In one of the Arabian Nights' most famous stories, a clever fisherman traps one of these in a bottle
a genie (or jinn)
The U.S. Navy officially began construction of its base at this Oahu locale on Nov. 11, 1909
Pearl Harbor
1998:
Jesus Quintana,
Walter Sobchak,
The Dude
The Big Lebowski
The founder of this bone manipulation practice, D. D. Palmer, claimed that he received his knowledge of it from a deceased physician in "the other world"
chiropractic
Houston Rockets player James Harden is known by what follicular nickname?
The Beard
To avoid execution in the morning, this new wife of the king tells him 1,001 stories, one each night and always ending with a cliffhanger
Scheherazade
U.S. Army bases in this country include Camp Victory / al-Nasr & Camp Taji
Iraq
2013:
Finley,
Evanora,
Glinda
Oz the Great and Powerful
Brazilian medium, psychic surgeon, and now convicted criminal João Teixeira de Faria (aka John of God) was formerly featured on what American day time talk show?
The Oprah Winfrey Show
As part of his effort to modernize Russia, this "great" leader imposed a beard tax in 1698 to encourage Russian men to shave their traditional beards. Those who didn't pay were forcibly shaven.
Peter the Great
Several of the stories are set in this city, capital of the Muslim world in 8th century & still a capital today
Baghdad
On Sept. 11, 2001 this plane secretly touched down at Nebraska's Offutt Air Force Base
Air Force One
The 1975 film:
Magenta,
Columbia,
Janet Weiss
Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Genesis II Church of Health and Healing claims the consumption of what household cleaning agent, which they call "miracle mineral solution/supplement" or "MMS", is a "sacrament"?
bleach
The term "sideburns" is a 19th-century corruption of what US Civil War general's name?
(Ambrose) Burnside
These 2 words reveal the entrance to a hidden cave full of riches in "Ali Baba & the Forty Thieves"
open sesame
This southern state has the most active military installations named after Confederate officers (four)
Virginia
1996:
Renton,
Spud,
Begbie
Trainspotting
Cansema, or black salve, which leaves lesions in the treatment area and has been labeled a fake cure by the FDA, has seen a resurgence in claims to treat which type of cancer?
skin cancer
On male (and some female) wild turkeys, a "beard" refers to what on their body?
a tuft of feathers growing from the center of their chest
When he's an old man, this sailor tells a young porter 7 tales about his 7 marvelous adventures
Sinbad
Fort Riley, Kansas was named after Major General Bennett Riley, who led the first military escort along this trail
the Santa Fe Trail
2004:
Peter LaFleur,
Patches O'Houlihan,
Steve the Pirate
DodgeBall
This metallic tonic, currently being touted as an immunity-booster, can actually turn the skin bluish-grey and impede the absorption of antibiotics when taken internally
colloidal silver
Adherents of which two religions are permitted by the Indian armed forces to grow full beards?
Islam and Sikhism