TRADE NAMES
Greek for "hot", in 1963 this brand name legally became a generic term for vacuum flasks
Thermos
From Latin for "wall", it's a painting put on one
a mural
Both Jefferson Davis & Abraham Lincoln were born in this state
Kentucky
Star of TV's "Love of Life" perhaps better known as father of Alan Alda
Robert Alda
Light yellowish brown, or a beachgoer's goal
tan
Supposedly, C.L. Griggs came up with this soft drink name after a half-dozen other tries
7-Up
Up to 100 tons of these parasitic crustaceans can collect on bottom of a steamship in a year
barnacles
W.V. actress Belle Boyd later admitted she spent much of the Civil War engaged in this crime
spying
Only 2 U.S. presidents who were father & son
Adams (John Adams & John Quincy)
In English, the name of this Texas city would be "Yellow"
Amarillo
"Elijah's Manna" was the unpopular original name of this popular Post product
Post Toasties
Islamic prayer rugs have an "arrow" to tell head from foot of rug so they will always face toward here
Mecca
More than 1,000 people were killed or wounded in 1863 anti-draft riots in this Northern city
New York City
His son Dale is now a shortstop with the Yankees
Yogi Berra
Often used to effect old look, photographs are done in these brown tones from "ink" of cuttlefish
sepia
The name of this green soap comes from the oils 1st used to make it
Palmolive
Glenn Yarborough's group which, appropriately, was once center stage in the '60s folk craze
The Limeliters
A career Navy man, this Southerner was highest ranking officer in the Union Navy
Farragut
This baggy-pants comic starred with son Keenan in TV's "Requiem for a Heavyweight"
Ed Wynn
Term used to describe the growing population percentage of older people in the U.S.
the graying of America
Seen on the bottle, "4711" is said to be the legendary secret formula for making this
Eau de Cologne
Doctors call this organ the body's detox center
the liver
Southerners who allied themselves with Reconstruction era "carpetbaggers" were called this
scalawags
Both Arthur M. Schlesinger Sr. & Jr. are noted for achievements in this field
historian (history)
Resembling lilac, lavender, & violet, this shade of purple was 1st synthetic coloring made from coal tar
mauve