Words of the Past
If you ate a "porknell", you're as fat as one of these
What is a pig?
Number of dancers needed for a pas de deux
What is 2?
It returned to Noah's ark with an olive leaf in its mouth
What was a dove?
In 1949, Israel moved its seat of government to Jerusalem from this city
What is Tel-Aviv?
All men who ever walked on the Moon did so during his administration
Who was (Richard) Nixon?
If Max Factor was "farding" your face, he'd be doing this to it
What is making it up (putting makeup on)?
Of 3, 5, or 7, # of positions of the feet in classical ballet
What is 5?
Jesus said it's easier for this to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter God's kingdom
What is a camel?
Briefly the capital of the United States, it's still capital of New Jersey
What is Trenton?
"I trust the 1st lion he meets will do his duty", J.P. Morgan said of this president's safari
Who was Theodore Roosevelt?
If you are married to a "bedswerver", your spouse is doing this, tsk, tsk
What is being unfaithful?
From Latin for "body", the bodies that make up the chorus of a ballet company
What are corps?
Of horses, hares & grasshoppers, the 1 which Leviticus declared kosher for Israelites to eat
What are grasshoppers?
From 1854 to 1900 the Rhode Island legislature took turns meeting in Providence & in this city
What is Newport?
Despite his 1916 slogan, he later admitted, "I can't keep the country out of war"
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
A woman was a "draggle -tail" if this got dirty by dragging on the ground
What is dress (skirt)?
This 17th century French "Sun King" confirmed his nickname by dancing as the sun in a ballet
Who was Louis XIV?
Isaiah prophesied that in the future world, "The wolf also shall dwell with" this animal
What is a lamb?
It's claimed this former Japanese capital was spared WWII bombing due to its cultural importance
What is Kyoto?
While Wm. H. Harrison served shortest term, this assassinated president served the 2nd-shortest, 6 1/2 months
Who was (James) Garfield?
"Purfling" means doing this, though we've found no mention of ancient interior purflers
What is a decorator or designer?
Tchaikovsky's last ballet, it wasn't presented in U.S. until 1940, 48 years after its Russian premiere
What is The Nutcracker?
On subject of valor, Ecclesiastes says a living dog is better than a dead 1 of these
What is a lion?
It was the capital of Poland before Warsaw
What was Krakow?
Upon being shot, Chicago mayor Anton Cermak told this pres.-elect, "I'm glad it was me instead of you"
Who was (Franklin) Roosevelt?