THE QUOTABLE BROWNINGS
Robert wrote, this holy day "breaks, but Christ rises! Mercy every way is infinite"
What is Easter
Malibu surfer Lance Carson was an early master of this maneuver
What is Hanging Ten
He skipped 9th & 12th grades & at age 15, entered Morehouse College, where he decided to become a minister
Who is Martin Luther King Jr
In 1893 sociologist Emile Durkheim's "The Division of" this said workers who specialize more may become more alienated
What is Labor
In North Africa, it's Arabic for "the victorious"
Where is Cairo
Elizabeth "heard last night a little child go singing 'Neath Casa Guidi windows" in this Italian city on the Via Maggio
Where is Florence
Nudge, nudge--this phrase referring to a short nap dates back to the 19th century
What is 40 winks
This Austrian wrote polka, quadrille & march music, but it's his nearly 400 waltzes that made his name
Who is Johann Strauss
Oncologists may describe cancer in these: 1-3 means it has spread to nearby tissues & 4 means it has spread far
What is Stage
University city 60 miles up the M11 from London
Where is Cambridge
The 43rd of these from Elizabeth contains the line "I love thee with the breath, smiles, tears, of all my life"
What is a Sonnet
Mount Holyoke & Wellesley are part of this group of women's colleges
The Seven Sisters
In 2011 ESPN decided, nope, we're not ready for this man to sing the opening of "Monday Night Football" anymore
Who is Hank Williams Jr
In pharmacology you learn about the risks of these, given in long & horrifying lists at the end of drug commercials
What are Side Affects
Rome razed it in 146 B.C.
Where is Carthage
Elizabeth called this French novelist a "large-brained woman and large-hearted man"
Who is George Sand
The main road between Chicago & L.A. before the interstate highway system
What is Route 66
The 2 juniors on the current Supreme Court; one joined in 2005, the other, the following year
Who is John Roberts and Samuel Alito
Zoologists say this small Andean rodent prized for its pelt has the softest fur of any land animal
What is a Chinchilla
You'll find a great American--heck, the Great American Ball Park in this city on the Ohio River
Where is Cincinnati
It's the town referred to when Robert wrote, "to see the townsfolk suffer so from vermin, was a pity"
What is Hamlin
Well, that's the this amount of money "Question", the top prize on a quiz show when it debuted in 1955
What is $64,000
In 1981 this retired 4-star general became the second military leader to head the State Dept.
Who is Alexander Haig
In anthropology, from the Latin for "shepherd", it's the way of life based on keeping herds of animals
What is Pastoral
One of the world's largest freshwater aquariums is in this city on the Tennessee River
Where is Chattanooga