Amazing Feats
In 1974, this daredevil parachuted to the bottom of the Snake River Canyon; that was plan B.
Who is Evel Knievel?
This private Utah university is controlled by the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
What is Brigham Young University?
In a 2000 remake, Samuel L. Jackson took over for Richard Roundtree as this cool detective.
Who is Shaft?
In the '30s this aviator used some of his fortune to fund films like "Hell's Angels" and "Scarface".
Who is Howard Hughes?
This Roman fell victim to assassins on the Ides, or 15th, of March, 44 B.C.
Who is Julius Caesar?
This entertainer earned the nickname "The Handcuff King" for his ability to escape manacles.
Who is Harry Houdini?
In 1987 pranksters from this Pasadena school changed the Hollywood sign to the name of the school.
What is Caltech?
A sleuth named Kinsley Millhone is the heroine of her alphabet mysteries.
Who is Sue Grafton?
A stock that's a low risk investment is a blue this
What is chip?
It's said that on this date King George III wrote in his diary, "Nothing of importance happened."
What is July 4, 1776?
In 1926 Gertrude Ederle swam this in 14 1/2 hours, breaking the men's record by 2 hours.
What is the English Channel?
James Madison and Woodrow Wilson both graduated from this New Jersey university.
What is Princeton?
A carefully waxed moustache is a prominent facial feature of this Agatha Christie detective.
Who is Hercule Poirot?
The two mammals used to describe a rising or declining stock market are the bull and this.
What is bear?
The Egyptian government opened his famed mummy case on March 6, 1924.
Who is King Tut?
In September 1984 Joe W. Kittinger became the first to solo across the Atlantic Ocean in one of these.
What is a hot-air balloon?
In 1253 Robert de Sorbon founded a school of theology in this city.
Morgan Freeman has played Detective Alex Cross twice: "Kiss the Girls" and this film:
What is "Along Came a Spider"?
This alliterative type of account invests in short-term instruments for safe but piddly returns.
What is money market?
Day on which Mexico's Battle of Puebla is celebrated.
What is May 5?
He crossed the Atlantic on Ra II to prove the Ancient Egyptians could have sailed to America.
Who is Thor Heyerdahl?
The Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes is a well-known landmark at this Midwestern school.
First serialized in "Black Mask", "The Maltese Falcon" introduced the world to this detective.
Who is Sam Spade?
After running pyramid schemes, he was deported back to Italy in 1934.
Who is Charles Ponzi?
1944 date on which more than 5,000 ships carried allied troops across the English Channel.
What is June 6?