THE 19th CENTURY
In 1845 & again in 1846 this crop failed in Ireland
the potato crop
When Balanchine staged "Orpheus and Eurydice" at this U.S. opera house, he kept the singers in the pit
the Met(ropolitan Opera House)
Trying to find similarities between New York & L.A. is like comparing these
apples & oranges
A bodkin is a large blunt one of these used to draw cord or elastic through a string
a needle
William Wyatt Bibb, Thomas Bibb, Bibb Graves, & George Wallace all held this office
governor
Besides farm machines he invented the first practical rapid-fire machine gun in the U.S.
Richard Gatling
This modern dancer created over 170 works; her career spanned the century
Martha Graham
The biblical phrase "give up the ghost" means this
die
Finishing this, which should be invisible, is usually the last step in making a dress
the hem (or the seam)
He was born Nathaniel Adams Coles but was best known under this "unforgettable" nickname
Nat "King" Cole
In 1880 this state became the first whose population exceeded 5 million
New York
In a single year he choreographed "42nd Street", "Footlight Parade", and "Gold Diggers of 1933"
Busby Berkeley
"He has more money than you can" do this "at"
shake a stick (or poke a stick)
A twill fabric with a zigzag pattern, or what can stick in your throat when you eat a certain fish
herringbone
Though he was born near Lafayette, Alabama, the arena named after this boxer is in Detroit
Joe Louis
Austrian archduke who became emperor of Mexico in 1863
Maximillian
He conceived, directed & choreographed the musical which included the following:
"Tonight, tonight, the world is wild and bright..."
Jerome Robbins
From the tradition of men fighting topless came this saying urging calm
keep your shirt on
These are folds of fabric pressed to resemble the bellows of a squeezebox
accordion pleats (or folds)
Gawl-ee! This man, born in Sylacauga, has had two Top 40 albums
Jim Nabors
In the early 19th century they collected tales from the people around Kassel, Germany
the Brothers Grimm
In the original 1942 production of "Rodeo", she danced the role of the cowgirl
Agnes de Mille
Originally a caption in silent Westerns, it returned your attention to the main house
meanwhile, back at the ranch
It's fabric that gives body & shape to a collar, not two computers talking
interfacing
In his last major opinion, this "colorful" justice upheld the New York Times' right to publish the Pentagon Papers
Hugo Black