The Old
The longest continually inhabited European-founded city in the United States
St Augustine, Florida
Home town of the Zips
Akron
George Mallory and Andrew Irvine famously attempted to climb it in 1924; experts disagree to this day as to whether they were successful
Mount Everest
The US counterpart to the UK's HM Revenue & Customs
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Ratites and penguins are two groups of birds that share this unusual feature
flightless
Found in the core of the Elder Wand
Thestral tail-hair
Location of the main campus of the University of Arkansas (go Razorbacks!)
Fayetteville
Roald Amundson's expedition was the first to reach the South Pole, but his success was initially overshadowed by the tragic failure of another effort, led by this Brit
Robert Falcon Scott
Tax protesters often claim this amendment was improperly adopted
16th
The poem originating the expression referring to an albatross around one's neck
Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
Home country of Jeanne Calment, owner of the longest documented human lifespan (1875 - 1997)
France
Barclay, Barnard, and Baylor
Bears
Jennifer Lawrence may have been unsuccessful in her audition for the role of Bella Swan, but she found fame as this other YA heroine, also a multi-book and multi-movie franchise.
Katniss Everdine
This Chicago gangster, sometimes referred to as "scarface", was sent to prison in 1932 for tax evasion
Al Capone
In Greek mythology, his eyes were transferred by Hera to the tail feathers of a peacock
Argus
Netherlandish painter and draftsman of the 16th century, considered the most significant artist of Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting, known for his (frequently large) landscapes and peasant scenes
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
This university system encompasses a number of campuses with mascots ranging from Anteaters to Gauchos to Banana Slugs, among others
University of California
This eventually-successful politician was plagued by failure, yet kept trying. He failed to make it to the state legislature (1832), US Congress (1843), US Senate (1854 & 1858), and US Vice President (1856)
Abraham Lincoln
This biblical character was, as a dishonest tax collector, wildly unpopular
Zacchaeus
Perhaps the most famous red-billed hornbill (thanks in part to Rowan Atkinson and John Oliver)
Zazu
Author of the encyclopedic Naturalis Historia
Pliny the Elder
The most common nickname, with 118 four-year colleges (when attached adjectives are included, such as Golden)
Eagles
The number of attempts a high jumper can make at a particular height
3
Common outside the US, this consumption-based tax is known as the VAT
value added tax
A group of these occasionally iridescent black birds is called a murmeration
starling