Pardon me while I ____ on & on, also a noun for a stingless male bee
drone
Financial gain &
the biblical Amos or Jeremiah, for example
profit/prophet
Born in Austria, he has been an actor and governor of California.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
The sum total of the Roman numerals I, V, and X
16
A thin pancake used in sweet and savory dishes
crepe
In a traditional alliterative wedding vow, "I take you to be my husband (or wife)" to ____ & to ____ "from this day forward"
to have & to hold
A flat piece of wood &
uninterested
board/bored
Currently the richest man in the world, he holds South African, Canadian, and American citizenship
Elon Musk
This “cheesy” food dish comes from the French word for “melted”
Fondue
Green sauce made of basil, garlic, pine nuts, olive oil, parmesan cheese, and salt
pesto
I wish my darn phone wouldn't ____, reflexively "fix" words it thinks I've Mississippi... misspelled
autocorrect
To kill &
a winter vehicle
slay/sleigh
This famous American classical author spent 22 years in Cuba and six years in Paris, where he wrote The Sun Also Rises.
Ernest Hemingway
He plays Forrest Gump in the 1994 film of the same name
Tom Hanks
Egg gently cooked whole in a small dish placed in a hot water bath
coddled egg
Hey, cowboy, it's time to ____ that horse, also the word for the gear you'll use to hitch it to the wagon
harness
Most important &
belief
principal/principle
This former secretary of state under Barack Obama attended boarding school in Switzerland during his youth
John Kerry
This German composer wrote the Brandenburg Concertos
Johann Sebastian Bach
New Orleans sandwich consisting of battered, bite-sized, fried shrimp with lettuce and tomato, topped with a remoulade sauce and served on an eight-inch loaf of French bread
a po’ boy
In the fall new students ____, a Latin-derived synonym for enroll or register
matriculate
uncovered &
a large animal
bare/bear
The American actor and filmmaker whose breakthrough role came as Dr. Doug Ross on the NBC medical drama ER made Lake Como in Italy cool
George Clooney
Alphabetically, this country falls between Iraq and Israel
Ireland
Very expensive foraged fungi
truffles