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In winter this Canadian capital's Rideau Canal becomes one huge skating rink |
Ottawa
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This mentor of Plato said "I am not an Athenian or a Greek but a citizen of the world" |
(Pete: Who is Aristotle?) (Richard: Who is Pericles?)
Socrates
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Sanguine, a tincture used in heraldry, is a shade of this color |
red
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The alternate title of "The Arabian Nights Entertainment" include this number |
1,001
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It's the only country whose official language is Bengali |
Bangladesh
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Among living birds only this species can weigh over 300 pounds |
an ostrich
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Beethoven's home in this West German capital is now a museum |
Bonn
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Wendell Willkie called it the "glory of the United States" & Coolidge said it "was the business of America" |
business
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The eyes of a great horned owl are this color |
yellow
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Completes the title of Carson McCullers' story "The Ballad of the Sad" |
Café
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Although Cantonese is spoken by almost everyone, this is the official language of Macao |
Portuguese
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When the Bible speaks of the voice of the turtle, i's talking about this type of bird |
a turtledove
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This Welsh capital was once the world's largest coal exporting port |
Cardiff
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To Will Rogers this form of government is "what you have to keep for four years, no matter what it does" |
a democracy
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The inky secretion of a cuttlefish or a brownish pigment made from it |
(Pete: What is ink?)
sepia
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"Fire Down Below" is the 3rd book in this "Lord of the Flies" author's "Seafaring" trilogy |
(William) Golding
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Spoken in coastal regions of East Africa, this language is official in Tanzania |
Swahili
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Not 1, not 2, but 3 species of kiwi are found in this country |
(Richard: What is Australia?)
New Zealand
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International flights to this capital are serviced by Chiang Kai-shek Airport |
Taipei
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He said, "Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate" |
JFK
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One of June's birthstones, it can describe a shade of pink or gray |
pearl
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Animal whose paw is in the title of William Wymark Jacobs' most famous horror story |
a monkey
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Slovenian & Macedonian are 2 of the 3 languages of this country |
Yugoslavia
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If you run into a ptarmigan in January its plumage will be this color |
white
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The Tigris River divides this city into two districts, Karkh on the west & Rusafa on the east |
Baghdad
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He said, "It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliance with any portion of the foreign world" |
Washington
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This brownish-orange color is named for the Venetian artist who used it in his paintings |
(Pete: What is umber?)
titian
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In an 1894 novel King Rudolf of Ruritania is held prisoner in this castle |
Zenda
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Although the Asian country is now called Myanmar, this is still its official language |
Burmese
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The largest of all birds of prey is a species of this in the Andes |
a condor
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