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THE ALGONQUIAN WORD TABLE |
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This word for an ax comes from Algonquian, though it's associated with the Florida State Seminoles |
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At $30 billion, it's No. 2--in the Ivy League |
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This character first appeared in a comic strip called "Li'l Folks" |
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$650 million stolen in Iraq was found hidden in the walls of one of this leader's palaces in 2003 |
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The Rialto or Ponte Vecchio |
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This word for a little animal that may go through your trash comes from a word for "he scratches with hands" |
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The university system of this state has more than $30 billion; its A&M system, more than $13 billion |
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He's the hitmaking singer-songwriter-producer seen here |
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Thomas Blood & his criminal gang stole these treasures from the Tower of London in 1671, but were quickly caught |
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A dog that gave its name to a Richard Nixon speech |
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A famous "Farms" started selling meats & cheeses in Ohio in the '50s, but this tree in its name is a Virginia Algonquian word |
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With more than $27 billion, this California school is the best-endowed non-Ivy League private university |
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Charlie Kaufman wrote this 2002 film that starred Nicolas Cage as Charlie Kaufman |
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Dunbar, now part of this big armored car company, was hit in 1997 to the tune of almost $19 million; the company got some of it back, though |
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This 5-letter word for a very large deer comes from words meaning "he strips off" (bark to eat, that is) |
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With $8.5 billion, it's the best-endowed school in the Carolinas |
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Jazz great Charlie Parker got this nickname while playing with Jay McShann's band in the early 1940s |
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In 1990 works by Rembrandt & Degas were among the half-billion dollars worth of art stolen from the Gardner Museum in this city |
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Maize dishes (& their names) from Algonquian include hominy & this boiled corn & beans combo |
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This Pasadena school makes a big bang with its 2.9 billion bucks |
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Born in England in 1889, he made the comedy short "Making a Living" in 1914 in Los Angeles |
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This Belgian city is a world diamond exchange capital & was the site of a $100 million heist in 2003 |
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