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| She was born Sophia Augusta Fredericka of Anhalt-Zerbst in Pomerania |
Catherine the Great
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| Gardener Mary, Mary was described as "quite" this |
contrary
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| Girls of the late '60s pressed their hair with a warm one of these to remove all waviness |
iron
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| There are about 30,000 of these in the state & Okeechobee is the largest |
lakes
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| Designed by Donato Bramante, the Tempietto of San Pietro in this city marks the site of St. Peter's martyrdom |
Rome
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| In the 1890s he nominally presided over construction of the Trans-Siberian railroad |
Nicholas II
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| In one version, "Threescore men, and threescore more, cannot place" him "as he was before" |
Humpty Dumpty
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| These, called fringe in England, are hair combed forward over the forehead & cut straight across |
bangs
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| This Florida city was the only Confederate capital east of the Mississippi not captured by the Union |
Tallahassee
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| Styles of this building feature include pitched, hipped & gambrel |
roofs
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| A ship runs from this "to stern" |
stem
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| In the 1690s he recruited about 900 technicians on his tour of western Europe |
Peter the Great
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| One rhyme claims he had a pig that was not very lean & not very fat |
Jack Sprat
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| This "Indian" style features a shaved head with a strip of hair running from brow to nape |
mohawk
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| This space center is headquartered on Merritt Island, not on Cape Canaveral |
Kennedy Space Center
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| This Conn. city's old state house, designed by Charles Bulfinch is a masterpiece of the Federalist style |
Hartford
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| It means to put your money away or to hit a billiard ball off a cushion |
bank
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| In 1581 he killed his son & heir in a rage |
Ivan the Terrible
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| Barnyard cry that precedes "My dame has lost her shoe" |
cock-a-doodle-doo
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| This men's hairstyle was originally worn by Ivy League college rowers, hence its name |
crew cut
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| This city's name resulted from the 1879 wreck of a ship carrying coconuts |
(Lisa: What is Boca Raton?)
Palm Beach
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| The turnpike type of this building feature is circular or winding |
staircase
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| It can precede bike or cheap & Ajax is stronger than it |
dirt
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| This ruler took his last name, meaning "of the Neva", from the Neva River, where he defeated the Swedes in 1240 |
Alexander Nevsky
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| "Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat, please to put a penny in" here |
old man's hat
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| A special type of this short, boyish cut of the 1920s was named for Irene Castle |
bob
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| Cars were once raced on this beach that's 23 miles long & 500 feet wide |
Daytona Beach
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| Charles Garnier won an 1860s competition to design this European city's famed opera house |
Paris
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| From a middle English word for lost or unclaimed, it's a homeless child |
waif
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