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| Jozef Pilsudski was this country's 1st chief of state after it became a republic in 1918 |
Poland
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| The Chateau de Chambord has 1 of these with twin spirals so 1 person can go up & 1 can go down without meeting |
a staircase
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| As you might expect, Tennyson was buried in this famous section of Westminster Abbey |
Poets' Corner
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| The UN projects that by the year 2000 it will be the world's most populous urban area |
Mexico City
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| This gland produces thyroxine, a hormone which regulates metabolism |
the thyroid gland
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| Recommended by Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Banneker was one of the surveyors who laid out this city |
Washington, D.C.
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| This president of Turkey was given the nickname Kemal, which means perfection, by 1 of his teachers |
Ataturk
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| The Jacobean style, which varied little from Tudor style, was named for this man |
King James
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| His original first name was Nicholas but we know him better by his middle name, Vachel |
Lindsay
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| It was first cultivated in Mexico & is still the main crop there |
maize (or corn)
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| These joints are located between the metacarpals & the adjoining phalanges on a hand |
(Paul: What are the wrist joints?)
the knuckles
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| The popularity of ragtime ended about the same time that this composer died in 1917 |
Joplin
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| A 1974 assassination attempt on this S. Korean president killed his wife instead |
(Jeff: Who is Rhee?)
[Dan's initial response of the president's family name was not immediately accepted and Dan then gave the full name, unprompted.]
Park Chung Hee
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| This English cabinetmaker, born in 1718, was noted particularly for Chinese & Rococo designs |
Chippendale
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| One of A.E. Housman's poignant poems is titled "To An Athlete" doing this "Young" |
Dying
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| If a Mexican shows you his huaraches, he's showing you these |
his shoes (his sandals)
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| This temporary organ in pregnant women supplies the unborn baby with food & oxygen |
the placenta
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| In 1967 this author & comic ran for mayor of Chicago; in '68 he was a candidate for president |
Dick Gregory
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| First name of the dauphin who was restored to the throne of France with the help of Joan of Arc |
Charles (VII)
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| The Regency & Empire Styles revived the use of the Klismos, a typical chair of this ancient civilization |
Greece
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| He was very well-read but his formal education ended at Swansea Grammar School in Wales |
Dylan Thomas
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| Colors of the 3 vertical stripes on the Mexican flag |
red, white & green
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| A jellylike substance called the vitreous humor fills much of the space in these organs |
the eyes
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| Replacing Jefferson Davis, Hiram Revels, the first black U.S. senator, represented this state |
Mississippi
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| Subject of a famous opera, this czar wasn't a Romanov but was elected by a national assembly in 1598 |
Boris Godunov
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| A poudreuse is a small one of these often equipped with a mirror that lifts up |
(Paul: What is [**]?)
(Alex: [**]? [**] or [*], I think we can accept that, can't we? All right, good.)
a dressing table (a vanity accepted)
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| British Romantic poet seen in the following portrait wearing an Albanian costume: |
[Thomas Phillips' portrait was shown.]
(Lord) Byron
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| After his forces captured & shot Maximilian, this Mexican hero was reelected president |
Benito Juarez
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| The lungs contain hundreds of millions of these air sacs which provide oxygen to the blood |
alveoli
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| In 1968 she became the first black woman elected to the House of Representatives |
Shirley Chisholm
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