Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Wise Up! (38 page)

Dean, James,
111
,
317

death
12
,
43
,
133
,
159
,
198

Death Valley (California),
368

debuts,
111

Declaration of Independence,
195

degree symbol,
109

Demeter,
15

De Niro, Robert,
79

Deng Xiaoping,
133

dentistry,
351

Denys, Jean-Baptiste,
352

Depp, Johnny,
45

Descartes, René,
123

devil horns (hand gesture),
121

Diamond, Neil,
87

diamonds,
263

Diana, Princess,
73
,
186
,
256

diapers (disposable),
81

DiCaprio, Leonardo,
111

dice (gambling),
81

Dickens, Charles,
87
,
321
,
343

Dickson, Earle,
11

Die Another Day
(movie),
6

Dillinger, John,
115

Dimaggio, Joe,
13
,
258

dinner,
86

dinosaurs,
92
,
244

Dio, Ronnie James,
121

disco,
97

Disney, Walt,
90
,
103
,
129
,
349

Disraeli, Benjamin,
102

Divine Comedy
(poem),
190

divorce,
142
,
209
,
249

Doctor Zhivago
(movie),
121
,
358

doctors,
240

dogs,
82
,
93
,
96
,
103
,
113
,
141
,
265
,
339

dollar (bill),
113

dollar (sign),
109

dolphins,
18
,
330

Don Quixote
(Cervantes),
105

Donald Duck,
90
,
331
,
349

Donovan, Marion,
11

Doohan, James “Scotty,”
107

Doonesbury
(cartoon),
365

Douglas-Home, Alec,
114

Down and Out in Beverly Hills
(movie),
79
,
121

Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan,
363

Dr. Strangelove
(movie),
111

Draco of Athens,
115

Dracula
(Stoker),
129
,
366

dragonflies,
92

dreams,
123
,
132

drinking,
137

drowning,
132

drunk driving,
85

Drysdale, Don,
2
,
112

du Barry, Countess,
11

ducks,
212
,
369

Dumbo
(movie),
349

Dunaway, Faye,
28

Durocher, Leo,
112

DVDs,
13

Dylan, Bob,
170
,
232
,
302

E

eagle (bald),
77

Earhart, Amelia,
64

ears,
363

earth,
86

earthquakes,
29
,
95
,
131

Easter,
85
,
172
,
281

Eastwood, Clint,
269
,
342

eating,
9

eclipse,
29

Ed Sullivan Show, The
(TV show),
121

Ederle, Gertrude,
14

Edison, Thomas,
51
,
225
,
363

Edward IV, King,
104

Edward VI, King,
104

Edward VIII, King,
142

eel,
83

eggnog,
119

eggs,
24
,
91
,
132

Egyptians (Ancient),
80
,
146
,
350

Eiffel Tower,
259

Eighty Eight, KY,
130

Einstein, Albert,
31
,
167
,
329

Eisenhower, Dwight D.,
119

Eleanor of Aquitaine,
355

electric,
123

elements,
187

elephants,
74
,
113
,
265
,
330
,
353

elevators,
86

Eliot, George,
145
,
371

Elizabeth II, Queen,
32
,
78
,
84
,
104
,
260

email,
260

emergency room,
96

Endeavor
(space shuttle),
93

energy,
86

England,
124
,
152
,
222

English (language),
238
,
275
,
301

English Channel,
130

English mastiff,
251

ENIAC,
156

Entwhistle, John,
26

environment,
57
,
86

ephelides,
361

Epic of Gilgamesh, The
,
123

eraser,
11

Erik the Red,
117

Eroica
(Beethoven),
114

Esposito, Raffaele,
11

espresso,
110

Everest, Mount,
177

Everglades,
284

Evita
(movie),
28

exercise,
96

extraterrestrials,
352
,
361

extremes,
47

eyeglasses,
109

eyes,
363

F

facial expressions,
121

facial piercings,
140

Fairhair, Harold,
102

Falk, Peter,
32

fall (season),
371

falling,
132

families,
324
,
375

fantasy sports (games),
126

Fargo
(movie),
358

farmers,
362

fashion,
28
,
370

fast food,
126

fathers,
295

FBI,
121
,
163

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
(Thompson),
105

Feinstein, Michael,
31

feng shui,
200–1

Few Good Men, A
(movie),
31

Fields, W. C.,
248

Fillmore, Millard,
291

fingernails,
12

Finnegan’s Wake
(Joyce),
98

First Viennese Vegetable Orchestra (band),
7

firsts,
156
,
352

Fischer, Bobby,
157

fish,
18
,
93
,
96
,
196

fish and chips,
83

fish sticks (food),
359

Fish, Mamie Stuyvesant,
103

FitzGerald, John J.,
22

flamingoes,
77

Fleming, Ian,
313

Flintstones, The
(TV show),
90

floccinaucinihilipilification,
98

Florida,
131

flour,
76

flowers,
33
,
94

flu epidemic,
133

flutes,
367

folklore,
81

food,
1
,
24
,
83
,
86
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91
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135
,
161
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359
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382

Ford Motor Company,
126

Ford, Harrison,
45
,
321

Ford, Henry,
377

Foreman, Freeda,
17

forks,
275

Forrest Gump
(movie),
294

Foster, Stephen,
130

Foucault, Jean Bernard Léon,
149

Fountainhead, The
,
87

foxes,
103

France,
83
,
103
,
152

Frank, Anne,
375

Franklin, Benjamin,
51
,
244
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376

Fraze, Ermal,
11

Frazier-Lyde, Jacqui,
17

freckles,
361

Frederick the Great,
110

Freemasons,
134

Freud, Sigmund,
366

frogs,
83
,
93
,
141

Frost, Robert,
112
,
124

fruits,
135
,
138

funeral parlor,
12

fungi,
94

Furgol, Ed,
32

G

Gable, Clark,
45

Gabor, Zsa Zsa,
116

galaxy,
124

Galilei, Galileo,
149
,
333

gambling,
96

games,
36
,
80

Gandhi, Indira,
133

Gandhi, Mahatma,
293
,
354

Gandhi, Rajiv,
133

garbage,
10

Garcia, Jerry,
124

Garcia, Sergio,
136

Garibaldi, Giuseppi,
142

garlic,
78

Garneau, Marc,
93

gas (cost of),
113

Garfield, James A.,
257

garlic,
33

gas,
113

Gates, Bill,
61
,
136

Gay Divorcée, The
(movie),
347

geese,
212

Gehrig, Lou,
246

Geldof, Bob,
100

General Mills,
323

General Motors,
126

Gere, Richard,
111

geography,
179
,
180

George
(magazine),
145

George I, King,
145

George II, King,
133

George III, King,
133
,
145
,
246

George V, King,
41

George VI, King,
78
,
145

geography,
276

Gerber (foods),
24

Germany,
83

Gershwin, George,
342

Gilbert, William,
123

Gilda, Radner,
31

ginger,
83

gingerbread,
119

giraffes,
244
,
287

Girl Scout (cookies),
382

glaciers,
242

Glass, Philip,
32

glue,
124

gold,
263
,
374

Gold Rush (California),
374

Golden Globe,
116

Goldberg, Whoopi,
252
,
317

Goldfinger
(movie),
313

goldfish,
92

golf,
2
,
14
,
21–2
,
37
,
97
,
113
,
131
,
136
,
140
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215
,
244
,
294
,
352

Gone With the Wind
(movie),
346

Goodyear, Charles,
97

googol,
98

Gorbachev, Mikhail,
100

gourmets,
83

Graceland,
115

Graduate, The
(movie),
157

Graham, Bette Nesmith,
11

Grammys,
130
,347

Grant, Ulysses S.,
49
,
127
,
182
,
329
,
356
,
365

grapes,
94
,
132

graveyard,
159

gravy,
132

Gray, John Hamilton,
3

Gray Panthers, The,
136

Great Salt Lake,
245

Great Train Robbery, The
(movie),
270

Great Wall of China, The,
153

Greece (Ancient),
83
,
116
,
351
,
377

green (color),
315–6

Green, Tammy,
81

Grey, Lady Jane,
104

Grey, Zane,
351

guillotine,
133

guitar,
328
,
367

guns,
356

Gutenberg, Johannes,
365

Guthrie, Woody,
234

Gwar (band),
7

gymnasium,
146

gyroscope,
149

H

Haddix, Harvey,
13

Hades,
15

Hagen, Walter,
21

Haggard, Merle,
73
,
105

“Hail Columbia” (song),
357

hair,
12
,
129
,
345

Haiti,
357

Halaby, Lisa,
104

Hall, Halsey,
123

Halloween,
85
,
371

hamburger,
91

Hamilton, Alexander,
114

Hancock, John,
364

Hands Across America (event),
100

Hanks, Tom,
45

Hannibal
(movie),
358

Hanson,
124

“Happy Birthday” (song),
217

Harding, Warren G.,
257
,
327
,
348

harp,
125
,
150