Shakespearian Settings
Act II, scene i:
"An orchard beside the house of Brutus", where plotting may or may not occur
Julius Caesar
Bort breaks out the big guns & tries to make 'em bigger, doing dips to hit these muscles with 3 heads at the back of the upper arm
the triceps
On a Clara Bow film, director Dorothy Arzner used a prototype of this portable device to record dialogue in the early sound era
a boom mic
This last name that now more often precedes cracker used to precede -ism as a synonym for vegetarianism
Graham
Many questioned the move when he went from the NBA to minor league baseball, but his manager, the legendary Terry Francona, said he could have made the majors if he'd stuck with it
Michael Jordan
Act IV, Scene i:
In "Friar Lawrence's cell", a vial changes hands... ooooops
Romeo and Juliet
Tiffany says she's going on a fun run of exactly 3.1068559 miles, or this many kilometers... or do a triathlon! Y'know, either/or!
a 5K
This fashion house whose name is a female first name has mainly been led by women, like Stella McCartney & now Chemena Kamali
Chloe
Before the 1944 coinage of this word, someone who abstained from dairy products as well as meat was a "strict vegetarian"
a vegan
At the 2018 Olympics, Ester Ledecká surprised the world & herself with gold in this super-skiing event & then went on to another victory in snowboarding, her specialty; not the differentest of sports, but still good
super-G
Act I, Scene IV: "London. The Tower", featuring 1st & 2nd murderer
Richard III
Kaden's gonna smoke these muscles highlighted here with some pull-downs & the traditional pull-ups & chin-ups, bro
lats
She didn't seem bothered to be named to a job President Trump hopes to eliminate--Secretary of Education
McMahon
You might think of this nut-based liquid as a recent invention, but the term's been around since the 1300s
almond milk
Back in the '80s, as he climbed walls for the Royals & flattened defenders as a Raider, he was the definition of a two-sport superstar
Bo Jackson
"The scene, an uninhabited island", but it's very much habited
Maria lifts the bar off the floor & then pushes it overhead to do the 2 movements in this Olympic weightlifting event
the clean and jerk
This feminist's time undercover as a Playboy bunny in the '60s became a TV movie with Kristie Alley in the '80s
Steinem
It's from Chinese words meaning "rotten beans"; enjoy!
tofu
Looking for a new kind of boing in her career, at age 20, Krysta Palmer switched from trampoline to diving & won an Olympic medal off this, three meters up--that's high enough for me
springboard diving
Reasonably enough, for the whole play it's "Athens and neighbourhood"
Timon of Athens
This 5-letter type of exercise for your pelvic floor can help Horst with incontinence & other things (sorry to out you on that, Horst)
kegel
She fell on ice in 1866, tweaked her back real bad, recovered with help from Jesus' words & went on to found Christian Science
Mary Baker Eddy
This word for a person who chooses to subsist on apples, oranges, pears & the like dates to the 1890s
a frutarian
"I Keek a Touchdown"--that's the memoir of Garo Yepremian, who played soccer overseas & helped to establish soccer style place-kicking as part of this undefeated NFL team
the ('72) Miami Dolphins