This country's remaining crown jewels are in the Galerie d'Apollon in the Louvre
France
"Straws show which way" this "blows"
the wind
North Dakota is divided into 53 of these, alphabetically ranging from Adams to Williams
counties
Innocent III promoted the fourth of these: it captured Constantinople in 1204
a crusade
This author's "A Tale of Two Cities" takes place in London & Paris during the French Revolution
Dickens
The finest of these red gems are obtained from limestone gravel in Myanmar
rubies
"Might makes" this
right
St. Martinville, La. has an oak under which this Longfellow heroine is said to have met her lover
Evangeline
Giovanni de Dolci built this official papal chapel for Pope Sixtus IV
the Sistine Chapel
Tom & Daisy Buchanan are characters in this F. Scott Fitzgerald novel
The Great Gatsby
This purple or violet quartz gem is thought to protect against drunkenness
amethyst
According to Kipling, "The female of the species is more" this "than the male"
deadly
This state's most populous city is named for Andrew Jackson, once its territorial governor
Florida
Fabian was elected pope when one of these peaceful birds landed on his head at the election
a dove
William Golding novel described as a "nightmarish adventure story in the Robinson Crusoe tradition"
Lord of the Flies
The Victorians made dark red jewelry out of the pyrope type of this gem, mined in Bohemia
garnet
A Latin proverb says "In vino" this
veritas
Historic Fort Wayne is located on West Jefferson Avenue in this Michigan city
Detroit
Paul VI weakened the Italian vote in this "College" by expanding it with members from the Third World
the College of Cardinals
Steinbeck novel in which Lennie Small wants to "live off the fatta the lan', an' have rabbits"
Of Mice and Men
The largest cut one of these gems is the 545.67-carat Unnamed Brown
a diamond
"Iron not used soon" does this
rusts
The U.S. has 2 "Great" national parks, Great Basin & Great Smoky Mountains, & these 2 "Grand" ones
Grand Canyon & Grand Teton
In 1960 he created the Secretariat for Christian Unity
Pope John XXIII
His "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" is largely autobiographical
(James) Joyce