Classical Music
The name of the ballet by Tchaikovsky that is generally performed around Christmas.
Nutcracker Suite
It was laid out according to Joseph Smith's plan for the city of Zion, with a temple in the center
Salt Lake City
In diner slang an M.D. isn't a Mountain Dew but this soft drink
Dr. Pepper
A type of bed, apartment or marital status
single
Empress dowager T'zu-hsi was in her 60s when she was forced to flee Peking after this rebellion failed
Boxer Rebellion
Both Puccini & Leoncavallo created operas called this, based on the play "Scenes of Bohemian Life"
La bohème
This Okla. city, home of Oral Roberts U. was named by Creek Indians who had migrated from Alabama
Tulsa
German city which lent its name to a type of "red hot"
Frankfurt
According to the old kids' riddle, 1 of the 3 people present when you're alone in a room
Myself
In 1601, when she was in her late 60s, she had her 33-year-old favorite, Robert Devereux, executed
Elizabeth I
His father, Leopold, worked as a violinist for the archbishop of Salzburg
Mozart
This third largest city in Texas was founded in 1718 when a Spanish expedition built a presedio there
San Antonio
Carob is used as a substitute for this flavor
Chocolate
Strip of wood used to secure a hatch or keep a sail flat
Batten
This lusty Venetian libertine spent his last years as a librarian in Bohemia--maybe he was tired
Casanova
This Grimm fairy tale was the theme of an opera by Englebert Humperdinck
Hansel and Gretel
In 1950 Hot Springs, N.M. renamed itself for this game show
Truth or Consequences
This Chinese dish includes the hardened saliva of swiftlets
bird's nest soup
1st applied to the people who fled the French Revolution, it now refers to any refugee
émigré
He was in his 70s when Pope Alexander VI appointed 4 assistant inquisitors to restrain him
Tomas de Torquemada
Jacqueline du Pré was known for her virtuosity on this instrument
Cello
The leading producers of paper in the U.S. are the Twin Cities of Neenah & Menasha in this state
Wisconsin
The names salami & sausage both come from words referring to this ingredient
Salt
Matthew 5:29 says, "If thy right eye" does this to "thee, pluck it out"
offend
He was 79 when his boat was blown up near Country Sligo in 1979
Earl Mountbatten