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In 1943 Churchill, Roosevelt & this Soviet leader met in Tehran, Iran |
Stalin
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Only in the U.S. is the name of this Korean conglomerate pronounced to rhyme with "Sunday" |
Hyundai
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In North America the British & their Indian allies fought this country & their Indian allies |
the French
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John Howard Payne wrote, "Be it ever so" this, "there's no place like home" |
humble
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In 1935 this humorist was given the Spirit of St. Louis Medal for achievement in aeronautics |
Will Rogers
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The subtitle of this 1960 book by Joy Adamson is "A Lioness of Two Worlds" |
Born Free
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He was born Josip Broz in 1892 in Kumrovec, Croatia |
Tito
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This car produced by Daimler-Benz is named for Emil Jellinek's daughter |
the Mercedes
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In 1993 this Williamsburg, Va. college celebrated the 300th anniversary of its 1693 charter |
William & Mary
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Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, "The sky is the daily bread of" these sense organs |
the eyes
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In 1966 the Henry Bacon Medal for Memorial Architecture went to this St. Louis structure |
the Arch
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She was born Pearl Sydenstricker in Hillsboro, West Virginia & taken to China as a child |
Pearl S. Buck
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In 1989 this South African education minister succeeded P.W. Botha as the country's president |
De Klerk
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In 1990 Harold Poling replaced Donald Petersen as CEO of this 2nd-largest U.S. auto producer |
Ford
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Following the publication of his "Principia", he had a nervous breakdown & retired from research |
Newton
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This play contains the line "A great nose indicates a great man" |
Cyrano de Bergerac
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Dorothy Loudon won a 1977 Tony for her role as Miss Hannigan in this Broadway musical |
Annie
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This author of "The Color Purple" also wrote a children's biography of Langston Hughes |
Alice Walker
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In 1989 Tadeusz Mazowiecki became this country's first non-Communist leader since World War II |
Poland
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This largest private Italian company produces Alfa Romeo & Autobianchi cars |
Fiat
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In 1693 he became chief of the MacGregor clan; he didn't become an outlaw until 1712 |
(David: Who is Robert the Bruce?)
Rob Roy
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On July 21, 1861 Barnard Elliott Bee said, "There is Jackson, standing like" one of these |
a stone wall
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In 1966 U Thant became the 1st recipient of an award for int'l understanding named for this PM of India |
Nehru
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With husband John Gregory Dunne, she adapted her 1970 novel "Play It As It Lays" for the screen |
Joan Didion
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Turkey's first president, he served from 1923 until his death in 1938 |
(Kemal) Ataturk
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This Wolfsburg, Germany corporation produces the Spanish-based SEAT automobile |
Volkswagen
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This English astronomer devised the first actuarial table |
(David: Who is Kepler?)
Edmund Halley
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Oscar Wilde defined this as "the fashionable substitute for belief" |
(Paul: What is faith?) ... (Alex: You're on the right track, though, Paul. And since we're dealing with quotations, we have to get the exact word. What is [*]?)
religion
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This scientist & vitamin C proponent was a recipient of the Int'l Lenin Peace Prize |
Linus Pauling
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On her death in 1986, she was laid to rest next to Jean-Paul Sartre in Montparnasse Cemetery |
(Pat: Who is Anaïs Nin?) (Alex: No. The great love of his life, [*].)
Simone de Beauvoir
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