STRUCTURAL IDIOMS
Nonprescription is synonymous with this 3-word phrase
What is over-the counter?
Man with the golden touch
(5 letters)
Who is Midas?
In between stints as prime minister, this Brit won a medal in 1949 when his shorthorn cow, Gratwicke Beatrice 2nd, turned heads
Who is Churchill?
Last name of siblings Albert, Otto, Alfred, Charles & John, who in 1884 started the "World's Greatest Shows" circus
What is Ringling?
Robert Adler invented this device that allows you to move from Bravo to ESPN without leaving the couch
What is a remote control?
Gregory Maguire's "Son of a Witch" & "A Lion Among Men" are sequels to this book that inspired a musical
What is Wicked?
"Moving" these structures found on a football field has come to mean changing the rules
What are goalposts?
Fashion dummy
(9 letters)
What is a mannequin?
In 1892 John Hitz, from Alexander Graham Bell's Institute for the Deaf, gifted her a very special "touch watch"
Who is Hellen Keller?
In this family, Henry was a historian; his grandfather & great-grandfather had both been U.S. presidents
Who is Adams?
His invention of the revolver around 1836 allowed the user to fire more times than ever before without reloading
Who is (Samuel) Colt?
"Wide Sargasso Sea" by Jean Rhys, about Mr. Rochester's mad first wife, is a prequel to this classic novel
What is Jane Eyre?
If you "come to" this, you're ready to talk; however, if a subject is "off" it, it is no longer acceptable to discuss
What is table?
Supplement containing the ABCs & more
(12 letters)
What is multivitamin?
Lewis & Clark really wanted a fur robe from the Chinook; they got it by trading this woman's blue beaded belt
Who is Sacagawea?
The members of this "First Family of Jazz" do toot their own horns, with Wynton on trumpet & Branford on sax
What is Marsalis?
Secretary Bette Nesmith used fast-drying white paint to cover up typos, inventing this product that pre-dates Wite-Out
What is liquid paper?
Co-authored by Brian Herbert, "House Atreides" is the first in a series of prequels to this series
What is Dune?
This "aqueous" phrase means a problem is in the past & doesn't worry you anymore
What is water under the bridge?
Marsh gas
(7 letters)
What is methane?
Now restored, a spyglass belonging to Napoleon was left on this Mediterranean isle after his flight from there
What is Elba?
Kykuit Estate in New York's Hudson Valley was a "center" of 4 generations of this family's life
What is Rockerfeller?
Still used today, the screw named for this ancient Greek helps move water from lower to higher ground
Who is Archimedes?
In the final chapter in this sequel, "Christopher Robin and Pooh come to an enchanted place, and we leave them there"
What is The House at Pooh Corner?
A hyperbolic expression says a noisy disturbance reaches such a pitch it could do this to your house
What is blow the roof off?
Written declaration of political intentions or views
(9 letters)
What is manifesto?
In 1989 this Japanese emperor was buried with a Mickey Mouse watch he got on a visit to the United States
Who is Hirohito?
The first 3 doctors who worked at St. Mary's hospital in Rochester, Minnesota all had this last name
What is Mayo?
Bartolomeo Cristofori's invention of this instrument was music to the world's ears around 1700
What is a Piano?
It was the first sequel in Sue Grafton's alphabet mysteries
What is B is for Burglar?