Keokuk,
Ames
Iowa
Used in a dusting powder, this 4-letter mineral is a 1, meaning the softest, on the Mohs hardness scale
Talc
Coat the freshly sliced bananas in a caramelized sugar sauce & ignite dark rum in this dessert
Bananas Foster
In U.S. movie ratings, a film with this letter requires an accompanying parent or adult guardian for anyone under 17
R
In the '90s the NBA briefly shortened the distance of this line on the court to a uniform 22 feet around the basket
3 Point Line
Director Penny Marshall cast her daughter, Tracy Reiner, as Betty Spaghetti in this beloved baseball movie
A League of Their Own
Beckley,
Morgantown
West Virginia
Term for the tendency of some minerals to break along irregular lines; it sounds like what can happen to a bone
Fracture
3 little French words, this dish is chicken braised in wine, mushrooms & lardons, often with cognac flambé action
Coq au vin
In an emergency or not, in Morse code 3 dashes represent this letter
O
Per the FIVB, the court for the indoor type of this sport is 59 feet long with an attack line 9 feet, 10 inches from the net
Volleyball
In 1890 Alfred Marshall published "Principles of" this field of study & expounded upon the elasticity of demand
Economics
Rugby,
Grand Forks
North Dakota
When clear & colorless, this common mineral is known as rock crystal
Quartz
A food blogger thought that turning 30 "calls for blowing up an ice cream cake in flames" & detailed a recipe for this
Baked Alaska
NFL players Bart Starr & LeRoy Butler proudly wore this letter on their helmets
G
The Tournament of Champions for this sport is held in a glass court in the middle of Grand Central Terminal
Squash
James Marshall made an 1848 find "beneath the surface of the water" at property owned by this man
John Sutter
Choctaw,
Broken Arrow
Oklahoma
A gem, or for that matter, a romance or an activity can "lose its" this, the way a mineral reflects light
Luster
The entree called steak her dates to the 1930s & includes a filet, cream, shallots, Worcestershire & flambéed cognac
Diane
Therese Anne Fowler's novelized life story of the wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald has this title
Z
U.S. Open blue is the color of the court at the main stadium in Flushing named for this tennis star
Arthur Ashe
While juggling multiple court terms a year, this Chief Justice had time to write "The Life of George Washington" between 1801 & 1835
John Marshall
Jacksonville,
Texarkana
Arkansas
Almandine is a type of this gemstone that's been favored by lapidaries since ancient times & lends its name to a very dark red
Garnet
Legend has the Prince of Wales asking the creator of this dessert that gets lit to end it with a female name instead of princesse
Crepes Suzette
he flag of the alma mater of actor Moroni Olsen & historian Brigham Roberts bears this letter, or 2 of them
U
The Boston Celtics' home court has this type of pattern flooring, originally made from scraps of Tennessee red oak
Parquet
We hope you know of the work of this Canadian communications theorist who said, "The medium is the message"
Marshall McLuhan