Folk Songs
She's "lost & gone forever".
Who is my darling Clementine?
In good shape, like one violin.
What is fit as a fiddle?
As this Eastern European country's name suggests, they speak a romance language.
What is Romania?
1960 was the last year ferries ran between Key West, Florida & there.
What is Cuba?
16th c. German magician whose reputation was so bad it was said he'd sold his soul to the devil.
Who is Faust?
He said, "I'll die with my hammer in my hand".
Who is John Henry?
A pair is required to perform a Latin American dance characterized by frequent posturing.
What is it takes two to tango?
The now virtually extinct Manx language was spoken there.
What is the Isle of Man?
Accused of being able to fly, Jane Wenham in 1712 became last person to be tried for this in England.
What is witchcraft?
Eyah, story sez the devil hain't been seen in New Hampshire from that day on, due to his efforts.
Who is Daniel Webster?
Though Peter, Paul & Mary; popularized it, it was he who wrote "Blowin' In The Wind".
Who is Bob Dylan?
One discharge of a .45 amidst absence of light.
What is a shot in the dark?
Until the 18th c., about half the world's printed books were in this language, the 1st to be printed.
What is Chinese?
Josef Jacobs, a WWII German spy, was the last person to be executed in this London landmark.
What is the Tower of London?
In 1895, Alfred Dreyfus became the 1st prisoner ever sent there.
What is Devil’s Island?
It begins, "My wife & I lived all alone, in a little log hut we called our own".
What is "Little Brown Jug"?
An excess of culinary artistes ruins bouillon.
What is too many cooks spoil the broth (too many cooks spoil the soup)?
Over 80% of the World’s digital documents and information are stored in this language.
What is English?
It was the last play Abraham Lincoln ever went to see.
What is Our American Cousin?
Term originally describing the Catholic official who raised objections to candidates for sainthood.
What is the devil’s advocate?
Foods "we'll all have" "when she comes, when she comes".
What are chicken & dumplings?
Ingest a pair of acetylsalicylic acid tablets, then make my phone bell ring at 7 a.m. tomorrow.
What is take two aspirin & call me in the morning?
Language invented in Poland in 1887 by Dr. Ludwik L. Zamenhof.
What is Esperanto?
Bahadur Shah II, deposed by the British in 1857, was last Indian ruler to carry this title.
What is a Mughal?
Talking about this man, Satan said, "Skin for skin, all that a man hath will he give for his life".
Who is Job?