In "The Christmas Song", he's "nipping at your nose"
Jack Frost
At equestrian 3-day events, the first day is for dressage, second for endurance riding & third for "stadium show" this
jumping
A major port city, Baltimore lies on this river, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay
The Patapsco River
This ruler's legal decisions were codified in cuneiform in the Old Babylonian language in the 18th century B.C.
Hammurabi
Destined for greatness, Stephen Hawking was born January 8, 1942, the 300th anniversary of this famed astronomer's death
Galileo
In "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover", it's Paul Simon's advice to Jack
Slip out the back
Beethoven was going to dedicate his 3rd symphony to Napoleon; instead he called it this, for "the memory of a great man"
Eroica
A great way to see Baltimore is from the top of its World Trade Center, designed by this Chinese-American architect
I.M. Pei
Obelisks bearing cuneiform inscriptions telling of Sarduri II have been found at Lake Van, in this modern-day country
Turkey
Compiled by future generations of disciples, the sayings of Confucius were collected in a work called this, derived from Greek
Analects
This Rolling Stones song's title is based on Keith Richard's gardner, Jack Dyer, and not the physical exercise
Jumpin' Jack Flash
The Third Amendment is about this activity, a word actually from the Latin for "fourth"
quartering of troops
Outside the Federal Building is a statue of this local, the first African American on the Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
A cuneiform tablet recounts the legend of Sargon, who became a king of this ancient region whose name means "between rivers"
Mesopotamia
In January 1943 this inventor received an official state funeral under the auspices of the Yugoslav government in exile
Tesla
Patrick O'Brian wrote this series of novels about British Capt. Jack Aubrey; Russell Crowe played the role on film
Master and Commander
Leviticus
Baltimore's Central Library has a room dedicated to this Baltimore Sun journalist & wit
H.L. Mencken
Sir Henry Rawlinson deciphered a lofty inscription on a cliff regarding this "Great" king who lost at Marathon
Darius the Great
A rationalist, this Dutch philosopher answered to the first names Bento, Benedictus & the Hebrew Baruch
Spinoza
The "Galveston Giant", this man became the first black world heavyweight boxing champion in 1908.
Jack Johnson
Atomic number 95, it's third alphabetically
Americium
One of the "star" attractions of Baltimore's inner harbor is this Civil War ship
The USS Constellation
A cuneiform tablet, now in the British Museum, tells a story from the epic named for this hero who hung out with his good pal Enkidu
Gilgamesh
This German developed calculus independent of another wise guy