Uncut Jams
To ring in the new year in 1979, this band went into a long jam of "Sugar Magnolia" at San Francisco's Winterland venue
Who is The Grateful Dead?
In a classic by Natalie Babbitt, this title family is "Everlasting"
What is Tuck?
Saying "mount" & adding "yama" to the name of this highest Japanese peak is redundant--"yama" means mountain
What is Mount Fuji?
This large animal also produces one of the loudest sounds, up to 180 decibels that can be heard 100 miles away
What is a Blue Whale?
THE MOVIES:
The child of a 2-faced man & a 4,000-year-old mummy, he was the uniquely handsome host of an HBO anthology show
What is Fantasia?
On a 2021 episode of "SNL", Taylor Swift "remembered" a 10-minute version of this song with a mention of an old scarf
What is All Too Well?
A burp takes down the totalitarian king in this story by Dr. Seuss
What is Yertle the Turtle?
In 1922 the area of this Welsh capital was expanded to include that of Llandaff
What is Cardiff?
The foveal area in this part of a buzzard's eye has 1 million photoreceptors per square millimeter
What is the Retina?
TELEVISION:
The child of a 2-faced man & a 4,000-year-old mummy, he was the uniquely handsome host of an HBO anthology show
Who is The Crypt Keeper?
There is a lot more "colorful" & "flowery" guitar in the longer album version of this No. 1 hit by Tommy James & the Shondells
What is Crimson & Clover?
One offering in this series for kids is "Twilight Sparkle & the Crystal Heart Spell"
What is My Little Pony?
The Blue Mosque is across the way from the Hagia Sophia in this city
What is Istanbul?
The cephalopod called the vampire type of this can live 3,000 feet deep & is a gentle scavenger, not an aggressive biter
What is a Squid?
NEW YORK MOVIES:
Frank Sinatra got upset that a photo of him caught fire in a Brooklyn pizzeria in this film
What is Do The Right Thing?
A famous jazz jam at Massey Hall was stacked; Bird, Diz, Roach & Mingus went hard in the paint on "A Night In" this African locale
What is Tunisia?
One review said this provocative 1993 novel by Lois Lowry "is sure to keep older children reading. and thinking"
What is The Giver?
In its own language, the official name of this landlocked country of Transcaucasia is Hayastani Hanrapetut'yun
What is Armenia?
Some animals are highly resistant to snake venom, like the mongoose & this sweet-sounding creature also called a ratel
What is the Honey Badger?
WORLD BORDERS:
After Canada & the U.S., these 2 countries share the longest land border at more than 4,700 miles
What are Russia and Kazakhstan?
There is a flute-filled radio edit of "Thick As A Brick" by this band, but the album version is a full album-long song
Who is Jethro Tull?
A modern favorite by Alexandra Day is called "Good Dog," this first name
What is Carl?
This strait lies between the North & South Islands of New Zealand
What is The Cook Strait?
As well as humans, many animals were mummified in ancient Egypt, like this primate whose hamadryas species was held sacred
What is a Baboon?
HISTORIC NAMES:
In 1824, President Monroe invited him back to the adopted country of his youth, which has always cherished his "important services"
What is The Marquis de Lafayette?