Music History
In "We Didn't Start The Fire", Billy Joel sings of "trouble in" this Mideast canal region, the site of a 1956 crisis
What is Suez?
Can you hear this train's whistle blowin' / In 1889 / Running from Paris to Constantinople / Murder on the riders' minds
What is The Orient Express?
This "colorful" tide occurs in warm waters when there is an increase of protozoa called dinoflagellates
What is a Red Tide?
Angostura makes varieties of this bar-friendly liquid that looks like the plural form of a resentful word
What are Bitters?
From this Garden State reality show: "I know I'm not the smartest crayon in the box, but this isn't rocket scientist"
What is Jersey Shore?
FAMOUS HOTELS:
The painting seen here, "A Vicious Circle", hangs in this hotel in the room that's portrayed in the painting
What is the Algonquin Hotel?
A Grateful Dead song plays fast & loose with the story of this heroic train engineer who died in 1900
Who is Casey Jones?
On the day I was born / In April 1822 / I had no idea I'd be president, or a top general too / I wore the blues / The Union Army blues
Who is Ulysses Grant?
Unlike the stingray, this "devilfish" doesn't have a stinger in its tail
What is a Manta Ray?
This compound word referring to someone who spoils things for others doesn't refer to an actual murder
What is a Killjoy?
"Why should you go to jail for a crime someone else... noticed?" asked attorney Bob Loblaw on this Bluth-tastic show
What is Arrested Development?
COMPOSERS:
2 of the world's greatest Baroque composers, they were born within a month of each other in Germany in 1685 but never met
Who is Johann Sebastian Bach & George Frederick Handal?
A "Hamilton" number about the defeat of Adams & Burr is titled "The Election Of" this year
What is 1800?
There's a dark house over yonder / In Boston's North Square / The home this Founding Father rode from / A home still standing there
Who is Paul Revere?
The American eel begins life in this area of the north Atlantic but eventually migrates to fresh water
What is the Sargasso Sea?
This compound word referring to someone who spoils things for others doesn't refer to an actual murder
What is a Killjoy?
Talking tattoo art with Letterman, this Canadian teen idol said, "I'm not going for the 16th chapel look"
Who is Justin Bieber?
AMERICAN MUSIC LEGENDS:
Steinbeck called him "just a voice and a guitar" but said his songs embodied "the will of a people to endure and fight against oppression"
Who is Woody Guthrie?
"The water took its victim's name", goes a Vampire Weekend song about this English explorer who was set adrift by his crew in Canada
Who is Henry Hudson?
Goin' to this max-security prison / Goin' to N.Y. soon / Its prisoner revolt had Pacino scream it / In "Dog Day Afternoon"
What is Attica?
Since it is lighter than water, the oil mainly in this organ prevents sharks from sinking
What is the Liver?
This slang term for an unethical lawyer starts with a bashful word
What is a Shyster?
This Bill Hader guy:
"N.Y.'s hottest club is Push!... (It) has... ghosts... banjos... a stuck-up kitten who won't sign autographs..."
Who is Stefon?
US POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS:
In 1969 the "B" in this state's abbreviation was changed to an "E" to avoid confusion with a Canadian province
What is Nebraska?
Tom Russell's "Tonight We Ride" recounts General Pershing's 1916-17 pursuit of this Mexican guerrilla leader
Who is Pancho Villa?
Hundreds of miles of this barrier / Got to stop any German assault / Got a design but no Belgian line / Think that may be a fault
What is Maginot?
Australian waters contain many species of this sea snail, including the greenlip & blacklip
What is Abalone?
Found before a certain "membrane" in the body, this word ends with a bit of fear
What is Tympanic?
Players in this duo's "East/West Collegiate Bowl" included Bismo Funyuns, D'Pez Poopsie & Quackadilly Blip
Who are Key & Peele?
19th CENTURY LITERARY CREATURES:
The author said the name of this 10-letter creature in his poem meant "the result of much excited discussion"
What is the Jabberwock?