"Democracy dies in darkness."
Washington Post
It's after Genesis, and before Leviticus.
Exodus
In 2011, the costliest tornado in American history killed 158 people in this mid-sized Missouri city.
Joplin
Spinner; short-beaked; bottlenose
Dolphin
"Oh, the thinks you can think," when you think about Theodor Geisel, whose literary works were the inspiration for this 2000 musical.
Suessical
"The ultimate driving machine."
BMW
Written by Jonathan Safran Foer, this book tells the story of a nine-year-old boy whose father is killed in the September 11 attacks.
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
These disasters can stem from natural factors, but can also be caused by human negligence -- sometimes, "only you can prevent" them.
Wildfires or forest fires
African Dwarf; Tomato; Poison Dart
Frog
Based off a 1967 Mel Brooks film and featuring singing Nazis, this musical netted 12 Tony Awards, the most ever for one Broadway production.
The Producers
"The quicker picker-upper."
Bounty
Located in New Hampshire, it's one of the best-known, oldest and most elite private secondary schools in the United States.
Phillips Exeter Academy
The distinction between a hurricane and this is a wind speed difference of one mile per hour.
Tropical storm
Mountain; Western Lowland; Cross River
Gorilla
"West Side Story" is considered one of the greatest musicals of all time. But it didn't win the Tony for Best Musical in 1957 -- this show, which centers on the naive residents of River City, Iowa, beat it out.
The Music Man
"We know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two."
Farmers Insurance
The famed line "Hell is other people," comes from the play "No Exit" by Jean-Paul Sartre, who was one of the best-known proponents of this philosophy.
Existentialism
"Tsunami," when translated from this language, means "harbor wave."
Japanese
Elf; Snowy; Barn
Owl
This 1943 Rodgers and Hammerstein show is considered the first modern musical, in which the songs advance the plot. Its ingenuity ushered in a "beautiful mornin'" for Broadway.
Oklahoma!
"Tastes so good, cats ask for it by name."
Meow Mix
This kind of law retroactively changes the legal consequences of actions that were committed before the enactment of the law.
Ex Post Facto
Hurricane, pronounced "HURR-i-kin," is a city in this state, the only state in the union to be admitted under presidential proclamation (Abraham Lincoln was the president).
West Virginia
Honey; Hog; Palawan Stink
Badger
Charles Guiteau, John Wilkes Booth, and Lee Harvey Oswald are all characters in this musical: the title describes what they all have in common.
Assassins