POLITICAL QUOTES
Robert Frost said it consists of "twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer"
a jury
Sir Henry Morgan became Lt. gov. of Jamaica despite his naughty nautical career as one of these
a pirate
On weather maps isobars connect points of equal pressure & isotherms connect points equal in this
temperature
In a song from "Oklahoma!", "Everythin's up to date in" this city that's not in Oklahoma
Kansas City
The Counter-Reformation was this church's way of trying to check the spread of Protestantism
the Roman Catholic church
Ironically, it was Abraham Lincoln who said, "The ballot is stronger than" this
the bullet
This Welsh singer once billed himself as Tommy Scott, the twisting vocal
Tom Jones
The highest known barometer reading in the U.S., 31.85, was recorded in this state during a 1989 cold wave
Alaska
"By the light of" this "I want to spoon, to my honey I'll croon love's tune"
the silvery moon
Tradition holds that this religion's calendar began at creation, 5750 years ago
Judaism
Will Rogers once said, "I belong to no organized party -- I am" one of these
a Democrat
A 1989 PBS documentary about this actor was subtitled "In From the Cold"
Richard Burton
During a storm this can occur in a cloud, between clouds or from a cloud to the ground
lightning
"Many a heart is aching, if you could read them all; many the hopes that have vanished, after" this
the ball
In 630 Mohammed returned in triumph to this city he had fled in secret about 8 years earlier
Mecca
John Nance Garner called this office "a spare tire on the automobile of government"
the vice presidency
A Welshman named Owen is considered the founder of this family which ruled England from 1485-1603
the Tudors
The wind direction most commonly observed during a given period is called this
the prevailing (prevalent) wind
"I'm just a kid again doin' what I did again singing a song" when this happens
when the red, red robin comes bob, bob, bobbin' along
In Romans 6:3-4 he likened baptism to sharing in the death, burial & resurrection of Christ
(St.) Paul
This French short story writer called patriotism "the egg from which wars are hatched"
Guy de Maupassant
This Welsh playwright played a murderer in his own 1935 play "Night Must Fall"
Emlyn Williams
The 2 seasons when icebergs are most likely to be formed
spring & summer
"Not a soul down on the corner, that's a pretty certain sign, that those wedding bells are" doing this
breaking up that old gang of mine
For Zoroastrians it's the Avesta
the Bible (the holy book)