REVOLUTIONARIES
As you'd guess, "Light Horse" Harry Lee was a masterful commander of this kind of force, but "Lee's Legion" had infantry too
What is calvary?
This man was a real wily buster--telling the Cyclops he's "nobody" & the one-eye guy reports, "Nobody poked me"? Brilliant!
Who is Odysseus?
In 1966 the creator of an early one of these "bot"s was startled when his secretary asked him to leave so she could talk with it
What is a chatbot?
On HBO, this actress played paranoid as well as germaphobic in leading "The Regime" as Chancellor Elena Vernham
Who is Kate Winslet?
The Saltstraumen maelstrom is one in Norway
What is a whirlpool?
Alexander Kerensky lived 50+ years in exile including teaching at Stanford after losing power to this Russian faction in 1917
What are The Bolsheviks?
In folklore this tricky kitty eats an ogre, while in "Shrek" the same-named character befriends one
Who is Puss In Boots?
Launched by Kodak in 1965, this eight-millimeter format was used in the early, early films of Sam Raimi & Guillermo del Toro
What is Super-8?
Louis Huang, on this ABC sitcom: "Okay, we apologize if some of you felt sexually harassed by our last sexual harassment training"
What is Fresh Off The Boat?
From the Old English for "twist" or "bend", it means to wriggle in embarrassment or pain
What is writhe?
Giuseppe Mazzini's 1830s movement, Giovine Italia, called this in English, inspired La Jeune Suisse & Mloda Polska
What is Young Italy?
An 1888 book by D.R. McAnally called this type of mythical creature "a mischief maker, the Puck of the Emerald Isle"
What is a leprechaun?
2017 brought the launch of Nadi X (from Sanskrit for "flow"), Bluetooth-enabled pants for this activity to fix problem poses
What is yoga?
In 2024 Kathy Bates had legal issues on this CBS drama, but being related to the same-named Andy Griffith guy was not one of them
What is Matlock?
In a 1930s interview Lead Belly urged folks to "stay" this, "keep their eyes open"; now it's common slang
What is woke?
He was once a revolutionary but his 2nd stint as pres. of Nicaragua, since 2007, has looked more like a dictatorship
Who is Ortega?
In folklore, Bruin is a bear lured into a log with the promise of honey by this foxy trickster
Who is Reynard?
In the '90s, Taher Elgamal at this navigator browser co. developed the encryption protocol SSL, letting e-commerce explode
What is Netscape?
To his horror, this "Weekend Update" man was forced to call out a man you never, ever want to call out--Kendrick Lamar
Who is Michael Che?
This nickname for the A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft refers to a swine from the savannah
What is a warthog?
The Gov. of Guerrero hid in a crate from Margarita Neri of this eponymous group of early 1900s Mexican rebels reborn in the 1990s
What are the Zapatistas?
In a West African tale, this trickster spider god kills the king's jester & as a consequence, has to wear the jester's corpse on his head
Who is Anansi?
This 4-letter tech that tells cops on U.K. crime shows who was almost anywhere anytime debuted outdoors in Bournemouth in 1985
What is CCTV?
Personas of the alien on this animated show include Ricky Spanish, Abigail Lemonparty & Yeager Chillax
What is American Dad?
Hyphenated term for the phosphorescent light over swampy areas
What is a will-o'-the-wisp?