He learned Russian at a church school in Georgia, beginning there in 1888 around age 9
Who is Joseph Stalin?
Uh-oh: when Achilles' mother dipped him in the river Styx, she held him by this, leaving it vulnerable
What is his heel?
He had a hit with "Rubber Duckie"
Who is Ernie?
Body part you attempt to remove when knocking someone's block off
What is the head?
Robinson Crusoe had 24 years of solitude prior to rescuing this cannibal & teaching him English
Who is Friday?
Born about 1925 in the Ugandan village of Koboko, he spent much of his childhood tending flocks
Who is Idi Amin?
The Trojans wouldn't heed Cassandra's warning to beware of this "steed"
What is The Trojan Horse?
"The Muppet Show" debuted in 1976 with this Muppet as host
Who is Kermit the Frog?
A rough struggle like the one in a football game after the ball is snapped
What is a scrimmage?
Charley Bates is the boisterous sidekick to this "Oliver Twist" pickpocket
Who is the Artful Dodger?
Until he attended the Collegio Lasalle in about 1932 around age 6, he worked in his family's sugar cane fields
Who is Fidel Castro?
She foolishly fooled around with Poseidon in Athena's temple, so Athena turned her hair into snakes
Who is Medusa?
This "Great" hooknosed Muppet has a hankering for chickens
Who is Gonzo (The Great)?
Boxing announcer Michael Buffer is known for the injunction "Let's get ready to" do this
What is rumble?
Several Sherlock Holmes stories refer to Miss Mary Morstan, who marries this physician
Who is Dr. John Watson?
Orphaned as a boy, he reportedly spent his youth on his uncle's melon farm near the Tigris
Who is Saddam Hussein?
This Titan made the mistake of waging war against Zeus, so he was doomed to hold the sky on his shoulders
Who is Atlas?
"Sesame Street"'s largest Muppet, his first name is Aloysius
Who is Snuffleupagus?
It means to stick something with glue, or to stick your fist in someone's jaw
What is paste?
This simple peasant became Don Quixote's squire after being promised an island to rule
Who is Sancho Panza?
In 1903, when he was barely a teenager, his father Alois died
Who is Adolf Hitler?
Linus the Music Teacher was too critical of this "labor"er, his pupil, who hit him with a lyre & killed him
Who is Hercules?
"Sesame Street" denizen who has appeared on a "got milk?" billboard
Who is Cookie Monster?
The Supreme Court has ruled that fighting words are not protected by this amendment
What is the 1st Amendment?
In "Huckleberry Finn", Tom Sawyer says that he & Huck Finn "have knowed" this slave "all his life"
Who is Jim?