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Perhaps seeking peace after fathering 13 kids, this "War & Peace" author advocated chastity |
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Some U.S. official records call it "The War of the Rebellion" |
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The Varsity Match, world's oldest swim meet, is held between these 2 English universities |
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Olympic weightlifting silver medalist Harold Sakata played Oddjob in this James Bond film |
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In 1892, at age 53, WCTU founder Miss Frances Willard learned to ride one of these |
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It's said he lived to be 950 years old, including 350 after the flood |
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To "amuse" his mother, he hid in his pockets bats which he'd found in a Hannibal cave |
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In 1799, during war against Turkey, his army discovered Rosetta Stone in Egypt |
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In judging a dive, these 2 marks are thrown out |
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Before fame in "National Velvet", Elizabeth Taylor was in this collie classic |
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In 1896, the director of the Sorbonne's psychology lab, Alfred Binet, devised this test |
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"Lone Ranger" announcer asked listeners to "Return with us now to the those thrilling days of..." |
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Polish-born Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski wrote "Typhoon" under this name |
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According to the following song, he's the cause of all the wars in history: |
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In diving, 1 of the 2 heights above the water for a springboard |
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She starred as the "I" in "I'll Cry Tomorrow" & "I Want to Live" |
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The Chicago Exposition celebrated the 400th anniversary of this |
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A subordinate who indiscriminately agrees with a superior |
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Perhaps Edgar Allan Poe's flair for the dramatic came from this, his birth parents' occupation |
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Buffalo, N.Y. was destroyed in this war |
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1 of 2 strokes whose finishing touch in a race must be made with both hands |
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Universal & UA turned down this script, but the film smashed box office records in 1977 |
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After previously suggesting that Jews convert to Catholicism, Theodor Herzl founded this movement |
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From Latin for "nine", it's a Catholic devotion that's repeated 9 times |
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Last name of English sibling poets, Osbert & Sacheverell |
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A revolution broke out in 1905 as a result of Russia's defeat in this war |
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Now a sportscaster, at age 13 she was youngest member of American team in 1960 Olympics |
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In 1899, he played in "Ben-Hur" on Broadway, long before becoming a silent screen cowboy star |
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Its chemical name is p-aminobenzoyl-diethylamino-ethanol hydrochloride |
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