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In his "Travels", this Italian man described a unicorn-like animal & other wonders |
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The first official Olympic mascot was Waldi, one of these low-to-the-ground dogs, at the 1972 games in Munich |
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Columbia University botanist Nathaniel Lord Britton helped establish this city's botanical garden |
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In Genesis 3:23 he passes out of Eden, never to return |
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Kentucky's first commercial mine for this fuel opened in Muhlenberg County in 1820 |
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1 inch equals 25.4 of these units |
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Landless peasants did most of the farm work in this socioeconomic system with the nobility on top & the serfs below |
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Herb Brooks coached the U.S. to the "Miracle on Ice" hockey victory at this site in the Adirondacks |
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The Hortus Botanicus Leiden began the 17th century "mania" for these bulb flowers |
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He goes from Bethlehem to the Valley of Elah, where he wins a big fight with a big guy |
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NASA's giant Saturn V rocket was powered by more than 700,000 gallons of hydrogen & oxygen in this state |
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First name of Mr. Finn, a Chicago saloon keeper of bad repute |
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Theodoric was one of these religious leaders in opposition to the accepted bishop of Rome |
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Olympic sports that have been discontinued include croquet, pigeon shooting & this team sport using a rope |
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Longwood Gardens near Philadelphia originated with land purchased from this Quaker in 1700 |
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Saul is on the road to this city when a heavenly light knocks him off his feet |
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Ireland & Finland are among the world's leading producers of this spongy plant fuel |
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It's a Spanish-named drink of beer, lime juice & other seasonings |
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Helping us balance our checkbooks, Leonardo of Pisa introduced this, sifr in Arabic, to Western math in 1202 |
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If you're about to do the winter Olympic event called short track, you'll be wanting these on your feet |
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While journeying from Beersheba to Haran, he sleeps on a stone pillow & dreams of a ladder |
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Methane is the main component of CNG, this vehicle fuel |
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6-letter cloud of unpleasant vapor |
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In 1390 this group soon to rule Turkey took Philadelphia, the last Byzantine city in Asia Minor |
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Roman Sebrle & Ashton Eaton share the Olympic record with exactly 8,893 points in this track & field competition |
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The Millennium Seed Bank in this British garden has representatives of more than 10% of all seed-bearing wild plants |
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This prophet goes from the port of Joppa to Nineveh, with a 3-day detour that must've been quite unpleasant |
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"Bio" this, made from recycled cooking oil & other fats, can be used in most vehicles built to run on the regular version |
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