The Phantom of the Opera
The longest-running musical on Broadway, "The Phantom of the Opera," features a dramatic score by this composer
Who is Andrew Lloyd Webber?
Term for a volcano that hasn't erupted in many, many years but still might
What is dormant?
In H. Rider Haggard's "King Solomon's Mines," one of these occurs at a new moon rather than a full one
What is an eclipse?
Hollandaise-laden breakfast entree is known as a traitor in the United States
What are Eggs Benedict Arnold?
Retsina is a Greek white or rosé wine favored with the resin from this cone-producing evergreen (sounds delish!)
What is pine resin?
Act 2 opens at the opera house with a lavish masquerade ball to celebrate this festive winter night
What is New Year's Eve?
If your lab has a tile counter, don't use it to place solid carbon dioxide, AKA this; the adhesive will be destroyed
What is dry ice?
Shakespeare's King John says, "The thunder of my" this big gun "shall be heard", 200 years before its invention
What is a cannon?
"Amphibian" British sausage dish cooked in batter that's an ace on the golf course
What is Toad in the Hole-in-one?
From Latin for "heavy", this 4-letter word refers to a style of dry champagne
What is brut?
Over 17 million people have seen Broadway's Phantom ferry Christine to his home under the streets of this city
What is Paris?
Knowing what the D in DNA stands for should tell you this noun, the sugar found in DNA
What is deoxyribose?
In this story of 16th-century lookalikes, Mark Twain had locals watching "Punch and Judy" shows that began 100 years later
What is the Prince and the Pauper?
"Vernal" tubular Chinese appetizer that is also a casual bit of canoodling in the barn
What is a spring roll in the hay?
Think it over -- Glühwein is a German wine that has gone through this heating and spicing process
What is mulling?
The first African-American actor to play the Phantom on Broadway, Norm Lewis donned the mask to perform this iconic song with such lyrics as "Turn your thoughts away from cold, unfeeling light"
What is The Music of the Night?
Still mysterious but described as a "repulsive force", it makes up 70% of the universe, way more than the same-named "matter"
What is dark energy?
In a famous printing mistake in 1631, the printer accidentally left out the word "not" in the seventh commandment, which commands you not to commit this
What is adultery?
"Pastoral" lamb and mashed potato casserole that's a fanciful dream not likely to be attained
What is Shepherd's Pie-in-the-sky?
Red wine, fruit juice, spices, and sugar go into this Spanish offering, sometimes served as an iced punch
This soprano originated the Broadway role of Christine
Who is Sarah Brightman?
Embryonic stem cells divide and give rise to more specialized ones, like neurons for the brain, in this process
What is differentiation?
At the end of "Jurassic Park", the island is attacked by this country's military, abolished in the 1940s
What is Costa Rica?
Blue cheese-accompanied poultry products that are on the marquee as a Wim Wenders film
What are Buffalo Wings of Desire?
This verb refers to adding extra alcohol to wine to produce liquors like port or sherry
What is fortify?