COMPOSERS' COUNTRY OF BIRTH
Johann Strauss the younger
Austria
We got the villain we deserved when Heath Ledger played the Joker in this sequel
The Dark Knight
While many fresh plum varieties are clingstone, the type dried to make these is usually freestone
prunes
Term for the shallow center trough between the pages of a book, & where my bowling ball usually ends up
the gutter
Phenomenon
phenomina
Edvard Grieg
Norway
Francis Ford Coppola won 3 Oscars for this 1974 sequel
Godfather part II
Smooth cayenne, once the principal variety of this fruit grown in Hawaii, has been replaced by the hybrid MD2
pineapple
The American Institute for Conservation says use paper these; the fancy leather ones can stain the pages
bookmark
Nucleus
Nuclei
Erik Satie
Released in 2017, this movie, "Vol. 2" is set to the backdrop of Awesome Mixtape, Vol. 2
Guardians of the Galaxy
This green pod veggie used in Creole cooking & to thicken soups & stews is also known as lady's finger
okra
A foreword is by someone else to set up your book; one of these introductions is by you to explain why you wrote it
a preface
Brother
Brethren
Gustav Holst
England
This subtitle of "Star Trek II" refers to the villain played by Ricardo Montalban
Wrath of Khan
Yellow crookneck & yellow straightneck are popular summer varieties of this veggie
Squash
This adjective is used for a shortened version of a written work that still contains the basic story
abridged
Passerby
Passersby
Ferde Grofe
The United States
Alfred Molina was transformed into this heavily armed villain in "Spider-Man 2"
Doctor Octopus
In some countries this long-necked brown pear is known as the Kaiser Alexander
a Bosc pear
12-letter term for a book produced by adapting a movie script
a novelization
Seraph
Seraphim