BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS
"If I Were A Rich Man" & "Tradition"
Sheep herd or bird bunch
This animal joined Halloween after the 15th century fear of witches spread through Europe.
1998: This Mideast nation announces it will no longer cooperate with U.N. weapons inspectors.
Drill speed is measured in these; Dr. Morrison's in 1871 did about 600, today's turbine-powered ones about 300,000.
RPMs
Planes & ships have been lost in this mysterious Atlantic region off the coast of Florida since the mid-19th century.
"Dancing Queen" & "The Name Of The Game"
Mamma Mia!
Foolish talk, or a clay pot used to hold food
A crock
This Halloween game may be derived from the inclusion of the goddess Pomona in the festivities.
Bobbing for apples
1926: There's no escape for this magician who dies following a rupture of his appendix.
Harry Houdini
The ADA says this is perfectly safe as the basis for amalgam fillings-- it combines with other materials to make it stable.
Mercury
11 people perished climbing this mountain in 2006, its deadliest season since 15 died in 1996.
Mount Everest
"Popular" & "Defying Gravity"
Lewis Carroll wrote, "Beware" this creature "my son! the jaws that bite, the claws that catch!".
The Jabberwock
Originally, instead of pumpkins, this small root vegetable of the mustard family was used for carving.
A turnip
1846: Heavy snowfall traps this carnivorous "Party" in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
The Donner Party
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Cavities form when bacteria break down sugars, forming this substance that dissolves enamel.
At an elevation of 4,000 feet, the glass skywalk that opened in 2007 at this chasm is a scary place for acrophobes.
The Grand Canyon
"The Morning Of The Dragon" & "The American Dream"
Miss Saigon
A dress or gown worn by a girl or woman
A frock
This Christian holiday also called Hallowmas was created as the day after Halloween to convert people.
All Saints' Day
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1961: This man's body is removed from Lenin's tomb.
Modern lead aprons worn during X-raying have a collar to protect this gland from the radiation.
A website for this Spanish city points out streets where people have died during the Running of the Bulls.
Pamploma
"There's No Business Like Show Business" and "I Got The Sun In The Morning"
Annie Get Your Gun
A projection with a tuft of hair on the back of a horse's leg just above the hoof.
A fetlock
This character comes from a tale of a dead man barred from heaven & hell who wandered the Earth with his fire.
The Jack-O-Lantern
1956: The Brits & the French invade Egypt in response to the nationalization of this.
The Suez Canal
From the Latin for "to close", it's the alignment & spacing of your upper & lower teeth when you bite.
Occlusion
Some 30,000 people were killed when Mount Pelee on this French island erupted in 1902.
Martinique