RIVERS
As the central river artery, this is one of the world’s busiest waterways...
Mississippi
He was a great rugby & lacrosse player but he’s better known as “The Father of Basketball”
Naismith
The Power and the ___ Daze
Glory
Jazz musicians & jockeys helped give New York City this nickname
The Big Apple
“Joy of Cooking” instructions for making this cherry dessert: “Standing back, ignite with a long lighted match
cherries jubilee
Although its ultimate source is still debated, this river flows into the Atlantic...
The Amazon
Once in the news himself, today this marine colonel hosts “War Stories” on the Fox News Channel
(Ollie) North
The Confessions of Nat ___ and Hooch
Turner
f you’re under this, you’re at the circus
The Big Top
Henri Charpentier is said to have created this dessert crepes dish by accident; the dish was a flaming success
Crepe Suzette
From two small sources, this river flows to the North Sea...
The Rhine
After a breakdown around 1919, this Russian-born ballet dancer spent the rest of his life in & out of asylums
Najinksy
The Painted ___ on a Wire
Bird
Digit also known as the hallux
The Big Toe
You can make a flaming version of this tex-mex dish whose name means “little sashes”
Fajitas
The head of this river is dry for much of the year and flows to an estuary on the North Sea...
The Thames
He not only won the 1971 Nobel Prize for Literature, he also served in the Chilean senate
(Pablo) Neruda
Vanity ___ Game
Fair
In France this feature of the night sky is known as “le casserole”
The Big Dipper
This dessert, cake & ice cream browned in the oven, can be flambeed for a dramatic presentation
Baked Alaskan
Flowing westward, this river has a drainage basin that covers seven states...
The Colorado
Egypt’s president from 1956 to 1970, he dreamed of leading the whole Arab world
Nasser
The Red and the ___ Knight
Black
Rhyming nickname of Boston’s Interstate 93 construction project
The Big Dig
Brennan’s in New Orleans says that this flaming fruity dessert is the most requested item on its menu
Bananas Foster