ASTRONOMY
Records show that this comet was observed as early as 240 B.C.
Halley's Comet
We're told this "doesn't grow on trees", but it may be tied to an artificial tree at an anniversary party
money
Some Southern terms for this event are "The War for Southern Rights" & "The Second American Revolution"
the Civil War
Clef symbol that resembles an ampersand
the treble clef
In 1958 he starred as a middle-aged Andy Hardy in "Andy Hardy Comes Home"
Mickey Rooney
Giovanni Cassini discovered the main division in this planet's rings & 4 of it satellites
Saturn
Caudle is the traditional drink once widely served at the party following this baby ceremony
a christening
"Tomorrow is another day", which she says in "Gone with the Wind", goes back at least to the 16th century
Scarlett O'Hara
One legend says a dove sat on this Pope's shoulder & dictated a famous chant
Pope Gregory
"Cattle Queen of Montana" in 1954, she went on to run a ranch on "The Big Valley"
Barbara Stanwyck
To the naked eye this planet appears as a bright red star
Mars
Etiquette books dispute the propriety of serving this popular shrimp appetizer in sherbet glasses
shrimp cocktail
Ant killer is a humorous term for this body part, especially a big one
a foot
These include triads, seventh, mystic & Petrushka
chords
He played Brick to ELizabeth Taylor's Maggie in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"
Paul Newman
First described in 1836, Baily's beads is a short-lived phenomenon seen during one of these
a solar eclipse
Once left at the homes of friends, this kind of card shares its name with a card the phone company sends you
a calling card
Residents of this city call it "The Big Easy"
New Orleans
The Italian term for a gradual increase in loudness, it's used to mean a climactic point
crescendo
Clare Boothe Luce protested the 1955 Venice showing of this Glenn Ford-Sidney Poitier high school film
Blackboard Jungle
Named for their "quasi-stellar" appearance, they're possibly the most distant objects in the universe
quasars
For an audience with the Pope, this scarf with a Spanish name is an appropriate woman's head covering
mantilla
Originally a railroad term, "balling the" this means to move or work swiftly
jack
This "woodwind" instrument is made of brass & was patented in Paris in 1846
the saxophone
In this 1956 sci-fi classic, Leslie Nielsen found himself on Altair-4 with Anne Francis & Robby the Robot
Forbidden Planet