4 Letter Words
This archaic word is the third person singular, present indicative of HAVE
What is Hath
The 1825 opening of this drastically reduced the freight rates between Buffalo and New York City
What is the Erie Canal
90% of the world's ice, accounting for 70% of the world's freshwater, is found on this continent
What is Antarctica
This title of the highest priest of Tibet translates to "Ocean Chief".
What is Dalai Lama
A jointed puppet manipulated by strings or wires
M A R I O N E T T E
TIME reported that he autioned his $76 violin "Old Love in Bloom" for $1 million for the war effort
Who is Jack Benny
To invent a new word or phrase
what is Coin
In 1845, this former commander of Texas armed forces became 1 of the state's first 2 senators
In 1990, 11.9% of the U.S. population lived in this state
What is California
You don't have to speak Yiddish to know this means "gossipy woman"
Yenta
A lizard characterized by its ability to change color, or, a changeable, inconstant person
C H A M E L E O N
Major sporting events cancelled in 1940 included Wimbledon and this, slated for Helsinki
Sharp, as in a blade or a sense of hearing
In 1819, this Chief Justis said, "The power to tax involves the power to destroy."
Who is John Marshall
With a total of 8, this university has graduated more US presidents than any other
What is Harvard
Russian for "a three-horse sled", it's also 3 ideas represented metaphorically
What is Troika
Your collarbone's other name
C L A V I C L E
When her place crashed on a bond tour, husband Clark Gable joined in the wreckage search
Who is Carole Lombard
It's Scottish for Church
This country's King Mongkut offered President Buchanan a herd of elephants to help develop U.S. Transportation
What is Siam
Within a trillion, how many places pi has been calculated
What is 62.8
Gilbert and Sullivan fans know that Japanese emperors once had this title meaning "exalted gate"
What is Mikado
This verb, meaning to take a person aboard a ship by force, is named after a city in China
S H A N G A I
if He'd been elected in 1944, this GOP nominee would have been the youngest president until that point
Who is Thomas Dewey
Often used as a crossword clue, this is a horizontal passageway that leads into a mine
What is Adit
This president replaced some office holders with his own supporters, thus creating the "spoils system."
Who is Andrew Jackson
With some 3 mllion members, the National Education Association has now surpassed this union in number of members
What is The Teamsters
We often use this French word for "surroundings" to describe a restaurant's atmosphere
What is ambience
The plant which is pronounce "impatience" is spelld like this
I M P A T I E N S
In 1940, the fall of Paris inspired this Jerome Kerns/Oscar Hammerstein II song