Gems
Known for minerals as well as potatoes, it's nicknamed the Gem State
Idaho
5 cents would get you into these early movie theaters
nickelodeons
An approach shot is any shot that enables the player to do this
approach the net
Gershwin's "An American in Paris" uses 2 of these automotive "instruments"
automobile horns
Dose who tawk like dis all de time prob'ly come from dis boro of New Yawk City
Brooklyn
The Mogok area of Burma produces the world's finest specimens of these red stones
rubies
The people most closely related to the deceased
the next of kin
John Newcombe, Ken Rosewall, & Rod Laver are all from this country
Australia
Contemporaries said his music was too hard to play, though his lullaby is "child's play"
Brahms
The capitals are of Roman origin, but the small ones were designed by Alcuin in the 8th century
letters
The word gem comes from Latin "gemma", meaning this stage of a flower
a bud
This type of child receives coal in their stocking at Christmas
Naughty
Formed in 1974 but forced to disband in 1978 was this inter-city league, the WTT
World Team Tennis
It is acknowledged as "the premier instrument of the symphonic orchestra"
a violin
Portuguese, Romansh, French, Italian, & Spanish all belong to this "love"ly language group
romance language
Opal & turquoise are found mostly in parts of world where there is little of this
water (rainfall, moisture)
To take a sip or clip off the tip
nip
In 1979, at age 16, she was youngest woman ever to win the U.S. Open
Tracy Austin
Shorter than Dudley Moore, this composer of "Bolero" was only about 5 feet tall
Maurice Ravel
At medieval European universities all classes were conducted in this language
Latin
Often weighing thousands of carats, this birthstone for November is valued by quality, not size
the topaz
The profession of Cherry Ames
nurse
Title of person who sits in the chair & officiates at a tennis match
the umpire
In "The Well-Tempered Clavier", he wrote pieces in all the major & minor keys
(Johann Sebastian) Bach
The science of language, including phonology, morphology, syntax & semantics
linguistics