WINGED THINGS

19th CENTURY AMERICA
WE ALL HAVE NEEDS
I AM FROM ROMANIA
YOUR IDIOMS CONFUSE ME
100

These supernatural beings in Judeo-Christian lore weren't depicted with wings until the 4th century

angels

100

The first hotel to install one of these was a 6-story establishment in NYC in 1859; the cab had plush seats

elavator

100

You'll need this instrument to play one of the 32 sonatas Beethoven wrote for it, including the "Moonlight" one

Piano

100

Dictator Nicolae Ceausescu was known as "the butcher of" this capital city

Bucharest

100

It's the seasoning you take along with a statement you're skeptical of

salt

200

Victoria is the Roman equivalent of this Greek winged goddess of victory

Nike

200

While attacking Stonewall Jackson, Union General John Pope got outflanked by James Longstreet & lost the 1862 second battle of this

Bull Run

200

If it's raining or you're playing a 1930s reporter, you'll need thi

trench coat

200

At the 1980 Olympics, this gymnast struck gold (again) on the balance beam

Comaneci

200

A rule with no exceptions is said to be "hard &" this

fast

300


The name of the Aztec war god Huitzilopochtli may derive from a word for this tiny bird of the Americas 

Hummingbird

300

In 1847 Marines stormed & secured Chapultepec Castle in this world capital

Mexico City

300

On Broadway this title character is needed to lead the orphans singing "It's The Hard-Knock Life"

Annie
300

Born in Romania, he had a 50-year Hollywood acting career, see?

Edward G. Robinson

300

Stop by next time you're in my this phrase with a body part & a forested area

neck of the woods

400

The name of these winged women is from the Old Norse for "choosers of the slain"

Valkyries

400

In the 1810s this industrialist later known as a railroad tycoon operated a ferry between Staten Island & Manhattan

Vanderbilt

400

This type of notice tells you your car needs a faulty part replaced; governor Gray Davis got a different kind

recall

400

A character named Berenger appears in plays by this Romanian-born man, including "The Killer" & "Rhinoceros"

Ionescu

400

When you've had enough of the party you say you are going to do this..

Call it a night

500

In Egyptian mythology, the god Horus has the head of a falcon; the god Thoth has the head of this wading bird

The ibis

500

On Dec. 29, 1890 more than 200 Lakota were killed by the U.S. Army near this South Dakota creek

Wounded Knee

500

You need these air sacs to breathe; the average adult has about 300 million in his lungs

alveoli

500

A character named Berenger appears in plays by this Romanian-born man, including "The Killer" & "Rhinoceros"

Zamfir

500

If you catch a criminal in the act, you have him "dead..." these 2 words

to rights