CLASSICAL MUSIC
"GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST" IS ONE OF NUMEROUS BIBLICAL VERSES USED IN THE TEXT OF THIS HANDEL WORK
WHAT IS MESSIAH ?
If you have no money left, you might say you're this.
WHAT IS BROKE ?
MARCH 30, 1942:
"I SHALL RETURN"
WHO IS MacArthur ?
A SET OF WORDS COMPLETE IN ITSELF, OR A CRIMINAL'S PUNISHMENT
WHAT IS A SENTENCE ?
IN 1249 KING ALFONSO III ELIMINATED THE LAST MOORISH STRONGHOLD IN THIS NEIGHBOR OF SPAIN
WHAT IS PORTUGAL ?
WHAT IS A RINGTONE ?
A HOLE FOR A FOX, OR WHAT IT DOES AS IT DIGS IT
WHAT IS BURROW ?
IN 1986: "IF YOU LEAD A COUNTRY LIKE BRITAIN... YOU HAVE TO HAVE A TOUCH OF IRON ABOUT YOU"
WHO IS MARGARET THATCHER ?
TO SHAPE INTO A FORM, OR A FUNGUS THAT GROWS ON FOOD
WHAT IS MOLD ?
CZAR ALEXANDER II SIGNED THE 1867 TREATY OF CESSION THAT GAVE THIS TERRITORY TO THE UNITED STATES
WHAT IS ALASKA ?
ORIGINALLY, HIS "A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC" CONTAINED AN ADDITIONAL MINUET, BUT IT HAS BEEN LOST
This single-story home style, popular in the early 20th century, often features a wide porch and a low-pitched roof.
WHAT IS A BUNGALOW ?
JULY 15, 1944:
"I STILL BELIEVE IN SPITE OF EVERYTHING, THAT PEOPLE ARE TRULY GOOD AT HEART"
WHO IS ANNE FRANK ?
WHAT IS STABLE ?
IN 1513 MACHIAVELLI WAS ACCUSED OF CONSPIRACY AGAINST THIS FLORENTINE FAMILY & WAS TORTURED ON THE RACK
WHO ARE THE MEDICIS ?
ONE OF BARTOK'S LAST WORKS WAS A CONCERTO FOR THIS INSTRUMENT THAT OFTEN PLAYS SECOND FIDDLE TO THE FIDDLE
WHAT IS VIOLA ?
TERM FOR A CHANCE ONLOOKER, PERHAPS AN INNOCENT ONE
WHAT IS A BYSTANDER ?
"I KNEW THEN THAT
'W-A-T-E-R'
MEANT THE WONDERFUL COOL SOMETHING THAT WAS FLOWING OVER MY HAND"
WHO IS HELEN KELLER ?
A MACHINE FOR MOVING HEAVY OBJECTS, OR A LONG-NECKED, LONG-LEGGED AVIAN
WHAT IS A CRANE ?
IN 1608 THIS CAPTAIN & A FEW OTHER COLONISTS LEFT JAMESTOWN & EXPLORED THE CHESAPEAKE BAY & ITS TRIBUTARIES
WHO IS JOHN SMITH ?
AS CHOIR DIRECTOR FOR ST. THOMAS CHURCH IN LEIPZIG, HE WROTE 6 CANTATAS KNOWN AS THE "CHRISTMAS ORATORIO"
WHO IS BACH ?
THESE PREVENT A HORSE FROM BEING DISTRACTED BY THAT CUTE FILLY OFF TO THE SIDE
WHAT ARE BLINDERS (or Blinkers) ?
IN 1813: "WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY AND THEY ARE OURS"
WHO IS OLIVER HAZARD PERRY ?
TO HIT WITH A FIST OR BAT, OR A TERRESTRIAL GASTROPOD
IN 1910 LOUIS BOTHA BECAME THIS COUNTRY'S FIRST PRIME MINISTER, A POST HE HELD UNTIL 1919
WHAT IS SOUTH AFRICA ?