From A to Z (ans. start w A & end w Z)
This synonym for "vibrant" perfectly describes an active hornet nest
What is Abuzz?
The Navy's first "super" type of this ship was named for James Forrestal, the first Secretary of Defense
What is a supercarrier?
2018:
"God's Plan" &
"Nice For What"
Who is Drake?
Xerophytes are plants that have adapted to living in locales where this is in limited supply
What is Water?
Will Arnett watches magic being made with tiny plastic bricks on the Fox show called this "Masters"
What is LEGO?
1960s America:
Helping draft an executive order in 1961, Hobart Taylor Jr. almost used the word "positive", but instead chose this alliterative phrase
What is Affirmative Action?
Once home to a Civil War fortress & now a bird sanctuary, it's located in San Francisco Bay
What is Alcatraz?
The youngest secretary, he was 43 when he took office under Ford; he got older & was 74 when he left office under George W. Bush
Who is Donald Rumsfield?
2020:
"Savage" & "WAP"
Who is Megan Thee Stallin'?
Common names for plants are all over the place; Kerria japonica is one of many called this Lone Star state flower of song
What is The Yellow Rose of Texas?
In 2022 he logged his 1,500th sketch with "Saturday Night Live" & that's what's up with that
Who is Kenan Thompson?
GEOGRAPHIC NAME'S ALMOST THE SAME:
Legend says in 1876 a dragon built for the first "Ring" cycle had its neck sent to this Mideast capital, not the right German city
What is Beirut?
In a dessert, it's paired with "leche"
What is Arroz?
In 1950 Truman had a "Plan" in selecting this military man as his Secretary of Defense; he needed help in preparing for the Korean War
Who is Marshall?
The artist formerly known with a "$", in 2010:
"We R Who We R" &
"Tik Tok"
Who is Kesha?
Named for the Greek goddess of the rainbow, this perennial can come in "bearded" varieties
What is Iris?
James & Patrick Crawley's deaths on the Titanic set up an inheritance problem early on in this British drama
What is Downton Abbey?
The author of this novel said of the last chapter left off U.S. editions, "My young thuggish protagonist grows up"
What is A Clockwork Orange?
Jamiroquai passes the litmus test for this type of music that infuses funk & hip-hop with another genre
What is Acid Jazz?
Nuclear physicist Harold Brown served as president of this Pasadena, California school just prior to becoming Carter's Defense Secretary
What is Caltech?
One week in 1998:
"One Week"
Who are The Barenaked Ladies?
Important to botanists, it can be an arrangement of dried plants for study or a building housing those plants
What is Herbarium?
This actor who played a very mad man in season 5 of "Fargo" had a "dedicated nippleologist" for his faux piercings
Who is Jon Hamm?
BRANDS:
In 1978 a new cologne for men came out called this, what's being played in the company's iconic logo
What is Polo?
A train station in Paris' 13th Arrondissement bears the name of this 1805 battle won by Napoleon
What is Austerlitz?
His book, "Worthy Fights", documents his time as CIA Director & Secretary of Defense during Obama's presidency
Who is Leon Panetta?
2022:
"First Class"
with the Fergie sample
Who is Jack Harlow?
Pollination begins when pollen from the anther of one flowering plant reaches this tip of the pistil of another
What is the Stigma?
This veteran actor has been seen on Netflix in "3 Body Problem" & the final 2 seasons of "The Crown"
Who is Jonathan Pryce?
AUTHOR'S WIVES:
When asked if she was the inspiration for the wife in a 1922 novel, this woman replied, "No. She was much fatter"
Who is Nora Joyce?