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| As you'd expect, radon gas is collected out of the radioactive decay of this element, symbol Ra |
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| If you're in top physical condition, you can climb this 14,691-foot peak also known as Monte Cervino |
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| This physician born in 1903 has been called "The man who reared 50 million kids" |
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| He died in 1969 but popped up on a U.S. dollar coin 2 years later |
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| His portrait subjects include Ginevra de' Benci & Lisa del Giocondo |
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| In an exception to the norm, Co, cobalt, atomic number 27, is heavier than this element, Ni, atomic number 28 |
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| Swiss banks store heaps of gold in vaults below the Bahnhofstrasse, an elegant street in this city |
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| Thomas Wolfe described this island as a "million-footed, tower-masted, and sky-soaring citadel" |
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| The word thaler, which became dollar, is from Joachimsthal, site of a mine for this metal |
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| When he was born on Crete around 1540, Crete belonged to Venice, so he could have been El Veneto |
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| It's the valence number of the oxygen atom in a molecule of water |
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| Schwyz, one of the 23 states called these that make up Switzerland today, was one of the original 3 |
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| The "3 Million Bill" passed by Congress in 1847 appropriated $3 million for the purchase of land from this country |
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| 2-word term for a golf score of 3 under par on a hole, or the old $20 coin it might have won you |
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| In 1883 Claude Monet settled in this hamlet 50 miles from Paris, often seen in his later works |
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| 4-letter word for the intrinsic angular momentum of an elementary particle |
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| This 16th century Dutch scholar is buried in Basel |
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| Of the 10 million slaves sent to the Americas over 3 1/2 centuries, almost 40 percent went to this Latin American country |
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| A "Benjamin" from it would have meant a $2 note, which showed its Secretary of State Judah P. Benjamin |
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| Van Gogh & Kandinsky were in this modern art "show" named for the NYC military building where it was held in 1913 |
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| This "point" doesn't mean someone's being judgmental--it's where liquid & gaseous phases become identical |
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| A period of the Mesozoic era was named for this mountain range that straddles the Swiss-French border |
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| Led by a man from Popowo, in 1981 it had 10 million members |
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| This revolutionary year (not the one you might think) appears on the front of all U.S. dollar bills |
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| Ms. Gentileschi, the painter, rape victim, & movie subject whose work is seen here, had this first name |
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