3-LETTER WORDS WITH "F"
It's found in an idiom with "No... ands, or buts"
What are ifs?
An episode of "Happy Days" in which an alien attempted to kidnap Richie Cunningham led to this series starring Robin Williams
What is Mork and Mindy?
Amethysts are traditionally used in the ecclesiastical ring of this head of a Catholic diocese
What is a bishop?
"What's in your wallet?"
What is Capital One?
A saying about this empire's vastness in the 18th to the 20th century was that "the sun never sets" on it
What is the British Empire?
One of Santa's helpers, or a Keebler baker
What is an elf?
This animated MTV series about 2 high school numbskulls featured a cynical female foil named Daria, who got her own series
What is Beavis and Butthead?
Richard Burton liked to give her amethyst jewelry--it was her birthstone & matched her eyes
Who is Elizabeth Taylor?
A classic car ad:
"See the USA in your..."
What is Chevrolet?
Luke 6:13: Jesus "called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named" these
What are apostles?
Going back to the Bible, a minor drawback is sometimes likened to one of these "in the ointment"
What is a fly?
Norman Lear wrote for two spinoffs, including "Good Times" & this one all about "Movin' on up to the Eastside"
What is the Jeffersons?
Don't heat up amethysts too much or they turn this color & become citrines
What is orange or orange-yellow?
For 40 years:
"Have it your way"
What is Burger King?
In a 2019 movie this superhero punched an elderly woman on a train (but she had a really good reason)
What is Captain Marvel?
Towards the rear of a ship
What is the aft?
"Torchwood" was a spinoff of this British series; the titles of the 2 shows are anagrams of each other
What is Doctor Who?
This radiation helps silica-enriched water & iron crystalize as amethysts, so why isn't the Incredible Hulk purple?
What are gamma rays?
First used in the '50s:
"It takes a licking and keeps on ticking"
What is Timex?
In September 1882 thousands of workers held a march in NYC & this holiday was born
What is Labor Day?
A dandy dude
What is a fop?
Here's a bit of truthiness: this show started as a bit on "The Daily Show" that parodied Bill O'Reilly
What is the Colbert Report?
This Greek god of wine couldn't always hold his wine--Rhea gave him an amethyst to keep him from getting too drunk
Who is Dionysus?
This bank was "Established 1852. Re-established 2018"
What is Wells Fargo?
The subject of "A Beautiful Mind", in 2015 he won the Abel Prize for his work on partial differential equations
Who is John Nash?