Famous Vehicles
First name given to Disney's "The Love Bug" who starred in 4 movies
Herbie
"I Wanna Dance with Somebody" was the subtitle of a 2022 biopic of this late, great singer
Whitney Houston
This leader's Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976, eliminated political rivals & threw Chinese cities into chaos
Mao Zedong
Some say this 2-word concept of desire & decision isn't real; experiments show people exposed to that viewpoint behave worse
free will
There's a mollusk in this phrase meaning to become suddenly silent
to clam up
You can buy these sticky but cute predators at the Albanese candy store near Chicago
Gummi Bears
From the Middle Greek for "small vessel", they're the famous canalcraft of Venice
Gondolas
In a 1933 film he stops a dinosaur from having Fay Wray for lunch on Skull Island
King Kong
After the American Revolution, Tom Paine and the Marquis de Lafayette both took part in this revolution
French Revolution
This -ist is one who believes that pleasure is the highest good, whether you get it by helping others or by eating cookies
It's near the top of a ship's mast
crow's nest
You can buy Belly Flops, rejects from this company, at its factory candy store in Fairfield, California
Jelly Belly
Serving 16 million passengers a year, their fleet vehicles feature a dog on the hood
Greyhound
Brand recognition for FedEx skyrocketed after being featured in this 2000 Tom Hanks film
Cast Away
The Russian Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 is also named for this month
October
It's not just subtraction; it's also a method showing that a conclusion flows from premises assumed to be true
deduction
A call at a frequency inaudible to humans, or a political statement with a hidden secondary meaning
a dog whistle
Egg whites & sugar syrup go into recipes for this versatile goo found in Snickers & Toblerone
nougat
The Speedwell was this famous ship's companion in August 1620
the Mayflower
Doing his iconic "pizza strut", John Travolta scarfs down a double-decker slice in the opening credits of this film
Saturday Night Fever
From 1963 to 1978 this country had a "White Revolution": in 1979, partly as a backlash, it had an Islamic one
Iran
Francis Bacon is considered a father of this school of philosophy that holds that all knowledge comes from experience
empiricism
This term for something impossibly rare predated the 1600s discovery of the real thing, Cygnus atratus, in Australia
a black swan
True Treats in W.V. sells candy from many eras, including peanut brittle from this 19th century horticulturist's recipe
George Washington Carver
Name of the ship that carried Jason and his crew searching for the golden fleece
This Scorsese film is based on David Grann's nonfiction book about Osage murders in 1920s Oklahoma
Killers of the Flower Moon
Toussaint Louverture, who died in a French prison in 1803, is considered the liberator of this country
Haiti
2 basic approaches in this field are deontology (an act is inherently good or bad) & teleology (depends on the result)
ethics
This phrase about a hidden enemy comes from Virgil, "Latet anguis in herba"
a snake in the grass
"Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't"; better get one of each of these just to be sure
Mounds & Almond Joys