Game #168: Middle Name Game

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franktangredi · #1 Post by **franktangredi** » Mon Jun 05, 2017 8:06 am

Game #168: Middle Name Game

Identify the 100 people in the clues below. Match them into 52 pairs according to a Tangredi, or principle you must discover for yourself. Then, match each pair with one of the Associated Words. Four of the names will be used twice, each in two different capacities.

There will definitely be alternative answers, but only one solution will allow you to use all 100 names.

1. Pope Pius VII gave his blessing to this emperor’s coronation; five years later, he took the Pope prisoner.

2. She was the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and was ranked #1 by Rolling Stone on their list of the Greatest Singers of All Time.

3. The first non-European to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, he also received a knighthood – which he renounced after the Amritsar Massacre.

4. A character in my play Galatea (plug) describes one of this painter’s works as follows: “Okay, let me tell you what I’m looking at here. We’ve got two people, buck naked, dancing back to back, with their heads up an owl’s ass! I mean, we’re not exactly talking The Last Supper.”

5. Speaking of firsts – as we were way back in Questions 2 and 3 – he was the first Canadian to win a Cy Young Award and to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

6. Though his scientific reputation has suffered due to his lifelong resistance to Darwin’s theory of evolution, this naturalist is still highly regarded for his contributions to ichthyology as well as for propounding the idea that the Earth had been subject to an Ice Age.

7. DJMQ:
In 1940, this Kiwi prima ballerina set a world’s record by performing 121 fouettes. (She said she stopped because she got bored.)
Another DJMQ appears at #70.

8. In 1800, this blacksmith was hanged for planning a massive slave insurrection; more than 200 years later, the city of Richmond passed a resolution in his honor and Governor Tim Kaine granted him a posthumous pardon.

9. In 1600, this Italian friar, philosopher, and cosmologist was burned at the stake for such heresies as denying the Trinity, denying the divinity of Christ, and denying the virginity of Mary – not to mention his support of the heliocentric theory. (He’s still waiting for his posthumous pardon from Tim Kaine.)

10. In the 1970s, she received two Emmy nominations for her role on a popular sitcom, but her most memorable appearance in that role came more than a decade later on the final episode of a totally different sitcom.

11. In an 1890 article, this future Supreme Court Justice first articulated of the legal concept of the right to privacy.

12. This American psychologist pioneered the use of puzzle boxes to test the ability of animals to learn.

13. From 1923 to 1952, this North Carolina insurance executive served as president of what was at the time the largest African American-owned business in the United States.

14. This author’s 1823 novel about the beleaguered lovers Renzo and Lucia is often considered the greatest novel written in Italian.

15. As the result of an eye injury, this defensive end for the Minnesota Vikings became the first NFL player to wear a helmet shield visor.

16. Regarding one of their biggest hits, the former girlfriend of this singer-songwriter has said that she asked him to remove a lyric accusing her of “shacking up” with other men – and that she felt like killing him every time they got to that lyric in concert.

17. This English surgeon is best remembered for his 1817 “Essay on the Shaking Palsy.”

18. This captain of the guard ends up sealed alive in a tomb – but at least he gets to sing a final duet with the woman he loves.

19. His 1488 voyage around the southern tip of Africa paved the way for the later expeditions of Vasco da Gama.

20. As first president of the United Synagogues of America, this rabbi became the father of American Conservative Judaism.

21. This entertainer died at the age of 73 as the result of a 121-foot fall – which is probably just the way he would have wanted it.

22. He served as the only governor of Illinois when it was a territory and the third governor of Illinois when it was a state.

23. In 1965, he made his La Scala debut as Rodolfo in La Boheme; three years later, he made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in the same role.

24. Speaking of operas, two related plays by this French man of letters were adapted into comic operas that are still performed today.

25. A former Miss Universe, this supermodel was dubbed one of the “Magnificent Seven” – along with Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista, Elle Macpherson, Claudia Schiffer, and Christy Turlington –in a 1996 article in New York Times.

26. Renowned for his defensive skills, this Argentinian boxer held the world light welterweight title from December 1968 to March 1972.

27. Paralyzed in a diving accident at the age of twenty-two, this political commentator went on to earn both a medical degree and a Pulitzer Prize.

28. This Internet entrepreneur co-founded Netflix and currently serves on the board of directors for Facebook.

29. This motivational speaker is much better known for his relationship with the woman to whom he became engaged in 1992. (They have since decided that a “spiritual union” suits them far better than marriage.)

30. Though he also made contributions to mathematics, optics and fluid dynamics, this scientist is best known for a 1643 invention that revolutionized the field of meteorology.

31. This German archaeologist made a name for himself with his study of the Mycenean pottery found on the island of Aegina; his son made a name for himself as an opera conductor.

32. This actor played one of two brothers on a television series that ran from 1981 to 1989 and the stepfather of three sisters on a television series that ran from 1989 to 1993.

33. RIH: He committed suicide after serving a single day as titular Chancellor of Germany.

34. This Greek philosopher was head of the Neoplatonic school at Alexandria when she was murdered by a mob of Christian zealots.

35. Speaking of French writers – as we were back in Question #24 – this dramatist had his greatest success with a 1636 tragicomedy about a medieval Spanish hero.

36. This Chilean architect won the prestigious Pritzker Prize in 2016. (Try saying “prestigious Pritzker Prize” three times fast.)

37. He starts out fighting the hero. Then, he becomes the hero’s best friend and companion in adventure. Then, he tragically dies. While this could description could fit many characters in literature and film over the ages, he got there first – and was certainly the hairiest of them all.

38. This Australian swimmer helped popularize both synchronized swimming and the one-piece bathing suit, but her three attempts to swim the English Channel ended in failure.

39. This Philadelphia-born musician hit Number One in 1983 with a song from the soundtrack of a movie set in a different Pennsylvania city.

40. Her column first appeared in 1959. By 1963, she was syndicated in over 600 newspapers and her book was in the Top Ten. The franchise is currently being carried on by her daughter. (Need any more hints?)

41. The Alien Registration Act of 1940 was specifically worded so that the federal government could deport this Australian-born labor leader. It didn’t work.

42. In 1926, when this Romanian sculptor sent his statue of a bird to a New York exhibit, customs officials refused to classify it as a tax-exempt work of art because it didn’t look like a bird; it took a federal court to rule that the legal definition of “art” needed some adjustment.

43. This California-born molecular biologist was a co-winner of the Nobel Prize for her work with the enzyme telomerase.

44. The Jewish Theatre in Warsaw is named in honor of this actress, who at the age of 67 received an Oscar nomination for her role in a Czechoslovakian film.

45. Perhaps his most significant act as president of Mexico was the nationalization of the oil industry.

46. In 2008, she became the first American woman to receive the rank of four-star general.

47. Works by this American poet include The Book of the Dead, a collection inspired by the deaths of hundreds of miners from silicosis, and “To Be a Jew in the Twentieth Century,” which was selected for inclusion in the prayer book of the American Reform movement.

48. This journalist once related how she found a toenail in her hamburger, which caused her to rush to the bathroom, where she saw Princess Lee Radziwill with a piece of toilet paper hanging off her shoe. (Which just goes to show you….)

49. Speaking of Nobel laureates – as we were in questions #3 and #43 – this physicist was the first to describe and measure nuclear magnetic resonance.

50. Selected as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History, he played his entire 16-year career as a center and power forward with the Nationals/76ers.

51. Time magazine named this Australian singer-songwriter, who is openly gay, one of the “25 Most Influential Teens of 2014.”

52. Last month, this former Florida representative was convicted of 18 federal fraud charges in relation to a charity she supported (and apparently milked.)

53. In an influential 1781 book, this German philosopher drew an important distinction between knowledge gained from experience (a posteriori knowledge) – and knowledge gained independently of experience (a priori knowledge.)

54. Opponents of this Guatemalan activist called on the Nobel Committee to revoke her Peace Prize based on alleged falsifications in her autobiography. The Nobel Committee was not persuaded.

55. This character actor’s best-known film roles were as Alicia Silverstone’s father and Frances McDormand’s husband.

56. She was the third presidential spouse – and the second in a row – to die before her husband took office.

57. The title of this American poet’s most famous work was derived from the Greek for “meditation on death.”

58. In an influential 1893 essay, this American history propounded the “frontier thesis,” which held that American democracy was primarily the product of westward expansion.

59. This singer advanced to seventh place on a popular television talent competition despite the utter disdain of the head judge – who swore he’d quit if the singer in question won.

60. One of the most important figures in the history of advertising, he created the figure of Betty Crocker – and declared Jesus Christ to be the “Founder of Modern Business.”

61. This cable news anchor caused quite a kerfuffle due to her poor choice of words in describing a shooter who attacked police. Very, very poor.

62. Speaking of people who were executed – as we were back in questions #8 and #9 – this young nobleman was hanged, castrated, disemboweled, drawn and quartered for organizing a “hunting party” that was actually a cover for the Gunpowder Plot.

63. As of June 3, this Mets pitcher has 2017 record of 2-0 and a lifetime record of 22-11.

64. This warrior was the founder and first shogun of the Kamakura dynasty.

65. In the 1760s, this English astronomer took some time off from observing the transit of Venus to do a little surveying job.

66. This actress became known in the 1970s due to her roles in a George Lucas film and a popular sitcom; more recently, she caused a stir due to some disturbing revelations she made about her famous father.

67. One of the Apostolic Fathers of the early Christian church, this Bishop of Antioch was the first known theologian to use the term “trinity.” (He also may have been thrown to the lions in the Coliseum.)

68. This British-Chinese writer is best remembered for a series of books published between 1928 and 1963 featuring a charming, Robin Hood-like rogue who was played on television by an actor who died earlier this year before I put this puzzle together so don’t blame me!

69. Having a husband with lung cancer and a son with cerebral palsy turned out to be just the beginning of her problems.

70. DJMQ:
At 19, this master of tap became the youngest choreographer ever to receive a grant from the NEA; four years later, he picked up a Tony award to go with it.

71. As one of the “Big Four,” this robber baron co-founded and oversaw construction of the Central Pacific Railroad.

72. This Canadian artist achieved a permanent place in comic book history as a result of the superhero he introduced in June 1938.

73. She scored more Top Ten hits on the Billboard pop charts than any other female singer, but Mariah Carey surpassed her record for the most #1 hits.

74. Speaking of Nobel laureates – as we were in questions #3, #43, and #49 – this endocrinologist fled from the invading Nazis in the company of the president of Poland; four decades later, he shared a Nobel Prize for his work with neurohormones.

75. This American tennis player is currently ranked #117 in women’s singles – and #1 in women’s doubles.

76. At the age of 20, this actress became the first Asian woman to win a Tony award.

77. This monarch was also a noted composer of songs, the most famous of which opens with the lines “Haʻaheo e ka ua i nā pali/ Ke nihi aʻela i ka nahele/ E hahai (uhai) ana paha i ka liko/ Pua ʻāhihi lehua o uka.”

78. The most famous work of this Indiana novelist revolves around a couple who were modeled after the grandparents she shared with Richard Nixon.

79. As captain of the flagship Olympia, this naval officer obeyed a famous command.

80. Along with Robert Hutchins, this American philosopher and educator developed the Great Books of the Western World program.

81. In 1971, this celebrity chef – who at the age of nine had escaped with her family from the Tito regime – opened the first of her successful Italian restaurants in Queens in 1971.

82. In 1939, this jazz composer and pianist wrote what became the signature tune of the Duke Ellington Orchestra.

83. The famous nickname of this longtime Genovese crime boss derived from his mother’s Italian pronunciation of his given name.

84. He was the last of the original seven Mercury astronauts to make it into space.

85. In 1869, this Russian chemist published something that you will find in every chemistry text. Every single one.

86. He is the only diver to have won gold medals in three consecutive Olympiads.

87. The year that he won the first of his two Oscars for Best Director, he also directed the year’s highest grossing movie. (Yes, we’re talking about two different films.)

88. This former barrister was the longest serving British prime minister of the 20th century.

89. In 1865, he became partner in a drygoods firm on State Street, which he would later expand into the largest wholesale and retail drygoods business in the world.

90. Speaking of statues being exhibited overseas – as we were back in Question #42 – this American sculptor achieved an international reputation when his marble statue of a naked woman in chains was shown at London’s Great Exhibition in 1851.

91. This economist is best known for propounding the principle – which bears his name – that roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes.

92. Speaking of French writers – as we were back in Questions #24 and #35 – this major Renaissance figure is best known for recounting the satirical, philosophical, and scatological adventures of two giants. (Many of us, however, first heard his name in song, sandwiched between two other writers who shocked the prudish.)

93. Window-smashing, arson, and hunger strikes were among the tactics advocated by this suffragist, later named by Time magazine as one of 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century. (Many of us, however, first heard her name in song, celebrating one of her many arrests.)

94. Though this minister is best remembered today for his defense of the use of spectral evidence in a famous legal procedure, he was also an early advocate of smallpox inoculation

95. He became as good a friend, as good a master, and as good a man, as the good old city knew, or any other good old city, town, or borough, in the good old world.

96. This chemist committed suicide by drinking a cocktail of lemon juice and potassium suicide, never to know how his most important invention would change the world.

97. Though only 33 years old, this actress has appeared in more than 40 films – under such directors as the Coen brothers, Woody Allen, Rob Reiner, Robert Redford, Brian Da Palma, Cameron Crowe, and Christopher Nolan – and won a Tony award for her work in a revival of an Arthur Miller play.

98. This German Romantic composer and pianist is almost as well known for his lush beard and his passion for cigars as for his many orchestral, chamber, piano, and vocal pieces.

99. In 1985, Time magazine printed a cover story on this athlete and Larry Bird, suggesting that each of them was the greatest player in the history of his respective sport.

100. Speaking of Time magazine: Every U.S. President since 1932 (except Gerald Ford) has been named Man of the Year at least once, but this was the only President to be named Man of the Year even before he was elected President.

ASSOCIATED WORDS
D
Venus
Atlas
Maryland
Utah
Vermont
Detroit
Houston
Chicago
Australia
Scotland
Russians
Communist
Heretic
Vampire
Giant
Cowboy
Viking
Tiger
Bear
Squirrel
Horse
Python
Crow
Spiderman
Superman
Muhammad
Nana
Hazel
Rudy
Rosemary
Sheppard
MacArthur
Reilly
Stone
Brooks
Garcia
Jones
Freud
Fraud
Friday
NFL
WWF
World Cup
Security
Surrealism
Hip Hop
Talk Show
Game Show
Drag
Gown
Shoes

mellytu74 · #2 Post by **mellytu74** » Mon Jun 05, 2017 8:27 am

Right on it!

jarnon · #3 Post by **jarnon** » Mon Jun 05, 2017 9:23 am

To hell with middle names ... I don't know most of their first names!

10. In the 1970s, she received two Emmy nominations for her role on a popular sitcom, but her most memorable appearance in that role came more than a decade later on the final episode of a totally different sitcom.
Suzanne Pleshette

11. In an 1890 article, this future Supreme Court Justice first articulated of the legal concept of the right to privacy.
Brandeis

17. This English surgeon is best remembered for his 1817 “Essay on the Shaking Palsy.”
Parkinson

27. Paralyzed in a diving accident at the age of twenty-two, this political commentator went on to earn both a medical degree and a Pulitzer Prize.
Krauthammer

40. Her column first appeared in 1959. By 1963, she was syndicated in over 600 newspapers and her book was in the Top Ten. The franchise is currently being carried on by her daughter. (Need any more hints?)
Abigail Van Buren

65. In the 1760s, this English astronomer took some time off from observing the transit of Venus to do a little surveying job.
Mason

77. This monarch was also a noted composer of songs, the most famous of which opens with the lines “Haʻaheo e ka ua i nā pali/ Ke nihi aʻela i ka nahele/ E hahai (uhai) ana paha i ka liko/ Pua ʻāhihi lehua o uka.”
Liliʻuokalani

79. As captain of the flagship Olympia, this naval officer obeyed a famous command.
Gridley

85. In 1869, this Russian chemist published something that you will find in every chemistry text. Every single one.
Mendeleev

92. Speaking of French writers – as we were back in Questions #24 and #35 – this major Renaissance figure is best known for recounting the satirical, philosophical, and scatological adventures of two giants. (Many of us, however, first heard his name in song, sandwiched between two other writers who shocked the prudish.)
Rabelais

earendel · #4 Post by **earendel** » Mon Jun 05, 2017 9:28 am

franktangredi wrote:1. Pope Pius VII gave his blessing to this emperor’s coronation; five years later, he took the Pope prisoner.

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

franktangredi wrote:2. She was the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and was ranked #1 by Rolling Stone on their list of the Greatest Singers of All Time.

ARETHA FRANKLIN

franktangredi wrote:8. In 1800, this blacksmith was hanged for planning a massive slave insurrection; more than 200 years later, the city of Richmond passed a resolution in his honor and Governor Tim Kaine granted him a posthumous pardon.

JOHN BROWN? NAT TURNER?

franktangredi wrote:9. In 1600, this Italian friar, philosopher, and cosmologist was burned at the stake for such heresies as denying the Trinity, denying the divinity of Christ, and denying the virginity of Mary – not to mention his support of the heliocentric theory. (He’s still waiting for his posthumous pardon from Tim Kaine.)

GIORDANO BRUNO

franktangredi wrote:10. In the 1970s, she received two Emmy nominations for her role on a popular sitcom, but her most memorable appearance in that role came more than a decade later on the final episode of a totally different sitcom.

SUZANNE PLESCHETTE?

franktangredi wrote:12. This American psychologist pioneered the use of puzzle boxes to test the ability of animals to learn.

B.F. SKINNER

franktangredi wrote:17. This English surgeon is best remembered for his 1817 “Essay on the Shaking Palsy.”

JAMES PARKINSON

franktangredi wrote:19. His 1488 voyage around the southern tip of Africa paved the way for the later expeditions of Vasco da Gama.

BARTHOLOMEW DIAZ

franktangredi wrote:30. Though he also made contributions to mathematics, optics and fluid dynamics, this scientist is best known for a 1643 invention that revolutionized the field of meteorology.

GALILEO GALILEI

franktangredi wrote:33. RIH: He committed suicide after serving a single day as titular Chancellor of Germany.

HEINRICH HIMMLER?

franktangredi wrote:49. Speaking of Nobel laureates – as we were in questions #3 and #43 – this physicist was the first to describe and measure nuclear magnetic resonance.

ISADORE RABI

franktangredi wrote:53. In an influential 1781 book, this German philosopher drew an important distinction between knowledge gained from experience (a posteriori knowledge) – and knowledge gained independently of experience (a priori knowledge.)

IMMANUEL KANT?

franktangredi wrote:57. The title of this American poet’s most famous work was derived from the Greek for “meditation on death.”

WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT

franktangredi wrote:62. Speaking of people who were executed – as we were back in questions #8 and #9 – this young nobleman was hanged, castrated, disemboweled, drawn and quartered for organizing a “hunting party” that was actually a cover for the Gunpowder Plot.

GUY FAWKES

franktangredi wrote:67. One of the Apostolic Fathers of the early Christian church, this Bishop of Antioch was the first known theologian to use the term “trinity.” (He also may have been thrown to the lions in the Coliseum.)

THEOPHILUS OF ANTIOCH

franktangredi wrote:77. This monarch was also a noted composer of songs, the most famous of which opens with the lines “Haʻaheo e ka ua i nā pali/ Ke nihi aʻela i ka nahele/ E hahai (uhai) ana paha i ka liko/ Pua ʻāhihi lehua o uka.”

KING KAMEHAMEHA?

franktangredi wrote:84. He was the last of the original seven Mercury astronauts to make it into space.

DEKE SLAYTON

franktangredi wrote:85. In 1869, this Russian chemist published something that you will find in every chemistry text. Every single one.

DMITRI MENDELEYEV

franktangredi wrote:92. Speaking of French writers – as we were back in Questions #24 and #35 – this major Renaissance figure is best known for recounting the satirical, philosophical, and scatological adventures of two giants. (Many of us, however, first heard his name in song, sandwiched between two other writers who shocked the prudish.)

RABELAIS

franktangredi wrote:95. He became as good a friend, as good a master, and as good a man, as the good old city knew, or any other good old city, town, or borough, in the good old world.

EBENEZER SCROOGE

franktangredi wrote:96. This chemist committed suicide by drinking a cocktail of lemon juice and potassium suicide, never to know how his most important invention would change the world.

WALLACE CARROTHERS

mellytu74 · #5 Post by **mellytu74** » Mon Jun 05, 2017 9:41 am

FIRST PASS

Identify the 100 people in the clues below. Match them into 52 pairs according to a Tangredi, or principle you must discover for yourself. Then, match each pair with one of the Associated Words. Four of the names will be used twice, each in two different capacities.

2. She was the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and was ranked #1 by Rolling Stone on their list of the Greatest Singers of All Time.

ARETHA FRANKLIN

5. Speaking of firsts – as we were way back in Questions 2 and 3 – he was the first Canadian to win a Cy Young Award and to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

FERGUSON JENKINS

8. In 1800, this blacksmith was hanged for planning a massive slave insurrection; more than 200 years later, the city of Richmond passed a resolution in his honor and Governor Tim Kaine granted him a posthumous pardon.

GABRIEL PROSSER

9. In 1600, this Italian friar, philosopher, and cosmologist was burned at the stake for such heresies as denying the Trinity, denying the divinity of Christ, and denying the virginity of Mary – not to mention his support of the heliocentric theory. (He’s still waiting for his posthumous pardon from Tim Kaine.)

BRUNO?

10. In the 1970s, she received two Emmy nominations for her role on a popular sitcom, but her most memorable appearance in that role came more than a decade later on the final episode of a totally different sitcom.

SUZANNE PLESHETTE?

14. This author’s 1823 novel about the beleaguered lovers Renzo and Lucia is often considered the greatest novel written in Italian.

MANZINI

16. Regarding one of their biggest hits, the former girlfriend of this singer-songwriter has said that she asked him to remove a lyric accusing her of “shacking up” with other men – and that she felt like killing him every time they got to that lyric in concert.

LINDSAY BUCKINGHAM?

18. This captain of the guard ends up sealed alive in a tomb – but at least he gets to sing a final duet with the woman he loves.

some guy in Aida?

21. This entertainer died at the age of 73 as the result of a 121-foot fall – which is probably just the way he would have wanted it.

KARL WALLENDA

25. A former Miss Universe, this supermodel was dubbed one of the “Magnificent Seven” – along with Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista, Elle Macpherson, Claudia Schiffer, and Christy Turlington –in a 1996 article in New York Times.

HELENA CHRISTIENSEN?

26. Renowned for his defensive skills, this Argentinian boxer held the world light welterweight title from December 1968 to March 1972.

NICCOLINO LOCCHE??

32. This actor played one of two brothers on a television series that ran from 1981 to 1989 and the stepfather of three sisters on a television series that ran from 1989 to 1993.

GERALD MCRANEY (Simon and Major Dad)

38. This Australian swimmer helped popularize both synchronized swimming and the one-piece bathing suit, but her three attempts to swim the English Channel ended in failure.

ANNETTE KELLERMAN

39. This Philadelphia-born musician hit Number One in 1983 with a song from the soundtrack of a movie set in a different Pennsylvania city.

MICHAEL SEMBELLO (Maniac/Flashdance/Pittsburgh)

40. Her column first appeared in 1959. By 1963, she was syndicated in over 600 newspapers and her book was in the Top Ten. The franchise is currently being carried on by her daughter. (Need any more hints?)

ANN LANDERS OR ABIGAIL VAN BUREN

41. The Alien Registration Act of 1940 was specifically worded so that the federal government could deport this Australian-born labor leader. It didn’t work.

HARRY BRIDGES

44. The Jewish Theatre in Warsaw is named in honor of this actress, who at the age of 67 received an Oscar nomination for her role in a Czechoslovakian film.

IDA KAMINSKY?

50. Selected as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History, he played his entire 16-year career as a center and power forward with the Nationals/76ers.

DOLPH SCHAYES

52. Last month, this former Florida representative was convicted of 18 federal fraud charges in relation to a charity she supported (and apparently milked.)

CORRINE BROWN

55. This character actor’s best-known film roles were as Alicia Silverstone’s father and Frances McDormand’s husband.

DAN HEYADA

56. She was the third presidential spouse – and the second in a row – to die before her husband took office.

VAN BUREN’S WIFE (Jefferson, Rachel Jackson, her)

59. This singer advanced to seventh place on a popular television talent competition despite the utter disdain of the head judge – who swore he’d quit if the singer in question won.

SANJAYA …. That’s all I remember about him. First name and hair

60. One of the most important figures in the history of advertising, he created the figure of Betty Crocker – and declared Jesus Christ to be the “Founder of Modern Business.”

BRUCE BARTON

66. This actress became known in the 1970s due to her roles in a George Lucas film and a popular sitcom; more recently, she caused a stir due to some disturbing revelations she made about her famous father.

MACKENZIE PHILLIPS

71. As one of the “Big Four,” this robber baron co-founded and oversaw construction of the Central Pacific Railroad.

CHARLES CROCKER

75. This American tennis player is currently ranked #117 in women’s singles – and #1 in women’s doubles.

VENUS WILLIAMS?

78. The most famous work of this Indiana novelist revolves around a couple who were modeled after the grandparents she shared with Richard Nixon.

JESSAMYN WEST (this is fact I discovered from knowing people on this Bored)

81. In 1971, this celebrity chef – who at the age of nine had escaped with her family from the Tito regime – opened the first of her successful Italian restaurants in Queens in 1971.

LYDIA BASTIANICH

82. In 1939, this jazz composer and pianist wrote what became the signature tune of the Duke Ellington Orchestra.

BILLY STRAYHORN

83. The famous nickname of this longtime Genovese crime boss derived from his mother’s Italian pronunciation of his given name.

VINCENTE (CHIN) GIGANTE

84. He was the last of the original seven Mercury astronauts to make it into space.

DEKE SLAYTON

86. He is the only diver to have won gold medals in three consecutive Olympiads.

KLAUS DIBIASI

89. In 1865, he became partner in a drygoods firm on State Street, which he would later expand into the largest wholesale and retail drygoods business in the world.

MARSHALL FIELD

93. Window-smashing, arson, and hunger strikes were among the tactics advocated by this suffragist, later named by Time magazine as one of 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century. (Many of us, however, first heard her name in song, celebrating one of her many arrests.)

CARRIE NATION?

95. He became as good a friend, as good a master, and as good a man, as the good old city knew, or any other good old city, town, or borough, in the good old world.

EBENEZER SCROOGE

96. This chemist committed suicide by drinking a cocktail of lemon juice and potassium suicide, never to know how his most important invention would change the world.

WALLACE CARROTHERS (SP)

97. Though only 33 years old, this actress has appeared in more than 40 films – under such directors as the Coen brothers, Woody Allen, Rob Reiner, Robert Redford, Brian Da Palma, Cameron Crowe, and Christopher Nolan – and won a Tony award for her work in a revival of an Arthur Miller play.

SCARLETT JOHANSSON (SP)

99. In 1985, Time magazine printed a cover story on this athlete and Larry Bird, suggesting that each of them was the greatest player in the history of his respective sport.

WAYNE GRETZKY

100. Speaking of Time magazine: Every U.S. President since 1932 (except Gerald Ford) has been named Man of the Year at least once, but this was the only President to be named Man of the Year even before he was elected President.

I am wagering on the ETO for this – DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

silvercamaro · #6 Post by **silvercamaro** » Mon Jun 05, 2017 10:08 am

franktangredi wrote:Game #168: Middle Name Game

Identify the 100 people in the clues below. Match them into 52 pairs according to a Tangredi, or principle you must discover for yourself. Then, match each pair with one of the Associated Words. Four of the names will be used twice, each in two different capacities.

70. DJMQ:
At 19, this master of tap became the youngest choreographer ever to receive a grant from the NEA; four years later, he picked up a Tony award to go with it.

SAVION GLOVER (associated word might be "shoes", or not.)

I saw him perform at the Vail Dance Festival umpteen years ago. He was incredible, and he may have had the greatest conditioning of any dancer-athlete I've ever seen.

silverscreenselect · #7 Post by **silverscreenselect** » Mon Jun 05, 2017 10:13 am

franktangredi wrote:Game #168: Middle Name Game

Identify the 100 people in the clues below. Match them into 52 pairs according to a Tangredi, or principle you must discover for yourself. Then, match each pair with one of the Associated Words. Four of the names will be used twice, each in two different capacities.

There will definitely be alternative answers, but only one solution will allow you to use all 100 names.

6. Though his scientific reputation has suffered due to his lifelong resistance to Darwin’s theory of evolution, this naturalist is still highly regarded for his contributions to ichthyology as well as for propounding the idea that the Earth had been subject to an Ice Age.

LOUIS AGASSIZ

10. In the 1970s, she received two Emmy nominations for her role on a popular sitcom, but her most memorable appearance in that role came more than a decade later on the final episode of a totally different sitcom.

SUZANNE PLESHETTE

11. In an 1890 article, this future Supreme Court Justice first articulated of the legal concept of the right to privacy.

LOUIS BRANDEIS

18. This captain of the guard ends up sealed alive in a tomb – but at least he gets to sing a final duet with the woman he loves.

RADAMES

21. This entertainer died at the age of 73 as the result of a 121-foot fall – which is probably just the way he would have wanted it.

KARL WALLENDA

33. RIH: He committed suicide after serving a single day as titular Chancellor of Germany.

Is this HITLER?

40. Her column first appeared in 1959. By 1963, she was syndicated in over 600 newspapers and her book was in the Top Ten. The franchise is currently being carried on by her daughter. (Need any more hints?)

HELOISE

68. This British-Chinese writer is best remembered for a series of books published between 1928 and 1963 featuring a charming, Robin Hood-like rogue who was played on television by an actor who died earlier this year before I put this puzzle together so don’t blame me!

LESLIE CHARTERIS

79. As captain of the flagship Olympia, this naval officer obeyed a famous command.

GRIDLEY?

84. He was the last of the original seven Mercury astronauts to make it into space.

DEKE SLAYTON

85. In 1869, this Russian chemist published something that you will find in every chemistry text. Every single one.

MENDELEV

87. The year that he won the first of his two Oscars for Best Director, he also directed the year’s highest grossing movie. (Yes, we’re talking about two different films.)

STEVEN SPIELBERG

99. In 1985, Time magazine printed a cover story on this athlete and Larry Bird, suggesting that each of them was the greatest player in the history of his respective sport.

WAYNE GRETZKY

100. Speaking of Time magazine: Every U.S. President since 1932 (except Gerald Ford) has been named Man of the Year at least once, but this was the only President to be named Man of the Year even before he was elected President.

EISENHOWER

#8 Post by **littlebeast13** » Mon Jun 05, 2017 10:43 am

1. Pope Pius VII gave his blessing to this emperor’s coronation; five years later, he took the Pope prisoner. - Charlemagne?

2. She was the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and was ranked #1 by Rolling Stone on their list of the Greatest Singers of All Time. - Aretha Franklin

5. Speaking of firsts – as we were way back in Questions 2 and 3 – he was the first Canadian to win a Cy Young Award and to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. - Ferguson Jenkins

10. In the 1970s, she received two Emmy nominations for her role on a popular sitcom, but her most memorable appearance in that role came more than a decade later on the final episode of a totally different sitcom. - Suzanne Pleshette

16. Regarding one of their biggest hits, the former girlfriend of this singer-songwriter has said that she asked him to remove a lyric accusing her of “shacking up” with other men – and that she felt like killing him every time they got to that lyric in concert. - Lindsey Buckingham

35. Speaking of French writers – as we were back in Question #24 – this dramatist had his greatest success with a 1636 tragicomedy about a medieval Spanish hero. - Cervantes?

39. This Philadelphia-born musician hit Number One in 1983 with a song from the soundtrack of a movie set in a different Pennsylvania city. - Michael Sembello

40. Her column first appeared in 1959. By 1963, she was syndicated in over 600 newspapers and her book was in the Top Ten. The franchise is currently being carried on by her daughter. (Need any more hints?) - Abigail Van Buren

51. Time magazine named this Australian singer-songwriter, who is openly gay, one of the “25 Most Influential Teens of 2014.” - Sam Smith?

59. This singer advanced to seventh place on a popular television talent competition despite the utter disdain of the head judge – who swore he’d quit if the singer in question won. - Sanjaya (Can't remember his last name)

63. As of June 3, this Mets pitcher has 2017 record of 2-0 and a lifetime record of 22-11. - Ummmmmm.... Jacob deGrom?

66. This actress became known in the 1970s due to her roles in a George Lucas film and a popular sitcom; more recently, she caused a stir due to some disturbing revelations she made about her famous father. - Carrie Fisher?

73. She scored more Top Ten hits on the Billboard pop charts than any other female singer, but Mariah Carey surpassed her record for the most #1 hits. - Madonna

91. This economist is best known for propounding the principle – which bears his name – that roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. - Pareto?

kerryoakie · #9 Post by **kerryoakie** » Mon Jun 05, 2017 10:55 am

81. In 1971, this celebrity chef – who at the age of nine had escaped with her family from the Tito regime – opened the first of her successful Italian restaurants in Queens in 1971.

LIDIA BASTIANICH

silverscreenselect · #10 Post by **silverscreenselect** » Mon Jun 05, 2017 11:36 am

franktangredi wrote: 42. In 1926, when this Romanian sculptor sent his statue of a bird to a New York exhibit, customs officials refused to classify it as a tax-exempt work of art because it didn’t look like a bird; it took a federal court to rule that the legal definition of “art” needed some adjustment.

BRANCUSI

kroxquo · #11 Post by **kroxquo** » Mon Jun 05, 2017 12:00 pm

There will definitely be alternative answers, but only one solution will allow you to use all 100 names.

2. She was the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and was ranked #1 by Rolling Stone on their list of the Greatest Singers of All Time.

Patsy Cline?

5. Speaking of firsts – as we were way back in Questions 2 and 3 – he was the first Canadian to win a Cy Young Award and to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Ferguson Jenkins

8. In 1800, this blacksmith was hanged for planning a massive slave insurrection; more than 200 years later, the city of Richmond passed a resolution in his honor and Governor Tim Kaine granted him a posthumous pardon.

Nat Turner?

10. In the 1970s, she received two Emmy nominations for her role on a popular sitcom, but her most memorable appearance in that role came more than a decade later on the final episode of a totally different sitcom.

Suzanne Pleshette

11. In an 1890 article, this future Supreme Court Justice first articulated of the legal concept of the right to privacy.

12. This American psychologist pioneered the use of puzzle boxes to test the ability of animals to learn.

B.F. Skinner?

16. Regarding one of their biggest hits, the former girlfriend of this singer-songwriter has said that she asked him to remove a lyric accusing her of “shacking up” with other men – and that she felt like killing him every time they got to that lyric in concert.

Lindsey Buckingham

17. This English surgeon is best remembered for his 1817 “Essay on the Shaking Palsy.”

Parkinson?

19. His 1488 voyage around the southern tip of Africa paved the way for the later expeditions of Vasco da Gama.

Bartholomew Dias

21. This entertainer died at the age of 73 as the result of a 121-foot fall – which is probably just the way he would have wanted it.

Karl Wallenda

39. This Philadelphia-born musician hit Number One in 1983 with a song from the soundtrack of a movie set in a different Pennsylvania city.

Michael Sembello

40. Her column first appeared in 1959. By 1963, she was syndicated in over 600 newspapers and her book was in the Top Ten. The franchise is currently being carried on by her daughter. (Need any more hints?)

Heloise somebody

53. In an influential 1781 book, this German philosopher drew an important distinction between knowledge gained from experience (a posteriori knowledge) – and knowledge gained independently of experience (a priori knowledge.)

54. Opponents of this Guatemalan activist called on the Nobel Committee to revoke her Peace Prize based on alleged falsifications in her autobiography. The Nobel Committee was not persuaded.

55. This character actor’s best-known film roles were as Alicia Silverstone’s father and Frances McDormand’s husband.

John Carroll Lynch?

56. She was the third presidential spouse – and the second in a row – to die before her husband took office.

Mrs. Pierce

58. In an influential 1893 essay, this American history propounded the “frontier thesis,” which held that American democracy was primarily the product of westward expansion.

Frederick Jackson Turner

65. In the 1760s, this English astronomer took some time off from observing the transit of Venus to do a little surveying job.

Mason or Dixon?

66. This actress became known in the 1970s due to her roles in a George Lucas film and a popular sitcom; more recently, she caused a stir due to some disturbing revelations she made about her famous father.

Mackenzie Phillips

70. DJMQ:
At 19, this master of tap became the youngest choreographer ever to receive a grant from the NEA; four years later, he picked up a Tony award to go with it.

Gregory Hines?

73. She scored more Top Ten hits on the Billboard pop charts than any other female singer, but Mariah Carey surpassed her record for the most #1 hits.

Madonna?

77. This monarch was also a noted composer of songs, the most famous of which opens with the lines “Haʻaheo e ka ua i nā pali/ Ke nihi aʻela i ka nahele/ E hahai (uhai) ana paha i ka liko/ Pua ʻāhihi lehua o uka.”

Queen Lili......... Queen Lil for short

79. As captain of the flagship Olympia, this naval officer obeyed a famous command.

Gridley

84. He was the last of the original seven Mercury astronauts to make it into space.

Gordon Cooper. Technically Deke Slayton never made it at all.

85. In 1869, this Russian chemist published something that you will find in every chemistry text. Every single one.

Mendeleev

86. He is the only diver to have won gold medals in three consecutive Olympiads.

Greg Louganis

87. The year that he won the first of his two Oscars for Best Director, he also directed the year’s highest grossing movie. (Yes, we’re talking about two different films.)

Steven Spielberg

94. Though this minister is best remembered today for his defense of the use of spectral evidence in a famous legal procedure, he was also an early advocate of smallpox inoculation

Cotton Mather

95. He became as good a friend, as good a master, and as good a man, as the good old city knew, or any other good old city, town, or borough, in the good old world.

Ebenezer Scrooge - plug - I am directing our community theatre's production of A Christmas Carol this year, if anyone finds themselves in Goldsboro NC the first weekend of December

99. In 1985, Time magazine printed a cover story on this athlete and Larry Bird, suggesting that each of them was the greatest player in the history of his respective sport.

Wayne Gretzky

100. Speaking of Time magazine: Every U.S. President since 1932 (except Gerald Ford) has been named Man of the Year at least once, but this was the only President to be named Man of the Year even before he was elected President.

Eisenhower?

plasticene · #12 Post by **plasticene** » Mon Jun 05, 2017 12:08 pm

6. Though his scientific reputation has suffered due to his lifelong resistance to Darwin’s theory of evolution, this naturalist is still highly regarded for his contributions to ichthyology as well as for propounding the idea that the Earth had been subject to an Ice Age.

LAMARCK?

8. In 1800, this blacksmith was hanged for planning a massive slave insurrection; more than 200 years later, the city of Richmond passed a resolution in his honor and Governor Tim Kaine granted him a posthumous pardon.

NAT TURNER

19. His 1488 voyage around the southern tip of Africa paved the way for the later expeditions of Vasco da Gama.

KING HENRY THE NAVIGATOR?

23. In 1965, he made his La Scala debut as Rodolfo in La Boheme; three years later, he made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in the same role.

LUCIANO PAVAROTTI

24. Speaking of operas, two related plays by this French man of letters were adapted into comic operas that are still performed today.

BEAUMARCHAIS (Marriage of Figaro and Barber of Seville)

30. Though he also made contributions to mathematics, optics and fluid dynamics, this scientist is best known for a 1643 invention that revolutionized the field of meteorology.

BLAISE PASCAL?

32. This actor played one of two brothers on a television series that ran from 1981 to 1989 and the stepfather of three sisters on a television series that ran from 1989 to 1993.

PATRICK DUFFY?

48. This journalist once related how she found a toenail in her hamburger, which caused her to rush to the bathroom, where she saw Princess Lee Radziwill with a piece of toilet paper hanging off her shoe. (Which just goes to show you….)

ROSEANNE ROSEANNADANNA

mrkelley23 · #13 Post by **mrkelley23** » Tue Jun 06, 2017 10:07 am

Taking a brief break from a horrid doctoral class assignment...

franktangredi wrote:Game #168: Middle Name Game

Identify the 100 people in the clues below. Match them into 52 pairs according to a Tangredi, or principle you must discover for yourself. Then, match each pair with one of the Associated Words. Four of the names will be used twice, each in two different capacities.

There will definitely be alternative answers, but only one solution will allow you to use all 100 names.

1. Pope Pius VII gave his blessing to this emperor’s coronation; five years later, he took the Pope prisoner.

Napoleon?

2. She was the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and was ranked #1 by Rolling Stone on their list of the Greatest Singers of All Time.

Gotta be Aretha Franklin

9. In 1600, this Italian friar, philosopher, and cosmologist was burned at the stake for such heresies as denying the Trinity, denying the divinity of Christ, and denying the virginity of Mary – not to mention his support of the heliocentric theory. (He’s still waiting for his posthumous pardon from Tim Kaine.)

Giordano Bruno

10. In the 1970s, she received two Emmy nominations for her role on a popular sitcom, but her most memorable appearance in that role came more than a decade later on the final episode of a totally different sitcom.

Suzanne Pleshette

12. This American psychologist pioneered the use of puzzle boxes to test the ability of animals to learn.

B.F. Skinner

15. As the result of an eye injury, this defensive end for the Minnesota Vikings became the first NFL player to wear a helmet shield visor.

Alan Page??

16. Regarding one of their biggest hits, the former girlfriend of this singer-songwriter has said that she asked him to remove a lyric accusing her of “shacking up” with other men – and that she felt like killing him every time they got to that lyric in concert.

Got to be Fleetwood Mac's Go Your Own Way, which means it's probably Lindsey Buckingham

17. This English surgeon is best remembered for his 1817 “Essay on the Shaking Palsy.”

Parkinson?

21. This entertainer died at the age of 73 as the result of a 121-foot fall – which is probably just the way he would have wanted it.

One of the Flying Wallendas?

24. Speaking of operas, two related plays by this French man of letters were adapted into comic operas that are still performed today.

Voltaire?

25. A former Miss Universe, this supermodel was dubbed one of the “Magnificent Seven” – along with Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista, Elle Macpherson, Claudia Schiffer, and Christy Turlington –in a 1996 article in New York Times.

Kathy Ireland?

30. Though he also made contributions to mathematics, optics and fluid dynamics, this scientist is best known for a 1643 invention that revolutionized the field of meteorology.

E-something Torricelli -- barometer

32. This actor played one of two brothers on a television series that ran from 1981 to 1989 and the stepfather of three sisters on a television series that ran from 1989 to 1993.

Simon/Simon Major Dad guy. Gerald something?

37. He starts out fighting the hero. Then, he becomes the hero’s best friend and companion in adventure. Then, he tragically dies. While this could description could fit many characters in literature and film over the ages, he got there first – and was certainly the hairiest of them all.

Enkidu?

39. This Philadelphia-born musician hit Number One in 1983 with a song from the soundtrack of a movie set in a different Pennsylvania city.

Michael Sembello

40. Her column first appeared in 1959. By 1963, she was syndicated in over 600 newspapers and her book was in the Top Ten. The franchise is currently being carried on by her daughter. (Need any more hints?)

Heloise

41. The Alien Registration Act of 1940 was specifically worded so that the federal government could deport this Australian-born labor leader. It didn’t work.

Joe Hill? Think I"ve got my decades wrong. Maybe even centuries.

48. This journalist once related how she found a toenail in her hamburger, which caused her to rush to the bathroom, where she saw Princess Lee Radziwill with a piece of toilet paper hanging off her shoe. (Which just goes to show you….)

Roseann Roseannadanna. Journalist lol

49. Speaking of Nobel laureates – as we were in questions #3 and #43 – this physicist was the first to describe and measure nuclear magnetic resonance.

Stern? Gerlach? Think it's one of those two.

53. In an influential 1781 book, this German philosopher drew an important distinction between knowledge gained from experience (a posteriori knowledge) – and knowledge gained independently of experience (a priori knowledge.)

Immanuel Kant

56. She was the third presidential spouse – and the second in a row – to die before her husband took office.

Wow. Did not know this nugget, but it must be Van Buren's wife, since Jefferson and Jackson were the first two

58. In an influential 1893 essay, this American history propounded the “frontier thesis,” which held that American democracy was primarily the product of westward expansion.

Frederick Jackson Turner

65. In the 1760s, this English astronomer took some time off from observing the transit of Venus to do a little surveying job.

Mason or Dixon

66. This actress became known in the 1970s due to her roles in a George Lucas film and a popular sitcom; more recently, she caused a stir due to some disturbing revelations she made about her famous father.

McKenzie Phillips

68. This British-Chinese writer is best remembered for a series of books published between 1928 and 1963 featuring a charming, Robin Hood-like rogue who was played on television by an actor who died earlier this year before I put this puzzle together so don’t blame me!

Leslie Charteris?

69. Having a husband with lung cancer and a son with cerebral palsy turned out to be just the beginning of her problems.

The wife on Breaking Bad

70. DJMQ:
At 19, this master of tap became the youngest choreographer ever to receive a grant from the NEA; four years later, he picked up a Tony award to go with it.

Savion Glover

73. She scored more Top Ten hits on the Billboard pop charts than any other female singer, but Mariah Carey surpassed her record for the most #1 hits.

Diana Ross?

76. At the age of 20, this actress became the first Asian woman to win a Tony award.

77. This monarch was also a noted composer of songs, the most famous of which opens with the lines “Haʻaheo e ka ua i nā pali/ Ke nihi aʻela i ka nahele/ E hahai (uhai) ana paha i ka liko/ Pua ʻāhihi lehua o uka.”

King Kamehameha? I or II. or Queen Leolelakalani (Sp?)

78. The most famous work of this Indiana novelist revolves around a couple who were modeled after the grandparents she shared with Richard Nixon.

Jessamyn West is the novelist I know who would fit that timeline

80. Along with Robert Hutchins, this American philosopher and educator developed the Great Books of the Western World program.

Mortimer Adler

85. In 1869, this Russian chemist published something that you will find in every chemistry text. Every single one.

Dmitri Mendeleev

96. This chemist committed suicide by drinking a cocktail of lemon juice and potassium suicide, never to know how his most important invention would change the world.

Assume that's supposed to be potassium "cyanide." Remember the story, can't remember the guy's name. The lemon juice was to speed the reaction.

100. Speaking of Time magazine: Every U.S. President since 1932 (except Gerald Ford) has been named Man of the Year at least once, but this was the only President to be named Man of the Year even before he was elected President.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

ASSOCIATED WORDS
D
Venus
Atlas
Maryland
Utah
Vermont
Detroit
Houston
Chicago
Australia
Scotland
Russians
Communist
Heretic
Vampire
Giant
Cowboy
Viking
Tiger
Bear
Squirrel
Horse
Python
Crow
Spiderman
Superman
Muhammad
Nana
Hazel
Rudy
Rosemary
Sheppard
MacArthur
Reilly
Stone
Brooks
Garcia
Jones
Freud
Fraud
Friday
NFL
WWF
World Cup
Security
Surrealism
Hip Hop
Talk Show
Game Show
Drag
Gown
Shoes

mrkelley23 · #14 Post by **mrkelley23** » Tue Jun 06, 2017 10:15 am

So this would be really funny if it was it:

23. Karl WalLENda + 86. Kalus DiBIASi = Len Bias (Maryland)

silverscreenselect · #15 Post by **silverscreenselect** » Tue Jun 06, 2017 10:59 am

mrkelley23 wrote:So this would be really funny if it was it:

23. Karl WalLENda + 86. Kalus DiBIASi = Len Bias (Maryland)

You may be on to something here, but I think that the first name comes from the first name of one person and the last name from the last name of the other.

You can't shorten Adler to get any name I know of but Mortimer could yield Mort, just like Suzanne Pleshette could yield Anne or Ann. The four who appear twice are used for both their first and last names.

kerryoakie · #16 Post by **kerryoakie** » Tue Jun 06, 2017 12:00 pm

silverscreenselect wrote:
mrkelley23 wrote:So this would be really funny if it was it:

23. Karl WalLENda + 86. Kalus DiBIASi = Len Bias (Maryland)
You may be on to something here, but I think that the first name comes from the first name of one person and the last name from the last name of the other.

You can't shorten Adler to get any name I know of but Mortimer could yield Mort, just like Suzanne Pleshette could yield Anne or Ann. The four who appear twice are used for both their first and last names.

Perhaps like this?
81. lIDIa Bastianich + 44. Ida kAMINsky = IDI AMIN (Scotland)

jarnon · #17 Post by **jarnon** » Tue Jun 06, 2017 12:11 pm

Since we're starting to figure out the Tangredi, it's a good time for a consolidation.

Identify the 100 people in the clues below. Match them into 52 pairs according to a Tangredi, or principle you must discover for yourself. Then, match each pair with one of the Associated Words. Four of the names will be used twice, each in two different capacities.

There will definitely be alternative answers, but only one solution will allow you to use all 100 names.

1. Pope Pius VII gave his blessing to this emperor’s coronation; five years later, he took the Pope prisoner.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

2. She was the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and was ranked #1 by Rolling Stone on their list of the Greatest Singers of All Time.
ARETHA FRANKLIN

3. The first non-European to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, he also received a knighthood – which he renounced after the Amritsar Massacre.

4. A character in my play Galatea (plug) describes one of this painter’s works as follows: “Okay, let me tell you what I’m looking at here. We’ve got two people, buck naked, dancing back to back, with their heads up an owl’s ass! I mean, we’re not exactly talking The Last Supper.”

5. Speaking of firsts – as we were way back in Questions 2 and 3 – he was the first Canadian to win a Cy Young Award and to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
FERGUSON JENKINS

6. Though his scientific reputation has suffered due to his lifelong resistance to Darwin’s theory of evolution, this naturalist is still highly regarded for his contributions to ichthyology as well as for propounding the idea that the Earth had been subject to an Ice Age.
LOUIS AGASSIZ? LAMARCK?

7. DJMQ:
In 1940, this Kiwi prima ballerina set a world’s record by performing 121 fouettes. (She said she stopped because she got bored.)
Another DJMQ appears at #70.

8. In 1800, this blacksmith was hanged for planning a massive slave insurrection; more than 200 years later, the city of Richmond passed a resolution in his honor and Governor Tim Kaine granted him a posthumous pardon.
GABRIEL PROSSER

9. In 1600, this Italian friar, philosopher, and cosmologist was burned at the stake for such heresies as denying the Trinity, denying the divinity of Christ, and denying the virginity of Mary – not to mention his support of the heliocentric theory. (He’s still waiting for his posthumous pardon from Tim Kaine.)
GIORDANO BRUNO

10. In the 1970s, she received two Emmy nominations for her role on a popular sitcom, but her most memorable appearance in that role came more than a decade later on the final episode of a totally different sitcom.
SUZANNE PLESHETTE

11. In an 1890 article, this future Supreme Court Justice first articulated of the legal concept of the right to privacy.
LOUIS BRANDEIS

12. This American psychologist pioneered the use of puzzle boxes to test the ability of animals to learn.
B.F. SKINNER

13. From 1923 to 1952, this North Carolina insurance executive served as president of what was at the time the largest African American-owned business in the United States.

14. This author’s 1823 novel about the beleaguered lovers Renzo and Lucia is often considered the greatest novel written in Italian.
MANZINI

15. As the result of an eye injury, this defensive end for the Minnesota Vikings became the first NFL player to wear a helmet shield visor.
ALAN PAGE?

16. Regarding one of their biggest hits, the former girlfriend of this singer-songwriter has said that she asked him to remove a lyric accusing her of “shacking up” with other men – and that she felt like killing him every time they got to that lyric in concert.
LINDSAY BUCKINGHAM

17. This English surgeon is best remembered for his 1817 “Essay on the Shaking Palsy.”
JAMES PARKINSON

18. This captain of the guard ends up sealed alive in a tomb – but at least he gets to sing a final duet with the woman he loves.
RADAMES

19. His 1488 voyage around the southern tip of Africa paved the way for the later expeditions of Vasco da Gama.
BARTHOLOMEW DIAZ

20. As first president of the United Synagogues of America, this rabbi became the father of American Conservative Judaism.

21. This entertainer died at the age of 73 as the result of a 121-foot fall – which is probably just the way he would have wanted it.
KARL WALLENDA

22. He served as the only governor of Illinois when it was a territory and the third governor of Illinois when it was a state.

23. In 1965, he made his La Scala debut as Rodolfo in La Boheme; three years later, he made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in the same role.
LUCIANO PAVAROTTI

24. Speaking of operas, two related plays by this French man of letters were adapted into comic operas that are still performed today.
BEAUMARCHAIS

25. A former Miss Universe, this supermodel was dubbed one of the “Magnificent Seven” – along with Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista, Elle Macpherson, Claudia Schiffer, and Christy Turlington –in a 1996 article in New York Times.
HELENA CHRISTIENSEN? KATHY IRELAND?

26. Renowned for his defensive skills, this Argentinian boxer held the world light welterweight title from December 1968 to March 1972.
NICCOLINO LOCCHE?

27. Paralyzed in a diving accident at the age of twenty-two, this political commentator went on to earn both a medical degree and a Pulitzer Prize.
KRAUTHAMMER

28. This Internet entrepreneur co-founded Netflix and currently serves on the board of directors for Facebook.

29. This motivational speaker is much better known for his relationship with the woman to whom he became engaged in 1992. (They have since decided that a “spiritual union” suits them far better than marriage.)

30. Though he also made contributions to mathematics, optics and fluid dynamics, this scientist is best known for a 1643 invention that revolutionized the field of meteorology.
TORRICELLI

31. This German archaeologist made a name for himself with his study of the Mycenean pottery found on the island of Aegina; his son made a name for himself as an opera conductor.

32. This actor played one of two brothers on a television series that ran from 1981 to 1989 and the stepfather of three sisters on a television series that ran from 1989 to 1993.
GERALD McRANEY

33. RIH: He committed suicide after serving a single day as titular Chancellor of Germany.
HEINRICH HIMMLER?

34. This Greek philosopher was head of the Neoplatonic school at Alexandria when she was murdered by a mob of Christian zealots.

35. Speaking of French writers – as we were back in Question #24 – this dramatist had his greatest success with a 1636 tragicomedy about a medieval Spanish hero.

36. This Chilean architect won the prestigious Pritzker Prize in 2016. (Try saying “prestigious Pritzker Prize” three times fast.)

37. He starts out fighting the hero. Then, he becomes the hero’s best friend and companion in adventure. Then, he tragically dies. While this could description could fit many characters in literature and film over the ages, he got there first – and was certainly the hairiest of them all.
ENKIDU?

38. This Australian swimmer helped popularize both synchronized swimming and the one-piece bathing suit, but her three attempts to swim the English Channel ended in failure.
ANNETTE KELLERMAN

39. This Philadelphia-born musician hit Number One in 1983 with a song from the soundtrack of a movie set in a different Pennsylvania city.
MICHAEL SEMBELLO

40. Her column first appeared in 1959. By 1963, she was syndicated in over 600 newspapers and her book was in the Top Ten. The franchise is currently being carried on by her daughter. (Need any more hints?)
HELOISE

41. The Alien Registration Act of 1940 was specifically worded so that the federal government could deport this Australian-born labor leader. It didn’t work.
HARRY BRIDGES

42. In 1926, when this Romanian sculptor sent his statue of a bird to a New York exhibit, customs officials refused to classify it as a tax-exempt work of art because it didn’t look like a bird; it took a federal court to rule that the legal definition of “art” needed some adjustment.
BRANCUSI

43. This California-born molecular biologist was a co-winner of the Nobel Prize for her work with the enzyme telomerase.

44. The Jewish Theatre in Warsaw is named in honor of this actress, who at the age of 67 received an Oscar nomination for her role in a Czechoslovakian film.
IDA KAMINSKY?

45. Perhaps his most significant act as president of Mexico was the nationalization of the oil industry.

46. In 2008, she became the first American woman to receive the rank of four-star general.

47. Works by this American poet include The Book of the Dead, a collection inspired by the deaths of hundreds of miners from silicosis, and “To Be a Jew in the Twentieth Century,” which was selected for inclusion in the prayer book of the American Reform movement.

48. This journalist once related how she found a toenail in her hamburger, which caused her to rush to the bathroom, where she saw Princess Lee Radziwill with a piece of toilet paper hanging off her shoe. (Which just goes to show you….)
ROSEANNE ROSEANNADANNA

49. Speaking of Nobel laureates – as we were in questions #3 and #43 – this physicist was the first to describe and measure nuclear magnetic resonance.
ISADORE RABI

50. Selected as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History, he played his entire 16-year career as a center and power forward with the Nationals/76ers.
DOLPH SCHAYES

51. Time magazine named this Australian singer-songwriter, who is openly gay, one of the “25 Most Influential Teens of 2014.”
SAM SMITH?

52. Last month, this former Florida representative was convicted of 18 federal fraud charges in relation to a charity she supported (and apparently milked.)
CORRINE BROWN

53. In an influential 1781 book, this German philosopher drew an important distinction between knowledge gained from experience (a posteriori knowledge) – and knowledge gained independently of experience (a priori knowledge.)
IMMANUEL KANT

54. Opponents of this Guatemalan activist called on the Nobel Committee to revoke her Peace Prize based on alleged falsifications in her autobiography. The Nobel Committee was not persuaded.

55. This character actor’s best-known film roles were as Alicia Silverstone’s father and Frances McDormand’s husband.
DAN HEYADA

56. She was the third presidential spouse – and the second in a row – to die before her husband took office.
VAN BUREN

57. The title of this American poet’s most famous work was derived from the Greek for “meditation on death.”
WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT

58. In an influential 1893 essay, this American history propounded the “frontier thesis,” which held that American democracy was primarily the product of westward expansion.
FREDERICK JACKSON TURNER

59. This singer advanced to seventh place on a popular television talent competition despite the utter disdain of the head judge – who swore he’d quit if the singer in question won.
SANJAYA

60. One of the most important figures in the history of advertising, he created the figure of Betty Crocker – and declared Jesus Christ to be the “Founder of Modern Business.”
BRUCE BARTON

61. This cable news anchor caused quite a kerfuffle due to her poor choice of words in describing a shooter who attacked police. Very, very poor.

62. Speaking of people who were executed – as we were back in questions #8 and #9 – this young nobleman was hanged, castrated, disemboweled, drawn and quartered for organizing a “hunting party” that was actually a cover for the Gunpowder Plot.
GUY FAWKES

63. As of June 3, this Mets pitcher has 2017 record of 2-0 and a lifetime record of 22-11.
JACOB deGROM?

64. This warrior was the founder and first shogun of the Kamakura dynasty.

65. In the 1760s, this English astronomer took some time off from observing the transit of Venus to do a little surveying job.
MASON? DIXON?

66. This actress became known in the 1970s due to her roles in a George Lucas film and a popular sitcom; more recently, she caused a stir due to some disturbing revelations she made about her famous father.
MACKENZIE PHILLIPS

67. One of the Apostolic Fathers of the early Christian church, this Bishop of Antioch was the first known theologian to use the term “trinity.” (He also may have been thrown to the lions in the Coliseum.)
THEOPHILUS OF ANTIOCH

68. This British-Chinese writer is best remembered for a series of books published between 1928 and 1963 featuring a charming, Robin Hood-like rogue who was played on television by an actor who died earlier this year before I put this puzzle together so don’t blame me!
LESLIE CHARTERIS

69. Having a husband with lung cancer and a son with cerebral palsy turned out to be just the beginning of her problems.
The wife on Breaking Bad

70. DJMQ:
At 19, this master of tap became the youngest choreographer ever to receive a grant from the NEA; four years later, he picked up a Tony award to go with it.
SAVION GLOVER

71. As one of the “Big Four,” this robber baron co-founded and oversaw construction of the Central Pacific Railroad.
CHARLES CROCKER

72. This Canadian artist achieved a permanent place in comic book history as a result of the superhero he introduced in June 1938.

73. She scored more Top Ten hits on the Billboard pop charts than any other female singer, but Mariah Carey surpassed her record for the most #1 hits.
MADONNA

74. Speaking of Nobel laureates – as we were in questions #3, #43, and #49 – this endocrinologist fled from the invading Nazis in the company of the president of Poland; four decades later, he shared a Nobel Prize for his work with neurohormones.

75. This American tennis player is currently ranked #117 in women’s singles – and #1 in women’s doubles.
VENUS WILLIAMS?

76. At the age of 20, this actress became the first Asian woman to win a Tony award.

77. This monarch was also a noted composer of songs, the most famous of which opens with the lines “Haʻaheo e ka ua i nā pali/ Ke nihi aʻela i ka nahele/ E hahai (uhai) ana paha i ka liko/ Pua ʻāhihi lehua o uka.”
LILIʻUOKALANI

78. The most famous work of this Indiana novelist revolves around a couple who were modeled after the grandparents she shared with Richard Nixon.
JESSAMYN WEST

79. As captain of the flagship Olympia, this naval officer obeyed a famous command.
GRIDLEY

80. Along with Robert Hutchins, this American philosopher and educator developed the Great Books of the Western World program.
MORTIMER ADLER

81. In 1971, this celebrity chef – who at the age of nine had escaped with her family from the Tito regime – opened the first of her successful Italian restaurants in Queens in 1971.
LIDIA BASTIANICH

82. In 1939, this jazz composer and pianist wrote what became the signature tune of the Duke Ellington Orchestra.
BILLY STRAYHORN

83. The famous nickname of this longtime Genovese crime boss derived from his mother’s Italian pronunciation of his given name.
VINCENTE (CHIN) GIGANTE

84. He was the last of the original seven Mercury astronauts to make it into space.
DEKE SLAYTON? GORDON COOPER?

85. In 1869, this Russian chemist published something that you will find in every chemistry text. Every single one.
DMITRI MENDELEEV

86. He is the only diver to have won gold medals in three consecutive Olympiads.
KLAUS DIBIASI? GREG LOUGANIS?

87. The year that he won the first of his two Oscars for Best Director, he also directed the year’s highest grossing movie. (Yes, we’re talking about two different films.)
STEVEN SPIELBERG

88. This former barrister was the longest serving British prime minister of the 20th century.

89. In 1865, he became partner in a drygoods firm on State Street, which he would later expand into the largest wholesale and retail drygoods business in the world.
MARSHALL FIELD

90. Speaking of statues being exhibited overseas – as we were back in Question #42 – this American sculptor achieved an international reputation when his marble statue of a naked woman in chains was shown at London’s Great Exhibition in 1851.

91. This economist is best known for propounding the principle – which bears his name – that roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes.
PARETO?

92. Speaking of French writers – as we were back in Questions #24 and #35 – this major Renaissance figure is best known for recounting the satirical, philosophical, and scatological adventures of two giants. (Many of us, however, first heard his name in song, sandwiched between two other writers who shocked the prudish.)
RABELAIS

93. Window-smashing, arson, and hunger strikes were among the tactics advocated by this suffragist, later named by Time magazine as one of 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century. (Many of us, however, first heard her name in song, celebrating one of her many arrests.)
CARRIE NATION?

94. Though this minister is best remembered today for his defense of the use of spectral evidence in a famous legal procedure, he was also an early advocate of smallpox inoculation
COTTON MATHER

95. He became as good a friend, as good a master, and as good a man, as the good old city knew, or any other good old city, town, or borough, in the good old world.
EBENEZER SCROOGE

96. This chemist committed suicide by drinking a cocktail of lemon juice and potassium suicide, never to know how his most important invention would change the world.
WALLACE CARROTHER

97. Though only 33 years old, this actress has appeared in more than 40 films – under such directors as the Coen brothers, Woody Allen, Rob Reiner, Robert Redford, Brian Da Palma, Cameron Crowe, and Christopher Nolan – and won a Tony award for her work in a revival of an Arthur Miller play.
SCARLETT JOHANSSON

98. This German Romantic composer and pianist is almost as well known for his lush beard and his passion for cigars as for his many orchestral, chamber, piano, and vocal pieces.

99. In 1985, Time magazine printed a cover story on this athlete and Larry Bird, suggesting that each of them was the greatest player in the history of his respective sport.
WAYNE GRETZKY

100. Speaking of Time magazine: Every U.S. President since 1932 (except Gerald Ford) has been named Man of the Year at least once, but this was the only President to be named Man of the Year even before he was elected President.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

ASSOCIATED WORDS
D
Venus
Atlas
Maryland
Utah
Vermont
Detroit
Houston
Chicago
Australia
Scotland
Russians
Communist
Heretic
Vampire
Giant
Cowboy
Viking
Tiger
Bear
Squirrel
Horse
Python
Crow
Spiderman
Superman
Muhammad
Nana
Hazel
Rudy
Rosemary
Sheppard
MacArthur
Reilly
Stone
Brooks
Garcia
Jones
Freud
Fraud
Friday
NFL
WWF
World Cup
Security
Surrealism
Hip Hop
Talk Show
Game Show
Drag
Gown
Shoes

jarnon · #18 Post by **jarnon** » Tue Jun 06, 2017 12:41 pm

99. WAYNE GRETZKY + 11. LOUIS BRANDEIS = AYN RAND (Atlas)
? + 27. KRAUTHAMMER = MIA HAMM (World Cup)

Partial first names:
1. LEO
5. GUS
9. DAN
10. ANN
18. ADAM
19. ART
26. COLIN
40. LOIS
52. ORRIN
59. JAY
66. KEN
67. PHIL
73. DON
77. KAL
78. SAM
80. TIM
87. EVE
95. BEN
97. CARL

Partial last names:
8. ROSS
16. KING
17. ARKIN
21. ALLEN
24. MARCH
30. RICE
32. CRANE
39. BELL
41. RIDGE
57. RYAN
66. HILL
68. HART
70. LOVE
92. ABEL
100. HOWE

mellytu74 · #19 Post by **mellytu74** » Tue Jun 06, 2017 12:44 pm

33. RIH: He committed suicide after serving a single day as titular Chancellor of Germany.
HEINRICH HIMMLER?

100. Speaking of Time magazine: Every U.S. President since 1932 (except Gerald Ford) has been named Man of the Year at least once, but this was the only President to be named Man of the Year even before he was elected President.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

gives us Rich Eisen of the NFL Network. BUT, since the names are at the ends of the clues, I am not sure it works because the name of the game is MIDDLE Name Game

mellytu74 · #20 Post by **mellytu74** » Tue Jun 06, 2017 12:55 pm

10. SUZANNE Pleshette + 30. TORRICELLI = Anne Rice, goes with Vampire

89. MARSHALL FIELD + 24. BEAUMARCHAIS = Hal March, goes with Game Show

franktangredi · #21 Post by **franktangredi** » Tue Jun 06, 2017 2:02 pm

On this consolidation:

Of the definite answers, two are wrong - but there may have been some ambiguity in the questions. Four of the correct answers are right, but missing something essential.

Of the answers that contain a single question mark, three are right and five are wrong.

All of the answers that present two alternates contain the correct answer.

There are, if my count is correct, three answers that have significant spelling errors.

jarnon wrote:Since we're starting to figure out the Tangredi, it's a good time for a consolidation.

Identify the 100 people in the clues below. Match them into 52 pairs according to a Tangredi, or principle you must discover for yourself. Then, match each pair with one of the Associated Words. Four of the names will be used twice, each in two different capacities.

There will definitely be alternative answers, but only one solution will allow you to use all 100 names.

1. Pope Pius VII gave his blessing to this emperor’s coronation; five years later, he took the Pope prisoner.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

2. She was the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and was ranked #1 by Rolling Stone on their list of the Greatest Singers of All Time.
ARETHA FRANKLIN

3. The first non-European to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, he also received a knighthood – which he renounced after the Amritsar Massacre.

4. A character in my play Galatea (plug) describes one of this painter’s works as follows: “Okay, let me tell you what I’m looking at here. We’ve got two people, buck naked, dancing back to back, with their heads up an owl’s ass! I mean, we’re not exactly talking The Last Supper.”

5. Speaking of firsts – as we were way back in Questions 2 and 3 – he was the first Canadian to win a Cy Young Award and to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
FERGUSON JENKINS

6. Though his scientific reputation has suffered due to his lifelong resistance to Darwin’s theory of evolution, this naturalist is still highly regarded for his contributions to ichthyology as well as for propounding the idea that the Earth had been subject to an Ice Age.
LOUIS AGASSIZ? LAMARCK?

7. DJMQ:
In 1940, this Kiwi prima ballerina set a world’s record by performing 121 fouettes. (She said she stopped because she got bored.)
Another DJMQ appears at #70.

8. In 1800, this blacksmith was hanged for planning a massive slave insurrection; more than 200 years later, the city of Richmond passed a resolution in his honor and Governor Tim Kaine granted him a posthumous pardon.
GABRIEL PROSSER

9. In 1600, this Italian friar, philosopher, and cosmologist was burned at the stake for such heresies as denying the Trinity, denying the divinity of Christ, and denying the virginity of Mary – not to mention his support of the heliocentric theory. (He’s still waiting for his posthumous pardon from Tim Kaine.)
GIORDANO BRUNO

10. In the 1970s, she received two Emmy nominations for her role on a popular sitcom, but her most memorable appearance in that role came more than a decade later on the final episode of a totally different sitcom.
SUZANNE PLESHETTE

11. In an 1890 article, this future Supreme Court Justice first articulated of the legal concept of the right to privacy.
LOUIS BRANDEIS

12. This American psychologist pioneered the use of puzzle boxes to test the ability of animals to learn.
B.F. SKINNER

13. From 1923 to 1952, this North Carolina insurance executive served as president of what was at the time the largest African American-owned business in the United States.

14. This author’s 1823 novel about the beleaguered lovers Renzo and Lucia is often considered the greatest novel written in Italian.
MANZINI

15. As the result of an eye injury, this defensive end for the Minnesota Vikings became the first NFL player to wear a helmet shield visor.
ALAN PAGE?

16. Regarding one of their biggest hits, the former girlfriend of this singer-songwriter has said that she asked him to remove a lyric accusing her of “shacking up” with other men – and that she felt like killing him every time they got to that lyric in concert.
LINDSAY BUCKINGHAM

17. This English surgeon is best remembered for his 1817 “Essay on the Shaking Palsy.”
JAMES PARKINSON

18. This captain of the guard ends up sealed alive in a tomb – but at least he gets to sing a final duet with the woman he loves.
RADAMES

19. His 1488 voyage around the southern tip of Africa paved the way for the later expeditions of Vasco da Gama.
BARTHOLOMEW DIAZ

20. As first president of the United Synagogues of America, this rabbi became the father of American Conservative Judaism.

21. This entertainer died at the age of 73 as the result of a 121-foot fall – which is probably just the way he would have wanted it.
KARL WALLENDA

22. He served as the only governor of Illinois when it was a territory and the third governor of Illinois when it was a state.

23. In 1965, he made his La Scala debut as Rodolfo in La Boheme; three years later, he made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in the same role.
LUCIANO PAVAROTTI

24. Speaking of operas, two related plays by this French man of letters were adapted into comic operas that are still performed today.
BEAUMARCHAIS

25. A former Miss Universe, this supermodel was dubbed one of the “Magnificent Seven” – along with Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista, Elle Macpherson, Claudia Schiffer, and Christy Turlington –in a 1996 article in New York Times.
HELENA CHRISTIENSEN? KATHY IRELAND?

26. Renowned for his defensive skills, this Argentinian boxer held the world light welterweight title from December 1968 to March 1972.
NICCOLINO LOCCHE?

27. Paralyzed in a diving accident at the age of twenty-two, this political commentator went on to earn both a medical degree and a Pulitzer Prize.
KRAUTHAMMER

28. This Internet entrepreneur co-founded Netflix and currently serves on the board of directors for Facebook.

29. This motivational speaker is much better known for his relationship with the woman to whom he became engaged in 1992. (They have since decided that a “spiritual union” suits them far better than marriage.)

30. Though he also made contributions to mathematics, optics and fluid dynamics, this scientist is best known for a 1643 invention that revolutionized the field of meteorology.
TORRICELLI

31. This German archaeologist made a name for himself with his study of the Mycenean pottery found on the island of Aegina; his son made a name for himself as an opera conductor.

32. This actor played one of two brothers on a television series that ran from 1981 to 1989 and the stepfather of three sisters on a television series that ran from 1989 to 1993.
GERALD McRANEY

33. RIH: He committed suicide after serving a single day as titular Chancellor of Germany.
HEINRICH HIMMLER?

34. This Greek philosopher was head of the Neoplatonic school at Alexandria when she was murdered by a mob of Christian zealots.

35. Speaking of French writers – as we were back in Question #24 – this dramatist had his greatest success with a 1636 tragicomedy about a medieval Spanish hero.

36. This Chilean architect won the prestigious Pritzker Prize in 2016. (Try saying “prestigious Pritzker Prize” three times fast.)

37. He starts out fighting the hero. Then, he becomes the hero’s best friend and companion in adventure. Then, he tragically dies. While this could description could fit many characters in literature and film over the ages, he got there first – and was certainly the hairiest of them all.
ENKIDU?

38. This Australian swimmer helped popularize both synchronized swimming and the one-piece bathing suit, but her three attempts to swim the English Channel ended in failure.
ANNETTE KELLERMAN

39. This Philadelphia-born musician hit Number One in 1983 with a song from the soundtrack of a movie set in a different Pennsylvania city.
MICHAEL SEMBELLO

40. Her column first appeared in 1959. By 1963, she was syndicated in over 600 newspapers and her book was in the Top Ten. The franchise is currently being carried on by her daughter. (Need any more hints?)
HELOISE

41. The Alien Registration Act of 1940 was specifically worded so that the federal government could deport this Australian-born labor leader. It didn’t work.
HARRY BRIDGES

42. In 1926, when this Romanian sculptor sent his statue of a bird to a New York exhibit, customs officials refused to classify it as a tax-exempt work of art because it didn’t look like a bird; it took a federal court to rule that the legal definition of “art” needed some adjustment.
BRANCUSI

43. This California-born molecular biologist was a co-winner of the Nobel Prize for her work with the enzyme telomerase.

44. The Jewish Theatre in Warsaw is named in honor of this actress, who at the age of 67 received an Oscar nomination for her role in a Czechoslovakian film.
IDA KAMINSKY?

45. Perhaps his most significant act as president of Mexico was the nationalization of the oil industry.

46. In 2008, she became the first American woman to receive the rank of four-star general.

47. Works by this American poet include The Book of the Dead, a collection inspired by the deaths of hundreds of miners from silicosis, and “To Be a Jew in the Twentieth Century,” which was selected for inclusion in the prayer book of the American Reform movement.

48. This journalist once related how she found a toenail in her hamburger, which caused her to rush to the bathroom, where she saw Princess Lee Radziwill with a piece of toilet paper hanging off her shoe. (Which just goes to show you….)
ROSEANNE ROSEANNADANNA

49. Speaking of Nobel laureates – as we were in questions #3 and #43 – this physicist was the first to describe and measure nuclear magnetic resonance.
ISADORE RABI

50. Selected as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History, he played his entire 16-year career as a center and power forward with the Nationals/76ers.
DOLPH SCHAYES

51. Time magazine named this Australian singer-songwriter, who is openly gay, one of the “25 Most Influential Teens of 2014.”
SAM SMITH?

52. Last month, this former Florida representative was convicted of 18 federal fraud charges in relation to a charity she supported (and apparently milked.)
CORRINE BROWN

53. In an influential 1781 book, this German philosopher drew an important distinction between knowledge gained from experience (a posteriori knowledge) – and knowledge gained independently of experience (a priori knowledge.)
IMMANUEL KANT

54. Opponents of this Guatemalan activist called on the Nobel Committee to revoke her Peace Prize based on alleged falsifications in her autobiography. The Nobel Committee was not persuaded.

55. This character actor’s best-known film roles were as Alicia Silverstone’s father and Frances McDormand’s husband.
DAN HEYADA

56. She was the third presidential spouse – and the second in a row – to die before her husband took office.
VAN BUREN

57. The title of this American poet’s most famous work was derived from the Greek for “meditation on death.”
WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT

58. In an influential 1893 essay, this American history propounded the “frontier thesis,” which held that American democracy was primarily the product of westward expansion.
FREDERICK JACKSON TURNER

59. This singer advanced to seventh place on a popular television talent competition despite the utter disdain of the head judge – who swore he’d quit if the singer in question won.
SANJAYA

60. One of the most important figures in the history of advertising, he created the figure of Betty Crocker – and declared Jesus Christ to be the “Founder of Modern Business.”
BRUCE BARTON

61. This cable news anchor caused quite a kerfuffle due to her poor choice of words in describing a shooter who attacked police. Very, very poor.

62. Speaking of people who were executed – as we were back in questions #8 and #9 – this young nobleman was hanged, castrated, disemboweled, drawn and quartered for organizing a “hunting party” that was actually a cover for the Gunpowder Plot.
GUY FAWKES

63. As of June 3, this Mets pitcher has 2017 record of 2-0 and a lifetime record of 22-11.
JACOB deGROM?

64. This warrior was the founder and first shogun of the Kamakura dynasty.

65. In the 1760s, this English astronomer took some time off from observing the transit of Venus to do a little surveying job.
MASON? DIXON?

66. This actress became known in the 1970s due to her roles in a George Lucas film and a popular sitcom; more recently, she caused a stir due to some disturbing revelations she made about her famous father.
MACKENZIE PHILLIPS

67. One of the Apostolic Fathers of the early Christian church, this Bishop of Antioch was the first known theologian to use the term “trinity.” (He also may have been thrown to the lions in the Coliseum.)
THEOPHILUS OF ANTIOCH

68. This British-Chinese writer is best remembered for a series of books published between 1928 and 1963 featuring a charming, Robin Hood-like rogue who was played on television by an actor who died earlier this year before I put this puzzle together so don’t blame me!
LESLIE CHARTERIS

69. Having a husband with lung cancer and a son with cerebral palsy turned out to be just the beginning of her problems.
The wife on Breaking Bad

70. DJMQ:
At 19, this master of tap became the youngest choreographer ever to receive a grant from the NEA; four years later, he picked up a Tony award to go with it.
SAVION GLOVER

71. As one of the “Big Four,” this robber baron co-founded and oversaw construction of the Central Pacific Railroad.
CHARLES CROCKER

72. This Canadian artist achieved a permanent place in comic book history as a result of the superhero he introduced in June 1938.

73. She scored more Top Ten hits on the Billboard pop charts than any other female singer, but Mariah Carey surpassed her record for the most #1 hits.
MADONNA

74. Speaking of Nobel laureates – as we were in questions #3, #43, and #49 – this endocrinologist fled from the invading Nazis in the company of the president of Poland; four decades later, he shared a Nobel Prize for his work with neurohormones.

75. This American tennis player is currently ranked #117 in women’s singles – and #1 in women’s doubles.
VENUS WILLIAMS?

76. At the age of 20, this actress became the first Asian woman to win a Tony award.

77. This monarch was also a noted composer of songs, the most famous of which opens with the lines “Haʻaheo e ka ua i nā pali/ Ke nihi aʻela i ka nahele/ E hahai (uhai) ana paha i ka liko/ Pua ʻāhihi lehua o uka.”
LILIʻUOKALANI

78. The most famous work of this Indiana novelist revolves around a couple who were modeled after the grandparents she shared with Richard Nixon.
JESSAMYN WEST

79. As captain of the flagship Olympia, this naval officer obeyed a famous command.
GRIDLEY

80. Along with Robert Hutchins, this American philosopher and educator developed the Great Books of the Western World program.
MORTIMER ADLER

81. In 1971, this celebrity chef – who at the age of nine had escaped with her family from the Tito regime – opened the first of her successful Italian restaurants in Queens in 1971.
LIDIA BASTIANICH

82. In 1939, this jazz composer and pianist wrote what became the signature tune of the Duke Ellington Orchestra.
BILLY STRAYHORN

83. The famous nickname of this longtime Genovese crime boss derived from his mother’s Italian pronunciation of his given name.
VINCENTE (CHIN) GIGANTE

84. He was the last of the original seven Mercury astronauts to make it into space.
DEKE SLAYTON? GORDON COOPER?

85. In 1869, this Russian chemist published something that you will find in every chemistry text. Every single one.
DMITRI MENDELEEV

86. He is the only diver to have won gold medals in three consecutive Olympiads.
KLAUS DIBIASI? GREG LOUGANIS?

87. The year that he won the first of his two Oscars for Best Director, he also directed the year’s highest grossing movie. (Yes, we’re talking about two different films.)
STEVEN SPIELBERG

88. This former barrister was the longest serving British prime minister of the 20th century.

89. In 1865, he became partner in a drygoods firm on State Street, which he would later expand into the largest wholesale and retail drygoods business in the world.
MARSHALL FIELD

90. Speaking of statues being exhibited overseas – as we were back in Question #42 – this American sculptor achieved an international reputation when his marble statue of a naked woman in chains was shown at London’s Great Exhibition in 1851.

91. This economist is best known for propounding the principle – which bears his name – that roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes.
PARETO?

92. Speaking of French writers – as we were back in Questions #24 and #35 – this major Renaissance figure is best known for recounting the satirical, philosophical, and scatological adventures of two giants. (Many of us, however, first heard his name in song, sandwiched between two other writers who shocked the prudish.)
RABELAIS

93. Window-smashing, arson, and hunger strikes were among the tactics advocated by this suffragist, later named by Time magazine as one of 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century. (Many of us, however, first heard her name in song, celebrating one of her many arrests.)
CARRIE NATION?

94. Though this minister is best remembered today for his defense of the use of spectral evidence in a famous legal procedure, he was also an early advocate of smallpox inoculation
COTTON MATHER

95. He became as good a friend, as good a master, and as good a man, as the good old city knew, or any other good old city, town, or borough, in the good old world.
EBENEZER SCROOGE

96. This chemist committed suicide by drinking a cocktail of lemon juice and potassium suicide, never to know how his most important invention would change the world.
WALLACE CARROTHER

97. Though only 33 years old, this actress has appeared in more than 40 films – under such directors as the Coen brothers, Woody Allen, Rob Reiner, Robert Redford, Brian Da Palma, Cameron Crowe, and Christopher Nolan – and won a Tony award for her work in a revival of an Arthur Miller play.
SCARLETT JOHANSSON

98. This German Romantic composer and pianist is almost as well known for his lush beard and his passion for cigars as for his many orchestral, chamber, piano, and vocal pieces.

99. In 1985, Time magazine printed a cover story on this athlete and Larry Bird, suggesting that each of them was the greatest player in the history of his respective sport.
WAYNE GRETZKY

100. Speaking of Time magazine: Every U.S. President since 1932 (except Gerald Ford) has been named Man of the Year at least once, but this was the only President to be named Man of the Year even before he was elected President.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

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franktangredi · #22 Post by **franktangredi** » Tue Jun 06, 2017 2:03 pm

mellytu74 wrote:33. RIH: He committed suicide after serving a single day as titular Chancellor of Germany.
HEINRICH HIMMLER?

100. Speaking of Time magazine: Every U.S. President since 1932 (except Gerald Ford) has been named Man of the Year at least once, but this was the only President to be named Man of the Year even before he was elected President.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

gives us Rich Eisen of the NFL Network. BUT, since the names are at the ends of the clues, I am not sure it works because the name of the game is MIDDLE Name Game

Good catch.

mellytu74 · #23 Post by **mellytu74** » Tue Jun 06, 2017 2:11 pm

I screwed up the spelling on this one.

14. This author’s 1823 novel about the beleaguered lovers Renzo and Lucia is often considered the greatest novel written in Italian.

It's Alessandro Manzoni, not Manzini

mrkelley23 · #24 Post by **mrkelley23** » Tue Jun 06, 2017 3:02 pm

If 25. is Helena, she spells her last name Christensen.

Torricelli's first name is Evangelista

Beaumarchais's first name is Pierre

jarnon · #25 Post by **jarnon** » Tue Jun 06, 2017 3:20 pm

88. This former barrister was the longest serving British prime minister of the 20th century.
MARGARET THATCHER

which gives 52. CORRINE BROWN + 88. MARGARET THATCHER = ORRIN HATCH (Utah)

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