'99 PROBLEMS
1799:
Britain's Combination Act oppressed workers by outlawing trade these
Unions
L
(a necklace of flowers)
Lei
Achilles' one weakness was here, left dry when his mother dipped him in the River Styx
Heel
In "Beauty & the Beast", Lumiere, voiced by Jerry Orbach, is naturally this object
Candlestick
Of 1/2, 1/3, or 1/5, the amount by volume of oxygen in the air
1/5
1699:
This notorious "Captain" arrived in the West Indies & found out he was wanted for piracy
Captain Kidd
L
(a big feast)
Luau
Aeschylus called this Greek's bearing of the heaven & earth "a burden not easy for his arms to grasp"
This animation studio has a little lamp named Luxo Jr. as a mascot
Pixar
The moon has an albedo of 0.07, meaning it only does this with 7% of the sun's light falling on it
1599: Per the book "A Year in the Life of" him, his theater company parted ways with master clown Will Kemp
Shakespeare
P
(taro paste)
Poi
In Shakespeare's play about him & Cressida, he says, "I am weaker than a woman's tear"
Trolius
A magic hat animates this denizen of wintertime in a 1969 classic
Frosty the Snowman
This adjective describes organisms purposely grown in a petri dish, whether they like opera or not
cultured
1899: A drought hit the north of this country, creating starvation & easy converts for a bloody uprising the next year
China
K
(garden island)
Kauai
Phaethon tries to ride this god's chariot through the skies but isn't strong enough to control the horses
Helios
This "South Park" character has a child named Washcloth
Towelie
The ratio of the speed of galaxies to their distance from Earth is the "constant" named for this astronomer
Hubble
1999: As part of NATO operations, a stealth aircraft mistakenly bombed the Chinese embassy in this Balkan capital
Belgrade
Khn
(A big deal on or off the surfboard)
Kahuna
Suitors to Penelope struggle to string this man's bow, & it gets worse for them after that
Odysseus
This "South Park" character has a child named Washcloth
BMO
Jons Berzelius gave this name meaning "salt formers" to the elements iodine, bromine & chlorine
halogens