First Names in the Dictionary
Now calling one of these youths trained for knighthood.
Page
John Steinbeck,
1937:
"Of ___ and ____"
Of Mice and Men
Protanopia is a type of this in which a person can't distinguish red from green.
Colorblindness
The Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese.
McDonald's
This king's demand for an annulment aided the spread of the Reformation to England.
Henry VIII
A shade of brown, like Crayola's burnt & raw crayons.
Sienna
Umberto Eco,
1980:
"The ___
of the ___"
The Name of the Rose
Like nails, horns & hair, feathers contain this fibrous structural protein.
Keratin
The Bonus Jack.
Jack in the Box
Some reformers insisted that this initiatory rite be performed not on infants but on adults who had made a choice.
Baptism
It follows potato or precedes "off the old block."
Chip
First book in a
George R.R. Martin
series:
"A ____ of ___s"
A Game of Thrones
Appropriately, the name of this bone is from the Latin for "to chew."
Mandible
Dave's Hot 'n Juicy 1/4 lb. Single.
Wendy's
The Reformation's greatest leaders were Martin Luther in Germany & this Geneva-based Frenchman.
John Calvin
A jousting spear.
Lance
Joseph Conrad,
1902:
"____ of ____"
Heart of Darkness
Ferns reproduce asexually by means of these cells.
Spores
A Crave Case of Sliders.
White Castle
Contrary to Roman Catholic church doctrine, the Reformation declared that grace was based on this, rather than on works.
Faith
A short haircut for women, or what you do "for apples" on Halloween.
Bob
Tom Wolfe,
1987:
"The ____ of
the ____s
The Bonfire of the Vanities
In vertebrates, this lowest portion of the brain regulates heart rate & respiration.
Medulla
The Bacon Cheeseburger Toaster.
Sonic
Around 1545 the Catholic Church launched this movement to oppose the Protestants.
The Counter-Reformation