WHAT'S IN A NAME?
From the German for "home-ruler", it's a Ford or a Fonda
Henry
In the winter, some animals enter this dormant state in which body temperature lowers & breathing & heart rate slow down
hibernation
Oh come on! If a Pixar rodent can make this eggplant, tomato, onion, bell pepper, zucchini, garlic & herbs dish, you can too!
ratatouille
Even out of office, with more than 130 million followers, he gets the vote as the most followed person on Twitter
Barack Obama
This U.S. federal holiday is observed on the last Monday in May
Memorial Day
Reese Witherspoon plays field reporter Bradley Jackson, who becomes Jennifer Aniston's co-anchor on this series
The Morning Show
Italian "lady" for Ritchie Valens or Dion
Donna
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Animals like frogs that can live on land or water are known as these, from the Greek for "both" & "life"
an amphibian
I told you to nuke this pasta staple from Campbell's that first hit shelves in 1965 for 2 minutes! Why on earth did you say "Uh-oh"?!
Spaghettios
This saint associated with Christmas has his feast day on December 6
St. Nicholas
Legislation signed on June 17, 2021 made this the first new U.S. federal holiday since 1983
Juneteenth
In 2013's "Man of Steel", Amy Adams played this reporter, Superman's gal pal
Lois Lane
It's Aramaic for "twin", not "tank engine"
Thomas
As part of metamorphosis, some caterpillars create this"C" structure similar to a cocoon & live in it until their next phase
a chrysalis
Whether the second part of its name is "chuck" or "rump", this dish needs to cook an hour per pound & the old folks start ordering it at 5:00 P.M.
pot roast
The name of this daily N.Y. Times vocabulary game is actually a play on the name of the software engineer who created it
Wordle
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Many states now designate the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples' Day rather than this
Columbus Day
This funnyman played a reporter who got to fill in for God in the movie "Bruce Almighty"
Jim Carrey
Karen is just a Dutch form of this "Great" name
Katherine
In 1996 one of these named Dolly was the first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell
a sheep
I need this Italian rice specialty alla milanese! Stir hot stock in a mix of onions & rice... when the rice is al dente, you're done!
risotto
Merriam-Webster's unappetizing description of this fermented tea includes "gelatinous mass of symbiotic bacteria"
kombucha
This Jewish day of atonement comes 10 days after Rosh Hashanah, the new year
Yom Kippur
In the classic "Citizen Kane", following Kane's death, a reporter is sent out to uncover the meaning of this, his final word
rosebud
Minnie, as in Mouse, is a pet name of this female version of William
Wilhelmina
The 2 strands of this stuff that codes genetic information are said to resemble a twisted ladder
DNA
I said use 1.5 lbs. of white button mushrooms for the duxelles, a 3-pound tenderloin & puff pastry to make "Beef" this! Gogogo!
Wellington
In 1962, he became the first American to orbit the Earth; in 1998, he became the oldest person, at 77, to travel into space
John Glenn
This holiday is a symbol of summer's end in the U.S. but in Europe, its equivalent is celebrated on May 1
Labor Day
Redford & Hoffman played Woodward & Bernstein in this film about the reporters who uncovered Watergate
All The President's Men