Garden Variety Idioms
Silent "C"
Down in Africa
Books for Young Readers
June 8 in History
Final Jeopardy
100
Avoiding talking about the pressing situation is this phrase involving shrubbery
What is beating around the bush?
100
An elephant's trunk contains roughly 40,000 of these, more than you have in your whole body
What are muscles?
100
This capital of Kenya lies at an elevation of 5,500 feet, making it a natural sister city to Denver
What is Nairobi?
100
This story of a fawn is subtitled "A Life in the Woods"
What is Bambi?
100
Recognized as the greatest American architect of all time for his works including the Guggenheim Museum, this man was born this day in 1867 (d. 1959)
Who was Frank Lloyd Wright?
100
Born in 1932 & the son of a percussionist in the CBS Radio Orchestra, he's been nominated for 54 Oscars
Who is John Williams?
200
If you're "down in" or "lost in" these, you're caught up in the minutiae & missing the bigger picture
What are the weeds?
200
A song from "Annie Get Your Gun" says, "Got no mansion, got no" this boat, "still I'm happy with what I've got"
What is a yacht?
200
Species that need protection include this animal--Africa has fewer of them than their shorter pal the elephant
What is a giraffe?
200
First published in 1931, "The Story of" this elephant includes his escape to the city where he becomes cultured & educated
Who is Babar?
200
Can we talk? This funny woman was born this day 1933 (d. 2014)
Who was Joan Rivers?
200
Recorded on a visit to this California city, YouTube's first video featured a man saying, "They have really, really, really long trunks"
What is San Diego?
300
A flower part is central to this expression meaning to stamp out a problem early
What is nip it in the bud?
300
Title for a Russian empress, like Nicholas II's Alexandra
What is a czarina?
300
This North African country belonged to France for about 130 years, until 1962
What is Algeria?
300
In this Frances Hodgson Burnett book, Mary Lennox is determined to find the title place, locked off for years
What is The Secret Garden?
300
On this day in 1789, James Madison introduces this document to the newly formed House of Representatives
What is the Bill of Rights?
300
The last line of this epic film was "Go--proclaim liberty throughout all the lands unto all the inhabitants thereof"
What is The Ten Commandments?
400
If your talents take a while to develop, you may be one of these; a gentian is one in the garden
What is a late bloomer?
400
A moral compass
What is a conscience?
400
"C" starts the name of this nation, highlighted here on the Gulf of Guinea
What is Cameroon?
400
In 2004 Kate DiCamillo won a Newbery Medal for "The Tale of" this inquisitive mouse
Who is Despereaux?
400
After months of dealing with controversies with the shows hosts, including scheduling performers such as Harry Belafonte and Joan Baez, on this day in 1969 this variety show last aired on CBS-TV, having been pulled by the network
What is the "Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour"?
400
They used some of their $65 million settlement to stockpile bitcoin & in 2014 they founded their own cryptocurrency exchange
Who are the Cameron & Tyler Winklevoss (the Winklevoss Twins)?
500
Shakespeare wrote of this "lane"; colloquially, it ensures an easy time
What is a primrose path?
500
The Latin for "to declare" is the origin of this legal term for a formal accusation
What is an indict or indictment?
500
The San, formerly called Bushmen, mainly in this desert, are the oldest population group of Southern Africa
What is the Kalahari?
500
In "From the Mixed Up Files of" this woman, a girl named Claudia & her brother run away from home & hide out at the Met Museum
Who was Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler?
500
On this day in 1905, President Teddy Roosevelt attempts to play peacekeeper, sending identical notes to both sides of a war between these two countries, eventually ending with a peace treaty in September of that year
Who are Russia and Japan?
500
1930s NOVEL CHARACTERS: Prior to a murder in a 1934 book, he says he hasn't been a detective since 1927 & that his wife inherited a lumber mill
Who is Nick Charles?