Slow Talk
A common phrase is "slow as molasses in" this month; if it's said of you, pick up the pace!
November
December
January
January
"The hour of departure has arrived", says this man's "Apology" as recorded by Plato.
Diogenes of Sinope
Socrates
Aristotle
Socrates
Named for their resemblance to coconuts, cocotaxis roam the cities of this Communist island nation.
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Jamaica
Cuba
228 sailing ships, 53 naval vessels & assorted ships from 40+ countries sailed across New York Harbor to celebrate this big birthday.
The Centennial
The Semicentennial
the Bicentennial
The Bicentennial
Jane Foster & Padme Amidala, in 2 very, very different universes.
Elsa Pataky
Natalie Portman
Kiera Knightley
Natalie Portman
By itself or following "slow", this 4-letter word means a slow or lazy person.
Poke
Slug
Drag
Poke
"My friends, I want to talk for a few minutes with the people of the United States", began the first of these talks in 1933.
Campfire Sessions
Hot Seat
Fireside Chat
Fireside Chat
Vaporettos are water buses on the canals of this city.
Burano
Treviso
Venice
Venice
Workers cheered as this ship was launched seamlessly on May 31, 1911 from a Belfast shipyard; its maiden voyage didn't go as well.
The Olympic
The Titanic
The Britannic
The Titanic
Machete &... what? You need more? Tyrannosaurus Death & Muerte.
Danny Trejo
Jeff Goldblum
Steven Seagal
Danny Trejo
This 6-letter word means the car's engine is running but the car isn't moving.
Witing
Idling
Tawing
Idling
In Paris in 1794, he said, "The basis of popular government in time of revolution is both virtue and terror".
Billaud-Varenne
Hebert
Robespierre
Robespierre
In 2012 London brought back a Routemaster this alliterative type of bus, redesigned in time for the Olympics.
Atriculated Bus
Double-Decker Bus
Trolleybus
Double-Decker Bus
A report that this ship was going to be broken up led Oliver Wendell Holmes to celebrate it in a poem.
the Constitution
the President
the Congress
the Constitution
Gabrielle Solis on "Desperate Housewives" & Beatriz Mendoza on "Grand Hotel".
Cheryl Cole
Roselyn Sanchez
Eva Longoria
Eva Longoria
Start with a word meaning to consider thoughtfully & get this adjective meaning weighty & slow moving.
Measured
Ponderous
Lumbering
Ponderous
Addressing troops, Queen Elizabeth I said she was "a weak & feeble woman", but had the heart & this body part "of a king".
Stomach
Brain
Muscle
Stomach
In Manila, a jeepney is a mix of Jeep & this small bus both physically & etymologically.
Taxi
Jitney
Minibus
Jitney
In 1944 Margaret Truman broke a bottle against the hull of this battleship during its christening.
New Jersey
Wisonsin
Missouri
Missouri
Justice in 1993's "Poetic Justice" & Charlene DuPrey on the TV show "Diff'rent Strokes".
Janet Jackson
Paula Abdul
Christina Milian
Janet Jackson
You're so slow you've been declared this, once the name for the noble gases on the periodic table.
Inert
Inactive
Static
Inert
"I will fight no more forever", declared this leader in Montana Territory in 1877.
Sitting Bull
Chief Joseph
Geronimo
Chief Joseph
Tourists are pushed around on toboggans without snow in the parish of Monte on this wine-y Portuguese island.
Madeira
Azores
Canary
Madeira
This country celebrates the Bluenose, a schooner that dominated 1920s international racing, by depicting it on their dime.
Canada
United States
England
Canada
Sulu in recent "Star Trek" films & Kumar's pal Harold Lee.
Steven Yeun
Kal Penn
John Cho
John Cho