Named for its early 19th century creator, bunraku is the traditional puppet theater of this country
In this Tom Clancy debut thriller Jack Ryan is on a quest for an elusive Soviet sub somewhere under the Atlantic
What is The Hunt for Red October?
He was born in 1786 in Eastern Tennessee & died in 1836 at the Alamo
Who is Davy Crockett?
Some citizens in this Canadian capital get their news from the Citizen newspaper
Ottawa
The Greeks reckoned time from this event, first held in Olympia in 776 B.C.
What is the Olympics?
This 2004 Matt Stone & Trey Parker film featured risque marionettes
What is Team America:World Police
In this Thomas Harris thriller, the death's-head's hawk moth is used by the villain Buffalo Bill
What is The Silence of the Lambs?
He was "Born in the U.S.A." on Sept. 23, 1949 in Freehold, New Jersey
Who is Bruce Springsteen?
This man was the publisher of the New York World from 1883 to 1911, as you'd know if you saw the film Newsies
Who is Pulitzer?
Sports is the third album by this band, a favorite of Patrick Bateman
Dr. Bunsen Honeydew & this lab assistant were on "The Muppet Show"
Who is Beaker?
Like Michael Crichton, Arthur Conan Doyle wrote a thriller with this title about a land inhabited by dinosaurs
What is The Lost World?
You don't get more all-American than this illustrator born Feb. 3, 1894 in NYC
Who is Norman Rockwell?
The largest Soviet newspaper, its name means "Truth"
What is Pravda?
From early practice of pitcher facing west comes this baseball term for lefty
What is Southpaw?
This evil puppet master from "Pinocchio" shared his name with a volcanic island near Sicily
Who is Stromboli?
The album Thriller was released by Michael Jackson and was produced by this legendary jazz arranger and EGOT near-winner
Who is Quincy Jones?
Mid-19th century Chinese cooks working on the western railroads devised this dish of odds & ends served over rice
What is Chop Suey?
Stomp stomp clap: these two rock anthems, a before and after for a successful competition, were released as the double A-side single for News of the World.
What are We Will Rock You and We Are The Champions?
Klutz Press started in 1977 with a how to book complete with 3 bean bags for you to learn this art
What is juggling?
Who is Lars Ulrich?
She sang "Summer Nights" with Travolta before becoming an author of legal thrillers & "Calico Joe"
Who is Olivia Newton-John?
This portrait photographer, lover of Susan Sontag known for her polaroid of Lennon and Ono, photographed Bruce Springsteen's behind for the album cover
Who is Annie Leibovitz?
Neue Zurcher Zeitung, one of the world's most respected papers, is published in this city
What is Zurich?
This is the number of laps run in the Indy 500
What is 200?