Literature
James Dickey is best remembered for this novel about a harrowing canoe trip.
Deliverance
In 1797 most of Congress counted themselves part of this party, but by 1827 it was dead.
The Federalist Party
This California University is home to the Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace.
Stanford
The first head of state of Chile in 1817 his baptismal certificate said he was the son a Spanish officer of Irish origin.
(Bernardo) O'Higgins
In 1985 a paper documented a hole over the south polar region in this layer of the atmosphere.
The ozone layer
George & Lennie have dreams of living off the fat of the land in this Steinbeck tale.
Of Mice and Men
Leaked to the press in 1971, the Pentagon Papers detailed America's involvement in this conflict.
The Vietnam War
Nike was founded by a track coach and a student both from this university.
The University of Oregon
The 1864 convention in this city called for relief to the wounded without any distinction as to nationality.
The Geneva Convention
It can't fly or breathe fire but this largest living lizard has a venomous bite that inhibits blood clotting.
The Komodo Dragon
In the 1855 preface to this collection of poems Whitman said, "A great poem is no finish to a man or woman but .......... a beginning.'
Leave of Grass
President Lincoln said, "I never in my life felt more certain that I was doing right than I do in signing this paper."
The Emancipation Proclamation
John Stockton is an alum of this Spokane school.
Gonzaga
In 1966 the Chinese government unleashed radical youth against older Communists in this movement.
The Cultural Revolution
It's the largest blood vessel in the body.
The aorta
Published in 1826 the second of the Leatherstocking Tales in The Last of these people.
The Mohicans
In 1590 English explorer John White returned with supplies to this colony only to find it was gone.
Roanoke
This private university in New Orleans was founded as the Medical College of Louisiana.
Tulane
The Allies began the invasion of Italy on July 10, 1943 by landing on this island.
Sicily
18399 feet down and probably pretty darn cold in Molloy Deep is the deepest point in this ocean.
The Arctic
Her books like Sense and Sensibility have a lot to do with love and marriage, but she never married.
Jane Austen
The U.S. got involved in Vietnam by helping this nation try to regain control of its former colony.
France
Bishop Holland McTyeire a cousin of the founder's wife chose the site in Nashville for the campus of this private university.
Vanderbilt
In 1910 Korea was annexed by this country that held it for the next 35 years.
Japan
Peas have 14, shrimp have 254, humans have 46 of these nucleic acid structures arranged in 23 pairs.
Chromosomes