MEG RYAN MOVIES
THE MEXICAN WAR
THE WRITE STUFF
LET'S GROW SOMETHING!
PRESIDENTIAL RHYME TIME
200
'In this 1989 film Meg played Sally Albright'
When Harry Met Sally...
200
'Mexico refused to accept the USA's annexation of this & broke off diplomatic relations in March 1845'
Texas
200
'The first non-European to win the Nobel Prize for Lit. was this nation's Rabindranath Tagore in 1913'
India
200
'In Holland in the 1630s, a single bulb of this plant was sold for the equivalent of over $30,000'
Tulip
200
'Lincoln's infants (or his female fans)'
Abe\'s babes
400
'Meg supplied the speaking voice for this animated Russian title heroine; someone else did the singing'
Anastasia
400
'This exiled Mexican general headed back home from Cuba in August 1846 to aid in the fight'
Santa Anna
400
'In "As You Like It", Shakespeare paid tribute to this "Dr. Faustus" dramatist, calling him the "Dead Shepherd"'
Christopher Marlowe
400
'Examples include nitrogen, compost & manure varieties'
Fertilizer
400
'Eisenhower's two-wheelers'
Ike\'s bikes
600
'A pilot's wife in 1986's "Top Gun", Meg joined the military in this 1996 film'
Courage Under Fire
600
'This group's official hymn was reportedly written after the U.S. took Mexico City in 1847'
Marines
600
'Max Prince is the main character in this American playwright's "Laughter on the 23rd Floor"'
Neil Simon
600
'The Declaration of Independence was drafted on paper made from this plant grown by Washington; it's now restricted'
Hemp
600
'Kennedy's khakis'
Jack\'s slacks
800
'1 of the 2 Meg films with "kiss" in the title'
French Kiss or Prelude to a Kiss
800
'On April 26, 1846 this general & future president sent the message "Hostilities may now be considered as commenced"'
Zachary Taylor
800
'Pyewacket was the musical & mysterious cat in this supernatural play by John Van Druten'
Bell, Book and Candle
800
'It's the technique of growing plants in a nutrient solution without soil'
Hydroponics
800
'They hold up Jimmy's socks'
Carter\'s garters
1000
'Meg lettered in 2 films, 1988's "D.O.A" & this 1994 film featuring Walter Matthau as Albert Einstein'
I.Q.
1000
'This ex-president died after voting in the House not to give medals to officers who served in a war he had opposed'
John Quincy Adams
1000
'In 1819 this English poet wrote, "St. Agnes' Eve -- ah, bitter chill it was!"'
John Keats
1000
'Some of the first citrus trees in California were planted by this Spanish "Apostle of California"'
Father Junipero Serra
1000
'William Howard's log vessels'
Taft\'s rafts
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