Animal Pop Songs
I see de dance people had a ball
'Cause she really want to skip town
Get back, Gruffy, back, Scruffy
Get back you flea infested mongrel
What is Who Let the Dogs Out? (Baha Men)
The average distance between these 2 bodies is 93 million miles
What are the Earth and the Sun?
A digit & a chanteuse
What is finger and singer?
"The Killer Angels", Michael Shaara's fiction Pulitzer winner for 1975, covers this decisive July 1863 battle
What is Gettysburg?
Good night, and good luck - this American broadcaster died this day in 1965 of lung cancer (not really a surprise)
Who was Edward R Murrow?
OSCAR HISTORY: In the 1940s he became the first person to receive nominations as actor, director & writer for the same film
Who was Orson Welles?
She asked me to stay
And she told me to sit anywhere
So I looked around
And I noticed there wasn't a chair
What is Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (Beatles)?
Adding up senators & House representatives, Congress has this many voting members
What is 535?
Legal evidence with probative weight & detached, indifferent, cool
What is proof and aloof?
Dashiell Hammett introduced Sam Spade in this novel
What is The Maltese Falcon?
The inventor of this code -- --- .-. ... . was born this day in 1791 in Massachusetts
Who is (Samuel) Morse?
MILITARY SLANG: This word for high-ranking officials comes from a metal used in 19th century military insignia
What is brass?
In the heart of America
Stolen from Africa, brought to America
Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival
What is Buffalo Soldier (Bob Marley)?
Since its founding in 1955, this company with locations in all 50 states has prepared more than 800 million tax returns
What is H&R Block?
What the defendant did in court regarding a legal charge & to totally carve it up on a snowboard, dude
What is pled and shred?
"Inferno" is Dan Brown's fourth novel to feature this symbology professor as its hero
Who is (Robert) Langdon?
On this day in 1810, Ludwig von Beethoven wrote Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor for one of his young female students -- it's better known by this name
What is Für Elise?
U.S. PRESIDENTS: He was the only 20th century president who had previously served as U.S. House Minority Leader
Who was Gerald Ford?
When I was a child, running in the night
Afraid of what might be
Hiding in the dark, hiding in the street
And of what was following me
What is Hounds of Love (Kate Bush)?
On average, the statues on this Chilean dependency are 13 feet tall & weigh 14 tons
What is Easter Island?
Adjective for lowly labor & warmly affable or agreeable
What is menial and genial?
William Styron came in for some criticism when he wrote in blackvoice in "The Confessions of" this man
Who was Nat Turner?
On this day in 1981 this man's second rock band breaks up -- his first one ended in 1970
Who is Paul McCartney?
THE 50 STATES: Though 46th largest in area, this state ranks 9th largest in population
What is New Jersey?
Rate yourself and rake yourself
Take all the courage you have left
And waste it on fixing all the problems
That you made in your own head
What is Little Lion Man (Mumford & Sons)?
This European country gets about 3/4 of its electricity from nuclear power, the most of any country
What is France?
To pick & get rid of inferior cattle from the herd & to heat & spice up some wine
What is to cull and mull?
This self-described space nerd followed up his bestseller "The Martian" with "Artemis"
Who is (Andy) Weir?
On this day in 1994, former President Richard Nixon is buried on the site of his Presidential library in this California city (also the place of his birth)
What is Yorba Linda?
FACTS ABOUT COUNTRIES: It has 40,000 people & a workforce of 42,000, more than half commuting from nearby, including Vorarlberg state in a neighbor country
What is Liechtenstein?