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On Feb. 10, 1931 it became the capital of India |
New Delhi
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This president of the French Oceanographic Campaigns developed a process for using TV underwater |
Cousteau
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In 1930 he was given a National Geographic Society medal for flying over the South Pole |
(Barbara: Who is Peary?)
Richard Byrd
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The 4th Amendment guarantees freedom from "unreasonable searches and" these |
seizures
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This author's "Noble House" was the bestselling hardcover novel of 1981 |
(James) Clavell
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Hawaii signed a treaty of annexation to the U.S. Feb. 14, 1893, the 114th anniv. of this explorer's death |
Captain Cook
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This 15th C. printer was born Johann Gensfleisch but used his mother's maiden name |
Gutenberg
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In 1973 this Ariz. senator received the Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy for his service to U.S. aviation |
Barry Goldwater
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If the value of a controversy exceeds $20, this type of trial is permitted according to the 7th Amendment |
jury trial
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Spy novelist David Cornwell uses this pen name |
John Le Carre
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On Feb. 20, 1971 this major general promoted himself to general & President of Uganda |
Idi Amin
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In 1842 he sold only 7 of his improved mechanical reapers |
McCormick
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Canada's westernmost province, it's also the third largest in area |
British Columbia
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In 1959 & 1977, Chester Gould received the Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist for this comic strip |
Dick Tracy
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This amendment says that no one may "be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law" |
the 5th Amendment
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2 twins are the only survivors of the family that owns a decayed mansion in this Poe story |
"The Fall of the House of Usher"
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On Feb. 24, 1993 he announced he would resign as PM of Canada as soon as a replacement was found |
Mulroney
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In 1904 this automobile pioneer began making the REO, a car named for his initials |
(Peg: Who is Oldsmobile?)
Olds
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1 of the 2 countries that lead the world in the production of alpaca wool |
Peru (or Bolivia)
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In 1974 this company's YSL for Men won a "Fifi" award from The Fragrance Foundation |
Yves St. Laurent
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The Bill of Rights was largely the work of this man |
(John: Who is George Mason?)
James Madison
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Published in 1890, it was Oscar Wilde's only novel |
(Barbara: What is The Portrait of Dorian Gray?)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
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On Feb. 24, 1920 she became the first woman member to speak in the British Parliament |
Nancy Astor
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In the 1940s he developed a 3-D motion picture process based on polarized light |
(Edwin) Land
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To the ancient Romans, this bay north of Spain was the Cantabrian Sea |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
the Bay of Biscay
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In 1981 this Detroit mayor was the recipient of the NAACP's Spingarn Medal |
Coleman Young
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The Bill of Rights was signed by the Speaker of the House & this president of the Senate |
(Peg: Who was Jefferson?)
John Adams
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In this Rudyard Kipling novel, a beggar boy from Lahore becomes the disciple of a Tibetan lama |
Kim
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