Comedians
Alex Trebek was a fan of this comedian who got "no respect" & liked hearing about his physician, Dr. Vinnie Boombatz
Who is Rodney Dangerfield?
Legally bound to a man who ghosted her, Deborah Read was the common-law wife of this printer & statesman
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
We hope this Cordon Bleu alum didn't cut the Dickens out of her finger as she was "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" in 1961
Who is Julia Child?
"To happily follow wherever you may lead" employs this, once verboten but less so today
What is a Split Infinitive?
BUSINESS AND SOCIAL MEDIA:
On Twitter in 2023, this food franchise followed an exact total of 11 accounts that included Victoria Beckham, Mel B & Herb Alpert
What is KFC?
April 26, 2023 is the 90th bday of this funny lady whose Saturday night skits included "Rancid Harvest" & "Went with the Wind"
Who is Carol Burnett?
The daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Francis II, Marie-Louise became his second wife in 1810
Who is Napoleon?
"Over 300 recipes for plant-based eating all through the year" are found in the bestselling "Forks Over" these
What are Knives?
Generations have done this to the Latin verb for "to love": amo, amas, amat, amamus, amatis, amant
What is Conjugate?
MEDICAL HISTORY:
A vaccine against this respiratory illness came out in the U.S. in 1914 & eventually combined with 2 other vaccines
What is Whooping Cough?
Inducting him with just 3 others in a new Comedy Hall of Fame, John Mulaney said this "Fisher King" star never once phoned it in
Who is Robin Williams?
Kasturba, who married him when both were under 15, became a leader in India's struggle for independence from British rule
Who is Mahatma Gandhi?
You could sip on gin & juice as you make some soul food recipes found in "From Crook to Cook" by this rapper
Who is Snoop Dogg?
A Big Red "S.F." on a term paper stands for this, a sequence of words lacking subject, verb or both
What is a Sentence Fragment?
HOLLYWOOD HISTORY:
Last name of 3 men who missed the 1927 premiere of "The Jazz Singer" because a 4th of that name had died hours before
What is Warner?
There's video of this star of "Ride Along" taking a polygraph: inflating his height to 5'4" doesn't fool the machine
This Catherine, Anne Boleyn's first cousin, was the fifth wife of Henry VIII; got it?
Who is Catherine Howard?
Enjoy "Uncommon Recipes from" this Brooklyn pie shop; its 4-word name is what was "baked in a pie" in a nursery rhyme
What are Four and Twenty Blackbirds?
This grammatical case doesn't mean blaming someone but indicates that a noun is a direct object of a verb
What is Accusative?
US LANDMARKS:
In April 1975, to symbolize the start of America's Bicentennial, President Ford lit a third lantern at this landmark
What is The Old North Church?
In 2023 he hosted the Golden Globe Awards, which returned to broadcast TV after a time-out
Who is Jerrod Carmichael?
The outspoken wife of President Nixon's attorney general, she was the Southern socialite who turned Watergate whistleblower
Who is Martha Mitchell?
This, "Fat, Acid, Heat" by Samin Nosrat is subtitled "Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking"
What is Salt?
Parataxis is where you place clauses, you insert phrases, you add thoughts one after the other without using these
What are Conjunctions?
HISTORIC FIGURES:
Dante gives him, born to a Kurdish family in the 12th century, a place of honor in limbo along with the war heroes of Rome & Troy
Who is Saladin?