SPACE
"Quicksilver" planet whose year is only 88 days
Mercury
"Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with a shepherd's staff", this Philistine mocked David
Goliath
About half of all the world's radios are in this country
the United States
Her marriage to a Mass. senator in '53 was Society's "Wedding of the Year"
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (Onassis)
Movie name given to the theory of weapons in space debated by Reagan & Mondale
Star Wars
From '63 to '73 it was called Cape Kennedy
Cape Canaveral
King Solomon commanded a baby be sliced in half in order to decide this
the baby's mother
Term for bribes some late '50s DJ's took to promote certain records
payola
He was introduced to his future first lady, Dolley Todd, by Aaron Burr
James Madison
A bubble gum or a rocket launcher
a bazooka
In Nov. 1984, the Space Shuttle "Discovery" became the 1st to bring any of these back to Earth
satellites
From Prince Shelumiel, said to have lost battles while others won, it's Yiddish for "born loser"
a schlemiel
Maximum power wattage at which an AM station can broadcast legally in the U.S.
50,000 watts
From 1945 to 1951, Eleanor Roosevelt was a delegate to this U.N. body
the General Assembly
Said to have been created in Bayonne, France in 1641, soldiers have been stuck with it ever since
the bayonet
They were named Intrepid, Antares, Falcon, Orion, Challenger and Eagle
lunar landing modules
In the New Testament, this Roman governor asked "what is truth?"
(Pontius) Pilate
Radio station operated by the U.S. Information Agency
Voice of America
Since she was raised in Kentucky, many accused her of disloyalty to the Union cause
Mary Todd Lincoln
Instrument of death used in the cult "Texas... Massacre" film
chainsaw
U.S. equivalent to the Russian Salyut space station
Skylab
Jesus rebuked this disciple saying "get thee behind me, Satan"
Peter
First station to ever broadcast election returns, KDKA, still operates in this city
Pittsburgh
She was an extra in 1936's "Becky Sharp" & "Small Town Girl"
Pat Nixon
The city of Damascus was noted for making this curved sword
the scimitar