PLANTS
You can kiss under this "Christmas" parasite, but don't eat the berries–they can be poisonous
Mistletoe
He began to form his special theory of relativity when he was 16
Einstein
Grolier says this great king of Macedonia was the first monarch to be called "Great"
Alexander the Great
Costume,
surprise,
slumber
a party
He made his debut in 1935's "I Haven't Got a Hat" & is famous for the line "That's all folks"
Porky
This green plant pigment still absorbs light when extracted & dried
Chlorophyll
This naturalist's "On the Origin of Species" has been referred to as "The Book that Shook the World"
Darwin
Searching for wealth & the Fountain of Youth, he landed in what's now Florida April 2, 1513
Ponce de Leon
Santa Fe,
Oregon,
Chisholm
Trails
Roger Ebert describes her water ballet number in "The Great Muppet Caper" as Busby Berkeley-like
Miss Piggy
Honey locusts & pyracantha shrubs are examples of plants with these sharp-pointed modified branches
thorns
This Russian physiologist coined the term conditioned reflex
Pavlov
This Babylonian is said to have received his code from the sun god Shumash
Hammurabi
Reuben,
club,
hero
Sandwhich
This 1995 film tells the tale of a piglet who dreams of being a sheepdog
Babe
This "bald" swamp tree is the state tree of Louisiana
cypress
In 1977 this "A Brief History of Time" author became professor of gravitational physics at Cambridge
Hawking
This Mexican army officer & dictator lost a leg while fighting the French at Veracruz in 1838
Santa Anna
A thermometer,
a novel,
the riot act
things you read
Maurice Denham voiced barnyard revolt leader Napoleon the Pig in a 1955 version of this Orwell classic
Animal Farm
The sphagnum type of this plant usually covers a bog
moss
This "Father of Modern Astronomy" was born in Germany in 1571
Kepler
In 1475 at Picquigny Edward IV & Louis XI agreed to a truce that seems to be holding in this war
the Hundred Years' War
Pulp,
crown,
root
parts of teeth
The 1973 cartoon adaptation of this E.B. White book featured the number "Zuckerman's Famous Pig"
Charlotte's Web