it's a long story
In this trilogy Frodo Baggins forms a fellowship with 3 other hobbits, an elf, a dwarf, a wizard & 2 men
Lord of the Rings
From this actress to Andy Warhol: "I'm so proud I finally have your 'Liz' and thank you for signing it so sweetly to me"
Liz Taylor
A bear abode
An insecure psychiatrist moves back to Seattle & lives with his dad
Frasier
Taking no chances, Pharaoh Nectanebo I fortified all 7 mouths of this river, around 380 B.C.
the Nile
Though made in a manner closer to brewing, this Japanese drink is known as rice wine
sake
You will definitely lose some time delving into his 7-volume "A la recherche du temps perdu"
Proust
"Thank You Notes" is a segment on his late night talk show & also the title of 2 books he's written
Jimmy Fallon
Turn down the lights
dim
Billionaire playboy Oliver Queen leads a double life as a hooded vigilante
Arrow
Fort Bourtange in the Netherlands is this celestial type; an attacker who gets close to one wall is exposed to fire from another
A star fort
Perhaps Don Ho meant Hula o Maui, a sparkling wine made of this fruit, when singing of "tiny bubbles in the wine"
pineapple
You get more than 200 chapters of Gothic horror with the alliteratively titled "Varney" this creature
In a 1780s letter to his friend George Whatley, he described his invention of bifocals & even included a diagram
A failure, like a movie at the box office or a shell that doesn't explode
dud
A redheaded country superstar plays a single mom of 3
In 1835 Mexican General Martin Perfecto de Cos fortified this mission in San Antonio, but soon had to surrender it
the Alamo
Blackberry wine from this "#1 Kosher Wine Brand in America" is kosher for Passover
Manischewitz
Dmitry is arrested & convicted for his dad's murder in this Dostoyevsky novel, but Smerdyakov actually committed the crime
The Brothers Karamazov
This artist to her husband: "Diego, my love, remember that once you finish the fresco we will be together forever"
Frida Kahlo
A turned-up noise
din
It's not set in fairy tale Germany but in Portland & the lead character is Burkhardt
Grimm
Built with siege amenities like a 500-foot-deep well, the Königstein Fortress is aka the Saxon this, after a Paris prison
Bastille
This title elixir is poured in Ray Bradbury's semi-autobiographical tale of a small-town summer in 1928
Dandelion Wine
His aptly named "Infinite Jest" has drawn comparisons to the works of Thomas Pynchon & Don DeLillo
David Foster Wallace
Hours before her death in 1587, this queen wrote, "I am to be executed like a criminal at eight in the morning"
Mary, Queen of Scots
A cutting or insulting remark
dig
American football coach Jason Sudeikis manages a London soccer team
Ted Lasso
In the 1070s this monarch who'd been in power only a short while ordered the building of the Tower of London
William the Conqueror
In "Arsenic and Old Lace", the old ladies put poison in wine made from these berries
elderberries