GREAT LITERATURE BEFORE 2000
In "The Divine Comedy", this Roman poet serves as an informative guide through purgatory & hell
Who is Virgil?
Head to the end of the alphabet for this largest Swiss city that ranks among the world's most expensive to live in
What is Zurich?
To be "in" this condition with someone means to be in exact harmony or accord
What is "in sync"?
In this sport, 40 is the third point reached in a game
What is tennis?
Tawny Newsome got animated & boldly went on the "Lower Decks" of this long-running sci-fi franchise as Beckett Mariner
What is Star Trek?
A chesser is a portmanteau of these 2 storage units
What is a chest & a dresser?
Goethe's "Faust" tracks a disillusioned scholar's despair at life leading to a dangerous wager with this devil
Who is Mephistopheles?
This current world capital was once the capital of Prussia
What is Berlin?
It means to practice or perform diligently; a trade, perhaps
What is ply?
In Venice, plague caused ships to be isolated in harbours for 40 days, leading to this modern word
What is quarantine?
There's a fungus among us, & as Ellie, Bella Ramsey has to deal with it in many, many horrific ways on this HBO drama
What is The Last of Us?
This type of sofa is named for its individual pieces that can be rearranged in whatever wacky way you please
What is a a sectional?
A seaman travels into the African interior in search of an ivory trader in this work exposing colonialist evils
What is Heart of Darkness?
Glasgow lies on both banks of this river
What is the Clyde?
Tough day of classes; first econ, then chem, then this, & I haven't even done the assigned reading from Freud
What is psych?
If you make it to 40 years of marriage, know that it's termed this gem jubilee
What is ruby?
An escaped convict named Stagg R. Leigh writes "My Pafology" (or does he?) in this 2023 Jeffrey Wright film
What is American Fiction?
Quite comfy, these overstuffed chairs share a name with a suit in a deck of cards
What is a club?
A man makes numerous failed attempts to gain access to a the title edifice to improve his situation in this Franz Kafka novel
What is The Castle?
Once one of Colombia's most dangerous cities, today it's among the most vibrant & innovative & is a tourist destination
What is Medellin?
An undine is a water-dwelling variety of one of these mythic creatures
What is a nymph?
In the "Arabian Nights", this poor woodcutter discovers 40 thieves & their treasure hidden in a cave
Who is Ali Baba?
In this 1998 film Jane Kaczmarek was Tobey Maguire's mom in colour; Joan Allen was his mom in black & white
What is Pleasantville?
It can be a meal where you pick what you want or a sideboard table to store your china
What is a buffet?
Giuseppe di Lampedusa's only novel was about an aging aristocrat with this title animal on his family crest
What is The Leopard?
Gaborone is the economic hub of this country as well as its capital
What is Botswana?
Eva Perón is buried in one of these subterranean chambers in Buenos Aires
What is a crypt?
As told in chapter 16 of this book of the Bible, the Israelites wandered for 40 years in the desert after leaving Egypt
What is Exodus?
He took us to church & No. 2 on the Hot 100 in 2014, & in 2024, this one-named Irish singer went one slot higher with "Too Sweet"
Who is Hozier?
A diminutive word, this type of long bench is commonly found in restaurants
What is a banquette?