Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Wise Up! (39 page)

harpsichord,
125

Harrelson, Woody,
79

Harrison, George,
169

Harrison, William Henry,
27

Harroun, Ray,
14

Harvard University,
239

Hawaii,
104
,
131
,
254–5

Hawking, Stephen,
107
,
217

Hayes, Rutherford B.,
277

headlines,
175
,
243

headphones,
363

health care,
126

hearing,
363

Hearst, William Randolph,
121

heat (temperature),
86

Heinz ketchup,
140

Heisman Trophy,
347

Hemingway, Ernest,
91
,
258

hemp,
94

Hendrix, Jimi,
32
,
43
,
73
,
115
,
232
,
302
,
328

Henry, Patrick,
127

Henry III, King,
103

Henry VIII, King,
104
,
375

Henry, John (horse),
14

Henton, Martin “Hezza”,
347

Hepburn, Katharine,
157

Hess, Rudolf,
105

High Noon
(movie),
348
,
358

Hippocrates,
240

hippopotamus,
9

Hirohito, Emperor,
114

history,
142
,
146
,
181
,
357

Hitchcock, Alfred,
317

Hitler, Adolf,
91
,
114
,
120
,
300
,
337–8

Ho Chi Minh,
142
,
364

Hoffa, Jimmy,
289

Hoffer, Eric,
5

Hogg, Ima,
26

Holiday, Billie,
99

holidays,
85
,
100
,
281

Holliday, Doc,
351

Holly, Buddy,
289

Hollywood,
206

Holt, Harold,
102

Hoover, Herbert,
13
,
27
,
88
,
118
,
136
,
214
,
348

Hoover, J. Edgar,
103

Hopalong Cassidy (tv show),
89

Hope, Bob,
246

Hopi (village),
118

Hornsby, Rogers,
363

horse racing,
14

Horse the Band (band),
7

horses,
2
,
83
,
141
,
274
,
362

hot dogs,
382

Houdini, Harry,
299

housing,
96

Houston, Sam,
262

How Green Was My Valley
(movie),
358

Howard, Ryan,
13

Howland, William P.,
3

Huey, Dewey, and Louie (siblings),
30

Hugo, Victor,
98

Hulce, Tom,
32

human relations,
249

hummingbirds,
77
,
82
,
92

Hundred Years War,
356

hurricanes,
26
,
29

I

ice cream,
93
,
124

illnesses,
176

imaginary friends,
128

India,
83
,
109
,
126
,
133

Indiana,
131

Indianapolis 500 (car race),
14

infidelity,
137

injuries,
229

insects,
120
,
140
,
279
,
292
,
322

Internet,
128
,
260

inventions,
51
,
109

Iran,
83
,
99

Iraq,
109
,
144

Irish,
83

Irving, Washington,
376

Irwin, Arthur,
360

It’s a Wonderful Life
(movie),
121
,
358

italic type,
123

Italy,
11
,
83
,
106

ivory,
97

J

Jackson, Andrew,
127
,
182
,
291
,
348

Jackson, Jesse,
329

Jackson, Michael,
20
,
234
,
324

Jackson (siblings),
30

jails,
105

Jakobs, Josef,
133

Japan,
83
,
100

Jaws
(movie),
236

jazz,
125

Jefferson, Thomas,
11
,
21
,
51
,
119
,
127
,
231
,
257
,
348
,
362

jelly beans,
119
,
147

jellyfish,
92–3

Jemima, Aunt,
258

Jemison, Mae,
93

Jeremiah Johnson
(movie),
31

jerky (beef),
91

Jerry Maguire
(movie),
248

Jessup, Violet,
116

jesters,
89

Jetsons, The
(TV show),
90

Joan of Arc,
375

jobs,
137
,
321

Jobs, Steve,
156

Joel, Billy,
156

John Paul II, Pope,
350

John, Elton,
136
,
324

Johnson, Andrew,
27
,
348

Johnson, Billy “White Shoes,”
355

Johnson, Dwayne “The Rock,”
115

Johnson, Jack,
11

Johnson, Lyndon B.,
27
,
119
,
182
,
214
,
323
,
348

Jolie-Pitt (siblings),
30

Jonas brothers,
30

Jones, James Earl,
111

Jones, Jim,
133

Jonestown Massacre,
133

Joplin, Janis,
43

Jordan, Michael,
52
,
63

Journey to the Center of the Earth
(Verne),
352

Joy of Cooking, The
(Rombauer),
91

Joyce, James,
98
,
354

Judaism,
102

July Fourth (holiday),
85

jump rope,
174

Juneteenth,
281

K

kamikaze,
123

kangaroos,
330

kazoo,
361

Keaton, Buster,
121

Keats, John,
371

Kelloggs,
126

Kelly, Gene,
79

Kennedy, John F.,
71
,
348
,
356

Kennedy (siblings),
30

Kermit the Frog,
315

Kerouac, Jack,
136

Kerry, John,
145
,
366

ketchup,
119
,
140

keyboards,
125

Khan, Chaka,
91

Khan, Genghis,
355

Khan, Kublai,
355

Khrushchev, Nikita,
344

King, B. B.,
20

King, Martin Luther, Jr.,
43
,
72
,
100
,
133

King, Stephen,
31

kings,
104

Kirk, Captain,
107

Kirkwood, Joe,
21

KISS (band),
32
,
87

Kissin’ Cousins
(movie),
111

kite flying,
36

Kiwis (birds),
77

Klem, Bill,
14

klezmer (music),
367

Knight, Gladys,
136

Know-Nothing Party,
134

Kool-Aid,
133

Koufax, Sandy,
112

Krauss, Alison,
347

kryptonite,
90

Kuhn, Maggie,
136

Kyoto, Japan,
106

L

labor,
137

Labor Day,
325

lacrosse,
360

Ladd, Alan,
24

Lake Erie,
245

lakes,
245

lamb,
83

landmarks,
259

language,
123
,
190
,
280

Lansing, Sherry,
116

Las Vegas,
344

Lassie,
103

Last Samurai, The
(movie),
79

Law, Jude,
31

laws,
71
,
141
,
181
,
203
,
373

lawyers,
198

leaders,
223

Led Zeppelin (band),
99
,
299
,
342
,
366

Lee, Bill “Spaceman,”
127

Lee, Harper,
365

Lee, Robert E.,
356

leek,
94

left-handedness,
27

Legos,
80

Leigh, Vivien,
28
,
347

LeMond, Greg,
14

Lenin, Vladimir,
142

Lennon, John,
169
,
226

Les Misérables
(Hugo),
98

“Let’s Spend the Night Together” (song),
121

Lewinsky, Monica,
5

Lewis, C. S.,
293

Lewis, Huey,
5
,
24

Lewis, Oliver,
14

Liberace,
21
,
302

Liberty Bell,
195

license plates,
131

lichens,
94

Life Savers,
147

lightning,
224

Lili’uokalani, Queen,
104

Lincoln, Abraham,
115
,
127
,
231
,
291
,
348

Lindbergh, Charles,
91
,
171
,
174
,
365

Lion King, The
, (movie),
349

lions,
353

Lipari (island),
122

Lipman, Hymen L.,
11

liquid paper,
11

Liszt, Franz,
367

Litchfield Law School,
115

literature,
365

Little League,
116

Live and Let Die
(movie),
313

liverwort,
94

Loch Ness monster,
126
,
192
,
327

logos,
34

Lone Ranger, The,
134

loons (birds),
23

Los Angeles Dodgers,
2

Lost Weekend
(movie),
121

Louis XIV, King,
21
,
50
,
110
,
188
,
355

Louis XV, King,
11

Louis XVI, King,
142

Louis-Phillipe I, King,
104

Louisiana,
131

Louisiana Purchase,
262

love,
186
,
209

LSD,
114

Luciano, Charles “Lucky,”
105

luck (bad),
293

Lucky Charms cereal,
147

Luelling, Henderson,
138

lunch,
140

lunch boxes,
89

lying,
278

Lynch, David,
107

Lynn, Loretta,
324

M

M&Ms,
147

Macbeth, King,
104

Macy, William H.,
103

Madison, James,
119
,
182
,
257

Madonna,
28

maggots,
135

Magic
8
-Ball (toy),
80

Magna Carta,
142

Maher, Bill,
111

mail,
207

Mailer, Norman,
134

Mall of America (Minnesota),
108
,
344

malls (shopping),
108

Malone, Moses,
14

mammals,
312

mango,
94

Mann, Horace,
115

Manson, Marilyn,
20

Mantle, Mickey,
112

Mao Zedong,
133

marbles (game),
80

margarine,
124

Marier, Rebecca,
144

marriage,
186
,
249

Mars,
98

Marsalis, Wynton,
136

marshmallows,
147

Martin, Dean,
340

Marvel Comics,
90

Marx, Groucho,
111
,
206

Marx, Harpo,
324

Marx, Karl,
364–5

Marx, Zeppo,
103

mathematics,
109

mating,
39

matriarchs (Judaism),
274

Maverick, Samuel,
22

Max Q (band),
7

May Day,
99

Mayans,
109

Mays, Willie,
127

Mazarin, Cardinal,
24

McCartney, Paul,
103
,
136
,
169
,
363

McDonald’s (restaurant),
1
,
34
,
80
,
126

McIntosh (apple),
362

McKinley, William,
257

McRae, John,
117

Meat Loaf (singer),
366

medicine,
240