4-LETTER ADJECTIVES
Uncommon, or steak with a cool red center
rare
Of this type of poem, Shakespeare was keen / Its number of lines totals fourteen
a sonnet
"P" + a country that uses the ruble as its currency = this historic German realm
Prussia
U.S. President born in Hawaii
Obama
Located twelve miles outside of it, Villanova offers a course on the "History of" this Pennsylvania city
Philadelphia
Uh-oh, someone left the door this way, partly open
ajar
"O Captain! My Captain!", its words full of grief / Whitman's lament to this commander in chief
Lincoln
Central U.S. state + "polis" = this capital city of that same state
Indianapolis
Oscar winner named Oscar: this lyricist of "Oklahoma!" & "South Pacific"
Oscar Hammerstein
Vassar offers "Cold War America", a history course "from 1945 until the fall of" this European landmark "in 1989"
Berlin Wall
Meaning super luxurious or stylish, it was also Victoria Beckham's Spice Girl name
posh
If you read "If—", you'll be taking a look / At a poem by this author of "The Jungle Book"
Kipling
A West African country + "IA" = this other West African country
Nigeria
Element on the periodic table whose name is 3 letters long: this silvery metal
tin
Rice boasts that its "20th Century American Presidents" course covers the span of Theodore Roosevelt to this 42nd president
Bill Clinton
This adjective invoking morning moisture is applied to skin that looks hydrated, glowing & smooth
dewy
A mentor to Oprah on & off TV / "Phenomenal Woman", that's she
Maya Angelou
"Ar" + a central U.S. state = this other central U.S. state
Arkansas
Chess piece that can jump over other pieces
knight
At Brown, the history course "Conspiracy?" includes this 1692 event dramatized by Arthur Miller in "The Crucible"
Salem Witch Trials
File under "Z"--this word means comical or just plain ludicrous
zany
The sun got too bright inaugurating Kennedy / This poet recited "The Gift Outright" from only his memory
Robert Frost
"As" + a Middle Eastern country = this ancient empire
Assyria
UN member state whose name starts with "Y", this country on the Arabian Peninsula
Yemen
"The Wealth of Nations" & "The Theory of Moral Sentiments" are two texts assigned for a Duke seminar on this economist
Adam Smith