Indiana
Hoosier who created such radio and TV charcters as Freddie the Freeloader & Clem Kadiddlehopper
Red Skelton
The title object being sought in Tom Clancy's "The Hunt for Red October" is one of these
a submarine
Mickey or Minnie's mansion
a mouse house
1893:
Fashion fastener
the zipper
"Bartlett's" cites this Monty Python song: "I cut down trees, I skip and jump, I like to press wild flowers"
"The Lumberjack Song"
Jonathan Jennings
In Nevil Shute's "A Town Like Alice", a young woman survives WWII in Asia & then starts a new life in this country's bush
Australia
An odd group of connected mountains
a strange range
1569:
Mercator's masterpiece
a map
Sarah Palin at the 2008 RNC:
"You know, they say the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull?" This
lipstick
Indiana University's Lilly Library has a first edition of this, printed at London in 1611
The King James Bible
In addition to the tales of his fabled detective, this man penned "The White Company", an adventure of the Middle Ages
Arthur Conan Doyle
Calamitous sleight of hand
tragic magic
1942:
Prompt pilot purger patented
an ejection seat
From his "Lady Windermere's Fan":
"Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes"
Oscar Wilde
He was first seen in Brazil, Indiana in 1913; he was last seen outside a Michigan restaurant in 1975
Jimmy Hoffa
In the future soldiers like Johnny Rico fight alien "bugs" in this Robert Heinlein sci-fi novel
Starship Troopers
Down at the docks, he clips your locks
the harbor barber
1852:
Otis' okay origination
an elevator
This British mathematician for "I propose to consider the question, 'Can machines think?'"
(Alan) Turing
A real high point of Indianapolis is this Hoosier poet's grave & monument, atop the city's highest point
James Whitcomb Riley
A father & son try to avoid marauding cannibals on their trek in this Cormac McCarthy novel
The Road
A thick cup for tea on a small, powerful boat that likes to push or pull
a mug tug
1924:
Current cutoff contraption
a circuit breaker
Inscribed on Woody Guthrie's guitar:
"This machine kills" these
fascists