Alliterate It!
A foamy soak
What is a Bubble Bath?
Feelin' kinda despondent / Got a rip in my new shoes / Don't have no receipt / So now I got the these
What are The Blues?
It's about 5 feet long & its name refers to its wider diameter, not its length
What is the Large Intestine?
This is the name of the "Island" which had a famous nuclear accident with a radiation leak in Pennsylvania in 1979
What is Three Mile Island?
Naturally, it's the title song as Gene Kelly & Frank Sinatra play old-time baseball players
What is Take Me Out to the Ball Game?
CHILDREN'S BOOKS:
Its title character is told "By the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off... your eyes drop out & you get... shabby"
What is The Velveteen Rabbit?
Adam Sandler sang about her, "Put on my new plastic glove / Served some reheated Salisbury steak with a little slice of love"
What is The Lunch Lady?
Amnesty International says sleep deprivation or prolonged solitary confinement are forms of this
What is torture?
If I had a malleus, which I do, in my middle ear, I'd also call it this, because of its shape
What is a Hammer?
Henry VIII's first wife, Catherine of Aragon, was the daughter of this royal couple
Who are Ferdinand and Isabella?
The song 'I Don't Want To Miss A Thing' by Aerosmith is from this movie soundtrack
What is Armageddon?
WRITERS & THE SOUTH:
In 1939 he lived on Toulouse Street in the French Quarter & chose the professional name that bonded him to the South
Who is Tennessee Williams?
DJ Alan Freed's claim to have coined this term in Cleveland helped it beat out New York City & Memphis as home to a museum
What is Rock & Roll?
You're "in" this extreme body pain that's paired with "Ecstasy" in a 1961 book title
What is Agony?
Adrenaline is another name for this hormone secreted in times of stress by the adrenal glands
What is Epinephrine?
The unanimous election of Martin V in 1417 led to the end of the reign of these alternate religious rulers
What are Antipopes?
"The Sound Of Silence" is heard in the opening of this 1967 film
What is The Graduate?
Of all the nations that border Italy, the one that didn't exist in 1990
What is Slovenia?
This name is given to a tournament in which each competitor plays in turn against every other
What is Round Robin?
2 of its 3 letters are vowels, it's a state of misery, & feel free to Bill & Ted up your response
What is Woe?
“S” glands, as opposed to sweat, release fatty oils into the follicular duct that then travel to skin
What are Sebaceous Glands?
To decide important matters of faith, in 325 A.D. this emperor called the Council of Nicaea
Who is Constantine the Great?
He crooned "Wicked Game", featured in David Lynch's "Wild at Heart"
Who is Chris Isaak?
1970's MOVIES:
A 1975 premiere of this comedy advertised free coconuts for the first thousand in the audience
What is Monty Python & The Holy Grail?
In the 10th century Arab mathematician Abul-Wafa wrote about these, saying they're needed by businessmen who go into debt
What are Negative Numbers?
If your place is a mess, you're living in this word with a "Q" in it, from the Latin for "dirty"
What is Squalor?
From Latin for "hard mother", it's a tough membrane protecting the brain & spinal cord
What is Dura Mater?
James Garfield assassination attempt eventually led to his death. The bullet was lodged near his spine and could not be located by doctors. This contemporary American scientist and inventor created a metal detector to try (unsuccessfully) locating the bullet for removal
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
Alice Cooper's song 'School's Out' featured in this 1993 movie
What is Dazed & Confused?
19TH CENTURY AMERICANS
Demonstrating the dignity & humanity of Black Americans, he sat for 160 known photographs, the most of any American in the 19th century
Who is Frederick Douglas
This 2022 buzzphrase doesn't mean leaving your job, but doing no more than it requires
What is Quiet Quitting?
A state of complete emptiness or destruction
What is Desolation?
Clusters of cells in the pancreas, including the ones that produce insulin, are known as the islets of this
What are Langerhans?
After Robert E. Lee told him to reorganize his men after an attack at Gettysburg, he replied, "General, I have no division"
Who is George Pickett?
This well-known artists did the music for the soundtrack for the 1989 movie 'Batman'
Who is Prince?
US BODIES OF WATER:
Continuing a downward trend, in July 2022 it was at 27% capacity, its lowest level since 1937 when it was first being filled
What is Lake Mead?
This poet wrote a semi-autobiographical poem of his early years called The Prelude
Who is William Wordsworth?
A mental condition marked by persistent depression and ill-founded fears
What is Melancholia?
The xiphoid process begins as cartilage and becomes bone as a person grows. It is the smallest and lowest part of this bone
What is the Sternum?
This activist with a parental nickname led a 1903 march to protest the evils of child labor
Who is Mother Jones?
This future "Masked Singer" competitor sang the theme from "Ghostbusters"
Who is Ray Parker Jr.?
WORD ORIGINS:
Theories on the origin of this, a style of journalism, include Cajun slang for unhinged jazz & Boston slang for a person on a bender
What is Gonzo?