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THE "GOOD", THE "BAD" & THE "UGLY" |
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Steven Jay Gould said this animal's "thumb" is an enlarged wrist bone that lets it strip bamboo shoots |
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He got himself into "Lifeboat" as the before & after in newspaper ads for Reduco the Obesity Slayer |
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This Louis known as "the Well-Beloved" lived up to his name by romancing all 5 of the Nesle sisters |
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Heard here, he was the youngest of the 3 singers who perished in a February 1959 plane crash
"Para bailar la bamba / Para bailar la bamba..." |
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Either of the 2 composers who in 1897 based an opera on Henri Murger's novel "Scenes de la vie de boheme" |
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This story says "then he rustled his feathers, curved his slender neck, and cried joyfully" |
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This serpent devourer was introduced into Jamaica to kill rats--didn't work; the rats simply climbed into trees |
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In his last role filmed on U.S. soil, this man slit Jack Nicholson's nose in "Chinatown" |
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Johann Struensee, physician to this country's King Christian VII, was executed for romancing the queen |
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Of this athlete, Pres. Clinton said, "We were dazzled by her speed, humbled by her talent & captivated by her style" |
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With Brahms' help, this composer's "Moravian Duets" & "Slavonic Dances" brought attention to Czech music |
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In 1933 FDR espoused this policy in which the U.S. "respects the rights of others" |
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This animal's 3-letter name is derived from an African word for "black", referring to the black wildebeest |
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You'll find Jim Lovell as the captain of the Iwo Jima in this 1995 flick |
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He may have sired several of Lady Castlemaine's children; no wonder he was "The Merry Monarch" |
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In 1995, 33-year-old Alison Hargreaves conquered Mount Everest, only to perish months later on this 2nd-highest mountain |
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Josef Suk arranged a meditation on an old carol about this Bohemian "King", the Czech patron saint |
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This national park is about 30 miles north of Wounded Knee |
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There are African, Japanese & fat species of this rodent that may hibernate half the year |
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Appropriately, she is the host at the past lives pavilion in Albert Brooks' 1991 film "Defending Your Life" |
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This Parisian actress born in 1844 counted Victor Hugo & the future Edward VII among her lovers |
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Michael Jackson's song "Gone Too Soon" was a tribute to this Indiana teen who died of AIDS in 1990 |
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In this Smetana opera, Kecal the marriage broker tries to bribe Jenik to give up his true love |
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A mischievous sprite in English folklore also called Puck |
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Canada has made this arctic bovine a protected species |
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This comic's cameo in 1985's "Spies Like Us" involved him playing golf in a tent & was his last movie role |
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Robert Devereux, the Earl of this, succeeded his stepfather the Earl of Leicester as Elizabeth I's "favorite" |
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Also a Yul Brynner film, this Janacek piece came from a Gogol tale of a Cossack who revolts against the Poles |
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This hyphenated Black Forest town has hot springs that the Romans built 2,000 years ago |
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