American Lit
This narrator of "The Catcher in the Rye" runs away from Pencey Prep, a phony school in phony Agerstown, Pennsylvania
Who is Holden Caulfield?
The 1792 Apportionment Act gave each state one of these for every 33,000 people; New Hampshire got 4, Virginia 19
What is a Congressional Representative?
In the Kalahari the drongo bird alerts the "manor" of this burrowing creature to predators
What are Meerkats?
In 2022 the Game released a 10-minute diss directed at this rapper also known as Slim Shady
Who is Eminem?
Britannica says this late 19th c. era featured "gross materialism & blatant political corruption" in the United States
What is The Gilded Age?
2020s TELEVISION:
The title locale of this series is really the Belnord, dating to 1908 & located at 86th & Broadway on NYC's Upper West Side
What is Only Murders in the Building?
This novel begins, "I first met Dean not long after my wife and I split up"
What is On the Road?
This hardware store "is the place" that has more than 5,000 worldwide locations
What is Ace?
A species of this crustacean, Tubicinella major plants itself on southern right whales
What are Barnacles?
In May 2024 these 2 competitors went back & forth with tracks like "Family Matters" & "Meet The Grahams"
Who is Kendrick Lamar & Drake?
The "Convict Era" of this nation's history spans 1788 to 1868, when some 160,000 prisoners were transported there
What is Australia?
NAMES IN MEDICINE:
He got a special presidential citation in 1955, passed away in 1995 & was dubbed "the man who saved the children"
Who is Dr. Jonas Salk?
He wrote "Bartleby, the Scrivener" while living at Arrowhead, his farm in the Berkshires
Who is Melville?
This techno-thriller author's works served as the inspiration for video games like "Splinter Cell" & "Rainbow Six"
Who is Clancy?
On the Savannah this big bird can see real good & this equine has a keen nose, so the 2, ebony & ivory, live together in harmony
What are Zebras & Ostriches?
On "Hit 'Em Up" this rapper dissed Biggie Smalls & repped the "Westside
Who is Tupac?
This "Age" began in the 1930s with the advent of a new type of engine, though it didn't take off for a decade or so
What is The Jet Age?
CHART TOPPERS:
His mother named him after her dream car but he topped the charts in 2019 under this moniker
Who is Lil Nas X?
"Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be", wrote this poet
Who is Langston Hughes?
Some of the world's best snorkeling can be found at spots like Sharm El-Sheikh on this colorful sea
What is the Red Sea?
The cattle species of this bird dines on insects that the water buffalo stirs up while it's grazing
What are Egrets?
Cam'ron went in on this N.Y. rapper & even titled his diss "Curtis", his rival's government name
Who is 50 Cent?
Last & longest of the 3 periods of the Mesozoic era
What is The Cretaceous?
MILITARY NEWS:
On June 11, 1997 the Army deactivated the 43rd Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, its last, in this country
What is (South) Korea?
The stars guide the narrator of his Gothic poem "Ulalume"
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
A 2016 study found that birds' brains are denser in these nerve cells than the brains of primates are
What are Neurons?
The Galapagos giant tortoise allows some Darwin's species of this bird to eat parasites off its skin
What are Finches?
The title of this hate letter from Nas to Jay-Z that shares its name with an anesthetic drug now means "to insult publicly"
What is Ether?
The name of this period when animal life "exploded" on Earth comes from Cymru, or Wales, where many fossils have been found
What is the Cambrian?
FAMOUS AMERICANS:
In his 1999 memoir he wrote, "I had been shot down a short walk's distance from the French-built prison, Hoa Lo"
Who is John McCain?