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After Pope Pius XI died in February 1939, Eugenio Pacelli was elected to the post & took this name |
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"Golden Legend", a book from the late Middle Ages, popularized his dragon-killing prowess |
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Brooklyn's Ruth Bader Ginsburg & this El Paso lass are among millionaires on the Supreme Court |
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In a 1973 film Edward Fox, as an assassin with the code name of this other canine, tried to kill de Gaulle |
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For Peter Gabriel & Phil Collins, this group was indeed a "beginning" |
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His short reign as King of England fell in in 1936 |
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Legend says a procession with St. Agatha's veil in it stopped eruptions of this Sicilian volcano |
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To fly in this stage role, it might help to be born in Texas; Sandy Duncan & Mary Martin were |
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This flightless bird of Australia may weigh up to 120 pounds |
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In "Space Jam" the alien Nerdlucks kidnap Looney Tunes stars, who turn to this man for help |
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The film version of "Anna Christie" was advertised with the line she "Talks" |
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When created in 1933 it insured bank accounts up to $2,500 in the case of bank failure |
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This female mystic from Avila was a contemporary of El Greco |
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In 1966 she became the first black woman elected to the Texas Senate |
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The largest free-flying flock of this wading bird in the U.S. is kept at Hialeah Racetrack in Florida |
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Rebecca de Mornay, not Fran Drescher, uses this job to get revenge in "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" |
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It used to be a sailor; in plural, it could be a lot of sailors |
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Gen. Emilio Mola said this group of Fascist supporters in Madrid would help him take the city |
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Relic dealers credit this major find to Saint Helena, who found it in Palestine |
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The mute species of this bird is not entirely mute; it makes a hoarse, wheezing sound |
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1988 film in which Alan Rickman takes over a high-rise building to steal bonds |
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You can run it as a challenge, or throw it down as a challenge |
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In 1933 the New York Society for the Prevention of Vice wanted his "God's Little Acre" declared obscene |
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This brother of Methodius created a Slavic alphabet; his followers may have created the one named for him |
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This Miss Texas went on to become Miss America of 1971 & first lady of Kentucky in 1980 |
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The Arctic species of this bird migrates farther than any other--about 11,000 miles each way between the polar regions |
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1996 film in which John Travolta takes time out from his job as an Air Force pilot to steal bombs |
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Known by the acronym "GUT", physicists have been working on it for decades, but may never be able to prove one |
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