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Birth & burial place of England's most famous playwright
Stratford-upon-Avon
While a cannon shot may be heard 50 or more miles away, this rarely heard beyond 20
thunder
This Beatle gave his music & regards to Broad Street
Paul McCartney
The covering of a mattress, or the sound of a clock
ticking
St. Basil's church towers over this Moscow plaza
Red Square
What you traditionally place in your loafer for luck
a penny
Corporate creators of Fred Flintstone & Yogi Bear
Hanna-Barbera
Direction of spin of a cyclone in the Northern Hemisphere
anticlockwise (counterclockwise)
There's something fishy about John Williams' score for this 1975 film
Jaws
In football or pulleys, it pairs with block
tackle
Russian for "union", it's also the name of their space program
Soyuz
When thrown instead of eaten, it ensures a couple will have many children
rice
"Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" star who says his hyphen comes from the gap between his teeth
Terry-Thomas
Term for frozen dew
frost
Bernard Hermann scored 1st with "Citizen Kane" & last with this '76 De Niro film about a cabbie
Taxi Driver
Completes "All the little birdies on Jaybird Street, love to hear the robin go..."
tweet, tweet, tweet
In 1977, he became Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet & remained so until his death in 1982
Leonid Brezhnev
It's never mentioned during a no-hitter
the fact that it is a no-hitter
Contemporary French flutist who's recorded record number of classical albums
Jean-Pierre Rampal
This Italian's invention of the wind vane about 1500 changed the direction of forecasting
Leonardo da Vinci
Appropriately, this diminutive singer wrote the score for "Bugsy Malone", an all-kids musical
Paul Williams
Headaches & hearts do it
a throb
These mountains form the natural boundary between European Russia & Asian Siberia
the Urals
"Port Wine" or "Strawberry", some say these are caused by a pregnant woman eating the wrong things
a birthmark
Company that makes Drano, Windex, Ban, Clairol, Bufferin & Excedrin
Bristol-Myers
It happened to W.C. Fields when he opened his door & said, "It ain't a fit night out for man nor beast"
snow getting in his face
His uncle Alfred won an Oscar for "Alexander's Ragtime Band" while he was nominated for "Ragtime"
Randy Newman
In British rhyming slang, a "tea-leaf" is one; on television, Alexander Mundy is one
a thief
Part of the Central Committee, it is the most powerful body in the Soviet Union
the Politburo
As shown in "The Dresser", it's Shakespeare's not-to-be-quoted-from, bad luck play
Macbeth