METROPOLITAN OPERA
A 1965 Met performance of "Il Trovatore" had to be cancelled due to this famous power problem
the blackout in New York City
A type of boat motor
outboard motor
It's this fusion reactor which is used most often to turn grapes into raisins
the sun
California desert resort whose slogan for over 19 years has been "P.S. I Love You"
Palm Springs
From the Greek for "to sing", Keats wrote several, including one "On Melancholy"
an ode
While on a 1906 West Coast tour, the company survived this legendary disaster
San Francisco earthquake (and fire)
What you'd have to do to beat the fastest gun or best artist in the West
outdraw him or her
Identified by the first 3 Greek letters, they are the 3 types of radiation or radioactive decay
alpha, beta & gamma
In 1950, Alcudia, on Spain's Costa del Sol, was the 1st of these 106 clubs to open
Club Med
The term "stream of" this first appeared in William James' 1890 textbook "The Principles of Psychology"
consciousness
In 1940, this "star-studded" oil co. began its Saturday sponsorship of Met radio broadcasts
Texaco
You can plug your lava lite into it
an outlet
Along with protons, these atomic particles in a nucleus make up most of an atom's mass
neutrons
Punta del Este, 90 miles from Montevideo, is the most famous beach resort of this country
Uruguay
In the Petrarchan type of these, an octave is followed by a stanza of 6 lines
a sonnet
Two great Italian tenors debuted at the Met on November 23, Pavarotti in 1968 & this singer in 1903
Caruso
A pariah
an outcast
This now-common household appliance has a magnetron, a tube whose emissions vibrate molecules
a microwave oven
Niagara Falls actually consists of these 2 waterfalls
the American Falls & Horseshoe Falls
This adjective describes a genre of Spanish prose that depicts the adventures of roguish heroes
picaresque
Including "Lohengrin", all Met operas in the 1st season were sung in these 2 Romance languages
Italian & French
Frank, as one who calls a pariah a "pariah"
outspoken
This Italian-born American physicist achieved fission in 1934 & didn't know it
Enrico Fermi
Called the "Golden Isles", Jekyll Island, Sea Island, & St. Simons lie off the coast of this state
Georgia
A poem or ballad, like Walter Scott's "Of the Last Minstrel"
a lay