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In their race to be 1st here, Roald Amundsen beat Robert Scott by 1 month |
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1st month of the year that's also a verb |
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The courtship rituals of the greater prairie chicken were imitated in these by Great Plains Indians |
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Only country with which Scotland shares a land border |
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Charles Lachman is the "L" in the name of this company co-founded with brothers Joseph & Charles Revson |
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This vowel is also a homophone for a part of the body |
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Cuba's governor went to the port to call off this man's expedition to Mexico just as the ships pulled out |
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It's the only month which can start on a Sunday & can end on a Saturday |
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Mythology says that Hera was so fond of these birds, she adorned their tails with eyes of her lover Argus |
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Famous Scottish breeds of these include the Galloway, the Ayrshire, & the Aberdeen-Angus |
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Only 22 years old in the U.S., this Japanese cosmetic company founded in 1872 is the oldest in the world |
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The 1st number with the same amount of letters as its name |
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Radisson & Groseilliers explored the Lake Superior region searching not for gold, but these |
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Current name of the month that followed Sextilis on the Roman calendar |
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Pea, rose, & cushion are 3 types of this feature found mainly on chickens |
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It's what you'd be looking at if a Highlander let you have a peek at his claymore |
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Charles Jundt took over beauty salon of swank NYC hotel, &, in '26, started selling products under this name |
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The 1st word in "Little Miss Muffet" that can be replaced by a symbol found on std. typewriters |
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He picked up a reported equivalent of $500,000 w/Pizarro in Peru before discovering the Mississippi |
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As Sosigenes helped with a new calendar for Caesar, C. Clavius helped with this pope's |
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From Greek, its name means "bird of the Phasis", a river in the Caucasus region of the U.S.S.R. |
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This legendary hero defeated Edward II in the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 |
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When gov't took this man's estates after Russian Revolution, he fled to U.S. to set up his "royal" perfume co. |
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While Champlain was "the Father of New France", this Frenchman got to Canada earlier & named Montreal |
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During each 30-year cycle, Muslims do this to the month of Dhu al-Hijjah 11 times |
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This quail, the only one native to Eastern U.S., gets its name from its whistle, not its color |
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The weaver's cottage where this American steel king was born is part of a museum in Dunfermline |
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Faberge is privately owned by this husband of entertainer Pia Zadora |
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