Go Off, Queen!
About the Boer War, she sniffed, "We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat"
Who is Queen Victoria?
There's a wild canine in this verb meaning to get the better of through cleverness
What is "to outfox"?
Oh no! it looks like the tyke picked up this red & black beetle of the Coccinellidae family & is about to eat it!
What is a ladybug?
In a 2011 hit with Calvin Harris, Rihanna sang, "We" did this "in a hopeless place"
What is found love?
Its races are sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile
What is F1?
Facing a tribunal, she said, "My blood alone remains: take it, but do not make me suffer long" (& soon headed to the guillotine)
Who is Marie Antoinette?
We need some new ideas! let's put our heads together & do this--umbrellas optional
What is "brainstorm"?
I've childproofed the doors & windows & double-padlocked this mythic box or jar that Hesiod wrote
What is Pandora's Box?
People are lining up outside just to get down at this "little old place" where the B-52s get together
What is the Love Shack?
In 1960, Francis Gary Powers survived being shot down in one of these recon planes
What is a U-2?
Plutarch reports that when she appeared in public, she often dressed as the goddess Isis & used the name New Isis
Who is Cleopatra?
To top rock & crab freeze like a b-boy
What is "breakdance"?
The kid likes to destroy Lego towers in the guise of this creature first brought to life by Toho Studios in 1954
Who is Godzilla?
Scottish crooner Lewis Capaldi spent 3 weeks at No. 1 with this ballad inspired by the death of his grandmother
What is "Someone You Loved"?
Important to energy production, riboflavin is also called this
What is vitamin B2?
At 43 she took a new lover, Alexander Vasilchikov, who was in his 20s
Who is Catherine the Great?
Meaning to intimidate via arrogant speech, it sounds like it would make the recipient's forehead hurt
What is "browbeat"?
I'm sorta impressed: the kid climbed my fountain modeled on this Baroque Roman one from 1762--it was to scale at nearly 90 feet!
What is the Trevi Fountain?
First released in Sweden as a Christmas single, this Roxette song became a hit when it was used in the film "Pretty Woman"
What is "It Must Have Been Love"?
It's the lowest pay grade for an Army private; the letter indicates the rank is below commissioned officer
What is E-1?
In I Kings she tells Solomon, "Thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard"
Who is the Queen of Sheba?
To overlay one image above another, or to stay on your charitable friend's couch for way, way too long
What is to superimpose?
Oops--crayon marks all over this c. 9th century illuminated manuscript I borrowed from Trinity College in Dublin
What is the Book of Kells?
Many have aspired to karaoke glory with this song recorded by Whitney Houston that begins, "I believe the children are our future"
What is "The Greatest Love of All"?
The program for granting this visa oddly specifies it's for U.S. companies hiring alien workers in specialty jobs or as fashion models
What is an H-1B visa?