In 1615 Thomas Rolfe was born to John Rolfe & this Native princess in Colonial Virginia
Pocahontas
The first commercial use of titanium was as a substitute for this poisonous metal in paint
lead
This big ape was billed as "The Eighth Wonder of the World"
King Kong
Venice
In 1926 this cowboy humorist toured Europe as Calvin Coolidge's "ambassador of goodwill"
Will Rogers
On March 4, 1681 this Quaker was granted a charter for a colony west of the Delaware River
William Penn
Iridium's chief use is to harden this metal, symbol Pt
platinum
In "My Fair Lady", Audrey Hepburn played this Cockney flower-seller who learned to speak like a lady
Eliza Doolittle
As an overseas territory of France, Tahiti also celebrates this July 14 holiday
Bastille Day
Addressing Congress in 1951, he said, "I now close my military career and just fade away..."
Douglas MacArthur
This English author was the Clerk of the Acts of the Navy when he kept his "Diary"
Samuel Pepys
Some of this metal, eliminated from U.S. quarters & dimes in 1965, remained in half dollars until 1970
silver
To play boxer Jake LaMotta in "Raging Bull", this actor gained 50 pounds
Robert De Niro
This largest museum in Russia houses over 2 million works of art
the Hermitage
This author & clergyman best known for his "Power of Positive Thinking" passed away in 1993 at age 95
Norman Vincent Peale
In early 1944 he took command of the U.S. Third Army for the French Campaign
(George) Patton
K, the symbol for this metal, comes from Kalium, a Latinized version of the word alkali
potassium
In the 1976 film "Two-Minute Warning", this creator of "Jeopardy!" sang the national anthem
Merv Griffin
In 1872 this city succeeded Spanish Town as Jamaica's capital
Kingston
This winner of the 1958 Int'l Tchaikovsky Piano Competition established his own contest in 1962
Van Cliburn
In 1951 this retailer published an autobiography titled "Fifty Years with the Golden Rule"
J. C. Penney
After neptunium, this radioactive metal was the next transuranium element discovered
plutonium
"Fast Times at" this high school was the 1982 feature film debut of director Amy Heckerling
Ridgemont High
Of Switzerland's 4 national languages, it's the one spoken by the most Swiss
German
In 1881 he founded Chicago's premier department store
Marshall Field