Books I've Read
In Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, Lenny gets too excited about the dress of this boxer's wife.
Curley
115 is the number of these special stores in the city of Winnipeg, the products of which might claim to help you relax, fall asleep, or want to eat more.
Cannabis Dispensaries
In Act II of this holiday ballet, the sugar plum fairy welcomes Clara to the kingdom of sweets.
The Nutcracker
In 1971, the constitution of this mostly-desert, north-east-African country becomes official.
Egypt
Alan Turing in The Imitation Game (2014)
Benedict Cumberbatch
Joyland and Later are novels written outside of this author's signature genre.
Stephen King
The king of watches, this expensive brand has long used a crown for its logo.
Rolex
In 2007, this country tests what is nicknamed "The Father of All Bombs".
Russia
Daily Double!
Abbie Hoffman in The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
Daily Double!
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was written in this year and revised in this year.
Grovesnor Avenue
If you know the leading cause of death for kids age 1-4, you know it's important to start these lessons young.
Swimming Lessons
The Roman Empire
Golda Meir in Golda (2023)
Helen Mirren
This surrealist Samuel Beckett play, originally in French, features characters Vladimir and Estragon.
Waiting for Godot
In "The Deep", the cure to a disease is found in this, the deepest part of the pacific, but the lab there has gone silent.
Mariana Trench
Quebec Bridge
Billie Holiday in Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Diana Ross
For independant bookstore day, André Alexis wrote a short story about a hibernating village near this Ontario town.
Palgrave
During the Edo Period, Basho perfected his writing of these.
In 1609, Henry Hudson arrives at and meets the indigenous people of this north-eastern American island.
Manhattan Island
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Amadeus (1984)
Tom Hulce