Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Wise Up! (40 page)

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Authors: Bathroom Readers’ Institute

Melcher, Terry,
22

Memorial Day,
325

memory,
217

Mercury (planet),
130

merry-go-round,
89

Mesopotamia,
109

Meucci, Antonio,
88

MGM,
121

mice,
141

Michelangelo,
2
,
98
,
375

Mickey Mouse,
102

military,
144
,
205
,
277
,
332

milk,
124
,
360

Milky Way galaxy,
1
,
95

millionaires,
326

Mississippi River,
284

Mitchum, Robert,
79

mnemonic devices,
217

mobile homes,
131

Moby Dick
(novel),
293

Monaco,
106

mondegreen,
361

money,
123
,
228

Money, Eddie,
115

Mongolia,
106

Monitor, The
(naval ship),
334

monkeys,
93
,
330

Monopoly (game),
80

monorail,
16

Monroe, Marilyn,
121

moon,
135
,
333

More, Sir Thomas,
377

Morocco,
357

morphine,
127

Morrison, Van,
99

Morse, Samuel,
174

mosquitoes,
322

mosses,
94

motherhood,
81
,
295

mountains,
177

Mounties (Canadian),
3

Mousetrap, The
(play),
116

movies,
236
,
248
,
270
,
346
,
358

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus,
157

Mt. St. Helens,
100

mudskippers,
18

multiple personality disorder,
267

mummies,
146

Muppets,
299

Murder on the Orient Express
(Christie),
352

Murray, Anne,
347

Murray, Jim,
112

Muscle Factory (band),
7

music,
7
,
42
,
125–126
,
328
,
331
,
342
,
367

Mussolini, Benito,
90–1
,
102
,
365

mustache,
129

mutton,
83

mythomaniac,
361

N

NAACP,
134

Nabisco,
126

nails (finger),
361

names (people),
22
,
26
,
49
,
87
,
250
,
252
,
376

names (place),
70

napping,
137

NASA,
93

NASDAQ,
183

Nashville, TN,
126

national anthem (Canadian),
360

National Geographic
(magazine),
31

National Rifle Association (NRA),
134
,
356

Native Americans,
118
,
271

natural disasters,
309

Navajo,
118

Nazis,
22
,
356

NBA (National Basketball Association),
140

National Parks,
89

neanderthals,
146

Necco wafers,
147

negligee,
381

neuroblast,
361

Nevis (island),
114

New Jersey,
131

New Orleans Philharmonic,
136

New Year’s Eve,
85

New York City Police Dept.,
115

New York state,
100

New York Times
(newspaper),
54
,
62
,
260

New Yorker
(magazine),
366

Newfoundland,
106

Newhart, Bob,
347

Newton, Sir Isaac,
350

NFL (National Football League),
140

Nicaragua,
102

Nicholson, Jack,
5
,
21
,
31
,
45
,
111
,
207

Nicklaus, Jack,
120
,
130

nicknames,
173

Nigeria,
106

Nike,
34

nikhedonia,
361

Nile River,
284

Nimoy, Leonard,
107

Ninety Six, SC,
130

nipples,
79

Nixon, Richard M.,
119
,
134
,
165
,
257

Nobel Prize,
72

Nobilo, Frank,
79

Nolte, Nick,
79
,
107

Noor, Queen,
104

North Dakota,
131

North Pole,
242

Norway,
102

noses,
146

nuclear bombs,
277

nudity,
132

Nugent, Ted,
20
,
91

numbers,
37
,
95
,
98
,
326

nursery rhymes,
89

O

O. Henry (William Sydney Porter),
376

O’Connor, Sandra Day,
100

O’Hare International Airport,
126

O’Keefe, Georgia,
145

O’Neal, Shaquille,
90

obesity,
137

oboes,
125

occasions,
85

oceans,
148

odors,
303

Of Mice and Men
(Steinbeck),
103

Office and a Gentleman, An
(movie),
111

Oklahoma,
131
,
357

Oklahoma!
(movie),
358

Old Testament,
150

olf,
361

Oliphant, Pat,
90

Olympics,
2
,
14
,
110
,
114
,
116
,
145
,
325
,
334
,
344

Onassis, Jackie Kennedy,
329

Onimusha (video game),
80

onions,
83

onychophagiac,
361

opera,
253

Oppenheimer, J. Robert,
364

oranges,
132

Orbison, Roy,
363

orchids,
33

Oregon Trail, The,
138

Oreos,
126
,
140
,
191

organ (pipe),
125

origins,
109
,
220

Orwell, George,
145

Osbourne, Ozzy,
73
,
366

Oscar (awards),
317
,
347

Oscar Mayer,
382

Osiris,
315

ostriches,
77

Ottawa, Canada,
189

otters, sea,
18

owls,
77

ozone,
86

P

Pacino, Al,
79

Pac-Man (video game),
80

Pacific Ocean,
82

Paige, Satchel,
112
,
304

paint,
124

pancakes,
83
,
119

pandas,
244

paper,
86
,
131

Parker, Dorothy,
99

Parkinson’s Disease,
133

parks (national),
336

Parliament (English),
102

Parnevik, Jesper,
91

parrots,
378

parsley,
24

Parthenon, The
153

Parton, Dolly,
366

pasta,
9
,
83

patents,
29
,
51

Patton, George S.,
145

Pavarotti, Luciano,
253
,
329

Pavone, Julian,
136

peaches,
135

peanut butter,
91
,
135
,
382

peanuts,
1
,
145
,
368
,
382

Peanuts
(comic),
89

pears,
94

Pearson, Lester,
114

peas,
119

Pebble Beach (golf),
113

Pee Wee’s Playhouse
(TV show),
20

pelicans,
77

Pelletier, Nicolas,
133

Pemberton, John S.,
11

pen (ballpoint),
11
,
109

pencil,
11

pendulum,
149

penguins,
369

Pennsylvania,
131

pentathlon,
145

pepper,
9

pepperoni,
140

Pepsi (commercial),
111

percents,
140

Perceval, Spencer,
102

perukes,
129

Persephone,
15

Pesci, Joe,
79

Pet Shop Boys (band),
22

Peter, St.,
350

Peter the Great,
106

petroleum,
110

pets,
85

Pez,
147

Philadelphia,
104

phobias,
320

photography,
96

Picard, Jean-Luc,
107

Picasso, Pablo,
316

pickles,
382

pigeons,
77

pigs,
82
,
330
,
362

pill (birth-control),
81

Pink Floyd (band),
2
,
22
,
26
,
65
,
329

piranhas,
82

pirates,
4
,
79
,
241
,
334

pizza,
11
,
83
,
93
,
140

Pizza Hut,
126

planets,
46

Planned Parenthood (group),
81

plantains,
94

plants,
368

plastics,
124

Playboy
(magazine),
121

Player, Gary,
119

Pledge of Allegiance (US),
102

plumbers,
137

Pluto,
1

PNC Park,
130

poker,
123

politics,
102
,
134
,
364

Polk, James K.,
88
,
139
,
348

polka,
31

pollex,
361

Pollock, Oliver,
109

pollution,
57

polo (horse),
36

Polo, Marco,
105

Popes,
9
,
102
,
350

Popeye,
80
,
90

poppies (red),
117

Pop-Tarts,
126

population,
25
,
308

Porter, Rufus,
138

postage stamps,
207

potatoes,
94
,
119

pottery,
146

Pravda
(newspaper),
366

pregnancy,
81

presidents,
27
,
204
,
231
,
357

Presley, Elvis,
8
,
20
,
111
,
273
,
281
,
360

Pretty Woman
(movie),
253

Price, Vincent,
91

prices,
113

prime (number),
98

Prince (artist),
130

prison,
105

Procter & Gamble,
122

Pryor, Richard,
79

psychiatrists,
240

Pulitzer Prize,
365

Pulp Fiction
(movie),
248

pumice,
122

punctate pruritus,
361

punctuation,
123

Pusey, Joshua,
11

pyramids,
259

Python, Monty,
310

Q

Qntal (band),
8

Quaker Oats,
258

Québec, Canada,
100
,
189

queens,
104

quidnunc,
361

Quisling, Vidkun,
22

R

rabbits,
287

radio,
122

Raging Bull
(movie),
79

railroads,
16

rain,
224

rain forests,
94

Rand, Ayn,
87

rattlesnakes,
25

Reader’s Digest
(magazine),
220

reading,
128

Reagan, Maureen,
111

Reagan, Nancy,
116

Reagan, Ronald
27
,
119
,
256–7
,
321
,
356

Redgrave (siblings),
30

recipes,
9

Red Baron, The,
360

red (color),
117

red cards (soccer),
117

red-light district,
117

Redford, Robert,
45
,
157

religion,
261
,
350

Return of Dr. X, The
(movie),
79

Return of the Jedi
(movie),
107

Reuben (sandwich),
307

Rhode Island,
35
,
131

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