Science
He invented the zinc-carbon electric cell but not, most say, the burner that bears his name.
Who is (Robert) Bunsen?
As Hitchcock knew, "give a man enough" of this, "and he'll hang himself".
What is rope?
The 2 Italian cities whence came the "Two Gentlemen" & "The Merchant".
What are Verona and Venice?
A type of rabbit, goat, cat or sweater.
What is angora?
Birthplace of Mozart, this province takes its name from its famous old salt mines.
What is Salzburg?
Today one can only find a trilobite in this condition.
What is fossilized?
Violins & cellos belong to this orchestral section.
What are strings?
When not in London, it's where Prince Philip & his "merry wife" lived.
What is Windsor?
The only crop used for livestock feed that has been grown since prehistoric times.
What is alfalfa?
Since a 9th c. pope had 1 put on a church steeple, this animal has been on weather vanes.
What is a rooster?
The 7th planet, which was 1st named the "Georgian Star" in honor of Britain's reigning monarch.
What is Uranus?
A good raconteur can spin this well.
What is yarn?
He came "to wive it wealthily in Padua, if wealthily, then happily in Padua".
Who is Petruchio?
Originates from Italian and literally means "in the manner of the chapel" or "in the style of the church".
What is a cappella?
All the waters of the Great Lakes once drained into this river.
What is the St. Lawrence River?
The enzyme of rennin in rennet is used in food processing to make this.
What is cheese?
Fibrous band of dense tissue connecting muscles.
What is a tendon?
Complete with Mounties, the forest of Arden became Canada's north woods in S.D. Old Globe's version of this.
What is As You Like It?
Both London's & NYC's Cleopatra's Needles originally stood in this city.
What is Alexandria?
Besides "of", only other word in the Pledge of Allegiance that begins with "O".
What is one?
Absolute zero, at which all atomic activity stops, is this temperature Celsius.
What is -273 degrees?
In 1937, its last year of existence, this company produced 1st U.S. car with a supercharger.
Who is Cord?
Not Athens' golden age tyrant, Shakespeare's Pericles was prince of this city in Lebanon.
What is Tyre?
Officially named Catalonia, # of tourists each year outnumbers residents here 30 to 1.
What is Andorra?
Argentinian in origin, it's characterized by a variety of long steps & frequent posturing.
What is the tango?