In 1836 Charles Green set a record by traveling 480 miles via this conveyance from London to Germany in under 18 hours
a hot air balloon
The executive chef of this chain made its secret-for-decades "special sauce" on YouTube in 2012; mayo was involved
McDonald's
This group's "The Dark Side of the Moon"
Botanically, an onion includes this type of thickened, underground plant
a bulb
In a holiday song, this title precedes "the angels did say, was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay" Geppetto carved him from a piece of talking wood
"The First Noel"
"Let's Stay Together" & enjoy the romantic & religious songs of this great vocalist
Al Green
In 1942 Gen. Leslie Groves was put in charge of this super-secret "Project" that would forever change the world 3 years later
the Manhattan Project
This Beatles album, on whose cover John is wearing white & Paul is barefoot
Great for making onion rings, this variety from Hawaii is sweet, juicy & comes to market in the spring
Maui Onions
You give someone this phrase when you use extreme methods to extract a confession out of them
the third degree
In 1864 at Caledonia, New York, Seth Green built the USA's first of these places for fish to be born
hatcheries
The motto of the British circle of these performers is "Indocilis Privata Loqui" ("not apt to disclose secrets")
magicians
"The Best of" this singer-songwriter, including his classic "American Pie"
Don McLean
If you travel to Yaroslavl in Russia, you'll see plenty of the architectural feature called onion these
domes
Bo Jackson & Bob Dole are famous for illeism, using this when talking about themselves; it can help kids with speech impediments
With his partner Betty Comden, Adolph Green wrote the screenplay for this Gene Kelly musical about the silent film era
Singin' in the Rain
In 2013 Barack Obama became the first president to mention this secretive place in Nevada by name
Area 51
This jazz trumpeter's "Birth of the Cool"
Miles Davis
When you chop them, onions make your eyes water because they contain compounds of this element also found in gunpowder
sulfur
F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote, "There are no" these "in American lives"
second acts
Cecil Howard Green helped transform a Dallas geophysics company into the electronics giant now known by this name
Texas Instruments
This secret society at Yale was formed in 1832, possibly after a dispute with Phi Beta Kappa
Skull and Bones
Her French song "La Vie En Rose", on an old 78
Edith Piaf
This late American chef & food writer said that onion sandwiches were one of the greatest treats he knew
James Beard
The U.K.'s House of Commons uses this 4-word electoral system where a simple majority of votes determines the winner of the race
first past the post