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Counting military & civilians, this large country suffered the most fatalities in the war, over 20 million |
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In "Advice to a Young Tradesman" Benjamin Franklin wrote, "Remember that time is" this |
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Belleek china, famous for its hand-painted shamrock pattern, was 1st made in this country |
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To make way for a railroad, Missouri's Cape Girardeau on this river was blasted out of existence |
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This bird was named for Roman Catholic officials whose bright red robes its plumage resembles |
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It inspired 2 operas named "Esmeralda" & one called "Quasimodo" |
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U.S. WWII general who said, "I am a soldier, I fight where I am told & I win where I fight" |
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Over 300 yrs. ago British poet George Herbert wrote that this "is the best revenge" |
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Some early Spode patterns were inspired by this country's Imari ware |
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East Chicago is located in this state, not Illinois |
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The great horned & screech varieties of these birds are noted for their ear tufts |
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Prokofiev spent over 10 years turning this Tolstoy epic into an opera |
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Invading American forces 1st set foot on the European mainland in this country, not France |
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St. Jerome said, "Do not let your deeds belie your words, lest...someone...say...'Why do you not practice' " this |
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East Germany's Meissen factory used to make an imitation of this English company's Jasperware |
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This state's Panhandle limits Alabama's Gulf of Mexico coastline to the area around Mobile Bay |
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A "fever" transmitted to humans by various birds, ornithosis is most associated with these birds |
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Scotsman whose novel, "The Bride of Lammermoor" inspired "Lucia di Lammermoor" |
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1 of 2 U.S. islands attacked by the Japanese on December 8, 1941 |
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Dutch Jewish philosopher who coined the phrase "nature abhors a vacuum" |
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Goebel of West Germany is the exclusive manufacturer of the figurines based on this nun's designs |
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Mt. Hood, the highest Oregon mountain, is in this range |
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Sensitive to poison gases, these small birds were used as gas detectors in coal mines |
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He died before "The Trial" was published, so he never got to see the opera version either |
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After he led its recapture, Louis Mountbatten was named 1st earl of this Asian country |
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Originally, he wrote, "I think, therefore I am" in a French, not a Latin, book |
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This city has been the center of France's porcelain industry since the 1770s |
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About 70,000 now live in this planned "new town" founded in 1967 between Baltimore & D.C. |
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Country which is the native habitat of the flightless bird seen here: |
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The Benjamin Britten opera based on this Herman Melville work climaxes with a hanging |
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