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At the same time Joan of Arc led the French, Itzcoatl was leading this group in Mexico |
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T. Tusser's 16th C. book "A Hundred Good Points of Husbandry" says, "Sweet April showers do spring" these |
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The lac insect secretes a substance used to make this varnish |
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Originally 43, this was reduced to 32 by the Soviet government in 1918 to increase literacy |
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They were once called "Saratoga Chips" after the town in New York where they were first made |
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Traditionally he is the last "celebrity" to appear in the parade |
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People began digging up this Italian city in 1748, only 1,669 years after it was buried |
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According to Lincoln, you can't do this to "all of the people all the time" |
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The largest one of these in the world is the Queen Alexandria birdwing, not the monarch |
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In subtraction the difference is found by subtracting the subtrahend from this |
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These red "berries" grown on the ground aren't true berries because the seeds are on the outside |
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A band from Jupiter led off the 1989 parade, & this guy from Melmac served as a TV host |
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4 treaties to mitigate the horrors of war were signed in this city in August 1949 |
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It's not clear who said "Don't...fire until you see the whites of their eyes" at this 1775 battle |
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To distinguish termites from ants, look at this feature: an ant has a slim one, like a wasp |
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The Romans gave us this letter by adding a small stroke to the letter C |
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Of jams, jelly or preserves, the one that contains no fruit, only fruit juice |
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Though 1989 was his 50th year in show biz, his new balloon wasn't in the parade, Doc; it broke |
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The Pope excommunicated her in 1570 after she made the Anglican church England's official religion |
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Vocation of the man of whom Longfellow said, "The muscles of his brawny arms are strong as iron bands" |
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Some insects have 3 of these sense organs, called ocelli, arranged in a triangle on the head |
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The symbol "y" was once used in place of these 2 letters; hence the word "ye" as in "ye olde pub" |
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Thos. Jefferson is credited with introducing this vegetable, named for its ovoid shape, to the U.S. |
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Other than humans, most live animals in the parade nowadays are these |
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This cardinal helped establish the Academie Francaise in the 1630s |
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Juvenal wrote a Roman's longings are limited to 2 things, "panem et circenses", meaning this |
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Of the 5 senses, it's the 1 a honeybee doesn't have |
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The invention of the 1st mechanical adding machine is credited to this French mathematician in 1642 |
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Supreme Court said this salad ingredient could be classified as a vegetable (but it's botanically a fruit) |
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The Snoopy balloon travels with this companion balloon |
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