Fictional Characters
In a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nick's neighbor is this wealthy title bootlegger
Who is Jay Gatsby?
The main entry point for tourists from California, this Mexican city is just south of San Diego
What is Tijuana?
In poker it's commonly used as a wild card
What is a Joker?
An early depiction of a demon holding this customary farm implement is on a thousand-year-old high cross in County Louth, Ireland
What is a pitchfork?
Medically speaking, the flu is short for this
What is influenza?
This boy was "lawless, and vulgar and bad" & Tom Sawyer "was under strict orders not to play with him"
Who is Huckleberry Finn?
With about 15 million people, it's Canada's most populous province
What is Ontario?
In the movies he sings "If I Only Had A Brain"
Who is Scarecrow?
This flavoring comes from a combination of coffee & chocolate
What is mocha?
It's a public declaration of one's views & motives; Marx & Engels wrote a "communist" one
What is a manifesto?
This detective was modeled in part on Dr. Joseph Bell, one of Arthur Conan Doyle's teachers
Who is Sherlock Holmes?
Remember Albert's title & you'll know that Monaco is not a monarchy but this entity
What is a Principality?
What Humpty Dumpty is--literally, that is, not because of his smarts
In the 400s B.C. this Chinese philosopher went into exile for 12 years
Who is Confucius?
It describes a person who is able to speak 2 languages fluently
What is bilingual?
Charles Dickens considered calling this title character Spankle or Copperboy
Who is David Copperfield?
Term for the line of latitude approximately 23 1/2 degrees north of the equator
What is the Tropic of Cancer?
Its scientific name is Toxicodendron radicans
What is Poison Ivy?
This member of the Nixon & Ford cabinets was born in Furth, Germany in 1923
Who is Henry Kissinger
It's a swimming stroke as well as a type of wrestling, skiing & skating
What is freestyle?
The last name of this "Les Miserables" guy is "probably a nickname, a contraction of voilà" & his first name
Valjean
It's from Chinese for "fragrant harbor" & in the 1840s it was ceded to the British
What is Hong Kong?
The Adelie is a medium-sized one
What is a penguin?
This author's first book of tales in 1835 included "The Tinderbox" & "The Princess & the Pea"
Who is Hans Christian Andersen?
It can be a briefcase for manuscripts or an investor's holdings