Civil War Nicknames
Due to his propensity for digging trenches, Robert E. Lee got the nickname "King of" this card suit
What is Spades?
2-word Latin term meaning a second self
What is Alter Ego?
During WWII, a Jewish girl protects an escaped P.O.W. in Bette Greene's Y.A. novel "Summer of My" this nationality "Soldier"
What is German?
This song by Otis Redding mentions "the Frisco Bay" & "Watchin' the tide roll away"
What is Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay?
Check out the clue while my DJ revolves it! This '90s rapper actually had a 2nd Top 40 hit: "Play That Funky Music"; still waitin' on 3
Who is Vanilla Ice?
1950's PEOPLE:
In a New Yorker profile, he said, "Where I like it is out west in Wyoming, Montana, & Idaho, & I like Cuba & Paris"
Who is Ernest Hemingway?
Adam "Stovepipe" Johnson got his alias when he disguised stovepipes as these weapons on the battlefield
What are Cannons?
This ever-circling ballroom dance is in triple time
What is a Waltz?
In the prequel novel "Summer & the City", this Candace Bushnell character discovers New York City
In 2016 this woman had a hit with "Water Under The Bridge"
Who is Adele?
In 1987, 7'2" Kevin Peter Hall played Harry, who hung with the Hendersons, & this film title guy who was not as friendly with Arnold
What is Predator?
18TH CENTURY NOVELS:
The title character of this 1726 novel reaches 4 different lands as a result of a shipwreck, a storm at sea, pirates & a mutiny
What is Gulliver's Travels?
Some call this Confederate cavalry general "Jeb", but others dubbed him "Beauty" during his early days
Who is ("Jeb") Stuart?
California is known for this dry red wine from a black-skinned grape
What is Zinfandel?
This Scottish naturalist recounts his trip to California in his memoir "My First Summer in the Sierra"
Who is John Muir?
Joe Jonas of this 4-letter group described "Cake By The Ocean" as a party anthem
Who is DNCE?
Her post-"Friends" career includes the role of actress Valerie Cherish, trying to make "the comeback" happen
Who is Lisa Kudrow?
NOTABLE BRITISH NAMES:
Published in 1881, "The Formation of Vegetable Mould, Through the Actions of Worms" was his last & one of his bestselling books
Who is Charles Darwin?
For his uniform color & his spooky elusiveness, Confederate raider John Mosby was "The Gray" this
What is Ghost?
An unalterable mark that can never be erased can also be described as this
What is Indelible?
This playwright must have loved the season: he wrote "Summer & Smoke", "Suddenly, Last Summer" & "Clothes for a Summer Hotel"
Who is Tennesse Williams?
This duo's biggest hit was 1970's "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
Who are Simon and Garfunkel?
Feeling regenerated in "Doctor Who", this actress confessed, "Sorry, half an hour ago I was a white-haired Scotsman"
Who is Jodie Whittaker?
THE BIBLE:
This book of the Bible ends with "fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys"
What is Exodus?
On his way to Savannah, you might have heard Union troops calling him "Uncle Billy"
Who is William Tecumseh Sherman?
The Bonneville these smooth out nicely over 40 square miles
What are Salt Flats?
This woman's New England novels include "Ethan Frome" & the lusty "Summer", which she referred to as "hot Ethan"
Who is Edith Wharton?
John Fogerty sounds like he crawled out of the swamp on CCR's song "Born On" this marshy inlet
What is a Bayou?
"Pretty Baby, You Look So Heavenly" is a chapter title in "Face It", the 2019 memoir by this singing sta
Who is Debbie Harry?
NOTABLE BRITS:
On this man's death in a 1935 motorcycle accident, Churchill said, his "pace of life was faster & more intense than the ordinary"
Who is Lawrence of Arabia?