The U.S. Constitution
The Constitution was hammered out in the summer of 1787 by 55 delegates at the gathering known as the Constitutional this
Constitutional Convention
"It's raining" these means it's coming down hard, not that there's a deluge of Angoras & Akita
cats and dogs
Neil Armstrong was the first person to set foot on the Moon; a few minutes later, this man became the second
Buzz Aldrin
The Tower of London had one of these defensive fortifications, originally filled with water from the Thames
moats
The Sugar Plum Fairy is a character in this ballet that's a favorite at Christmas
The Nutcracker
The first 10 amendments are known as this; 12 were proposed, but 2 were rejected
Bill of Rights
Something insecure or unstable might be described as one of these; you can build a literal one with jacks & aces
house of cards
In November 2000 Yuri Gidzenko, Sergey Krikalev & William Shepherd became the first residents of this, staying 136 days
International Space Station
It sounds like a room filled with video games, but it's actually a series of arches standing side by side
arcade
According to the title of a Rossini opera, Figaro! Figaro! Figaro! is this professional "of Seville"
barber
Article 1 says the vice president shall be president of the Senate; the House of Representatives elects this leader itself
Speaker of the House
I have no idea what you said--it was this language to me, a phrase used by Shakespeare
Greek
In 2018 one of this American aerospace company's Falcon rockets placed a Tesla roadster in orbit around the Sun
Space X
this monstrous decoration, starting with the letter "G", was used as a waterspout on castles of yore
gargoyle
The fate of these lovers from Shakespeare is no better in the ballet with music by Prokofiev
Daily Double
Romeo and Juliet
We plead that this amendment says no one "shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself"
5th Amendment
To "batten down" these is to prepare for a coming storm, literal or otherwise
the hatches
The HST, this space telescope, was placed in orbit around Earth in 1990 & soon revolutionized astronomy
Daily Double
Hubble Telescope
Completed in the 14th century, the largest baptistery in Italy resides in this city; fittingly, it leans at a slight angle
Pisa
The 2021 nonfiction book "Black Ballerinas: My Journey to Our Legacy" is by this prima ballerina
Misty Copeland
The Constitution replaced an earlier document called these Articles
Articles of Confederation
To the Brits, a difficult situation is a sticky this, a phrase taken from cricket
wicket
This alliterative spacecraft, part of the Space Transportation System program, took off into space for the first time on April 12, 1981
Space Shuttle
Flying buttresses helped cathedrals like this one in Paris soar to new heights. Today, it is being rebuilt to those heights after partially burning down in 2019.
Notre-Dame
The last opera this genius composed was "The Magic Flute"
Mozart