20th C. Authors
A professor at Cornell, he translated "Alice in Wonderland" into Russian & wrote "Lolita".
Who is Vladimir Nabokov?
Elementary, my dear Watson! It's a 1939 movie starring Basil Rathbone & Nigel Bruce.
What is The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes?
Looks like the backstroke to me, sir.
What is (Waiter), there's a fly in my soup?
Thoroughbred horses do well fueled by the "blue grass" of this state.
What is Kentucky?
It's given to grant the go-ahead.
What is green light?
Her "Diary of a Young Girl" was published posthumously by her father & translated into more than 30 lang.
Who is Anne Frank?
In the 1960 version, Jim the runaway slave was played by boxer Archie Moore.
What is The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?
When it is ajar.
What is when is a door not a door?
Of Ohio, Indiana or Illinois, the 1 most densely populated & having the most large cities.
What is Ohio?
If you have one of these, your garden looks great but your hand looks awful.
What is green thumb?
In her very 1st book, she introduced Hercule Poirot.
Who is Agatha Christie?
Yup, in this film Gary Cooper played the explorer whose name gets shouted out in pools worldwide.
What is The Adventures of Marco Polo?
Why, is there one missing?
What is Did you take a bath (or shower)??
4 of the 6 states that make up New England.
What are Connecticut, Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode Island?
Sam I Am served 'em with ham.
What are green eggs?
While alive, he only allowed an abridged version of his "7 Pillars of Wisdom" to be sold to the public.
Who is T.E. Lawrence?
1948 film about a legendary lover played by legendary lover Errol Flynn.
What is The Adventures of Don Juan?
From the huge footprints in the Jell-O.
What is how can you tell if there's been an elephant in your refrigerator?
Years after the Okla. landrush of 1889, a similar one occurred on Sioux Indian holdings in this state.
What is South Dakota?
Emlyn Williams play filmed in 1945 with Bette Davis & in 1979 with Katharine Hepburn.
What is The Corn Is Green?
Once nearly blind from an infection as a teenager, this Englishman wrote "Eyeless in Gaza" in 1936.
Who is (Aldous) Huxley?
The title character of this 1984 movie was a rock star, brain surgeon, & nuclear physicist.
What is The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai?
Heat, because you can catch cold.
What is which travels faster?
The only state in which Caucasians are a minority.
What is Hawaii?
Betty Comden's songwriting & performing partner.
Who is Adolph Green?