INVENTORS & INVENTIONS
Robert Adler invented this device that allows you to move from Bravo to ESPN without leaving the couch
remote control
In 8-ball, these are the 2 distinctive types of ball each player is trying to sink before the 8
solids & stripes
In 1955, Carl Perkins warned against stepping on these.
His blue suede shoes
At age 43, DS married Mike Nichols, less than a year after she became the first female reporter on 60 Minutes.
Diane Sawyer
I'm here to certify
it means to versify
rhyme
Secretary Bette Nesmith used fast-drying white paint to cover up typos, inventing this product that pre-dates Wite-Out
Liquid Paper
The Mikado's punishment for a pool shark: to play "on a cloth untrue with a twisted" this "& elliptical billiard balls"
a cue
This is the name of a brand of shoes and of a southern side dish of deep fried cornmeal.
Hush Puppies
NP became second-in-line to the presidency in 2007, and again in 2019.
Nancy Pelosi
To cut a material to form something; you can do it to ski turns, meat & statues
carve
Ophthalmologist Patricia Bath invented a sight-saving laser probe to remove these opacities from the eye
cataracts
As Eddie Felson, this actor defeats Minnesota Fats at the billiards table in "The Hustler" & won his sole acting Oscar for the sequel
Paul Newman
The most common cause for this foot defect is tight shoes, especially for women.
Bunions
MO shares her initials with her mom, a former First Lady.
Malia Obama
To beat with a strap, or what a party leader does to get votes lined up in Congress
whip
Bartolomeo Cristofori's invention of this instrument was music to the world's ears around 1700
the piano
This billiards variation uses one white ball, 15 red & 6 colored ones; the 1985 world championship final took almost 15 hours
snooker
This website, which started out selling only shoes, takes its name from the Spanish word for shoes.
Zappos
The first film BS directed was Yentl, based on a story by Isaac Bashevis Singer.
Barbra Streisand
This mild word that can follow goal- & bar-means to offer formally for acceptance, like with a resignation
tender
Still used today, the screw named for this ancient Greek helps move water from lower to higher ground
Archimedes
Covered by a felt cloth, the bed of a billiards table is typically this metamorphic rock, also used in blackboards
slate
The logo for this Oregon-based shoe company is a “swoosh”; its iconic tag line is “Just do it.”
Nike
DF was played by Sigourney Weaver in the 1988 movie Gorillas in the Mist.
Dian Fossey
From the Latin for "price", it's what your new car's value does shortly after you drive off the lot
depreciate