The Great Depression
Derisive term for shack communities that reflected people's anger at Pres. Hoover.
What is "Hooverville"?
Of myology, urology, & ourology, the fake.
What is ourology?
Ammunition chests which "go rolling along".
What are caissons?
Pete, David, & Tokyo, for example.
What is Roses?
Sri Lanka has 2: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte and this.
What is Colombo?
Ironically, this song was introduced about the same time that the stock market crashed.
What is "Happy Days Are Here Again"?
"Lord of the Flies" isn't one of these, but "Lord of the Rings" is.
What is a trilogy?
According to their hymn, they fight "to keep our honor clean".
Who are the United States Marines?
He was Vice President of the U.S. from 1981-85.
Who is George Bush?
This country's Communist govt. doesn't allow handicapped people to live in the capital, Pyongyang.
What is North Korea?
Of 100, 500 or 1000%, the percentage of increase in unemployment from 1925-1932.
What is 1000%?
Comparing us to the Russians, Sting notes, "We share the same biology regardless of" this.
What is ideology?
"Marching To Pretoria" today would take you through this troubled country.
What is South Africa?
He knew "Who's on first".
Who is Bud Abbott?
Province in which Canada's capital is located.
What is Ontario?
"The CCC" stood for this program that hired young men to plant trees, build dams & fight forest fires.
What is Civilian Conservation Corps?
This science of involuntary reactions merits close study, but watch out for knee jerks.
What is reflexology?
Tchaikovsky's overture uses cannons; this great German's 1813 "Wellington's Victory" uses musket fire.
Who is Beethoven?
With George S. Kaufman, he took the 1937 Pulitzer Prize for "You Can't Take It with You".
Who is Moss Hart?
While Washington's D.C. stands for "District of Columbia", Mexico City's D.F. stands for this.
What is Federal District (Distrito Federal)?
2nd stage of the New Deal focused on helping this "man at the bottom of the economic pyramid".
What is the forgotten man?
The study practiced by doctors who treat tumors, it sounds like the study of doctors who carry beepers.
What is oncology?
Colonials played "Yankee Doodle" on this small transverse flute.
What is a fife?
At her 1st performance at the Metropolitan Opera in 1931, it's said she took 16 curtain calls.
Who is Lily Pons?
South Yemen was formerly known by this name of its capital & strategic port at Red Sea's entrance.
What is Aden?