediatrician joined the anti-nuclear group SANE
Dr. Spock
This nonprofit international relief organization's humanitarian work won it the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize
Doctors Without Borders
He got a life sentence for treating John Wilkes Booth in 1865 but was pardoned before the decade ended
Samuel Mudd;Mudd
This reputed "Nature of Man" author was born on the Greek island of Cos around 460 B.C.
Hippocrates
“Ends In ‘tu’”: This ballet skirt is sometimes made of a cotton fabric called tarlatan
tutu
The name of this ancient trading post in Mali is now synonymous with any faraway place
Timbuktu
Extemporaneous
impromptu
This group of African languages that has more than 50 million speakers is said to have originated in Cameroon
Bantu languages;Bantu
2-word Latin phrase meaning located in the original or existing place or position
in situ
“Popular Science Best of 2006”: Science "disproved the obvious" & showed that not all kids love Santa, & actually you can "teach an old dog" these
new tricks
Vision's of TV's Steve Austin & Jaime Sommers: the first brain-controlled hand of this type was unveiled
bionic
Scientists in Australia hope to resurrect the extinct Tasmanian tiger by using genetic fragments & this method
cloning
With gesture recognition software and a webcam, you can play one of these and actually hear yourself jam
air guitar
Want a safe and long-lasting tan? It may be possible with an implant that triggers production of this skin pigment
melanin
“Best Picture Oscar Winners”: One of 4 musicals that won for Best Picture in the 1960s, it was based on a Charles Dickens novel
Oliver!;Oliver
It not only won Best Picture, it also earned Martin Scorsese his long-awaited Best Director Oscar
The Departed
In this film, Clint Eastwod says, "Hell of a thing, killin' a man. Ya take away all he's got and all he's ever gonna have"
Unforgiven
Mel Gibson won Oscars for producing & directing this 1995 Best Picture
Braveheart
Inmates at the Oregon State Mental Hospital played extras in this 1975 Oscar winner
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
“You’ve been converted”: In cooking, a stick of butter converts to this many ounces
four;4
To convert from miles into these units, multiply by 1.6
kilometres;kilometre;km
To convert from miles to these units, multiply by 1,760
yards;yard
The year 2007 becomes this in Roman numerals
MMVII
To convert from degrees Celsius to Fahrenheit, multiply the Celsius temperature by 1.8, then add this amount
32
“Kiddy Lit”: In "Little Women", the March girls' father is an army chaplain serving during this war
the Civil War;Civil War;Civil
In the children's classic titled "The Wonderful" this, a character named Henry says, "There's a cyclone coming, Em"
Wizard of Oz
"And Mamma in her kerchief, and I in my cap, had just settled our brains for a long" one of these
winter’s nap
James Henry Trotter meets the silkworm, the ladybug & 5 other insects in a very large one of these
peach
E.H. Shepard's illustrations of this imaginary creature in the Winnie-the-Pooh books resemble an elephant
heffalump
“Time For ‘unch’”: Accountants do it to numbers
crunch
Collection of coconuts in a 1950 novelty song
a lovely bunch
It should ring a bell that Quasimodo was one
hunchback
In a 1961 song it's what Ray Charles wanted done with his heart
unchain
Elastic band used to fasten hair
scrunchie
“Let’s Eat”: 3 of the Dead Sea Scrolls tell of the preparation of a sacred meal of bread & this potent potable
wine
Put on your goggles at breakfast when eating Citrus paradisi, this fruit that grows in clusters
grapefruit
A food staple on any camping trip is gorp, "good old raisins &" these
peanuts
Some soldiers might say it stands for "yuck!", but "MRE" stands for this in the army
meal ready to eat
Actress Suzette Reichenberg may have lent her name to this dish that is served on fire
Crepe Suzette
“European History”: Under the 1815 Congress of Vienna, Sweden was given this neighbour that was taken from Denmark
Norway
In 1588 a storm from this bay scattered the Spanish Armada's wooden ships as they prepared to attack England
Bay of Biscay
The Soviets chose June 1940 to take over the Baltics; world attention was elsewhere, as this country fell the same week
France
On Easter 1478, the Archbishop of Pisa & others tried to kill this "magnificent" Florentine
Lorenzo
This Dutch city was best known for ruined castles until the 1991 European Union Treaty was signed there
Maastricht
“1970s Rock”: Rod Stewart told her to "wake up...I think I've got something to say to you"
Maggie May
Janis Joplin's second Top 10 album, this gem contained the hit "Me And Bobby McGee"
Pearl
This trio had their first top 20 hit in 1967 but didn't have their first gold record until 1970 with "Lonely Days"
The Bee Gees;Bee Gees
“A River Runs Through ‘Em (identify the river)”: Cologne & Bonn
Rhine
(identify the river): Vienna & Belgrade
Danube
(identify the river): Avignon & Valence
Rhone
(identify the river): Ciudad Bolivar & Ciudad Guyana
Orinoco
(identify the river): Toledo & Lisbon
Tagus
“Notable Women”: Dateline Argonia, Kan., 1887--Susanna Salter is elected the USA's first female one of these
mayor
This Indian prime minister was the daughter of a prime minister & the mother of a prime minister (full name)
Indira Gandhi
In the 1960s she made the first recorded observations of chimpanzees eating meat & making & using tools
Jane Goodall;Goodall
In the mid-'60s she starred in Ingmar Bergman's "Persona" & gave birth to his daughter Linn
Liv Ullman;Ullman
Virginia Gildersleeve, named dean of this school in 1911 by the president of Columbia U., served 36 years
Barnard
“Mythology”: This Greek god of wine gave Midas his "golden touch"
Dionysus
As you would expect, Morpheus, the god of these, is the son of Hypnos, the god of sleep
dreams;dream
A bribe to a politician or other formidable person can also be called a "sop to" this watchdog of Hades
Cerberus
These heavenly twins were said to have helped the Romans defeat warring Latin tribes at Lake Regillus in 496 B.C.
Castor & Pollux;Castor and Pollux;Pollux & Castor;Pollux and Castor
The venomous blood of this serpent was used to make Hercules' poison arrows
Hydra