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He once said, "I have never given anybody hell. I just tell the truth... & they think it's hell" |
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In 1988 officials in this country admitted they had printed false maps for years to fool enemies |
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Norsemen believed the universe was supported by a huge one of these of the ash variety |
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Of means, medians & modes, the term that's often called the arithmetic average |
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1959 grand prize winner at Cannes, it set the legend of Orpheus & Eurydice during carnival in Rio |
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Any ability or accomplishment that makes a person suitable for a particular position or task |
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Showing he'd rather switch than fight, this future pres. changed from Democrat to Republican in 1962 |
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Hannibal had 38 of these animals when he began crossing the Alps, but few survived the ice & snow |
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Norse legend says a snake coiled around the world & this god of the sky will someday kill each other |
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Fraction that's equivalent to the infinite decimal .666666... |
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Mel Gibson hit the road again in this 1st sequel to George Miller's "Mad Max" |
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Vaduz is the capital of this 62 square mile principality nestled between Switzerland & Austria |
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At the shooting, his assassin cried, "I am a stalwart & Arthur is president now!" |
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Imported into Brazil from Africa, these "killer" insects escaped the lab & bred with locals |
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Odin rode an eight-legged one of these named Sleipnir |
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His theorem is often expressed a² + b² = c² |
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Lina Wertmuller film in which Giancarlo Giannini plays a small-time hood with 7 ugly sisters |
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To be of a contemplative form of mind, like Hume or Whitehead |
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Shortly after being elected, he submitted his resignation as president of Columbia University |
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The U.S. Army awarded 8,612 medals after this 1983 invasion although fewer than 7,000 troops were there |
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Sigurd, called the most important hero in Norse myth, is famous for killing Fafnir, one of these |
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Its symbol is called a radical sign |
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Originally a Swedish miniseries, this Ingmar Bergman film was called "Scener ur ett aktenskap" |
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The Book of Common Prayer says the peace of God "passeth all" of this |
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Jefferson Davis was the son-in-law of this president who died in office |
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Both the father & son of the Frankish leader Charles Martel were named this |
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Bifrost, the bridge that connected the Earth with the home of the gods, was one of these |
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Branch of math meaning "pebble" in Latin, it's also related to a word that means "to determine by math" |
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"Knife in the Water", Roman Polanski's 1st feature film, was made in this language |
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The loss of water vapor from the surface of a plant, usually through open stomata |
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