Fibonaccio! June 2007

MOVIE LORE
55) Jazz musician nicknamed "Bird" featured in the Clint Eastwood-directed 1988 film entitled Bird, starring Forest Whitaker
Ans: Charlie Parker.
"I AM" QUOTATIONS
TB) Geodesic dome creator who said, "I am doing what I am doing only because . . . I am the only guinea pig I have."
Ans: R. Buckminster Fuller.
KNOW YOUR JACKSONS
1) 7th U.S. President
Ans: Andrew Jackson.
CRYING WOLF
1) American author who wrote The Sea Wolf and shares his surname with a European capital
Ans: Jack London.
THREE TIMES THE CHARM
2) The 3 who "all jumped out of a rotten potato" in the nursery rhyme "Rub-a-dub-dub, / Three men in a tub."
Ans: Butcher, Baker, and Candlestick Maker.
SINGLE LETTER BEGINNING
3) Popular chain of discount stores founded by Sebastian S. Kresge
Ans: Kmart.
B.B.'S, BUT NO EYES PUT OUT
5) Area in the Southern U.S. where fundamentalist Christian beliefs prevail
Ans: Bible Belt.
MMM-MMM GOOD
8) Candy bar named after the daughter of President Grover Cleveland
Ans: Baby Ruth.
ONLYS
13) Washington, D.C., school that is the world's only liberal arts college for the deaf
Ans: Gallaudet College.
U.S. STATE CAPITALS
21) Capital that is known for its annual "Frontier Days" festival and prides itself on being the capital of the first state to allow women to vote
Ans: Cheyenne (Wyoming).
U.S. TOPONYMS (Names Derived from a Place or Region)
34) Covered horse-drawn wagon, after a village or region in Pennsylvania where wagons of this type were made
Ans: Conestoga wagon.
"SINGLE" AND NOT MARRIED
55) Deciduous tree that is the single surviving species of an order that flourished at the time of the dinosaurs
Ans: Ginkgo.
20TH-CENTURY FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
TB) James Fenimore Cooper's Natty _____
Ans: Bumppo.
THE LETTER X IN THE ANSWER
1) U.S. President who said, "I want you all to stonewall it."
Ans: Richard Nixon.
SCIENTIFIC NAMES FOR BONES OF THE BODY
1) Upper leg or thigh bone
Ans: Femur.
JUST TRIVIA
2) Standard typewriter keyboard as named from the first 6 letters top left, sometimes called the Sholes keyboard
Ans: Qwerty.
GOING MY WAY, MRS.
3) Company known for its cookies, opened in 1977 by Debbi _____, in Palo Alto, California
Ans: Mrs. Fields.
GEOGRAPHY BEARS
5) NBA team known as the "Grizzlies," and formerly called the Vancouver Grizzlies
Ans: Memphis.
EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY
8) U.S.'s oldest permanent European settlement, founded by Spanish explorer Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles in Florida on August 28, 1565
Ans: St. Augustine.
TRIANGLES
13) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, site near the confluence of 3 rivers
Ans: Golden Triangle.
MILLERS ANYONE
21) American author who wrote Daisy Miller and The Portrait of a Lady
Ans: Henry James.
"GREEN" GREEN GRASS OF HOME
34) Barbra Streisand's Oscar-winning song from 1976's A Star Is Born
Ans: "Evergreen."
ALL ABOUT MARY
55) Pen name of English-born novelist Mary Ann Evans
Ans: George Eliot.
ONE-WORD TONY AWARD-WINNING MUSICALS
TB) 1970's winner, based on a story about the world of showbiz and whose title designates approval expressed by the clapping of hands
Ans: Applause.
WORLD HISTORY
1) Quadrennial athletic competition Emperor Theodosius ordered ended in A.D. 393
Ans: Olympic Games.
STATE FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
1) Boise State University
Ans: Idaho.
BIG, BUT NOT IN THE ANSWER
2) Paul Bunyan's large ox who is "twice as big as all outdoors and playful as a hurricane"
Ans: Babe.
EVERY "LITTLE" BIT HELPS
3) Product line of colorful toy ponies produced by Hasbro in 1982
Ans: My Little Pony.