Recent Fiction
In Salman Rushdie's "Quichotte", a spin on this classic novel, a salesman travels the U.S. with his imaginary son Sancho
Don Quixote
Though a Wild West icon, this youthful outlaw who also went by Henry McCarty was born on the East Side of New York City
Billy the Kid
This winning declaration in a chess game is from the Arabic for "the king is dead"
Checkmate
The last Monday in March is celebrated as Seward's Day in this state
Alaska
Fantasia Barrino,
2004
American Idol
Nonprescription is synonymous with this 3-word phrase
over the counter
She said, "Everything you've ever asked me about Gilead and its inner workings" inspired her 2019 sequel "The Testaments"
Margaret Atwood
Founded in 1876, this South Dakota city was named for the deceased trees found in the area
Deadwood
In the NFL regular season, overtime games end after nobody scores in the period that's this many minutes long
10
The last Friday in April is this tree-planting holiday that predates Earth Day by almost a century
Arbor Day
Jinkx Monsoon,
2013
RuPaul's Drag Race
"Moving" these structures found on a football field has come to mean changing the rules
In 2020 this author brought back Mississippi lawyer Jake Brigance for a third go-around in "A Time for Mercy"
John Grisham
A cavalry bugle at noon on April 22, 1889 began a massive land run in this territory
Oklahoma
"Walk-off" began as a term for a play that ends a game in this sport
Baseball
Bob Hope famously quipped, "The Academy Awards, or as it's known at my house," this Jewish holiday
Passover
T-Pain,
2019
The Masked Singer
If you "come to" this, you're ready to talk; however, if a subject is "off" it, it is no longer acceptable to discuss
Table
"The President's Daughter" is the second political thriller from Bill Clinton & this bestselling author
James Patterson
Get the feel of the West at Old Trail Town in this Wyoming city, developed by & named for a Western hero
Cody
The bank cannot go broke in this Parker Brothers game, so exhaustion may be the deciding facto
Monopoly
Lunar New Year is called Chunjie in Chinese & this 3-letter name in Vietnamese
Tet
Christian Siriano,
2008
Project Runway
A hyperbolic expression says a noisy disturbance reaches such a pitch it could do this, right off the house
blow the roof off
A Hulu series is based on this Sally Rooney novel about Connell & Marianne & their inner struggles
Normal People
On Oct. 5 1892, Bob, Grat & Emmett, this gang of brothers who ran with Bill Doolin, tried to rob 2 Kansas banks; only Emmett lived
Dalton Gang
A hand in this card game with 2 potent potables in its name comes to a halt after a player "knocks"
Gin Rummy
Some light lamps to invite the presence of Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, during this Hindu festival of lights
Diwali
Emmitt Smith,
2006
Dancing with the Stars
This "aqueous" phrase means a problem is in the past & doesn't worry you anymore