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3-year-olds run in the Kentucky Derby & the Preakness, & horses of this age run in the Belmont Stakes
3 years old
From Middle English for "coarse meal", this basic corn dish of the South is often thought coarse by Yankees
grits
Born in Oak Park, Ill., a Chicago suburb, this comedian played a Chicago psychologist in his 1st sitcom
Bob Newhart
In 1853, Delia Bacon pried open Shakespeare's tomb to try to prove this man wrote the plays
(Sir) Francis Bacon
A long-haired goat or rabbit, or the yarn made from their hair
angora
Hosting the Goodwill Games of 1986 may have helped this country win the most gold medals
the USSR
One's period of greatest success, it goes back to Anglo-Saxon use of "hey" as an expression of joy
heyday
A few months after Jed started "shootin' at some food" in 1962, this series was #1
The Beverly Hillbillies
This play's 1st line is "In Troy there lies the scene", which Cressida, the hussy, would gladly show you
Troilus and Cressida
Their other name, butterfly fish, might be more accurate: they display bright colors but no halos
angel fish
This port was the docking site for the boats in the 1987 America's Cup races
Fremantle
Commoners in England couldn't cut trees for fuel, but could profit from these, felled by the wind
windfall
George Kennedy was the technical advisor on this madcap military show of the '50s
The Phil Silvers Show (The Sargent Bilko Show accepted)
Maiden name of Shakespeare's mother, Mary, or name of the forest in "As You Like It"
Arden
Apes described by this adjective, such as gorillas, resemble man
anthropoidal
The only Super Bowl played in the North was in 1982 in this state
(Clue: starts with an M )
Michigan
Highfalutin' & hoity-toity are synonyms for this word from the Latin "over the eyebrow"
supercilious
On "Mayberry, R.F.D." she was Ken Berry's 1st housekeeper
Aunt Bee
Richard Burton called this "Arthur" star's Hamlet "so near perfect...he nearly killed my ambition"
Sir John Gielgud
Maybe this mammal's enormous salivary glands make all those Formicidae taste better
anteater
Every 3 years, men compete in this racquet sport for the Thomas Cup & women for the Uber Cup
badminton
"Rise to vote, sir" is one of these, named from the Greek "to run back again"
palindrome
Robert Young's TV occupation on "Father Knows Best"
an insurance salesman
When title character Caius Marcius defeats the Volscians at Corioli, he's given this name
Coriolanus
The only genus of mosquitoes that can transmit the protozoa causing malaria
Anopheles