American Authors
This ex-corset maker published his celebrated "Rights of Man" in 1791...it made 'sense'
Thomas Paine
She played Mindy to Robin Williams's Mork...Nanu, nanu
Pam Dawber
In 1971 the U.S. government replaced this metal in the half dollar with copper & nickel
silver
In an Oscar Wilde novel, he's painter Basil Hallward's title subject
Dorian Gray
He had 969 candles on his last cake; they must have had to call in the fire dept. to put it out
Methuselah
A vast body of water like the Atlantic, and a lightweight, narrow watercraft that is open on top and pointed at both ends, driven forward by one or more paddlers using single-blade paddles.
Ocean and Canoe
Female expatriate who wrote, "Chicken, alas a dirty word, alas a dirty third... alas a dirty bird"
Gertrude Stein
Portraying Tyrion Lannister on the HBO television series Game of Thrones, he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series a record four times
Peter Dinklage
The Hebrew silver talent equaled 3,000 of these coins
a sheckel
In an 1857 Flaubert work, Emma Rouault is better known as this title character
Madame Bovary
Jacob spent the last 17 of his 147 years in this country, but didn't want to be buried there
Egypt
A three-dimensional piece of artwork carved from marble, and the clever, sharp-witted nature you need to do battle with Jimmy Do
What are a statue & astute?
Like a character in his famous satirical novel Slaughterhouse-Five, this author survived an Allied bombing by hiding in a meat locker.
Who is Kurt Vonnegut?
An American stand-up comedian, actress, author, musician and visual artist, noted for her eccentric stage persona, characterized by her self-deprecating humor, wild hair and clothes, and exaggerated, cackling laugh.
Phyllis Diller
The Caribbean island of Curacao uses this basic unit of currency
the guilder (florin)
Charles Strickland, the main character in this Maugham novel, was modeled on Paul Gauguin
The Moon and Sixpence
Daily Double
Adam lived 800 years after he begat this third son, who lived 912 years....that son was raised in Great Neck, L.I.
An expert or highly skilled artist, and a continuous flowing body of water like a creek or brook.
What are a master & stream?
Poe once edited a magazine in this Virginia city & a statue of him still broods over the Capitol grounds there
Richmond
She won an Emmy & an Oscar for "The Miracle Worker", but for different roles
Patty Duke.
Soon after his death, Rome issued a coin showing Brutus, 2 daggers & an abbreviation for "Ides of March"
Julius Caesar
Pearl is the illegitimate daughter of Arthur Dimmesdale & Hester Prynne in this novel
The Scarlet Letter
Genesis says he lived 350 years after the flood, which makes him 600 when it began
Noah
Someone who creates visual artwork, and a narrow, waterway that connects two larger bodies of water.
What are Artist and Strait
Among the Indians he wrote about were Susquesus, Chingachgook & Uncas
(James Fenimore) Cooper
He made his Met debut 4 days earlier than planned in 1968, replacing the lead in "Adriana Lecouvreur"
Placido Domingo
It takes 100 of these Russian coins to make a ruble
a kopek
Daily Double
He's the narrator of Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island"
As an old man he still told the tale of how he fought the battle of Jericho
Joshua
A fair maiden of noble birth...sometimes needing recuing, and the shiny flat metal discs you might give her as a reward.
what are a damsel & medals