j-archive-5494-J-2008-06-26

WOMEN WRITERS

200

'J.K. Rowling wrote her first novel at a cafe in this Scottish capital'

Edinburgh

400

'Professor Bhaer, introduced in this 1868 novel, may have been based on William Rimmer, a teacher Louisa May Alcott knew'

Little Women

600

'She departed from the theme of Chinese-American mothers & daughters with 2005's "Saving Fish From Drowning"'

Amy Tan

800

'A graduate of Howard University, she won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1993'

Toni Morrison

1000

'This author of "Orlando" based her 1922 novel "Jacob's Room" on the life & death of her brother Thoby'

(Virginia) Woolf

STREET-WISE

200

'In 2007 this New York street retained its title as the most expensive shopping street in the world'

5th Avenue

400

'Drink & be merry on this "boozy" street in the French Quarter that extends from Canal Street to Esplanade Avenue'

Bourbon Street

600

'Officially, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer resides at number 11 on this street'

Downing Street

800

'With lights and lasers & casinos like Binion's & The Four Queens, this downtown Vegas street is a real experience'

Fremont Street

1000

'Via Veneto in this city figured prominently in the movie "La Dolce Vita"'

Rome

"R" GANG

200

'A second-place finisher; on November 3, 2004 it was John Kerry'

runner-up

400

'It's an old synonym for "recipe" as well as a paper acknowledging that something's in hand'

receipt

600

'From the Latin for "furrowed", it's the pasta variety seen here'

rigatoni

800

'"Bouldering" is a low-altitude version of this 2-word activity'

rock climbing

1000

'The highest-ranking Buddhist lamas are tulkus, meaning they're these of previous lamas'

reincarnations

BABOONS, BATS, & BANDICOOTS

200

'These bats feed exclusively on blood from small wounds they make on animals with a single bite'

vampire bats

400

'Hamadryas baboons live in these, from Arabic for "forbidden", composed of one male & multiple females'

harem

600

'Fairly obvious hyphenated name of the bat seen here'

big-eared (or long-eared)

800

'The eastern barred bandicoot has a devil of a time on this Aussie island'

Tasmania

1000

'In the Guyanas & Belize, the term "baboon" is colloquially applied to this loud monkey'

the howler monkey

BELLY UP TO THE BAR

200

'2 colors are in the name of this drink, equal parts ale & stout or porter'

black and tan

400

'The brine from this garnish is what makes a dirty martini "dirty"'

the olive

600

'There are Brooklyn & Bronx cocktails; this whiskey cocktail is named for another borough of New York City'

Manhattan

800

'The name of this drink that can be blended or on the rocks means "daisy" in Spanish'

margarita

1000

'Angostura is a brand of this aromatic liquor'

bitters