Fine Art
Artist James Whistler called his famous painting Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1, We know it better by this title.
"Whistler's Mother"
In the beginning of this novel, a cyclone cellar is describes as a place "where the family could go in the case one of those... whirlwinds arose."
The Wizard of Oz
IBM
His political career began in 1949 when he left the US Air Force and was elected to the Phoenix city council.
Barry Goldwater
At the start of his 1976 Presidential campaign, this little known governor said, "I'm not from Washington and I'm not a lawyer."
Jimmy Carter
This famous sculpture by Auguste Rodin is described as "A nude figure of heroic size sitting on a rock; as he leans over, he rests his chin on the back of his right hand, as though deep in contemplation."
"The Thinker"
The Sequel to Alice's Adventures to Wonderland is entitled Through The _______ and What Alice Found There.
Looking-Glass
Elon Musk named his all-electric car after this inventor of the alternating current (AC) electricity supply system and the modern electric motor.
Tesla
This senator from Tennessee, the influential ranking minority member of the Senate Watergate Committee, asked the famous question, "What did the president know and when did he know it?"
Howard Baker
Prior to 2021, the last time two Democratic senators, Saxby Chambliss and Zell Miller, represented this state was two decades ago.
Georgia
A gold statue of Prometheus towers over the ice rink of this Manhattan landmark.
Rockefeller Center
In this early 17th century novel, the title nobleman's squire was a simple farmer named Sancho Panza.
Don Quixote
In the late 1920s, Paul Gavin challenged his engineers to design this technology for the automobile. The first one was sold in 1930 under the brand name Motorola
This Speaker of the House (1995-1999) shared his views on domestic policy in the 1995 bestseller To Renew America, and was the architet and co-author of the Republican legislative agenda nicknamed the "Contract with America."
Newt Gingrich
Bill Clinton was the first Democrat since this man to be elected president twice.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Surprisingly, this master's only signed work is the Pieta in the Vatican.
Michelangelo
He published The Hobbit in 1937 and The Lord of the Rings trilogy in 1954 and 1955.
J.R.R. Tolkien
Contrary to popular belief, he didn't invent the elevator. He invented a braking device that made elevators safe for passengers.
Elijah Otis
This Whig-turned-Republican was Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of State. He stayed on in that post through the presidency of Andrew Johnson, during which he negotiated the purchase of Alaska
William Seward
This Colorado senator served as George McGovern's campaign manager in 1972, and later, in 1988, ran for office himself. His campaign came to an end when he dared the press to "follow me around," and they did - unearthing and then printing evidence of marital infidelity.
Gary Hart
This Impressionist artist painted a series of approximately 250 oil paintings the he called Nympheas, but we call Water Lilies.
Claude Monet
H.G. Wells
This 1947 invention by Shockley, Bardeen and Brattain at Bell Labs enabled the shrinking of a radio to palm-size.
Transistor
This former Massachusetts senator was Richard Nixon's running mate in 1960, and later the ambassador to South Vietnam under Democratic Presidents Kennedy and Johnson
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
This Main senator was Hubert Humphrey's running mate in 1968
Edmund Muskie