Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Wise Up! (37 page)

Aztecs,
350
,
374

B

Babylon,
122

Bach, Johann Sebastian,
293
,
324

Bacon, Nathaniel,
134

bacterium,
92

Badlands,
118

bagpipes,
125
,
150
,
367

Ball, Lucille,
129

balloons,
138

Balzac, Honoré de,
110

bananas,
94

Band-Aid,
11

banjos,
125

Bannister, Roger,
14

barbecue,
119

Barbie (doll),
89

Barnum, P.T.,
121

Barrymore (siblings),
30

baseball,
6
,
13–4
,
97
,
112
,
145
,
232
,
335
,
344
,
347
,
352
,
360
,
375

basketball,
14
,
97
,
130
,
144

Baskin-Robbins,
124

Basinger, Kim,
100

Basset, Angela,
129

Bassey, Shirley,
2

bathrooms,
21
,
38
,
306

Batman,
89–90
,
103
,
331

bats,
77

Baxter, Jeff,
32

beach balls,
97

Beach Boys, The (band),
256

beaches,
148

beans (baked),
83

bears (grizzly),
77

bears (polar),
82
,
297

Beatles, The (band),
103
,
124
,
169
,
234

beaver,
92

Bee Gees, The (band),
87

beer,
24
,
95
,
120
,
322

bees,
82
,
120

Beethoven, Ludwig von,
110
,
114

Bell, Alexander Graham,
88
,
91
,
194
,
339

Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream,
124

Bennet, Tony,
124

Berra, Yogi,
171

Berry, Chuck,
5
,
208

Bible,
67–8
,
150
,
202
,
261
,
268

bibliobibuli,
361

bicycles,
136

Big Ben (clock),
354

Big Bird (
Sesame Street
),
89

Big Dipper,
274

Big Lebowski, The
(movie),
24

biking,
14

billiards,
80
,
97

Billboard
(magazine),
22
,
88
,
98
,
328

Billy the Kid,
115

bingo,
22

bird of paradise,
77

birds,
77
,
158
,
202
,
212
,
265
,
287
,
369

birth control,
81

Birth of a Nation, The
, (movie),
27

birthdays,
85
,
217

Bismarck, Otto von,
364

Black Beauty
(book),
310

Black Crook, The
, (musical),
352

Black Sabbath (band),
13

Blackmar, Phil,
14

Blackstone, William,
11

Blair, Tony,
5
,
114

Blondie (band),
87

blood,
345

blue (color),
6

Blue Angels,
144

blue jeans,
6

Blue Man Group,
6

blueberries,
6

blues,
6

body (human),
40
,
166
,
185
,
216
,
345

Bogart, Humphrey,
45
,
79

Boleyn, Anne,
103

Bonaparte, Josephine,
142

Bonaparte, Napoléon,
13
,
61
,
91
,
114
,
142
,
244
,
246

Bond, James,
2
,
6
,
167
,
313

Bono (U2),
302
,
347

Bono, Sonny and Cher,
376

booby prize,
123

books,
160
,
365

Bowie, David,
363

bowling,
36

boxing,
11
,
14
,
17

Brady (siblings),
30

brand names,
34

Brando, Marlon,
43

bread,
1
,
76
,
132

Britain,
222

broccoli,
135

Brooks, Garth,
5

Brown, Roy,
360

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett,
365

Buchanan, James,
119

Bugs Bunny,
349

Bunyon, Paul,
26

Burma Shave,
323

Burr, Aaron,
115

Burstyn, Ellen,
347

bus (school),
128

Bush, George H. W.,
272
,
277

Bush, George W.,
119
,
127
,
256
,
291
,
321
,
366

business,
126

butter,
124
,
135

butterflies,
292

Buttrick, Barbara,
17

buzzards,
77

C

Cabbage Patch Kids (toy),
100

Cabot, John,
142

Caesar, Julius,
32
,
129
,
241
,
275
,
372

caffeine,
110

Calhoun, John C.,
115

California,
60
,
134

calories,
95

Cameron (siblings),
30

can, pop-top,
11

Canada,
3
,
58
,
100
,
189
,
360
,
380

canaries,
77

candy,
147

Candy Band, The,
8

Capone, Al,
5

Capote, Truman,
87

Captain Marvel,
89

cars,
1
,
16
,
96
,
132

Carey, Mariah,
5

carriwitchet,
361

carrot juice,
135

Carson, Johnny,
111

Carson, Rachel,
86

Carter, Jimmy,
27
,
173

Carthage,
146

cartoons,
349

Carver, George Washington,
145

Cash, Johnny,
105
,
162
,
252

Castle-Hughes, Keisha,
32

Castro, Fidel,
102
,
114
,
300
,
324

Casu marzu (cheese),
135

Catch-22
(Heller),
130

catfish,
126

Catherine the Great,
133

cats,
2
,
106
,
141
,
158
,
251
,
378

CDs,
13

celebrities,
340

cell phones,
113
,
128

Celts,
99

cemeteries,
159

censorship,
121

cereal (breakfast),
124
,
135

Cervantes, Miguel de,
105

chakras (Sanskrit),
101

Challenger
(space shuttle),
333

Chamberlin, Wilt,
329

Chaney, Lon,
363

Charlemagne,
124
,
364

Charles, Prince,
21

Charles I, King,
133

Chase, Chevy,
32

Chaucer, Geoffrey,
105

cheese,
124
,
135

cheese (slicer),
11

cheesecake,
83

Cheney, Tom,
14

Cherokee,
118

Chess (game),
80

chewing gum,
9
,
147
,
166

chickens,
1
,
251
,
369

childbirth,
81

children,
128

China,
13
,
83
,
94

chloroform,
81

chocolate,
91
,
94
,
147
,
191

chocolate milk,
124

Choctaw,
118

cholera,
138

“Chopsticks” (song),
136

Christian X, King,
104

Christie, Agatha,
116
,
293

Christmas,
85
,
211

Christmas tree,
281

Churchill, Winston,
72
,
232
,
295
,
364–5

CIA,
114

cigarettes,
10

circuses,
74

cities,
180

Citizen Kane
(movie),
31
,
121
,
270

Civil War,
127
,
137
,
356
,
379

Claudius, Emperor,
9
,
88

clavichord,
125

Clemens, Roger,
347

Clemente, Roberto,
130

Cleopatra,
28
,
129
,
142

Cleveland, Grover,
291

Cline, Patsy,
116

Clinton, Hillary,
151

Clooney, George,
45

clothes,
208

Clue (game),
80

coal miners,
106

coastlines,
148

coat hanger,
11

Coca-Cola,
11
,
108
,
126
,
258
,
269
,
323

cocaine,
366

cockroaches,
120
,
279
,
292

coconuts,
94

Cody, William “Buffalo Bill”,
79

coffee,
94
,
110

colds,
140

colleges,
239

Colorado,
2

color-blindness,
363

colors,
268

Columbus, Christopher,
372

Comet, Halley’s,
12

comics,
90

communications,
88
,
260

computers,
128
,
136

concrete,
86

confections,
147

Confucius,
115
,
302

Connery, Sean,
45

contracts,
56

conversation,
128

Cook, Captain James,
334

Coolidge, Calvin,
321

Copernicus, Nicolaus,
149

Copperfield, David,
25

cormorants,
77

corn,
132
,
135

corn dogs,
359

corn flakes,
83

coronation (Elizabeth II),
84

corset,
381

cosmetic surgery,
140

costs,
113
,
193

cottage cheese,
119

cotton,
283

countries,
288

Court, Margaret,
116

Coverdale, Myles,
150

cows,
124
,
287
,
330
,
353
,
362

crabs,
92

Crane, Clarence,
147

Crater Lake, Oregon,
245

Crawford, Cindy,
145

“Crazy” (song),
116

creamer (non-dairy),
135

CREEP (Committee to Re-Elect the President),
134

crime,
162–3

Cronkite, Walter,
93

Crosby, Bing,
87

crossword puzzles,
352

Cruise, Tom,
73
,
79
,
343

Cry Baby Killer, The
(movie),
111

Cubans,
83

cuneiform,
123

Curie, Marie,
72
,
149

Curie, Pierre,
149

Curtin, Hoyt,
90

Curtis, Charles,
118

Cyrus, Billy Ray,
124

D

da Vinci, Leonardo,
363

Daily News
(New York),
130

dairy,
124

Dalí, Salvador,
90

Dallas Blues (band),
6

Dam, Thomas,
26

dance,
50

Dante,
190

darkrooms,
117

dates (calendar),
354

dating,
209
,
249

David, King,
150

Davis, Fletcher,
91

Davis, Miles,
305

Dawson, Andre,
347

Daylight Savings Time,
99

Days of Heaven
(movie),
111

D.C. Cab
(movie),
111

D.C. Comics,
90

DDT,
86

de Gaulle, Charles,
332

Dead Sea,
263

Dead Sea Scrolls,
350

Dean, Dizzy,
112