NEW ENGLAND
This New England state is about the same size as the other 5 combined
Maine
In the U.S., it's traditionally the best night of the year to see ghosts
Halloween
Though a she, on screen this collie was always played by a he
Lassie
It means "dancing" in Hawaiian
hula
St. Ambrose advised St. Augustine to live this way "when in Rome"
to do as the Romans
Shortest state motto, "Hope!", appropriately belongs to this New England state
Rhode Island
He, not the president, is said to haunt Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C.
John Wilkes Booth
This dolphin was played by Mitzi, the 1st one trained to work in water with people
Flipper
Because they were taken down in small fast writing, notes of a meeting were called this
minutes
According to Noel Coward, they "go out in the midday sun"
mad dogs & Englishmen
The first & last of 6 New England-born presidents both had this first name
John
At Windsor Castle, this Tudor queen supposedly haunts the Queen's library
Elizabeth I
Cowboy actor Chill Wills made sort of a jackass of himself doing this voice
Francis the Talking Mule
From Spanish "juzgado", meaning courtroom, comes this nickname for jail
the hoosegow
"There is no substitute for hard work", said this inventor
Thomas Edison
In '64, it became the 1st in the nation to have a state lottery
New Hampshire
Shakespearean monarch visited by 11 ghosts of his victims before the Battle of Bosworth Field
Richard III
Borrowing him for "Our Gang", they did this to Pete the pup to change his looks
painted a ring around his eye
Meaning "cord fit for a king", it's now a fabric for us commoners
corduroy
Phrase 1st used in 1461 to proclaim death of French king & arrival of his successor
the king is dead, long live the king
Sikorsky built 1st one-rotor helicopter in this state which still makes most helicopters
Connecticut
A hideous Arabian ghost who steals corpses, it's come to mean any grave robber
a ghoul
This 1965 film starred a big cat with an ocular oddity
Clarence the Cross-Eyed Lion
Scottish "twill" pronounced "tweel", was misread by a London cloth merchant & became this
tweed
The first 7 words ever spoken over a telephone
"Mr. Watson, come here, I want you"