1950s America
In 1953, the first of these Chevy sports cars rolled off the assembly line; all 300 made that year were white with red interior
What is the Corvette?
John Steinbeck, 1939:
The ____ of Wrath
What is Grapes?
of a fraternity brother
What is a Sorority Sister?
2 of its islands are Sicily & Sardinia
What is Italy?
They're "a girl's best friend" & her birthstone if she's born in April
What is a Diamond?
Congress added "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance & made this the national motto
What is "In God We Trust"
Ralph Ellison, 1953:
Invisible ____
of a British duke
What is a Duchess?
The North Atlantic Ocean holds this country, home to Europe's largest glacier
What is Iceland?
May is time for this gem that the Greeks called smaragdos, meaning "green rock"
What is an Emerald?
In 1952 this former head of the U.N. command in Korea became chairman of the board of Remington Rand
Who is Douglas MacArthur?
Dalton Trumbo, 1939:
Johnny Got His ____
What is Gun?
What is the Maid of Honor?
The cathedral city of Cork is the second-largest city in this country
What is Ireland?
In June or any other month, you can see this gem in a girl's ear in a Vermeer
In 1950 cartoonist Mort Walker introduced this character as a college student; a year later, he joined the army
Who is Beetle Bailey?
Alice Walker, 1983:
The Color ____
What is Purple?
of a warlock
What is a Witch?
Fittingly, the national soccer team of this African nation is known as the Elephants
What is the Ivory Coast?
Fans of the color purple should like this February birthstone
What is Amethyst?
In 1958, the year he turned 15, he became the youngest chess grandmaster to that time
Who is Bobby Fischer?
Cormac McCarthy, 1992:
All the Pretty _____
What are Horses?
of a Tzar (Czar)
What is a Tsarina (Czarina)?
More than 17,500 islands, including Buru & Sulawesi, make up this equator-straddling country
One of these October gems given to Josephine by Napoleon was called the Burning of Troy because of its red flashes
What is an Opal?