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Hiram Bingham, who discovered this civilization's city of Machu Picchu, was gov. of Connecticut for 1 day |
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Sapphires come in many colors, but the finest ones are this color |
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In "Macbeth" Hecate commands this trio, "And now about the cauldron sing, like elves and fairies in a ring" |
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St. Christopher takes care of travelers & St. Bona takes care of these people who take care of plane travelers |
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From the Latin for "betrothal", it's a marriage partner, either husband or wife |
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In 1620 the Pilgrims first landed in the New World on this peninsula & that's no fish story |
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Columbus named this flagship on his 2nd voyage after the one wrecked on the 1st |
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This country's diamond rush began after some Boer children found a 21-carat stone in 1866 |
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Shakespeare's narrative poem "Venus And Adonis" is based in part on this poet's "Metamorphoses" |
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Saint Erasmus, the patron saint of sailors, gets all fired up under this other name |
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The garden of "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" includes these, along with cockleshells & pretty maids |
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It's the Canadian partner of the American falls |
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Pedro Cabral formally took possession of it in 1500 & named it Vera Cruz; we know it as this country today |
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Auguste Verneuil developed the flame-fusion process of creating these red gems artificially |
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Kenneth Branagh & Emma Thompson played Benedick & Beatrice in the 1993 film version of this comedy |
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He's known for asking Jesus, "Quo vadis, Domine?" & being crucified upside-down |
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This British author's 2 middle names are Ronald Reuel |
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This island group in the north Atlantic makes up 2 Spanish provinces |
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Some say the Portuguese sent him to India in 1497 after his brother Paulo turned down the command |
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This "sea-colored" gem, a birthstone for March, should be cleaned often to retain its sparkle |
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This play's last scene takes place on the pleasure grounds of Portia's house in Belmont |
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Saint Basil the Blessed was an advisor to the czar in this city; a church there is named for him |
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In 1885 this Nez Perce chief & his people were moved to a reservation in Washington where he died in 1904 |
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Painters in the Hudson River School featured this mountain range in many of their works |
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This Dutchman's discoveries of Fiji, Tonga & New Zealand were a disappointment, since they had no great wealth |
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Chatoyancy is the special luminous quality that makes these gems resemble feline features |
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Many scholars describe this play about a prince of Tyre as a "romance" |
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Hadrian is said to have made martyrs of these 3 legendary sisters, also a trio of virtues |
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In 1976 the U.S. Mint issued a medal commemorating his flight through the sound barrier |
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Named for the largest deer, this Saskatchewan city has the largest Canadian forces jet-pilot training base |
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