BOOKS WITH SUBTITLES
6-LETTER WORDS
INVENTORS & INVENTIONS
EVERY YEAR
ON YOUTUBE
400

Charles Dickens novel subtitled "The Parish Boy's Progress"

Oliver Twist

400

It can mean to rise into the air like an airplane or to take the throne

ascend

400

Within 6 years of moving his lab to Menlo Park, he had applied for around 400 new patents

Thomas Edison

400

In November 1927 Felix the Cat became the first character balloon to fly in this New York City parade

Macy's Thanksgiving Parade

400

Jimmy Kimmel went viral with a video of a girl failing epically at this kind of derriere dance

twerking

800

You're going on an adventure with dwarves & dragons if you're reading this book subtitled "There and Back Again"

The Hobbit

800

Can I be this with you?--very honest & straightforward

candid

800

After failing to make synthetic rubber out of chicle, Thomas Adams flavored it & sold it as this

gum

800

In Hawaii this October holiday was replaced with Discoverers' day commemorating the Polynesian arrival

Columbus

800

Many saw Mozart & Skrillex locked in an "epic" one of these "battles of history

rap

1200

The adventures of this J.M. Barrie title character have appeared with the subtitle "The Boy who Wouldn't Grow Up"

Peter Pan

1200

A mathematician's 9-year-old nephew came up with this word for the number 1 followed by 100 zeros

googol

1200

In the 1960s James T. Russell invented these to replace vinyl records; now they're giving way to downloads

CDs

1200

The Spokane YMCA & Ministerial Alliance helped create the first celebration of this holiday on Sunday, June 19, 1910

Father's Day

1200

He followed up an extremely "stylish" video with "Gentleman M/V", the most-watched video of 2013

Psy

1600

This Alex Haley book is subtitled "The Saga of an American Family"

Roots

1600

It's the proper 6-letter name for the offspring seen here

cygnet

1600

In 1895 he began sending & receiving wireless signals as far as 1.5 miles at his father's home near Bologna, Italy (DD)

Marconi

1600

It's the holiday being celebrated in the 1833 Daniel Maclise painting seen here

All Hallow's Eve

1600

Jean-Claude Van Damme impressed by doing a split on moving trucks in a vid for this swedish car (& truck) company

Volvo

2000

Earth is a scary place in this Max Brooks novel subtitled "An Oral History of the Zombie War"

World War Z

2000

By definition, this verb form operates as a noun & ends in -ing (DD)

gerund

Exp: A gerund is the –ing form of a verb that functions the same as a noun. For example, “Running is fun.” In this sentence, “running” is the gerund. It acts just like a noun.

2000

This navigating instrument that helps find latitude & longitude was first developed in the 1750s

sextant

2000

Tree City USA is a designation presented to qualifying cities from a foundation devoted to this holiday

Arbor Day

2000

Feb. 9, 2013 was the day this animal started to end the cat's viral reign as it sang on "I Knew You Were Trouble"

goat