NUMERICAL GROUPS
In comic books they're Reed & Susan Richards, Benjamin Grimm & Johnny Storm
the Fantastic Four
It's a heavy fabric interwoven with a rich, raised design
brocade
A brief sharp sound, or slang for nothing at all
zip
Van Heflin was in "Shane" & "3:10 to Yuma"; this group gave us songs like "Hot For Teacher"
Van Halen
Treebeard, created by this author, says, "Nobody cares for the woods as I care for them, not even elves nowadays"
Tolkien
Depressed or sad because of a lack of friends or companionship; are you this tonight?
lonesome
Les six were a group of anti-romantic Frenchmen in this profession, including Milhaud & Poulenc
composers
One who campaigns vigorously for an idea or cause, or an 11th century Christian fighting to take Jerusalem
a crusader
The abominable snowman also goes by this name
yeti
Ram Jam is a '70s rock group & the trademark move Mickey Rourke's character performed in this 2008 film
The Wrestler
Wow! The boy in this Shel Silverstein classic tale never even says thanks for the branches, the apples...anything!
The Giving Tree
It's a foot-pound per-second unit of power; let's see what you've got under the hood
horsepower
The group of elites that were convicted in China for implementing the Cultural Revolution
the Gang of Four
Wesley Snipes has played this Marvel comics vampire slayer in 3 films
Blade
Traditional dance music of southern Louisiana
zydeco
Kelly Clarkson was an "American Idol"; in 2002 Kelly Clark went all the way to Olympic gold in this snowboarding event
the half-pipe
This book begins, "serene was a word you could put to Brooklyn, New York, especially in the summer of 1912"
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Job description of George Balanchine & Bob Fosse
choreographer
Canada, France, Germany, the U.K., the U.S., Japan, Italy & Russia make up this list
the G-8
"Haffner" & "Colloredo" are 2 of these compositions by Mozart
serenades
Not a slang shoutout to your male pal, it's a petty officer in the navy
a yeoman
Tippecanoe was an 1811 battle; she starred in "Marnie" & "The Birds"
Tippi Hedren
This self-described "fool" wrote, "a tree that looks at God all day / and lifts her leafy arms to pray"
Joyce Kilmer
Drink up! It can precede "whale", though the dolphin types get more press
bottlenose
A 1936 book gave the Supreme Court this nickname; the justices' average age was 71
the "Nine Old Men"
This word for rhythm or beat also refers to the type of military call heard here
"Up in the morning, march all day /
(Up the morning, march all day) /
"Keep on marching your life away..."
cadence
He was the de facto leader of China from 1977 until his death in 1997
Deng Xiaoping
Frankie Muniz played agent Cody Banks; Diablo Cody wrote the screenplay of this 2007 film about a pregnant teen
Juno
In "Paradise Lost" it stood in the Garden of Eden "high eminent, blooming ambrosial fruit"
the Tree of Life
In Marxist theory, this class is primarily concerned with property values
the bourgeoisie