DOUBLE VOWELS & DOUBLE CONSONANTS
You're in this when you're dropping with the force of gravity
What is freefall?
The Shih-Poo was created by crossing this breed with a Toy or Miniature Poodle
What is a Shih Tzu?
2002:
"Justified"
Who is Justin Timberlake?
Patricia Cornwell's forensic ace Kay Scarpetta debuted in this 1990 thriller, a Latin synonym for autopsy
What is Postmortem?
Uncredited for years, 4 nuns at the Vatican Observatory are now known to have mapped half a million of these in the early 1900s
What are stars?
A type of jester; Prokofiev wrote a ballet about one who "Outjested" 7 others
What is buffoon?
The AKC says this breed's "'Sourmug' face" is the "symbol of courage & tenacity"
What is a bulldog?
998, no more Menudo for him:
"Vuelve"
Who is Ricky Martin?
The 1951 "Bloody Christmas" beating of prisoners by Los Angeles police is dramatized in this James Ellroy novel
What is L.A. Confidential?
When she died at 118 Sister Andre of France, then the world's oldest known person, had survived both COVID-19 & this 1918-19 pandemic
What is the Spanish flu?
If you were making moonshine back in the 1920s, you might have been fingered for this trafficking crime
What is bootlegging?
This jumbo breed is featured in Sigrid Nunez' novel "The Friend" & Naomi Watts said the dog actor in the movie "stole my heart"
What is a Great Dane?
2006:
"The Dutchess"
Who is Fergie?
The title of this 2015 thriller by Paula Hawkins refers to Rachel Watson & what she may have seen on her daily commute
What is The Girl on the Train?
California's Sisters of the Valley, aka the "Weed Nuns", make products from this active but not psychoactive ingredient
What is CBD?
Furniture-wise, this type of sofa is perfect for taking a load off
What is a settee?
This wolfhound gets its name from Russian for "swift"
What is a Borzoi?
1998:
"The Miseducation of" her
Who is Lauryn Hill?
John D. MacDonald's "The Executioners" was filmed twice under this title, with Robert Mitchum & Robert De Niro as the bad guy
What is Cape Fear?
Mother Frances Cabrini lent her name to the Cabrini homes in this city, later part of the Cabrini-Green complex
What is Chicago?
The 2 predominant cultural & linguistic groups in Belgium today are the Flemings & these people
What is the Walloons?
This retriever's ancestors include two St. John's water dogs rescued from an 1807 shipwreck off Maryland
What is the Chesapeake Bay Retriever?
1985:
"The Dream of the Blue Turtles"
Who is Sting?
James M. Cain had to fight his publisher over the title of this 1934 novel, which he said referred to delayed retribution
What is The Postman Always Rings Twice?
Crossing paths with the likes of Billy the Kid & often having to defend herself, Sister Blandina Segale got this punny nickname
What is "The Fastest Nun in the West"?