Historical Quotes
When Told of a New Theory, this Macedonian wept, "When the number of worlds is infinite, I have not conquered one"
Who is Alexander The Great?
With a verdict of not guilty, you've received this
What is Acquittal?
1946: "It's a Wonderful Life"
Who is (Frank) Capra?
Your present spouse is your this 2-word phrase
What is better half?
A Larval Butterfly
What is a caterpillar?
One Quote from him is, "We must now set about buildinga proletarian socialist state in Russia"
Who is Lenin?
A big name in romance, or a comic character in Commedia Dell'arte
What is Harlequin?
1998: "Saving Private Ryan"
Who is (Steven) Spielberg?
Your future spouse is your this word
What is betrothed?
These launch devices on Navy Aircraft Carriers share their name with Ancient Military Machines
What are catapults?
This former slave once told Frederick Douglass that in all her journeys she "Never lost a single passenger"
Who is Harriet Tubman?
Water term for the ease with which assets can be converted into cash
What is Liquidity? (ACC: Liquid)
1966: "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"
Who is (Sergio) Leone?
To hurt someone who trusts you
What is betray?
Some versions of this 2-hulled sailboat of Polynesia can be 100 feet long
What are catamarans?
Ine one of his notebooks, Leonardo Da Vinci wrote that this family "created and destroyed me"
Who are the Medicis?
An estimated 200,000 of them live on the French side of the Pyrenees
Who are the Basques?
2014: "Gone Girl"
Who is (David) Fincher?
It designates any constellation's second-brighest star
What is Beta?
From the Greek for "Wash Down," it's a sudden, catastrophic natural event
What is a cataclysm?
This 19th century "Iron Chancellor" Predicted a European War started by some "Foolosh thing in the balkans"
Who is Bismarck?
Past Due
What is Delinquent?
1994: "The Shawshank Redemption"
Who is (Frank) Darabont?
Pair it with "between" to mean in an awkward middle position
What is betwixt?
Anatomical term for a person used to serve the purposes of another
What is a cat's-paw?