COMPETITIVE CHEERLEADING
Modern cheerleading icon Lawrence Herkimer patented these classic cheer props with the advent of color TV in mind
pom-poms
At Pittsburgh's Carnegie Science Center, he's inducted in the Robot Hall of Fame; so is his sidekick R2-D2
C-3PO
Mozzarella is in caprese salad with tomato, & tomato is with bacon in this 3-initial sandwich
a BLT
This weepy Sinéad O'Connor ballad might not be about lost love; Prince is rumored to have written it about his housekeeper
"Nothing Compares 2 U"
A woman called 9-1-1 to report an intruder at her tuffet; an 8-legged suspect was apprehended & later released
"Little Miss Muffet"
It's the term for a 200th anniversary; the United States celebrated one in 1976
bicentennial
UNIQUE BUILDINGS
Despite 17.5 miles of hallways, you can walk anywhere in this Virginia building within about five minutes, due to its concentric layout
This university's Lexington-based cheer team is the winningest in UCA Division IA history, with 24 national titles; go Wildcats!
Kentucky
1601 NASA Parkway is the street address of a space museum in this Texas city
Houston
Mayo is in egg salad with hard-boiled eggs, which are with bacon atop this salad, first served at LA's Brown Derby
Cobb salad
Existential pain & stand-still traffic, life's essential struggles, are on display in the video for this 1992 R.E.M. hit
"Everybody Hurts"
Medics were dispatched to a local hillside where a man sustained head injuries fetching water with a female companion
"Jack and Jill"
Stereotypes about this demographic -- also known as "Gen Y" -- include "tech-savvy" & "saddled with student loan debt"
millennial
Despite 17.5 miles of hallways, you can walk anywhere in this Virginia building within about five minutes, due to its concentric layout
the Pentagon
"The Complete Story of the Cheerleading Movie that Changed, Like, Everything" is the partial title of a 2022 book saluting this film
Bring It On
The St. Louis Science Center recently hosted "Becoming Jane", a traveling exhibition about this primatologist
Jane Goodall
Milk is in custard with eggs, & eggs are with bacon in this quiche, named for a region of France
(Quiche) Lorraine
At the 2020 Grammys, Alicia Keys & this trio sang "It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday" in a tribute to Kobe Bryant
Boyz II Men
Veterinary personnel were dispatched when a local woman reported her flock had returned without tails after an unexplained absence
"Little Bo Peep"
It describes the "first pitch" thrown by a guest of honor at a baseball game -- a nice way of saying it doesn't actually count
ceremonial
It's no picnic being a flyer in this flashy stunt where teammates lock hands, fling you into the air, and hopefully catch you
a basket toss
Behind thick glass in the Gems & Minerals Hall of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Tom's Baby is an 8-lb nugget of this
gold
Tomato sauce is in Sloppy Joes with beef, & beef is with bacon in this beloved Wendy's burger, introduced in 2007
the Baconator
You hardly notice that this Simon & Garfunkel song has no rhymes; maybe you're busy counting the cars on the New Jersey turnpike
America
Police received multiple reports at 10 P.M. of a man running through town & tapping on windows in his nightgown
"Wee Willie Winkie"
Showcasing life in the 18th century, this Virginia attraction calls itself "the world's largest living history museum"
Colonial Williamsburg
It's the term for cheer squads whose sole purpose is to compete; they're not affiliated with any school... or with Smash Mouth
All-Star
Hey, fulcrum lovers! At Columbus, Ohio's Center of Science & Industry, kids can lift a 2,437-lb. car using this bar
a lever
Sugar is in jam with fruit, & fruit is with pancakes & bacon in this classic IHOP dish with a kooky name
Rooty Tooty Fresh 'N Fruity
This handsome crooner revealed that after a bad breakup, he wrote "Somebody's Crying" inside a closet at a party
Chris Isaak
Officers responded to anonymous reports that a local man was sequestering his wife inside a large gourd
"Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater"
It's the 2000 comedy with the Sandra Bullock line, "I'm in a dress, I have gel in my hair... & I'm armed. Don't mess with me"
Miss Congeniality