US History
In 1884 the Central Labor Union selected the first Monday in this month for their workingmen's holiday.
What is September?
In the New Testament Elizabeth told her "Blessed art thou among women."
Who is Mary?
In 73 B.C. this Thracian gladiator began a 2-year slave revolt against Roman rule
Who is Spartacus?
He played P.T. Barnum in The Greatest Showman
Who is Hugh Jackman?
Something ill-suited is not my this 3-word phrase; I prefer English breakfast
Thomas Jefferson appointed this man his personal secretary to lead an expedition to try to find the N.W. Passage
Who is Meriwether Lewis?
In You Learn By Living this first lady of the 1940s challenged You must do the thing you think you cannot do
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
In the 1540's, John Calvin made this Swiss city a center of Protestant might.
What is Geneva?
The sequel to this 2006 film was subtitled Battle of the Smithsonian
What is Night at the Smithsonian?
This expression means earn a living; in an old commercial it was followed by fry it up in a pan
What is bring home the bacon?
Thoroughly restored for its 100th birthday in 1986 on July 3 that year its torch was relit
What is the Statue of Liberty?
This country star said she's not offended by dumb blonde jokes: "I know...I'm not dumb...I also know I'm not blonde."
Who is Dolly Parton?
The Geneva Accords of 1954 split this SE Asian country in 2 at 17 degrees North latitude
What is Vietnam?
The '70s brought us Beneath this & Escape From it; in 2011 we got The Rise Of it
What is the Planet of the Apes?
Tread carefully if doing this phrase for being careful not to anger someone
What is walking on eggshells?
In 1878 an amendment for this was introduced in Congress; its adoption didn't occur until 1920
What is the Women's Suffrage?
She once remarked "The power I exert on the court depends on the power of my arguments not on my gender."
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor?
Around 4500 years ago the bronze age Minoan civilization emerged on this Mediterranean island
What is Crete?
Jules Verne could not have imagined Brendan Fraser in 3-D in this action film
What is Journey to the Center of the Earth?
It's a circular representation of relative percentages making up a whole
In 1911 the U.S. signed an agreement with Russia Japan & the U.K. to protect the seal herds in this sea
What is the Bering Sea?
"One cannot have too large a party" is a line from her novel Emma
Who is Jane Austen?
During the 1917 revolution this group's slogan was Peace Land & Bread
What are the Bolsheviks?
Disney's first live-action comedy this 1959 film starred Tommy Kirk as a boy who changes into a sheepdog
What is the Shaggy Dog?
To lament a misfortune that can't be changed or corrected
What is cry over spilled milk?