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Shagreen, the dried skin of this meat eater, was once used as sandpaper |
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One of these with a carrot nose was the mascot of the 1976 Winter Games in Innsbruck |
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In the 1840s a potato famine killed close to 1 million in this country |
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Horace Mann began his career as "The Father of American Public Education" in the 1830s in this "Bay State" |
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A plant, Apium graveolens, of the parsley family |
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Unlike most sea animals, in the sea horse this pair of sense organs can move independently of one another |
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Decked out in a red, white & blue top hat, an eagle named this was the mascot of the 1984 Los Angeles games |
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Science class: with a little wire & strips of copper & zinc, you can turn lemons or potatoes into these |
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Mann depended on an itinerant teacher to learn Latin, required for entry to this Rhode Island Ivy League school |
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Credit card ad: Cost of books to help study for tournament, $412... beating Ken Jennings, this 9-letter word |
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In 1957 this undersea explorer became director of Monaco's Oceanographic Museum |
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The mascots for the 2004 Summer Games were a brother & sister named Phevos & this, like the Greek goddess |
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Made of hollow metal, earthenware or plastic, this musical instrument is also called a "sweet potato" |
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Mann said, "Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for" this; oh, the this! |
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This New World cat can be 4 feet long, including the tail |
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The largest crustacean is a Japanese species of this; it can measure 12 feet between its claws |
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Hidy & Howdy, polar bears with cowboy hats, were the mascots of the 1988 Winter Games in this city |
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Famous for another spuddy image, he painted the potato-peeling peasant seen here |
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Mann: "Seek not greatness but seek" this "and you will find both"; you might get justice & the American way, too |
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Full title of the Minister of Finance in the British government |
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The mascots for the Sydney games were Syd the platypus, Olly the kookaburra, and Millie, this spiny anteater |
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Most of this state's potatoes are produced in Aroostook County |
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In 1848 Mann again "donned" this political party in winning a second term in Congress |
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The University of this seaport city on the Mediterranean was founded in 1450 |
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