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In Japanese mythology, Inari is the god of this grain |
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This "Great" czar thought his son Alexis was conspiring to overthrow him, so he ordered him tortured |
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Hungarians have many dishes named for & made with this spice |
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"Lady, Be Good!" was the first show he wrote in full collaboration with his brother Ira |
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Chapter 6 of this Hawthorne classic is titled "Pearl" |
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The Gulf of Taranto divides this boot-shaped country's "heel" from its "toe" |
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After this founder of Rome disappeared in a storm, the Romans worshipped him as a god |
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In 770 this king of the Franks married Desiderata, daughter of the Lombard king Desiderius |
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These licorice-flavored seeds flavor ouzo, a Greek liqueur |
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Published after his death, "The Art of the Fugue" was this Baroque composer's last work |
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Budd Schulberg's novel "The Harder They Fall" deals with corrupt practices in this sport |
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Since 1899 the Sabine-Neches Canal has linked Port Arthur, Texas with this gulf |
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These animals were mummified by ancient Egyptians as a tribute to the goddess Bast |
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Ahmadu Seku, who died in 1898, was the second & last ruler of this continent's Tukulor Empire |
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This expensive yellow spice is a traditional ingredient in bouillabaisse |
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As a teen, Prokofiev studied under this composer famous for his "Flight of the Bumblebee" |
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1938's "Out Of The Silent Planet" was the first sci-fi novel by this Narnia creator |
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Canada's Prince Edward Island lies within this gulf |
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Tlazolteotl was the lust goddess of these people; her name is Nahuatl for "lady of dirt" |
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Huayna Capac, the father of Atahualpa, ruled this empire from c. 1493 until his death c. 1525 |
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It tastes like a spicier version of nutmeg, & in fact is derived from the outer coat of the nutmeg seed |
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Joseph Haydn told this man's father, "Your son is the greatest composer I know" |
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Published in 1923, "The Prophet" is a book of 28 poetic essays by this Lebanese-American |
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The Strait of Tiran connects the Red Sea to this gulf, its northeastern arm |
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This Norse god rides through the sky in a noisy chariot pulled by 2 huge billy goats |
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This king of England was the grandfather of Elizabeth I |
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Making soups & bean dishes tasty, its name is a synonym for tasty |
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"Fireworks" was an earlier work by this "Firebird" composer |
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Amory Blaine, a student at Princeton, is the hero of this first novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald |
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This gulf on the coasts of Estonia & Latvia shares its name with Latvia's capital |
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