GIANTS OF MUSIC
10-LETTER WORLD CAPITALS
ALLITERATIVE ANIMALS
CONSTANT, DOGGED, UNRELENTING PERSISTENCE
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He sang, "I did it my way", & my way to get to the N.J. rest area named for him is to head north past the Atlantic City reservoir
Who is Frank Sinatra?
2
This city is located on the islands of Zealand & Amager just west of Malmö, Sweden
What is Copenhagen?
2
If you took AP Bio, you may well have studied Drosophila, these insects, to learn about heredity
What is fruit flies?
2
If you're hectoring someone persistently, you're said to be this burrowing weasel-ing the person
What is badgering?
2
In other words, quench a fire
What is extinguish?
4
Beyoncé's 32nd Grammy broke the record of Sir Georg Solti, longtime music director of this Illinoisy group, the CSO
What is the Chicago Symphony Orchestra?
4
Mount Victoria rises over 600 feet above this capital at the southern end of North Island
What is Wellington?
4
Delicious to both humans & bears, this fish of the North Pacific sounds like it's been punched in the peeper
What is sockeye salmon?
4
In this movie Ray Kinsella is very determined to take Terence Mann to a Red Sox game & to complete a landscaping project
What is Field of Dreams?
4
This part of a chicken is actually the fusion of the 2 clavicles
What is a wishbone?
6
Best known for this singing technique, Jimmie Rodgers was in the 1st class of inductees to the Country Music Hall of Fayiyayayiyame
What is yodeling?
6
Daily Double
A port city on the Rio de la Plata, it's the southernmost capital in South America
What is Montevideo?
6
The U.S. is home to about 40 species of this insect that expels a toxic ant repellent when under attack, hence its name
What is the bombardier beetle?
6
This mythical guy is a symbol of perseverance, even in the face of an impossible task
Who is Sisyphus?
6
Members of the Mevlevi Order of Sufi Muslims are popularly known as the whirling these
What is a dervish?
8
Hal Blaine played drums on 150 Top 10 singles, including his classic opening on this group's "Be My Baby"
Who are The Ronettes?
8
Empress Taitu, the wife of Menelik II, had a house built at the site that would become this world capital
What is Addis Ababa?
8
With a wingspan nearing 10 feet, this magnificent bird once ranged across most of the Western United States
What is the California condor?
8
Failure was not an option for this Jersey-based guy often quoted as saying, "I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work"
Who is Thomas Edison?
8
In the Russian book title "Prestupleniye i nakazaniye", nakazaniye translates to this
What is Punishment?
10
The 2026 centennial of this trumpeter is planned to include reissues, multimedia shows, & a film on his romance with Juliette Gréco
Who is Miles Davis?
10
Rick Steves says this Danube city was a "damaged husk" under communism; it revived since 1993 & becoming the capital of its own country
What is Bratislava?
10
This dwarf antelope of Eastern Africa has a name that's both alliterative & repetitive
What is a dik-dik
10
The 2026 documentary "Queen of Chess" shows Judit Polgár finally beating this legendary player in 2002 on her 15th try
Who is Garry Kasparov?
10
A principal deity in Mesopotamian & Babylonian myth, she's the goddess of both love & war
What is Ishtar