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Thomas Conway was involved in a 1777 plot to replace this American commander-in-chief with Horatio Gates |
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1993: "A murdered wife. A one-armed man. An obsessed detective. The chase begins." |
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Famous tale that contains the line "If he be Mr. Hyde...I shall be Mr. Seek" |
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Technically, a menorah has 7 branches, the one with this many is a hanukkiyah |
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The sinking of this British liner in May 1915 indirectly influenced the U.S. to enter WWI |
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Sir Robert Walpole is usually considered Britain's first one, though the title wasn't official at the time |
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She was almost 6 feet tall & strong as an ox (she could have smashed saloons without her famous hatchet) |
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1995: "A little pig goes a long way" |
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Martha Grimes is from Pittsburgh, but she sets her mystery novels in this country & names them for pubs |
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A menorah by sculptor Benno Elkan stands before this Israeli parliament building |
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One legend mentioned by Plato says that this island was swallowed by the sea as a result of earthquakes |
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In a familiar old song, it's "sailing over a cardboard sea" |
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In the 11th century Anawratha became the first ruler to politically unite this country that's also known as Myanmar |
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1993: "An adventure 65 million years in the making" |
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In a poem about this city, Bret Harte wrote, "Wrap her, o fog, in gown and hood of her Franciscan brotherhood" |
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Per Exodus 25, "The tongs and the snuff-dishes" of the temple menorah shall be of this material |
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A 1976 Gordon Lightfoot song told the true story of the sinking of this ore vessel in Lake Superior |
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Sinanthropus pekinensis is another name for this Homo erectus whose remains were discovered in the 1920s |
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As chancellor of this country in the 1930s, Kurt von Schuschnigg favored restoring the Hapsburgs to the throne |
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1973: "Where were you in '62?" |
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Ann Radcliffe's 1794 novel "The Mysteries of Udolpho" is a fine example of this "architectural" genre |
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According to a prayer, Jews light the menorah "Al Ha-Nissim", meaning "for" these wondrous events |
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In 1997 "Nova" went under the sea to look at this ship, the Titanic's lost sister: |
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Blasted, it's the weapon of war seen here: |
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The father of this Danish astronomer was the governor of Halsingborg Castle |
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This "I, Claudius" novelist's memoir "Good-Bye to All That" is noted for its vivid depiction of WWI |
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When the second temple was destroyed in 70 A.D., its menorah was carried off to this city |
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A 1999 TV movie portrayed the torpedoing & sinking of the federal sloop Housatonic by this Confederate sub |
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While at LSU he became college basketball's first point-a-minute scorer |
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