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| The name of this Houston trio honors Texas bluesman Z.Z. Hill |
(Alex: You're right!)
ZZ Top
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| To North Americans, the sun reaches its vernal point in this month |
(Jay: What is June?)
March
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Riga, St. Petersburg, Vilnius |
St. Petersburg
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| This presidential relative, quite logically, had his own brand of beer in the 1970s |
Billy Carter
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| Flathead or Phillips head |
a screwdriver
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| Forms of this atmospheric phenomenon include forked, streak & ball |
lightning
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| A road sign inspired the name of this band from the land "Down Under" |
Men at Work
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| If a business invests $10,000 in a product, when it has sold 100 of them at $100 each it has reached this point |
the break-even point
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Port-au-Prince, Toronto, Nassau |
(Alex: Yes, provincial but not national.)
Toronto
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| When this president was a governor, his brother Roger was arrested |
Clinton
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| With so much brainpower on stage today, this "Living Dead" movie monster wouldn't know where to start |
a zombie
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| This noun can precede chair, terrier or pudding |
Yorkshire
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| Debbie Harry had often been called this, so it was "a natural" for the name of her band |
Blondie
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Sydney, Wellington, Jakarta |
Sydney
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| His wife had many brothers in the Confederate Army, prompting some to question her loyalty to the Union |
Lincoln
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| It was last call for this Scottish outlaw on Dec. 28, 1734 |
Rob Roy
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| From the Latin for "make similar", it's an exact duplicate |
(Michael: what is a photocopy?)
facsimile
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| This "Money For Nothing" group was named for its sorry financial condition |
Dire Straits
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| After 4 hours of struggle & grit, we've reached this point for the first time, 6-3, 6-7, 4-6, 7-5, 5-4, 40-15 |
match point
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Amman, Mecca, Damascus |
Mecca
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| His stepson by Dolley once owed debts of over $40,000 that the president himself had to pay |
Madison
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| Take a flying leap & name this type of reconnaissance plane or insect of the family Acrididae |
a grasshopper
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| From the French for "to relate", it's one who tells stories & anecdotes with wit & skill |
raconteur
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| The last name adopted by all members of this punk band was an alias used by Paul McCartney |
(Jay: What is Devo?) ... (Alex: Yes, Paul [*]. Who are [*]?)
The Ramones (Ramone accepted)
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| Author Malcolm Gladwell calls the moment when social phenomena reach critical mass this title point |
[Alex demonstrates with his pen.]
the tipping point
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San Marcos, San Jose, Santo Domingo |
San Marcos
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| When he was veep, his brother Donald was involved in financial dealings with Howard Hughes |
(Alex: You trail Pam, as you can see, by $2,800.) ... (Alex: [Excitedly] Yup! A guess is... as good as anything if it's right.)
Nixon
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| G'day! This wooden weapon can also be a scheme that does injury to its originator |
a boomerang
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| Italian poet who won 1959 Nobel Prize, or a Victor Hugo character |
Quasimodo
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