FATHERLY NICKNAMES
"The Father of the Phonograph"
Thomas Edison
The role of Scrooge is sung by a baritone in this Thea Musgrave opera
A Christmas Carol
She taught Black Studies at Jackson State College before she wrote "The Color Purple"
Alice Walker
Grown in the northeast U.S., the round white or Katahdin type of this tuber is excellent for boiling
Potato
Strolling on the palm-lined Promenade de la Croisette is a must in this French film festival town
Cannes
This Frenchman was "The Father of Bacteriology"
Louis Pasteur
his Richard Strauss comic opera is named for Octavian, a young cavalier
Der Rosenkavalier
In 1928 Elie Wiesel was born in Sighet, a Transylvanian village in this country
Romania
This computer maker's NASDAQ symbol is AAPL, not MAC
Apple
The government of the state of West Bengal lives in the Raj Dhavan, or Government House, in this city
Calcutta
Secretaries take note: he's "The Father of Modern Shorthand", not Isaac Pitman
John Robert Gregg
This Mussorgsky opera was first performed at the Met in 1913 with Adamo Didur as Boris
Boris Gudonov
Published in 1915, "The 'Genius' " is a semi-autobiographical novel by this author of "Sister Carrie
Theodore Dresier
Huitzilopochtli was the war & sun god of this civilization
Aztecs
The Coptic Museum in this city is noted for its collection of ancient Coptic textiles
Cairo
This ancient Greek playwright is the "Father of Comedy"
Aristophanes
Meyerbeer's "Les Huguenots" deals with the events around this massacre
The St Bartholomew Day Massacre
This author of "The Alexandria Quartet" was the elder brother of zoologist & writer Gerald Durrell
Lawrence Durell
This president's 1961 farewell address warned of the influence of "The Military-Industrial Complex"
Dwight D Eisenhower
It's the largest city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia
Cologne
"The Father of Bluegrass Music"; he passed away in 1996
Bill Monroe
He wrote both text & music for his 3-act opera "Tristan And Isolde"
Richard Wagner
This author of "The Moonstone" was named for his father's friend Sir David Wilkie
Wilkie Collins
With a fan that circulates hot air, this type of oven cooks 25% faster than conventional ovens
Convection Oven
This city on South Island is named for a college at Oxford University
Christchurch