WOMEN WHO WRITE
It's the first name shared by bestselling authors Hoffman, Walker & Munro
Alice
The name of this small fish, which is used mostly for bait, is also the name of the boat on TV’s Gilligan’s Island.
Minnow
As a noun, it's a monetary penalty paid to a court; as an adjective, it describes a pleasing look
Fine
Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech; the Woodstock Music Festival.
1960s
In Spanish churches, besamanos & besapiés are the customs of kissing these 2 parts of religious statues
The hands and the feet
Katharine Lee Bates was inspired to write the words to this patriotic anthem after climbing Pikes Peak
"America The Beautiful"
In 2006, wildlife expert Steve Irwin died in the waters off Australia when he was pierced in the chest by a foot-long barb from the tail of this large flat fish.
Stingray
Attractive, like Roy Orbison's "Woman"
Pretty
The Soviet Union dissolved; Nelson Mandela elected President of South Africa; mass shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado.
1990s
Kissing this at a castle in County Cork will get you the gift of gab, or so they say
The Blarney Stone
Journalist Maurine Dallas Watkins covered 1920s murder trials & wrote this play about Roxie & Velma that became a musical
Chicago
The name of this fish comes from the Latin salire, “to leap,” which describes its habit of leaping over mini-falls and other obstacles to get to its breeding grounds.
Salmon
It's the "D" word often found preceding "tones" regarding a melodious voice
Dulcet
Birth of the first “Baby Boom” kids; completion of the first digital computer (named ENIAC).
1940s
In the 1930s newly single women were known to kiss the Washoe County courthouse pillars in this divorce-friendly Nevada city
Reno
Her husband Scott told an editor not to praise her novel "Save Me the Waltz" too highly, as it would not be good for her mental state
Zelda Fitzgerald
Because this popular food fish has no scales and is a bottom-feeding food scavenger, it is not eaten by observant Jews and Muslims.
Catfish
Tall & shapely, resembling a marble artwork
Statuesque
Mass suicide of the People’s Temple cult in Guyana; Margaret Thatcher elected Britain’s first woman Prime Minister; Nixon resigns
1970s
In this French pilgrimage city, many have kissed the stone in the cave where St. Bernadette had her vision
Lourdes
This activist & poet wrote "The New Colossus" to help raise money for the Statue of Liberty's pedestal
Emma Lazarus
Goldfish are members of this species of fish; the word also means to complain a lot about a minor issue.
Carp
This Spanish word for really beautiful can end in -mo or -ma; the Italian word sounds the same
Bellisima
The first talking movie, The Jazz Singer; Lindbergh’s solo, non-stop, transatlantic flight.
1920s
It's traditional at this venerable state university to streak naked across the space known as the Lawn & kiss the Homer statue
University of Virginia