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The site of this capital was occupied by Quitu Indians before the 11th century |
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The surname of this Houston Rockets star means "Being on top" in Yoruba, his native language |
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Named for a dramatist, Eggs Sardou was created at Antoine's Restaurant in this Louisiana city |
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The USA's first of these with a double deck went into operation in 1905 in New York City |
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In 1813 this partner of Meriwether Lewis became governor of this Missouri Territory |
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This capital lies at the edge of the basin of Cundinamarca near the center of Colombia |
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This talk show host met his wife via e-mail & Justice Clarence Thomas married them |
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Caneton a la Montmorency is roast duckling with a sauce of these small red fruits |
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By the 5th century B.C. this horse-drawn, 2-wheeled carriage had been introduced into Britain |
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His expedition's 1519-1522 circumnavigation of the world was sponsored by Spain's King Charles I |
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In 1984 a skull found in the crypt of this city's cathedral was confirmed as Francisco Pizarro's |
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With 5, this female gymnast won the most medals of any U.S. athlete at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona |
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Some chefs garnish the mousse made from these freshwater crustaceans with sliced truffles |
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With more than 20 million passengers a year, this city's Pearson Int'l Airport is Canada's busiest |
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Wilson Price Hunt, an employee of his fur company, pioneered what became the Oregon Trail |
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Like his "Tropic" books, his trilogy "The Rosy Crucifixion" was banned from the U.S. for many years |
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Oscar Niemeyer designed the major structures in this planned capital city |
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In 1994 this anthropologist, son of 2 anthropologists, quit as director of the Kenya Wildlife Service |
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To make the Italian type of this fluffy topping, pour hot sugar syrup over stiffly beaten egg whites |
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This country's St. Gotthard Road is the world's longest auto tunnel at 10.1 miles in length |
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On Nov. 10, 1871 Henry Stanley met David Livingstone at the town of Ujiji on this lake |
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"The Little Prince" was originally published in 1943 in this language |
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The Pantheon of Heroes in this Paraguayan capital is modeled on Les Invalides in Paris |
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He replaced Harry Blackmun on the Supreme Court |
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This variety meat, they thymus gland or pancreas of an animal, may be braised, broiled or sauteed |
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In 1831 this locomotive named for a New York governor became the first to run on the Mohawk & Hudson Railroad |
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In 1906 this Norwegian reached Nome, completing a voyage through the Northwest Passage |
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The "prize" in this Shirley Jackson short story is death by stoning |
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