4-Letter Verbs
Used especially of stallions, it means to father a child
Sire
In 1968 Richard Burton gave her a 33.19-carat diamond engagement ring worth $8.8 million
Elizabeth Taylor
Juneau had its beginning in 1880 when Richard Harris & Joe Juneau arrived in the area seeking this... what else?
Gold
Crowds singing this song at Dodger or Yankee Stadium omit the 1st verse, starting "Katie Casey was baseball mad"
Take Me out to the Ball Game
This 1966 Truman Capote book combined fiction with facts to tell about 2 drifters who murdered a Kansas family
In Cold Blood
As a noun, it's the ridge on the fingerboard of a guitar; as a verb, it means to worry
Fret
In this 1937 Tolkien story, The One Ring was a magic ring of invisibility; in later tales it acquired darker powers
The Hobbit
In 1743 the site of this S.D. capital was claimed for France by the burial of a lead plate; the plate was found in 1913
Pierre
"We Will Rock You" was the B-side of this Queen single; both have become sporting event favorites
We Are the Champions
Thunderhead is the title horse in Mary O'Hara's follow-up to "My Friend" her
Flicka
Helen Reddy sang, "I am woman, hear me" do this
Roar
To begin a stage performance, one is said to "ring up" this item
The Curtain
The only house Abraham Lincoln ever owned is located at Jackson & 8th Streets in this capital
Springfield
"Ever since I was young, it's been my dream / That I might drive" this machine; "I'd get the ice just as slick as could be"
Zamboni
The old money & new money Long Island neighborhoods in this novel are East Egg & West Egg
The Great Gatsby
To decrease gradually in intensity, such as the moon in passing from full to new
Wane
Founded in 1922, The Ring magazine is now owned by this boxing "Golden Boy"
Oscar De La Hoya
Atlanta's seal features this mythic bird, which symbolizes its rebuilding that began in 1865
Phoenix
Since 2002 this Neil Diamond song has been played at every Red Sox home game
Sweet Caroline
In a post-Civil War novel by Allan Gurganus, the "Oldest Living" one of these women "Tells All"
Confederate Widow
Itemize, or what a ship does when it tilts to one side
List
In 1979 Voyager I discovered that this planet had rings; further study was provided by the Gailieo orbiter
Jupiter
The Parthenon in Nashville boasts one of the world's largest sets of doors made from this metal--24' high & 7' wide
Bronze
What song would Dandy Don Meredith on "Monday Night Football" when a game's outcome was decided
The Party's Over
Bullfights & heavy drinking are the order of the day in this 1926 novel with a title from Ecclesiastes
The Sun Also Rises