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Character seen here: ("----- ----- a-doop!") |
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The famous greeting "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" is attributed to him |
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It's the most abundant fossil fuel on Earth & at current use may run out in 200-300 years |
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This alliterative term for a car with low fuel efficiency became common in the 1970s |
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In 1982 Lenny Skutnick rescued a passenger on a crashed 737 from this D.C. river |
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Rossini said of this "Ring" leader, "He has lovely moments but awful quarters of an hour" |
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Yogi Bear stole pic-a-nic baskets fron vacationers at this national park |
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A city in what is now this state was named to honor Julien Dubuque, 23 years after his death |
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The Marine Mammal Protection Act bars the import of ivory from the tusks of these |
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Found on many sport utility vehicles, it's a system where both axles provide propulsion |
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Fittingly, CNN broke the news in 1997 when this man decided to give $1 billion to the U.N. |
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Mario Puzo wrote that one of these men "with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns" |
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"Whenever he gets in a fix, he reaches into his bag of tricks" |
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This man, whose expedition was second to the South Pole, joined the Royal Navy in 1880, the year he turned 12 |
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Transport that helped the Finns in the 1939-40 Winter War & helped Finn Matti Nykaenen finnish with Olympic gold |
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Jody Williams won a 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to ban these weapons |
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In 1984 Barbara Bush said of this woman, "I can't say it, but it rhymes with rich"; she later apologized |
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Kenny gets killed on nearly every episode of this Comedy Central cartoon |
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In 1498, this Portuguese explorer recruited a pilot in east Africa to help him find India |
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TCDD is the dioxin in this herbicide used during the Vietnam War |
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This device increases a jet plane's thrust by burning exhaust gases |
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In 1997, 5 decades late, 7 black soldiers received this highest award for bravery during WWII |
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Dorothy Parker's comment on this actress, "She runs the gamut of emotions from A to B", was a joke |
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Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Freddy, Daphne & Velma traveled around in a van with this name |
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Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada founded Bogota between 2 trips to find this mythical golden city |
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After escaping from a lab in Massachusetts, this European moth spread & damaged trees in the Northeast |
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It's the high-speed train that runs between NYC & Washington, D.C. |
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Japanese consul Chiune Sugihara, who saved hundreds of Jews in WWII, bears the title "Righteous" this |
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Herman Mankiewicz said of this director, "There, but for the grace of God, goes God" |
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