American History
"Insure domestic tranquility" & "secure the blessings of liberty" are lines from this historic document
What is the Constitution?
Chapter 2 in a 1932 work of his begins, "The bullfight is not a sport in the Anglo-Saxon sense of the word"
Who was Earnest Hemingway?
It's a small tremor that follows a larger earthquake
What is an aftershock?
Fraulein Schneider & the Master of Ceremonies
What is Cabaret?
Named for the way it rolls around lonely streets in western movies, this plant was imported to the U.S. from Russia
What is a tumbleweed?
In the 1760s these 2 surveyors marked the boundary between Maryland & Pennsylvania
Who were Mason and Dixon?
In 1894 Mark Twain took this character "Abroad"; 2 years later, he became a "Detective"
Who is Tom Sawyer?
One of the 3 main types of rock, it's formed by the buildup of material either on land or underwater
What is sedimentary?
Velma Kelly & her lawyer Billy Flynn
What is Chicago?
This type of whale has a point; and it's ivory
What is a narwhal?
In 1868 the House of Representatives voted 126 to 47 to impeach this man
Who was Andrew Johnson?
This 1925 novel contains the line "They were careless people, Tom and Daisy"
What is the Great Gatsby?
This "middle life" era of geological time encompasses the Triassic, Jurassic Cretaceous periods
What is the Mesozoic era?
Laurey, Curly, Jud Fry
What is Oklahoma?
This tiny 4-letter green plant covers forest floors; what's called this on the north side of trees is often actually algae
What is algae?
Ratified in 1913, the 17th amendment gave the selection of these to voters
What are United States Senators?
Books by this Nobel Prize winner include "Love", "Beloved" & "Tar Baby"
Who was Toni Morrison?
This process by which organic matter becomes stone-like usually involves the replacement of tissues with silica or calcite
What is petrification?
Danny, Sandy, Rizzo
What is Grease?
The female of this animal named for an Australian island gives birth to 20-40 joeys but only 4 survive
What is a Tasmanian Devil?
After his first wife Miriam died in 1832, this religious leader wed as many as 56 more times
Who was Brigham Young?
This famous tale of Christmas presents isn't one in a million, but one in O Henry's book "The Four Million"
What is the Gift of the Magi?
In western Kenya 60'-wide cracks have appeared where this geological "valley" is opening up
What is the Great Rift Valley?
Max von Mayerling, Norma Desmond
What is Sunset Boulevard?
President Carter's executive orders 12127 & 12148 set up this agency that's ready for disaster
What is FEMA?