FEAT OF (HENRY) CLAY
Henry Clay is famous for helping forge these historic deals, like the Missouri one & the one of 1850
What are compromises?
Wham! He had a No. 1 hit as he was "Praying For Time" in 1990
Who is George Michael?
As in scientific classification, a nomenclator is someone who assigns these
What are names?
It's where to go to groove to the Twin Cities Jazz Festival
What is St. Paul?
The name of this miracle of modern invention is partly from the French for "hook"
What is Velcro?
Clay was one of the founders of the American Colonization Society, which helped create this African nation
What is Liberia?
She was "Coming Out Of The Dark" sans Miami Sound Machine in 1991
Who is Gloria Estefan?
As its name suggests, a pangram uses all of these at least once in one sentence
What are letters of the alphabet?
Napoleon lived at the Briars Pavillion & then at Longwood on this island in the South Atlantic
What is Saint Helena?
This prying tool is so named because one end looks like a beak
What is a crowbar
Clay held this congressional leadership post for 10 years, longer than anyone else in the 19th century
What is Speaker of the House?
In 1995 this female trio was chasing "Waterfalls"
Who is TLC?
Paranym is another word for this, a word substituted for a more unpleasant one
An island country in the Lesser Antilles is a package deal: this saint & the Grenadines
What is Saint Vincent?
Remains of an early form of man were found in a French cave with this name
What is Cro-Magnon?
According to Andrew Jackson, Clay's "corrupt bargain" was the sec. of state job for helping make this man president
Who is John Quincy Adams?
In 1998, she hit Number One with "Doo Wop (That Thing)" her first solo single
Who is Lauryn Hill?
It's a word that tells people you're in a group; in the Bible those who said "sib" instead of "shib" were slaughtered
What is a shibboleth?
The Pony Express went from this Missouri city to Sacramento, California
What is St. Joseph?
This flower is often seen in the spring
What is a crocus?
When he died in 1852, Clay became the first American to lie in state in this part of the Capitol building
What is the rotunda?
In 1997 this late rapper had "Mo Money Mo Problems"
2-word term for a common language for speakers of different tongues; it was once an actual language quoted by Moliere
What is lingua franca?
A church in this suburb of Paris has the tombs of 12 centuries of French kings
What is Saint-Denis
When a politician appoints his friends to positions they are unqualified for, it's called this
What is cronyism?