Names in the Dictionary
Chip a piece of furniture, or cut yourself shaving
After this couple's first date in 1894, she went home to Poland while he wrote her letters about his "dream for science"
Marie Curie and Pierre Curie
Saying "mount" & adding "yama" to the name of this highest Japanese peak is redundant--"yama" means mountain
Mt. Fuji
This largest animal also produces one of the loudest sounds, up to 180 decibels that can be heard 100 miles away
Blue Whale
Upon marriage, Diana received the title princess of this place that Charles was already prince of
Wales
Specifically, the first light of day
Dawn
In Tarsus in 41 B.C. Cleopatra wooed this beefy Roman by arriving to a date dressed as Venus
Marc Anthony
In 1922 the area of this Welsh capital was expanded to include that of Llandaff
Cardiff
The foveal area in this part of a buzzard's eye has 1 million photoreceptors per square millimeter
the retina
Rembrandt did some work for Frederick Henry, Count of Nassau, prince of this house & leader of the Young Dutch Republic
The House of Orange
Toss out, or an inexpensive cut of beef
Chuck
In the summer of 1989, this not-yet-famous couple went on a movie date in Chicago & saw a Spike Lee film
The Obamas
The Blue Mosque is across the way from the Hagia Sophia in this city
Istanbul
The cephalopod called the vampire type of this can live 3,000 feet deep & is a gentle scavenger, not an aggressive biter
squid
Edward the Black Prince was one of the noted commanders during this lengthy war pitting the English vs. the French
The Hundred Years' War
The head of a college, or the presiding official of a cathedral
Dean
On one of this duo's early dates in 1930, he crashed on her couch & in the morning, the Dallas police arrested him
Bonnie and Clyde
In its own language, the official name of this landlocked country of Transcaucasia is Hayastani Hanrapetut'yun
Armenia
Some animals are highly resistant to snake venom, like the mongoose & this sweet-sounding creature also called a ratel
the honey badger
Prince Albrecht, pretender to the title king of here, was a grandson of Ludwig III, its last holder
Bavaria
By definition, a bricklayer or worker in stone
Mason
A tale of a medieval hookup: this pair met in Paris around 1115, had a son, but lived on separated as monk & nun
Abelard and Heloise
This strait lies between the North & South Islands of New Zealand
The Cook Strait
As well as humans, many animals were mummified in ancient Egypt, like this primate whose hamadryas species was held sacred
This prince of Monaco never remarried after the death of his beloved Princess Grace in a 1982 car accident
Rainier