CLASSICAL
MUSIC
MUSIC
Common name of the instrument known as the pianoforte
the piano
British P.M. who said "Democracy is the worst system devised by man, except for the others"
Winston Churchill
As a result of this 1912 disaster, all steamships must have enough lifeboats for all passengers
the Titanic disaster
She was the patron goddess & guardian of what is now Greece's capital city
Athena
Francisco Franco's superlative title
generalissimo
The instrumental prelude to an opera
The overture
A representative government, or what Plato called his ideal state
the republic
In December '84, the Pentagon announced it would put a spy satellite over this country
the Soviet Union
To Greeks a race of mighty women; to South Americans, their mighty river
(Clue: buy stuff online here)
Amazon
The study of aging
gerontology
Known in his time as a plagiarist, he composed the "Messiah"
George Frideric Handel
Chief executive of a Canadian province, or the French equivalent of prime minister
a premier
This world group dissolved in 1946, the same year the first U.N. General Assembly met
the League of Nations
Though known as Helen of Troy, she was actually queen of this warlike city-state
Sparta
Condition caused by too many cars in one area, prohibiting movement in any direction
gridlock
Prokofiev's folk fable with title characters played by a string quartet & 3 horns
Peter and the Wolf
He is the U.S. government's chief law enforcement officer
the attorney general
He was famous for leaving Roosevelt Field, N.Y., May 20, 1927, alone
Lindbergh
Like Lot's wife, this fabled musician should never have looked back
Orpheus
Another word for happy or lovely that also happens to signify a certain type of love
Gay
An Offenbach opera is based on his Tales
(E.T.A.) Hoffmann
It's West Germany's lower house of parliament
Bundestag
In March 1979, this mediator signed the Camp David peace treaty as the witness
President Carter
With snakes for hair & eyes that weep blood, the "Eumenides" pursued & tormented sinners
the Furies (or the Erinyes)
Final Question is a riddle: What has ten letters and starts with gas?
An automobile
GOODNIGHT