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| This pair sent back a live, caged prairie dog to Thomas Jefferson |
Lewis & Clark
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| With Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Cheryl Miller & Anne Donovan entered the Hall of Fame for this sport in 1995 |
basketball
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| Legend says King Arthur lives "Evermore" in the guise of one of these black birds |
a raven
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| In 1994 this Asian city's Disneyland greeted its 150 millionth visitor |
Tokyo
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| Red clover is pollinated by these large furry bees of the family Bombidae |
bumblebees
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| To crack your sides is to do this so hard it hurts |
laugh
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| He never appeared at his 1868 impeachment trial |
(Andrew) Johnson
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| In 1995, for the 2nd year running, Uta Pippig of Germany placed 1st among women in this U.S. race |
(Beth: What is the New York Marathon?)
the Boston Marathon
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| The most beautiful woman on Earth, her name came from the Greek for "light" |
(Gwen: Who's Aphrodite?)
Helen of Troy
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| This famous block of limestone is set into a castle tower near Cork |
the Blarney Stone
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| The sugar species of this tree is a fine ornamental tree but is intolerant of road salt |
maple
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| To cut the cake is to undergo this ceremony |
a wedding
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| In 1855 Congress allocated $30,000 to buy 33 of these to use as pack animals in the southwest desert |
camels
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| This speed skater was chosen Sports Illustrated's 1994 Sportswoman of the Year |
Bonnie Blair
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| In Celtic legend the cry of this female fairy foretells a death |
a banshee
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| The French exchange gifts on this day, which they call Le Jour de l'An |
New Year's Day
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| In gardening terminology, inflorescence refers to the arrangement of these on a plant |
(Gwen: What are the leaves?) (Beth: What are petals?)
the flowers
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| The marshy, sluggish outlet of a lake or river, this word probably comes from the Choctaw Bayuk |
a bayou
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| After U.S. forces burned York in April 1813, the British burned this city in reprisal in 1814 |
Washington, D.C
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| In June 1993 Julie Krone became the 1st woman jockey to win this 3rd leg of the Triple Crown |
the Belmont Stakes
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| A symbol of longevity in Japanese mythology is this bird, a favorite origami figure |
a crane
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| There's a statue of Henrik Ibsen in front of the National Theatre in this capital city |
Oslo
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| Before cutting, teak trees are girdled & left standing to do this to the wood |
(Alex: Essentially, to [*]. The tree will die and the wood will be dry.)
dry it out
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| An unusually rough or unruly one of these people is called an ankle-biter |
a child
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| This institute that opened in Alabama in 1881 first emphasized farming & crafts |
Tuskegee
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| Second in all-time tournament victories, this American was inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame in 1995 |
(Gwen: Who's Martina... no.) (Beth: Who is Billie Jean King?)
Chris Evert Lloyd (or Chris Evert Mill)
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| This "epic" Babylonian turned Ishtar down; he remembered she destroyed her previous lovers |
Gilgamesh
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| Charlottetown, the capital of this Canadian province, is named for the wife of King George III |
P.E.I. (Prince Edward Island)
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| This widely cultivated grass, Saccharum officinarum, needs 80 inches of rainfall or irrigation a year |
sugarcane
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| This term for unscrupulous northern adventurers came from the luggage they carried south |
carpetbaggers
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