HISTORY
When Pompey took this metropolis in 63 B.C., Judea fell under the heel of the Romans
Jerusalem
These cinematic siblings met a dude named Jeff Dowd who inspired them to make "The Big Lebowski
The Coen Brothers
Only one vowel:
The main building of a parish
Church
This title object of a 1963 film doesn't refer to a large feline but to a large gem targeted by a thief
Pink Panther
Margaret Hamilton coined the term software engineering & helped develop the software that took this NASA program to the Moon
Apollo
In 1632 Maryland was granted to this lord, son of George Calvert, as a Catholic haven
Baltimore
The 1925 painting "House by the Railroad" by Edward Hopper was an inspiration for the Bates home in this 1960 film
Psycho
Crossword clues "P":
Next to the last (11 letters)
Penultimate
1939 Paul & Betty Pink began selling soda & these from a cart on La Brea & Melrose in L.A. & the rest is history
Hot Dog
At the Natural Science Society in Brno in 1865, this amateur botanist lectured on his work in genetic
Mendel
The Yuan Dynasty was ousted in 1368 by this other 4-letter dynasty that would last a while
The Ming Dynasty
Padre Fray Tormenta, who helped the orphans of Texcoco while wearing a mask in the ring, inspired this 2006 comedy
Nacho Libre
5-syllable words:
A person aged 100 years or older
Centenarian
Introduced in 1957, this brand was packaged in little pink packets so that it would stand out in sugar bowls
Sweet N' Low
The title of this telescopic scientist's 1917 dissertation was "Photographic Investigations of Faint Nebulae"
Hubble
18th century military prowess forced others to refer to this Prussian as "The Great"
Fredrick the Great
"Racer X", a 1998 article by Ken Li about illegal street-racing, inspired this high-octane film franchise
The fast and the furious
Change a letter:
A convenient way to get your bills paid & an examination of a body after death
Autopay and autopsy
2020 marked the 20th anniversary of this fashion designer's Pink Pony initiative to fight cancer
Ralph Lauren
The Earth-centric theories of this astronomer of the 2nd century A.D. were largely taken as fact until the 1500s
Ptolemy
Around 5,000 years ago bronze objects were being produced in this 2-letter Mesopotamian city
Ur
Ben Stiller cited this "international" thriller from 1962 as an inspiration for "Zoolander"; poor Derek is an assassination pats
Manchurian Candidate
Overlaps:
Home city of the NHL sabres
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a type of leather step-in shoe
a Buffaloer
In Hawaii, these flowers, often with a touch of pink, are popular for leis
A plumeria
The 1935 work "The Present Situation of Quantum Mechanics" saw the first mention of this scientist's theoretical cat
Schrodinger