World History
1960 was called "the year of" this continent where 17 countries declared independence
Africa
Her cupboard... bare. Her dog... dead. But suddenly, the dog's alive, & smoking a pipe. Terror has a new name--this nursery rhyme woman
Old Mother Hubbard
Associated with Lincoln, this tall top hat was often made of beaver, though silk was taking over by Abe's time
a stovepipe (hat)
Kismet
fate
KDKA, one of the first commercial radio stations, has been the voice of this Pennsylvania city since going on air in 1920
Pittsburgh
In 1952 Turkey joined this military alliance named for a far-off body of water
NATO
In "The Pilgrim's Regress" by this "Narnia" man, a dragon laments, "Often I wish I hadn't eaten my wife"
(C.S.) Lewis
Starting in 1950s TV commercials, Bucky Beaver was the mascot for Ipana, a brand of this hygiene item
a toothpaste
Prima donna, in opera or otherwise
diva
In 2005 KYOURadio in San Francisco became the first major station to air only these, submitted by you, the listeners
podcasts
"Emancipation", a 2024 book, compares the end of American slavery with the freeing of these Russian peasants, also in the 1860s
the serfs
Do you have a "Remembrance of Things Past"? Then you'll know he also wrote "Jean Santeuil"
Proust
106,000 fans can lodge themselves at Beaver Stadium, the home football field of this school's Nittany Lions
Penn State
Killer whale
orca
In 1933 FDR talked to the nation about the banking crisis in the first of his radio addresses called these
fireside chats
In 1615 the Inquisition said the theories of this Polish astronomer, dead over 70 years, were heresy
Copernicus
Mark this Cuban character who got top billing over "the Sea" (at least as "The Old Man") in 1952
Santiago
Featuring a cow chip throwing contest & more, the Cimarron Territorial Celebration is held in Beaver in this state in April
Oklahoma
Epic or lyrical poet
a bard
This music show began on WSM out of Nashville in 1925, playing traditional country & hillbilly music
the Grand Ole Opry
In 2011 the coffin of this man dead many years was removed from his crypt in Chile for an autopsy
Salvador Allende
These 3 words repeated 3 times follow "rose" in perhaps Gertrude Stein's most famous quote
is a rose
The swamp beaver is another name for this rodent originally from South America, but now with feral U.S. populations
the nutria
Margarine
oleo
Daily Double:
"The War of the Worlds"