Show:
FRIEZES
IN THE "HOUSE"
GILLIGAN'S ISLAND
LET'S TAKE A BATH
THAWS
200
'A frieze that once adorned the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus shows Greeks battling these warrior women'
the Amazons
200
'The name of this enclosure for growing things out of season tells you it's kept warm'
a hothouse
200
'The island seen in the credits of "Gilligan's Island" is in Kaneohe Bay near this most populous Hawaiian island'
Oahu
200
'The waiting room of NYC's old Penn Station was inspired by the Baths of Caracalla built in the 3rd century in this city'
Rome
200
'In 2009 the President spoke of "a new beginning" with this nearby island nation'
Cuba
400
'Asked why his frieze showed 14 of these followers of Jesus, sculptor Jorge Oteiza said, "There was no room for more"'
the disciples (or apostles)
400
'John Zenor was a longtime keeper of one of these towers at Yaquina Head on the Oregon Coast'
a lighthouse
400
'This tour boat was named for the chairman of the FCC who called television "a vast wasteland"'
the Minnow
400
'In the late 1700s this American statesman brought the shoe-shaped slipper bathtub back from France'
Benjamin Franklin
400
'On July 11, 1995 President Clinton announced normalization of relations with this Southeast Asian country'
Vietnam
600
'A temple frieze at Kailasanatha depicts a battle from "The Mahabharata", an ancient epic from this country'
India
600
'In "Sing a Song of Sixpence", it's where "the king was"'
the counting house
600
'For the second season, the theme song was changed to include "The Professor and" this Kansas girl'
Mary Ann
600
'In Istanbul you can visit a hammam, this kind of place, where Franz Liszt & Tony Curtis also got clean'
a Turkish bath
600
'A brief thaw in the icy chill of Soviet repression is named for this Russian leader who took power in 1953'
Nikita Khrushchev
800
'Because it depicts the official counting of Roman citizens, an ancient relief is known as this frieze'
a census
800
'Cha-mise is a Japanese word for this type of place, seen here'
a teahouse
800
'In the episode "Gilligan Meets Jungle Boy", the Jungle Boy was this future "Escape from New York" star'
(Kurt) Russell
800
'Sodium sesquicarbonate is one chemical sold as the soothing additions called "bath" these compounds'
salts
800
'In 2006 Iraq agreed to restore ties with this northwestern neighbor, an ally of Iran'
Syria
1000
'An RAF veteran poses with a life-size frieze at the London memorial to this pivotal 1940 battle'
the Battle of Britain
1000
'The New York Times said about Peter Luger, "No other steakhouse serves" one of these "so breathtaking"'
a porterhouse (steak)
1000
'This socialite's maiden name was Wentworth'
Mrs. Howell
1000
'The earliest known surviving bathtub dates back to 1700 B.C. & was used in the Palace of Knossos on this island'
Crete
1000
'This 13-letter word for the reestablishment of good relations is apt when France makes up, as with Rwanda in 2009'
rapprochement