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Although a pine tree is featured on the state flag, this is the state tree; how sweet it is! |
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This group's corporate bodies are the Watchtower Bible & Tract Societies of PA & NY |
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In 1979 this Michigan State basketball player was chosen first in the NBA draft by the Los Angeles Lakers |
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Don Ameche played a singing d'Artagnan in a 1939 movie musical inspired by this novel |
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In a Poe poem, it "was perched upon a bust of Pallas, just above my chamber door" |
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Thinking it was this chain's highest peak, he climbed what's now called Fremont Peak in 1842 |
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The Unitarian Church in Burlington once had a bell cast by this patriot |
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This collection of Jewish religious & civil law has two parts: the mishna & the gammara |
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This black educator's autobiography, "Up From Slavery", was published in 1901 |
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In this 1955 film, Tom Ewell's character had a name, but Marilyn Monroe's didn't |
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He wrote "Beat, Beat Drums" & "I Hear America Singing" |
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His wealth came from a deposit of this found on his Mariposa land; later, he lost it all in railroad deals |
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When visiting Stowe, many people stay at a lodge owned by this "Sound of Music" family |
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The beliefs of this Chinese religion appear in the books "Lao-Tzu" & "Chwang-Tzu" |
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This Texas congresswoman gave the keynote address at the 1976 Democratic National Convention |
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Appropriately, this Alan Alda film featured the music of Antonio Vivaldi |
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"I could not love thee dear so much loved I not" this "more" |
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In 1850 & '51, Fremont served as a U.S. senator from this newly admitted state |
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Popular for skiing, Nancy Hanks Peak in Vermont is named for the mother of this president |
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The goal of this form of Buddhism is to attain satori, a state of spiritual enlightenment |
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In 1983 she became the first black woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for fiction |
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Alan Ladd got shanghaied in this 1946 film based on Richard Henry Dana's seafaring saga |
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"For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are" these |
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On many of his survey trips, he travelled with this Kentucky-born guide & Indian agent |
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At 306', Vermont's tallest monument is one commemorating this 1777 battle |
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Founded by a Persian prophet, its beliefs are contained in a sacred book called the Avesta |
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Hired as Robert Peary's valet in 1887, he accompanied the explorer on 7 trips to the Arctic |
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This Hitchcock film features Mr. Memory, who'd make a great "Jeopardy!" contestant |
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He not only wrote "To Celia", he wrote "Come, My Celia" as well |
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In 1856 he ran as the Republicans' first presidential candidate, but was defeated by this man |
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