Palindromes
When keeping silent, this is the word.
What is mum?
During the War of 1812, we tried to capture this country.
Who is Canada?
The escalator was developed by this elevator company.
What is Otis?
Pam & Paula McGee helped lead USC to 2 consecutive NCAA championships in this sport.
What is basketball?
Fulgurite is the glass rock formed after sand has been struck by this.
What is lightning?
From the Latin diminutive of "libra", a balance, water seeks its own.
What is level?
Though rejected for active Army service, Lawrence of Arabia was involved in this war.
What is World War I?
This company went into the red for 1st time in any quarter after being forced out of instant photography back in the 90s.
Who is Kodak?
Though her big sister is this famous superstar, Rosalind Kind still makes her own kind of music.
Who is Barbara Streisand?
In ID tests, borax tastes sweet & halite has this tastes.
What is salty?
It precedes "show" but follows "bo".
What is peep?
Fort Sumter, South Carolina, was named for the last surviving general of this war.
What is the Revolutionary War?
In 1985, this airline which pioneered trans-Pacific flights sold those routes to United.
What is Pan Am?
Our advice is to call Esther Pauline Friedman & Pauline Esther Friedman by these pen names.
What is Dear Abby & Ann Landers?
Also called "white mica", this mineral could have been a resident of the Soviet Union's capital.
What is muscovite?
This supplies the force that keeps a helicopter up.
What is a rotor?
Consider the founder of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale treated the wounded in this war.
What is the Crimean War?
In '59 Perry Como signed $25 million sponsorship pact with this food company.
Who is Kraft?
1 of 2 actresses who played sisters & sang "Sisters" in the movie "White Christmas".
Who is Rosemary Clooney & Vera-Ellen?
The mineral hematite is the chief source for this metallic element.
What is iron?
From Latin for citizen, it now relates to the duties or activities of its people.
What is civic?
The 2 commanding generals both killed in the 1759 battle for Quebec.
Who are the Generals Montcalm & Wolfe?
In 1985, both these co-founders of Apple named Steven left to start new companies.
Who is Steven Jobs & Steven Wozniak?
Last seen on the Ed Sullivan show in '68, these 3 were "Sincerely" making a comeback in '86.
Who are the McGuire Sisters?
Sandstone was used for the facades of these "colorful" mid-19th century homes in New York.
What are brownstones?