Famous Walters
He was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 42nd vice president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 under President Jimmy Carter.
Who was Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale?
DAILY DOUBLE In 2003 at his final live show, he said, "the spirit of June Carter overshadows me..with the love she had for me and the love I have for her".
Who is Johnny Cash?
Give it a try, "Nothing ventured, nothing ______."
What is gained?
Can you dig it? An archaeologist can, with this term for an archaeology dig.
What is excavation?
Title that precedes "how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me."
What is Amazing Grace?
To wait patently and your humble home.
What is abide and abode?
DAILY DOUBLE He (1916-2009) was an American broadcast journalist who served as anchorman for the CVS evening News.
Who was Walter Cronkite?
This musical is based on the 1997 film of the same name. It adapts the legend of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia.
What is "Anastasia"?
From Henny Youngman: "Take my ____, Please!"
What is wife?
I have a million reasons to tell you that this 10-letter verb means to overstate.
What is to exaggerate?
DAILY DOUBLE It's where "I'm going to lay down my burden" and "my sword and shield"
What is Down by the Riverside?
Hereditary and not brand name.
What is genetic and generic?
DAILY DOUBLE He was an American actor, (1920-2000) comedian and film director best known for The Sunshine Boys, The Bad News bears and Grumpy Old Men.
Who was Walter Matthau?
Lion Beer Australia says its beers are made from only four core ingredients - - water, barley, malt and these.
What are hops?
A proverb: "You can't make a ____ ______ out of a sow's ear."
What is a silk purse?
I'm giving only you the story because you're my favorite reporter and also I want it out there and otherwise no one might run it.
What is an exclusive?
A hymn and anthem, "Lift" this "and sing, till earth and Heaven ring".
What is Every Voice?
DAILY DOUBLE Earl, for example and to donate 10 % to the church.
What is Title and Tithe?
He was an American actor who is most famous (in my opinion) for his starring role in The Real McCoys. It was a hit and ran from 1967 to 1963.
Who was Walter Brennan?
Punning on a word for a group of Lions, this 1942 American drama film starred Gary Cooper and Walter Brennan. It is a tribute to the legendary New York Yankees first basemen Lou Gehrig who died a year before its release at age 37, from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which later became known to the lay public as "Lou Gehrig's disease".
What is The Pride of the Yankees?
DAILY DOUBLE Much Ado About Nothing: "A _______ in a teapot."
What is tempest?
This phrase means to leave one's native country to live elsewhere also: to renounce allegiance to one's native country.
What is expatriate?
"We shall come rejoicing, bringing in" these.
What are the sheaves?
Overly proud of one's own appearance and a form of precipitation.
What is vain and rain?
He was a Canadian-American actor (1897-1984) who appeared in many films such as How Green Was My Valley, Forbidden Planet and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. HINT: Last Name: P _ _ _ _ _ _
Who was Walter Davis Pidgeon?
No. 2 of the 3 periods of the Mesozoic Era, it began about 201.3 million years ago.....'
HINT: Oops! Could it be a dinosaur park?
What is Jurassic?
DAILY DOUBLE
As a logical principle, "_________ 's Razor" would demand that scientists accept the simplest possible theoretical explanation for existing data.
Who is Occam?
DAILY DOUBLE Still existing, like an artwork luckily not lost over the centuries.
What is extant?
Asking for comfort and guidance, do this, "Fast Falls the eventide", "in Life, in death, O Lord" do this.
HINT: Abide _ _ _ _ _ _
What is Abide with Me?
Plenty and a Macintosh.
What is ample and apple?