2-Word Alliterations
A display of anger shown by a young child
temper tantrum
When Romeo marries Juliet, these two families are joined in matrimony, and later tragedy
The Montagues and the Capulets
Johann Pachelbel was considered one of the great masters of this instrument before the generation of J.S. Bach
the organ
The first inscription on this 1799 discovery is in hieroglyphics, the second in everyday Egyptian, and the third in Greek
Literally meaning "the Sleeve," La Manche is this body of water
The English Channel
A car that uses a great deal of fuel
That's "some pig," this character in "Charlotte's Web"
Wilbur
This period of music saw the first attempts at opera, and ended with the death of Johann Sebastian Bach
Baroque
At the age of 9, he was the youngest pharaoh in history. His sarcophagus from the 1300s B.C. is a classic symbol of Ancient Egypt
King Tutankhamun
Italy's highest point is on this Alpine peak it shares with France
Mont Blanc
Phrase for a situation that seems okay but is "inclined' to gradually lead to a bad outcome
slippery slope
Peter and the Wolf
The Black Death that killed more than a third of the population of Europe in the 1300s (A.D.) was an epidemic of this infectious disease
bubonic plague
It's the only country in the world through which both the equator and the Tropic of Capricorn pass
Brazil
This 2-word term refers to someone whose tedious job requires a lot of writing and record-keeping
pencil pusher
In 1894, he published a collection of stories featuring the characters Baloo and Bagheera
Rudyard Kipling
Edvard Grieg
Alexander the Great
Three nations - Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania - border this lake, the main source of the Nile river
Lake Victoria
About a quarter of the U.S. population is made up of these people, who began turning 65 in January 2011
Baby Boomers
Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which help Meg Murry and her brother in this 1962 novel
A Wrinkle in Time
"La Marseillaise" and the Russian national anthem are both heard in this Tchaikovsky work, which depicts Napoleon's retreat from Moscow
The 1812 Overture
In Mesopotamia, irrigation was practiced along these two rivers by 5000 B.C.
the Tigris and the Euphrates
New Zealand, Hawaii, and Easter Island form the three corners of this roughly triangular region of Oceania that's noted for its many islands
Polynesia