Women on TV
(I'm Bellamy Young.) Scandal isn't my first venture in D.C. TV; in 2004 I played North Carolina lawyer Marylou Meriwether on an episode of this show named for part of the White House.
The west wing
In Norse myth it's the 7-letter name for where the mere mortals lived.
Midgard
In the 2012 State of the Union Address Obama said Our destiny is stitched together like those 50 stars and these.
13 Stripes
Yale University Library classifies books in excess of 27 cm in height or 19 cm in width as this big O.
Oversized
The state bird for 7 states it shares its name with a senior position in the Catholic church.
a Cardinal
Before seeing red on Orange is the New Black Kate Mulgrew captained this Star Trek vessel.
Voyager
His punishment for war against Zeus was being condemned to hold up the heavens.
Atlas
JFK's 1963 speech on the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty says this many years ago the advent of nuclear weapons changed the world.
18
When it comes before esque this outdoors man's name means fantastically large.
Paul Bunyan
This wandering high flyer can have an 11-foot wingspan.
an Albatross
Lena Headey took a naked walk of shame! shame! shame!... on this drama; someone will eventually pay! pay! pay!
Game of Thones
When Achilles was a wee lad he got instruction on the lyre from Chiron one of these creatures.
A Centaur
This figure that begins a famous speech just means 87.
Four score and seven years
Webster says this word may be an alteration of huge and monstrous.
Humongous
Chaucer wrote a poem called this assembly of Fowls; it's also a term for an assembly of owls.
a Parliament
This actress defending our homeland as CIA officer Carrie Mathison.
Claire Danes
To rid himself of a gift he no longer wanted this king of Phrygia bathed in a river whose sands then became gold.
Midas
In his 1941 State of the Union Address FDR said We look forward to a world founded upon this many essential human freedoms.
Four
From the Greek it's a much larger than life-size statue such as an Ancient Wonder.
a Colossus
Of the ratites flightless land birds this down under denizen is the smallest.
a Kiwi
Connie Britton said her character on this show was inspired by several country singers including Faith Hill & Reba McEntire.
Nashville
One of the 12 labors of Hercules was working in animal control stealing his 3-headed dog.
Hades
From a 1988 speech by a presidential candidate. A brilliant diversity spread like stars like this 5-word phrase.
A thousand points of lights
This synonym for gigantic was in use more than 200 years before a 1912 event put a new spin on it.
Titanic
The P in its name is silent and its plumage is nearly invisible as it changes from light brown in summer to a winter white.
a Ptarmigan