ELECTION DAY
The tradition of U.S. elections being held on this day of the week dates to 1845, when it was convenient for farmers
What is Tuesday?
1999:
Jared Leto vs Ed Norton
What is Fight Club?
Paul Burns of the Royal Regiment of Scotland played this instrument for Queen Elizabeth II each morning & at her funeral
What are the bagpipes?
From the Latin for "curve", they're the hollows at the front of the skull connecting to the nasal cavaties
What is sinuses?
"Come on down"
What is The Price is Right?
One reporter wrote, "tranquility forsook Springfield" on Election Day of this year
What is 1860?
1996:
Adam Sandler vs Bob Barker
What is Happy Gilmore?
The early 1900s to the 1960s was considered the golden age of this instrument heard here
What is the accordion?
The chief muscle used in breathing, it's dome-shaped & attached to the lower ribs
What is the diaphragm?
"Survey says..."
What is Family Feud?
In parliamentary democracies, a party in power can call for these "sudden" elections on a day in advance of the scheduled one
What is a snap election?
1987:
Gary Busey vs Mel Gibson
What is Lethal Weapon?
Pinchas Zukerman also plays this instrument a bit bigger than his usual one & says heavier bow, thicker strings, you adjust
What is a viola?
This adjective meaning very simple or very skinny is also the major body system that holds up all the others
What is skeletal?
"Dumb Dora was so dumb..."
What is Match Game?
George Washington's campaign bought 160 gallons of booze to woo 391 voters on a 1758 Election Day in this colony
What is Virginia?
1978:
Bruce Lee vs Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
What is Game of Death?
Named for a band conductor, it's the marching band instrument being played here
What is a sousaphone?
The white, fibrous tissue of the eye, the sclera extends from the optic nerve to this part at the front where focusing starts
What is the cornea?
To the mystery guest: "Enter & sign in, please"
What is What's My Line?
On election night 1948, the Chicago Tribune went to press with this banner headline for the next morning's edition
What is Dewey Defeats Truman?
1990:
Sharon Stone vs Arnold Schwarzenegger
What is Total Recall?
Like her famous father, Anoushka Shankar is a renowned player of this instrument
What is a sitar?
This shorter of the two forearm bones is the one on the thumb side
What is the radius?
"Big bucks, no whammies"
DAILY DOUBLE
What is Press Your Luck?