Show:
BUSINESS LEADERS
RADIO
THAT'S ITALIAN!
REDUCED SHAKESPEARE
NEW WEAPONS
200
'His business card bore the Golden Arches & the titles "Founder" & "Senior Chairman of the Board"'
(Ray) Kroc
200
'Instrument struck when a contestant failed on the "Original Amateur Hour"'
a gong
200
'It's the Italian name for the country's biggest island'
Sicilia
200
'Name this tragedy:
"Love you."
"Love you."
"Speak. ...Nothing will come of nothing!"
"Hmph!"
"Hmph!"
"Huh? I should go mad! Blbl-blbl-blbl-blbl-bl! Oh, no life! Oh!"'
King Lear
200
'The USA's "E-Bomb" will disable grids & computers and reheat the enemies' lasagna by sending out these waves'
microwaves
400
'In 1886 he started his first successful business, the Lancaster Caramel Co.; the chocolate came later'
Hershey
400
'This word ends the title of a 1941 Bill of Rights tribute program heard by 60 million, "We hold these..."'
Truths
400
'Roman soldiers passed the time playing this game, the Italian version of lawn bowling'
bocce
400
'This time, a comedy:
"Beware my sting!"
"She will be my chattel. Ha ha ha!"
"I'm starved!"
[Snores]
"Giddy from lack of sleep. What is thy will, sir?"
"Mm-wah!"
"Ha ha ha ha ha!"
"Ha ha ha ha ha!"
"Ah!"
"Ah!"'
The Taming of the Shrew
400
'The "Storm Shadow" is a new British version of this type of low-altitude, radar-evading missile'
a cruise missile
600
'In the 1880s he built a town in Illinois to house employees of his sleeping car company'
(George) Pullman
600
'Can't forget the sponsor--Jack Benny's opening line wasn't "Hello again" but this dessert "again"'
Jell-O
600
'These thin tubes of pasta, Italian for "bridegrooms", are often baked'
ziti
600
'Tragedy:
"Victorious!"
"Rue the tears I shed!"
"Banishment!"
"Son!"
"Ah!"
"Ha ha ha ha ha!"
"Ha ha ha ha ha!"
"Mad? Not!"
"Ugh!"
"Ugh!"
"Uh-huh! Emperor!"'
Titus Andronicus
600
'It's the Indian tribe in the name of the USA's AH-64D Longbow, the most advanced combat helicopter in the world'
Apache
800
'Before founding his own corp., John K. Northrop was chief engineer for this company & designed its Vega airplane'
Lockheed
800
'In 2005 NPR revived this 1950s program in which people state their credos'
This I Believe
800
'(Kelly of the Clue Crew gives us a sign linguistic demonstration.) An 1832 book on the gestures of this southern city includes "Mm-wah, perfecto!"--& many others we can't show you'
Naples
800
'Here's the title king of this play:
"Plots have I laid. Wear this ring!"
"Oh, pretty!"
"King! Good-night."
"Ow!"
"Marriage. Ah!"
"Thank you."'
Richard III
800
'The FA-18E/F is the "Super" version of this high-tech U.S. Navy fighter jet with a wasplike name'
a Hornet
1000
'Since founding Amazon.com in 1994, he's tried to make it "The Earth's most customer-centric company"'
Jeff Bezos
1000
'On April 3, 1936 a nation listened as Gabriel Heatter covered this man's execution'
Bruno Hauptmann
1000
'This 15th century movement may have first been named in a 1550 book, using the Italian word rinascita'
the Renaissance
1000
'Name this comedy:
"Your oaths."
"Not to see ladies."
[All] "Hup!"
[Gasps]
[All] "Love."
"We'll mark no words that wooers say for 12 months in the day."
[All] "Hmm!"
[All] "Oh!"
"That's too long for a play."'
Love\'s Labour\'s Lost
1000
'With advanced capabilities, this unmanned air vehicle seen here takes its name from the Latin for "to plunder"'
the Predator