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Argentina cried for her when this former actress & first lady died of cancer in 1952 |
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This band's last U.S. concert was at Seattle's Center Arena on January 8, 1994 |
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A real 19th century whale named Mocha Dick may have inspired this 1851 novel |
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About 2 million in Northwestern Spain speak Galician, a dialect of this language spoken by its neighbor |
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Zoology: Animals of the genus Rangifer that provide the Lapps with meat, milk, clothing & transportation |
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It precedes Dutchman, fish & saucer |
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Her findings on pesticides in the book "Silent Spring" sparked the environmental protection movement |
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Born in Washington in 1942, he's the musician heard here: |
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In 2000 this creator of Augie March & Mr. Sammler gave us "Ravelstein", who resembles scholar Allan Bloom |
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Cornish, the language of this county of England, became extinct in 1777 |
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Classical Mythology: Oddly, these "heavenly" twins had the same mother, Leda, but different fathers |
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A chambermaid does it to your pillow; forgetful actors do it to their lines |
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This 19th century woman boasted, "I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger" |
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An official Pearl Jam website informs us this singer likes card tricks & the Chicago Bulls |
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It's said that Doc in his novel "Cannery Row" is based on a marine biologist with whom he'd written a book |
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With nearly 50 million speakers, this Bantu language is the most widely spoken in Africa |
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20th Century Literature: First name of Jack London's sea captain Larson of the Ghost |
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This 3-letter name of an illness sounds like part of a chimney |
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King Henry VIII's first wife, Catherine of Aragon, was the daughter of this famous queen |
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This '90s band named themselves after the Seattle art installation seen here: |
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Edward Driffield, a novelist in Maugham's "Cakes and Ale", is said to be based on this "Jude the Obscure" author |
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In 1928 this president of Turkey outlawed Ottoman Turkish & switched alphabets from Arabic to Roman |
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Math Year 1: As a rule every fraction can be expressed as a terminating decimal or this kind |
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Provided for a horse's dining pleasure, it's also called a nose bag |
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Seen here, this woman did quite a "smashing" job during her crusade against liquor: |
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Robyn Miller composed the music for Myst & this 1997 CD-ROM sequel |
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"The Financier" by this author of "Sister Carrie" was inspired by real financier Charles T. Yerkes |
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About 3/4 of Sri Lankans speak Sinhala & about 1/4 speak this as their native language |
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Religion 1400-1600: This queen had Protestant Thomas Cranmer burned for heresy |
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It's the kind of sycophantic favor-seeking you'd expect from someone named Bambi |
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