THE AMERICAN FLAG
The Markoe flag, used during the Revolution, is believed to be the first to have had 13 stripes symbolizing these
the original 13 colonies
The origins of the U.S. Air Force go back to 1909, when this duo delivered the Army's first plane
the Wright Brothers
When it was founded in 1800, the Library of Congress was housed in this building
the Capitol
This element is named for the planet Uranus
uranium
This smallest of the world's oceans surrounds the North Pole
the Arctic Ocean
On their journey to the Pacific NW, this pair became the first to carry the flag across the continent
Lewis & Clark
On January 5, 1914 he instituted an 8-hour day & a $5 minimum daily wage at his auto plants
Henry Ford
One of England's oldest libraries, the Bodleian, opened at this university in 1602
Oxford
This word for a dried grape comes from the Latin for a bunch of grapes, racemus
raisin
This current of the western N. Atlantic carries tropical water, keeping many N. European ports ice free
the Gulf Stream
In 1963 the flag reached a high point when it was placed atop this highest mountain by James Whittaker
Everest
In 1930 a copy of this Joyce novel, sent from Paris to New York, was seized as obscene
Ulysses
The library of this state's Historical Society has the largest collection of papers of the Five Civilized Tribes
Oklahoma
The Greek stalassein, "to drip", gave us the names of both of these deposits found in caves
stalagmites & stalactites
Sailing under the Spanish flag, this Portuguese explorer named the Pacific Ocean for its peacefulness
Magellan
The 38-star or centennial flag was adopted after this state joined the Union in 1876
Colorado
At a 1976 convention in Philadelphia, 29 members of this group were felled by a flu-like disease
Legionnaires
Milan's Ambrosiana Library is famous for its Codex Atlanticus, a collection of his drawings & mss.
da Vinci
The name of this literary form comes from the Greek poiein, "to create"
a poem
Africa's Zambezi & Limpopo rivers empty into this ocean
the Indian Ocean
The flag that flew for the longest time, 47 years, had this many stars
48
Ernest Gruening & Wayne Morse were the only senators to vote against this 1964 resolution
the Gulf of Tonkin resolution
The Natl. Library of Medicine in this Maryland community is the largest research library in a single scientific field
Bethesda
You can trace the name of this type of evergreen tree back to the name Prussia
the spruce
The name of this island region of the Pacific means "tiny islands"
Micronesia