THAT OLD-TIME RELIGION
OUT-OF-FASHION BABY NAMES
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF AUTHORS
MUSIC FOR FOOLS?
CEREMONIES
200
'Around 300 A.D. Christianity's main rival was the worship of Mithra, god of this heavenly body'
sun
200
'It's the pet form of Chester used by newsman Huntley'
Chet
200
'The Palace Hotel in S.F. has played host to such luminaries as Oscar Wilde & this "Prince and the Pauper" scribe'
Mark Twain
200
'This singer's version of "Moon River" wasn't the big hit, but he did take "A Fool Never Learns" to No. 13'
Andy Williams
200
'At this type of ceremony May 20, 2002, John McCain spoke of parents' sacrifices & leaders of tomorrow'
graduation
400
'In the Vedic cult of this country, priests offered a hallucinogen called Soma to the gods, & had a nip themselves'
India
400
'Author Ferber might have known that this 4-letter female name is likely from the same root as a Biblical garden'
Edna
400
'This Scot is buried at Dryburgh Abbey near a view he so loved that his horses paused there on the way to his funeral'
Sir Walter Scott
400
'He had a hit with "Fools Rush In" in 1963, back when he was on a TV series with his parents & his brother'
Ricky Nelson
400
'On Sept. 11, 2002, George W. Bush laid one of these bearing a special plaque at Ground Zero'
wreath
600
'Around 500 B.C. this country's King Darius I recognized Zoroastrianism'
Persia
600
'It's the first name used by the mogul seen here, but not by many of your kids' classmates'
Rupert (Murdoch)
600
'"Women in Love" with this author can find the ranch he lived on in the '20s near Taos, New Mexico'
D.H. Lawrence
600
'This Beatles tune was the 2nd Top 10 hit for Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66'
"Fool on the Hill"
600
'It's what a woman is holding when she says, "In the name of the United States I christen thee..."'
bottle of champagne
800
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew at the Colosseum in Rome) Most women sat in the top rows, but this group of women stood next to the emperor in a special box'
Vestal Virgins
800
'It's more popular as the name of a beach on South Carolina's Grand Strand than of a baby girl'
Myrtle
800
'This hard-drinking Welshman was residing in NYC's Chelsea Hotel when he met an untimely demise in 1953'
Dylan Thomas
800
'You'll feel "Guilty" if you don't know that Barry Gibb sang "What Kind of Fool" with her'
Barbra Streisand
800
'These ancient religious rites that include the Eleusinian ones sound like they were created by Agatha Christie'
mysteries
1000
'This sect associated with the Dead Sea Scrolls numbered about 4,000 -- not for long, due to their celibacy'
Essenes
1000
'It's the first name of Buddy Glass' big brother in stories by J.D. Salinger; he really needs no introduction'
Seymour
1000
'(Cheryl of the Clue Crew in London) This "Private Lives" playwright & man about town loved to stay here in the Oliver Messel Suite at the Dorchester'
Noel Coward
1000
'This bizarre band with a bassist named Sputnik had the same name as a Katherine Anne Porter novel'
Ship of Fools
1000
'Kodo is the Japanese ceremony of burning this, & sometimes trying to guess the type from the smell'
incense
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