STARTS WITH 3 CONSONANTS
HATS
LAST WILLS & TESTAMENTS
VIVA ITALIA
"MAN" IN THE MIDDLE
100
You might "vent" this abdominal organ that removes old red cells from the blood & produces new white ones
spleen
100
Cold & wet conditions led him, in 1865, to make the "hat that could tame the American West"
Stetson
100
After his 1616 death, his will stipulated that his "second best bed" go to his wife, Anne, which does beg a question...
Shakespeare
100
The first part of Italy liberated by the Allies during World War II was this island invaded in July 1943
Sicily
100
An annual publication chock full of facts & figures
an almanac
200
The back of the neck
scruff
200
Some speculated that this 1865 literary character was illustrated to resemble Prime Minister William Gladstone
the Mad Hatter
200
Item 6 in his will:
"I give... unto my wife, Zelda... in the event she regain her sanity all of my household and kitchen furniture"
F. Scott Fitzgerald
200
The world's first major film festival was held in this city in 1932; today it awards the prestigious Golden Lion
Venice
200
Hellbenders & newts are types of these
salamanders
300
A garment worn down to strands is said to be this, also used to describe anything poor
threadbare
300
Movie choreographer Mr. Berkeley is on a first-name basis with this furry hat worn by hussars
busby
300
This Chief Justice of the United States from 1969 to 1986 left a self-written 176-word will with no provisions for estate taxes; oops
Warren Burger
300
Begun in 312 B.C. & originally 20 feet wide, this first & most famous Roman road still handles traffic today
the Appian Way
300
To take apart
dismantle
400
This pseudoscience invented by Franz gall found adherents examining people's heads
phrenology
400
"Derby" is the American name for this British hat
bowler
400
This "commodore" willed $90 million to his son William, $7.5 million to his 4 grandsons, & to his 8 daughters... well, not as much
Cornelius Vanderbilt
400
Modeled in part on aircraft landing gear, this brand of motor scooter was first produced in Tuscany in 1946
Vespa
400
In the photo seen here, it's the snow-laced mountain in the background
Kilimanjaro
500
From the German for "shot", it's a straight downhill ski run
a Schuss
500
A topee is also called this kind of helmet, from the plant material it's made from
a pith helmet
500
His will called for a "secret society" to take back the U.S. for Britain (his "scholarship" gets much more press)
Cecil Rhodes
500
Giuseppe Mazzini, Conte di Cavour & this "Redshirt" were main figures of the Risorgimento movement
Giuseppe Garibaldi
500
Not temporary
permanent