NURSERY RHYMES
Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard to fetch this poor creature a bone
Her dog
Football plays begin from this imaginary line that's parallel to the goal lines
Line of scrimmage
In 1999 basketball mourned the loss of this legendary Laker nicknamed "The Big Dipper"
Wilt Chamberlain
Before "Titanic", this actress was in a 1996 film version of "Jude the Obscure"
Kate Winslet
The north end of the Adriatic Sea is a gulf that shares its name with this watery Italian city
Venice
It's the precarious location of the Rock-a-bye Baby's cradle
In the tree top
In palmistry it runs from the Mount of Jupiter down the palm in an arc around the Mount of Venus
Life line
Many consider him the 264th successor of St. Peter
Pope John Paul II
8-letter classification of the type of instrument heard here
Woodwind
This country's oil-refining Kharg Island was often bombed during its long 1980s war with Iraq
Iran
Jack, of Jack & Jill, had his head patched with this & brown paper
Vinegar
Surveyed by 2 astronomers in the 1760s, it settled a dispute between the Calvert & Penn families
Mason-Dixon Line
In 1939 this famous architect polished off his Johnson Wax Building in Racine, Wisconsin
Frank Lloyd Wright
Shrink or flinch, as from pain
Wince
This Dutch city is home to St. Bavo's Church; the NYC area of the same name is home to Abyssinian Baptist Church
Haarlem/Harlem
He indulged in self-congratulation after using his pollex to extract a fruit from a baked food
Little Jack Horner
In 1929 France began building this line as a fortification against Germany
Maginot Line
In 1919 mental illness ended the career of this Russian ballet dancer
Vaslav Nijinsky
Seen here, Marie Barrow is holding this possession of her late brother Clyde
Winchester rifle
Brisbane is the capital of this "royal" Australian state
Queensland
In a popular rhyme, "I had a little" one of these & "his name was Dapple-Gray"
Pony
A line drawn in 1493 settled claims in the New World between these 2 countries
Spain & Portugal
This astronaut who piloted the command module during the first moon landing was born in Rome, Italy
Michael Collins
Named for its surveyor, it's also known as K2 because it was the second peak measured in the Karakoram range
Mount Godwin-Austen
In the '90s Americans learned more about this African country highlighted here
Somalia