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| In the 1450s Johann Fust lent this printer about 1,600 guldens to build a new experimental press |
Gutenberg
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| It's a cupola or tower for bells or bats |
a belfry
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| She played Frank Sinatra's daughter in the 1965 comedy "Marriage on the Rocks"—inspired casting |
Nancy Sinatra
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| Now a term for any sudden crippling defeat, the attack on this site brought the U.S. into the war |
Pearl Harbor
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| Tootsie Roll makes Dots, fruit-flavored gumdrops, & Crows, black gumdrops in this flavor |
licorice
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Shansi, Shantung, Shensi |
China
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| Needing money to maintain his & his wife Margaret's social life, he turned traitor in 1779 |
Benedict Arnold
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| It's a high-roofed shed in which aircraft are stored & repaired |
a hangar
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| Wayne Newton played professor Joe Butcher in the James Bond film "Licence to" do this |
to Kill
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| The war pitted the Allies against this group |
the Axis
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| Popular in the South, Lane cake is a layer cake that contains this shredded tropical fruit |
coconut
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Entre Rios, Rio Negro, La Pampa |
Argentina
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| Proceeds from this actor's "Own" foods are a part of over $80 million he's donated to charities |
Paul Newman
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| Hansel or Gretel could tell you elaborate trim on a house is known by this "sweet" term |
gingerbread
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| She starred in the film "Chastity" in 1969 & gave birth to daughter Chastity the same year |
Cher
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| It's the term for Germany's intensive aerial bombing of Britain |
the Blitz (blitzkrieg accepted)
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| Joy of Cooking says the unsulfured type of this sticky sweetener is the best for cooking |
molasses
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Ghor, Balkh, Kabul |
(Helene: What is Pakistan?)
Afghanistan
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| About $500,000 in illegal campaign funds helped the defense of the men arrested for this June 17, 1972 crime |
Watergate
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| Charles Bulfinch was appointed its architect in 1817 & added the rotunda & West Central Portico |
the Capitol
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| She earned a 1955 Oscar nomination for acting in "Pete Kelly's Blues" 3 years before she gave us "Fever" |
Peggy Lee
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| In North Africa Rommel was the Desert Fox & the British troops were the Desert these |
Rats
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| Coeur a la creme is a chilled dessert molded in this shape & served with berries or other fresh fruit |
heart
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Sind, Punjab, Baluchistan |
(Sandy: What is India?)
Pakistan
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| While holding this office in Lincoln's cabinet, Montgomery Blair created the idea of money orders |
(Helene: What is Secretary of the Treasury?)
Postmaster General
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| Originally a small house or pavilion on the grounds of a larger house, now it's a place to gamble |
a casino
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| This singer & jazz pianist gave us the creeps as a maniacal murderer in the 1995 thriller "Copycat" |
Harry Connick, Jr.
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| Apparel term given to the armed gangs of Mussolini followers |
the Blackshirts
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| Kulich is a cylindrical Russian cake traditionally served on this holiday |
Easter
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Lomza, Lublin, Bialystok |
Poland
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