THE 1890s
In February 1898, this battleship sent to protect U.S. citizens & property in Cuba mysteriously blew up
the Maine
Popeye might like epinards au beurre, which is this vegetable with butter
spinach
Annette Bening's pregnancy kept her from playing this "feline" role in "Batman Returns"
the Catwoman
He didn't dream of Genie, but of Badrul-Bodor, the Sultan of China's daughter
Aladdin
"Jim Smiley and His Frog" was the original title of "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of" this place
Calaveras County
It was in the late 1890s that he first described the Oedipus Complex
Sigmund Freud
You can use the instant type of this beverage to make a souffle au cafe
coffee
In 1991 Bruce Willis rented Six Flags Magic Mountain for this actress's 29th birthday party
Demi Moore
Legend has it Diogenes carried a lighted lamp in daylight searching for one of these
an honest man
The adventures of Rat, Mole, Toad & Badger are told in this 1908 British book
The Wind in the Willows
As an indoor alternative to other sports, James Naismith invented this game in 1891
basketball
Adventurous chefs can use these fungi to make an ice cream called glace au truffe
truffles
At age 82, she reunited with Sid Caesar for a 1991 stage show called "Together Again"
Imogene Coca
Sir Humphrey Davy won the Rumford gold & silver medals for the safety lamp he made for these workers
coal miners
In this work, James M. Barrie based Nana partly upon his wife's St. Bernard, Porthos
Peter Pan
The world's first Ferris wheel began cranking in 1893 at the Columbian Exposition in this city
Chicago
If you want to order this ever-popular dessert in France, ask for gateau au chocolat
chocolate cake
Timothy Bottoms fell in love with her while making "The Last Picture Show"; so did Peter Bogdanovich
Cybill Shepherd
She wrote the 1883 poem that ends "I lift my lamp beside the golden door"
Emma Lazarus
In "Rumplestiltskin", it's the trade of the man whose daughter must spin straw into gold
Miller
In an effort to curb monopolies, Congress passed this act in 1890
the Sherman Anti-Trust Act
After you stuff this vegetable, you can call it chou-farsi
cabbage
One of this late actress's last films, "Dying Young", starred her son, Campbell Scott
Colleen Dewhurst
During the Crimean War, she used a lamp to light her way on rounds in the Scutari Hospital wards
Florence Nightingale
In an interview, Dr. Seuss said he modeled this domineering reptile on Adolf Hitler
Yertle the Turtle