Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Wise Up! (41 page)

rice,
83

Rice, Anne,
31

Richard III, King,
355

Richard the Lionheart,
114

Richards, Keith,
32

Rickenbacker, Eddie,
41

Rin Tin Tin,
103

ringtones,
88

Ripley’s Believe It or Not
,
90

Ritz, César,
22

rivers,
284

Robbins, Marty,
328

Roberts, Julia,
44

robotics, laws of,
274

Rodin,
98

Rogers, Roy,
252

Rolling Stone
(magazine),
169

Rolling Stones (band),
121
,
268

Romanov (siblings),
30

Rome (Ancient),
9
,
88
,
102
,
129
,
146
,
350
,
377

Romper Room
(TV show),
111

Roosevelt, Eleanor,
78
,
365

Roosevelt, Franklin D.,
13
,
78
,
119
,
151
,
231
,
291
,
348

Roosevelt, Theodore,
78
,
184
,
256–7
,
262
,
340
,
356–7

Roquefort (cheese),
124

Rose, Fred,
3

Rose, Pete,
32

Ross, Diana,
56

Rothschild, Lionel Nathan de,
102

Royal Academy of Music,
136

royalty,
104

rum,
119

Run-D.M.C. (band),
328

running,
14
,
36

Russia,
83

Ruth, Babe,
2
,
26
,
130
,
173
,
256

S

Saab,
16

sackbut (instrument),
125

SAD (seasonal affective disorder),
15

safecracking,
168

saffron,
24

sailfish,
82

saints,
59

Sajak, Pat,
247

salaries,
137

salt,
150
,
263

San Francisco,
10

San Quentin State Prison,
105

sand,
98

Sand, George,
145

Sanders, Colonel,
134

sandwiches,
132
,
382

Sanger, Margaret,
81

Santana, Carlos,
347

Santa Claus,
211

sapphire (blue),
6

Sarandon, Susan,
44

sardines,
22

Sardinia,
22
,
135

Sargasso Sea,
148

satellite (space),
93

Saturday Night Fever
(soundtrack),
25

Saturn (rings),
1

sauerkraut,
83
,
119
,
127
,
307

sausage,
83

saxophones,
125

scents,
303

schools,
5
,
239
,
325

Schulz, Charles,
90

Schwarzenegger, Arnold,
340
,
343

science,
29

Scorcese, Martin,
79

Scotland,
104
,
125–6

sea slugs,
18

Seabiscuit
(movie),
206

seagulls,
77

seal (elephant),
92

seasons,
371

seatbelts,
100

Seaver, Tom,
365

Secret Service,
348

Seinfeld, Jerry,
69

senses,
19

Sesame Street
(TV show),
89

Seto Bridge,
100

sex (mating),
39

Shakespeare, William,
68
,
103
,
174
,
325

shampoo,
129

Shanghai Maglev Train,
16

sharks,
18
,
297

Shatner, William,
107

she (pronoun),
116

shoes,
96
,
213

shopping,
108

shrew (mammal),
92

sick days,
137

siblings,
30

sideburns,
208

sign language,
88

Silent Spring
(Carson),
86

silk,
1

Simmons, Gene,
5
,
32
,
87

Simone, Nina,
99

Simpsons, The
(TV show),
89
,
100
,
349

Sinatra, Frank,
42
,
99
,
134
,
246
,
305

sins (seven deadly),
150

Sing Sing Prison,
105

Singin’ in the Rain
(movie),
79

sisters,
154–5

Sistine Chapel,
98

sitcoms,
270

Sitting Bull,
118

size,
54

skin,
12

skin cancer,
86

Skywalker, Luke,
107

Slinkies (toy),
88

sloth (three-toed),
82

smallpox,
138

Smith, Edward,
105

smoking,
12

snakes,
92
,
143
,
297

Snickers bars,
147

Snider, Duke,
112

snowmobile,
360

soap,
122

soccer,
97

soda,
93

Solheim Cup (golf),
81

Solti, George (composer),
347

songwriters,
226

Sony,
34

soup,
9
,
119

South Pole,
242

Soviet Union,
100

space,
1
,
10
,
93

space shuttle,
10

spaghetti,
83

Spahn, Warren,
112

Spain,
124

Spam (food),
382

Spanish Civil War,
127

Spanish-American War,
139

spanking,
89

species,
86

speed,
82

Spiderman,
90

spiders,
93
,
279

Spock, Dr. Benjamin,
240

Spock, Mr.,
107

SpongeBob SquarePants
(TV show),
349

sports,
14
,
36
,
97
,
344

spring (season),
99

Springer, Jerry,
321

Springsteen, Bruce,
115
,
256

squid,
83

squirrels,
312

St. John,
150

St. Lawrence River,
3

St. Patrick,
142

Stagecoach
(movie),
31

Stalin, Joseph,
142
,
300
,
364

Stallone, Sylvester,
79

Stand by Me
(movie),
31

Star Trek
(TV show),
107

Star Trek: The Next Generation
(TV show),
107

Star Wars
(movies),
31
,
107

Starbucks,
126

Starr, Ringo,
169

stars,
95

Statue of Liberty,
113

Steely Dan (band),
32

Stein, Gertrude,
91

Steinbeck, John,
103

Stengel, Casey,
111

Stevens, Ray,
98

Stewart, Rod,
209

Stigwood, Robert,
87

stilts,
109

Stinky Bomb, The (soap),
122

Stoker, Bram,
129
,
293

Stokowski, Leopold,
136

Stonehenge,
153
,
327

storks,
77

Strauss, Richard,
114

Stravinsky, Igor,
89

strawberries,
132

streets,
149

sugar,
83
,
351

suicide rate,
131

Sullivan, Ed,
121

Sullivan, John L.,
14

summer,
2
,
325

sun,
86
,
95
,
130
,
149

Super Bowl,
85
,
140

Super Furry Animals (band),
8

Super Mario Bros (video game),
80

Superballs (toy),
97

Superman,
90

Supreme Court,
100

Surratt, Mary Jenkins,
115

Survivor
(TV show),
230

Sutch, David “Screaming Lord,”
102

Swank, Hillary,
17

Sweden,
83
,
106
,
172

swimming,
14
,
130

Switzerland,
102
,
106

Sybil
(Wilbur),
267

symbols,
109

T

T., Mr.,
111

Taft, William Howard,
27
,
182
,
244
,
257

Taj Mahal,
259

talents,
221

tambourine,
116

tank top,
381

tape measure,
109

tapeworms,
279

tapioca,
119

Tarantino, Quentin,
111

tattoos,
113
,
140
,
144

taxes,
12
,
122

Taxi Driver
(movie),
79

technology,
66
,
156
,
197

Ted Mack’s Original Amateur Hour
(TV show),
136

teeth,
210
,
351

Teetor, Ralph,
363

telegrams (singing),
88

telegraphs,
88

telephone book (first),
109

telephones,
88
,
132

telethons,
220

television,
69

temperatures,
95
,
237

Temple, Shirley,
246

tennis,
97
,
116

termite mounds,
292

Tetris (video game),
80

Texas,
12
,
123
,
262
,
357

text messages,
88

Thames (river),
15

Thanksgiving,
85

thermometers,
24

Theron, Charlize,
116

Thin Mints,
382

Thinker, The
(Rodin),
98

Thompson, Hunter,
105

thumb,
361

tic-tac-toe,
80

tigers,
297

tinnitus,
363

Titanic, The
,
116
,
334
,
339

To Kill a Mockingbird
(Lee),
365

toads,
143

Tokyo, Japan,
106

toilet paper,
86
,
144

toilet training,
3

toilets,
21
,
133
,
229

Toklas, Alice B.,
91

Tolstoy,
235

tomatoes,
94
,
119
,
126
,
368

Tonight Show, The
(TV show),
111

toothpaste,
210
,
351

tornadoes,
131
,
237
,
296

Toronto Blue Jays,
6

Toronto, Canada,
189

Tour de France (bike race),
14

Tower of London,
133

Townshend, Pete,
26

toys,
80

Tracey Ullman Show, The
(TV show),
100

Trachtenberg Family Slideshow Players (band),
8

transportation,
16
,
182

trash,
10

travel,
106

Travolta, John,
111

Treasury of Great Recipes, A
(Price),
91

trees,
62

triangle (instrument),
125

triathlon (Ironman),
14

trigonometry,
127

Trimiar, Marion,
17

trombone,
125

Trotsky, Leon,
142
,
364

Trudeau, Garry,
365

True Believer, The
(Hoffer),
5

Truman, Harry S.,
127
,
134
,
257

Trump (siblings),
30

Tryon, Ty,
136

Tudor (siblings),
30

turkeys,
1
,
330
,
369

turophiles,
124

turtles,
330

TV,
128

TV dinners,
119

Twain, Mark,
12
,
73
,
136
,
170
,
188
,
293
,
365

Twain, Shania,
360

Twilight Zone
(TV show),
42

“Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” (song),
89

twins,
81

Two Gentlemen of Verona, The
(Shakespeare),
103