The Solar System
A day on this largest planet is less than 10 Earth hours.
What is Jupiter?
Paradoxically, it's often called "the best defense".
What is an offense?
The apartment in "The Apartment" was in this city where it's hard to find an apartment.
What is New York City?
Light yellowish brown, or a beachgoer's goal.
What is tan?
The Pied Piper's tune lured the children from this town.
What is Hamelin?
The 4 inner planets.
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars?
A criminal defense maintaining that police lured defendant into wrongdoing "charges" this.
What is entrapment?
In "Family Plot" Hitchcock revisited this city used as setting for "Vertigo".
What is San Francisco?
In English, the name of this Texas city would be "Yellow".
What is Amarillo?
According to the World Book, "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" was the 1st modern children's book with these.
What are illustrations?
Though almost 10 times bigger, this planet is only about 1/8 as dense as Earth.
What is Saturn?
The deepest defense positions of this "genteel" sport are long-leg, long-off, & long-on.
What is cricket?
The 2 countries in which Indiana Jones found the "Lost Ark" & "The Temple of Doom".
What is Egypt & India?
Often used to effect old look, photographs are done in these brown tones from "ink" of cuttlefish.
What is sepia?
French children's classic about an elephant who runs away from the jungle to live in Paris.
What is Babar?
As this planet's furthest point, it's over 4.5 billion miles from the Sun.
What is Pluto?
Pope Clement VII gave king Henry VIII this title still retained by British monarchs.
What is the Defender of the Faith?
California city from which Clint Eastwood would "Play Misty for Me" every night.
What is Monterey?
Term used to describe the growing population percentage of older people in the U.S.
What is the graying of America?
In 1856, M.E.M. Dodge broke the ice with this 1st major American novel about life in another country.
What is Hans Brinker, The Silver Skates?
Though all others rotate on a vertical axis this outer planet spins on a horizontal one.
What is Uranus?
He's the current U.S. Secretary of Defense.
Who is Pete Hegseth?
Though actually filmed in Mexico, "Romancing the Stone" was set in this S. Amer. country known for emeralds.
What is Colombia?
Resembling lilac, lavender, & violet, this shade of purple was 1st synthetic coloring made from coal tar.
What is mauve?
1 of 2 best-known awards in U.S. established by Frederick Melcher for children's literature.
What are the Newbery (Medal) or the Caldecott Medal?