The adventures of this J.M. Barrie title character have appeared with the subtitle "The Boy who Wouldn't Grow Up"
Peter Pan
It can mean to rise into the air like an airplane or to take the throne
Ascend
In November 1927 Felix the Cat became the first character balloon to fly in this New York City parade
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
His questionable election as President got him dubbed "Rutherfraud"
Rutherford B. Hayes
Jimmy Kimmel went viral with a video of a girl failing epically at this kind of derriere dance
Twerking
You're going on an adventure with dwarves & dragons if you're reading this book subtitled "There and Back Again"
The Hobbit
Can I be this with you?--very honest & straightforward
Candid
In Hawaii this October holiday was replaced with Discoverers' Day commemorating the Polynesian arrival
Columbus Day
Famous for his hair & tackles, he's "the claymaker" of the Green Bay Packers
Clay Matthews
Many saw Mozart & Skrillex locked in an "Epic" one of these "Battles of History"
Rap
Charles Dickens novel subtitled "The Parish Boy's Progress"
Oliver Twist
A mathematician's 9-year-old nephew came up with this word for the number 1 followed by 100 zeros
Googol
The Spokane YMCA & Ministerial Alliance helped create the first celebration of this holiday on Sunday June 19, 1910
Father’s Day
This Queen who died in 1603 was known as "Gloriana"
Elizabeth I
He followed up an extremely "stylish" video with "Gentleman M/V", the most-watched video of 2013
Psy
This Alex Haley book is subtitled "The Saga of an American Family"
Roots
It's the proper 6-letter name for the offspring seen here
Cygnet
It's the holiday being celebrated in the 1833 Daniel Maclise painting seen here
Halloween
DAILY DOUBLE: Friends shunning you? You've been "treated like" this typhoid-carrying early 20th c. woman
Typhoid Mary
Jean-Claude Van Damme impressed by doing a split on moving trucks in a vid for this Swedish car (& truck) company
Volvo
Earth is a scary place in this recent Max Brooks novel subtitled "An Oral History of the Zombie War"
World War Z
DAILY DOUBLE: By definition, this verb form operates as a noun & ends in -ing
Gerund
Tree City USA is a designation presented to qualifying cities from a foundation devoted to this holiday
Arbor Day
Life was a circus for this "Prince of Showmen" aka "Prince of Humbugs"
P. T. Barnum
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"
A goat