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This American director, actor, screenwriter, and producer caused a sensation with his dramatized radio presentation of War of the Worlds on October 30, 1938.
Orson Welles
Scientifically named Vermilingua, which means "worm tongue", this strictly ant- and termite-eating mammal is more commonly known as this.
You can drink horses, or not.
You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink.
The first word is an anagram of CALM and means a marine bivalve mollusk with shells of equal size, and rhymes with the second word, an anagram of RAMP, which is the British term for a baby carriage.
CLAM and PRAM
This fictional train came to life in a 1941 song written by Mack Gordon, composed by Harry Warren and originally recorded as a big band/swing tune by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra.
The Chattanooga Choo Choo
Joe Ross played Gunther Toody, and Fred Gwynne played Francis Muldoon, in this police sitcom from the early 60's
Car 54 Where Are You?
A native of China, 99% of this herbivorous ursidae's diet is comprised of the leaves, shoots, and stems of bamboo, up to 80 pounds of it a day.
The Giant Panda
Egos recess first.
Pride goes before a fall.
The first word is an anagram of SPELT and means to have been in a state of sleep, and rhymes with the second word, an anagram of PETAL, and means to have jumped or sprung a long way, to a great height, or with great force.
SLEPT and LEAPT
This long-distance passenger train operated from 1883 to 2009 between London, Athens and Istanbul, and was immortalized in 1934 by murder-mystery writer Agatha Christie in one of her most acclaimed novels.
The Orient Express
Pillow Talk, an award winning romcom from 1959, starred these two Hollywood A-listers.
Rock Hudson and Doris Day
The diet of this Australian marsupial is almost exclusively eucalyptus leaves.
The Koala Bear
The ultimate joke is loud laughing.
He who laughs last laughs best.
The first word is an anagram of ALOFT and means to rest or move on or near the surface of a liquid without sinking, and rhymes with the second word, an anagram of TOWER, and means to have made letters, words, or other symbols on a surface, typically paper, with a pen, pencil, or similar implement.
FLOAT and WROTE
This single-seat monoplane executed the first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic, from Roosevelt Airfield in New York to Paris Le Bourget in 1927.
The Spirit of St. Louis
The iconic first words ever spoken on a film soundtrack, "you ain't heard nothin' yet, folks," were uttered by this man, one of the most famous and highest-paid stars of the 1920s, and self-proclaimed "greatest entertainer in the world."
Al Jolson
This caterpillar only eats the leaves of the toxic milkweed plant, which makes the caterpillars—and the adult butterflies—poisonous to animals.
The Monarch
Don't start with wood.
Don't take any wooden nickels.
The first word is an anagram of RENTED and means showing gentleness and concern or sympathy, and rhymes with the second word, an anagram of NERFED, and means a device in front of vehicles to lessen injury to animals or pedestrians in case of collision.
TENDER and FENDER
This 1963, anthropomorphic Volkswagen Beetle drove across the screen and into America's hearts in a 1968 comedy directed by Robert Stevenson, and launched a Disney franchise that included 6 movies and a very brief television sitcom.
Herbie the Love Bug
Suicide is Painless is the theme song for this television program, one of the longest running in history, but producers felt the lyrics would be too harsh for viewers, so they opted for an instrumental version instead.
M*A*S*H
This, the largest living mammal ever, subsists entirely on krill, small oceanic crustaceans approximately half an inch long, eating nearly 4 tons of the little critters daily.
The Blue Whale
Let us mourn cream.
Don't cry over spilled milk.
The first word is an anagram of EIGHTH and means the distance from the bottom to the top of someone or something standing upright, and rhymes with the second word, an anagram of RETINUE, and means to bring together again.
HEIGHT and REUNITE
In 1983, Stephen King terrified fans with this 1958 Plymouth Fury in his horror story of the same name.
Christine