FAMOUS NAMES
Once mayor of Buffalo, he started a shipping company with partner Henry Wells
(Will) Fargo
The Antarctic fur variety of this animal has the longest whiskers of any animal, up to about 20 inches long
a seal
The material with which an artist works; not large, not small, but this
a medium
"Apple", "Cancer" & "Legacy" are chapters in a biography about him, "The Man Who Thought Different"
(Steve) Jobs
"U" is this nation, "The" is not required; Kuchma was leader, but he's long retired
Ukraine
Emily Price was better known by this, her married name, which was proper etiquette, of course
Post
Able to speak & learn human language, the most talkative bird is the African gray this
the parrot
These usually glow at 50 to 75 miles above the Earth's surface
meteors
This bestselling memoir about a woman's quest to find balance in her life was published in Spanish as "Come, reza, ama"
Eat, Pray, Love
"M" is this mountain on Switzerland's fence; Walt Disney built one, but not as immense
the Matterhorn
The name of this family of bankers came from a sign on their house bearing a red shield
Rothschild
Humans each have one of these, also called the backbone; hedgehogs are covered with them
a spine
It's the unit of measurement, in terms of number of beats, for a piece of music
meter
Edward Gibbon's historical work "The Decline and Fall of" this was published in 6 volumes between 1776 & 1788
Roman Empire
"P" is this forest, you'd go if you could; it's a national park full of agatized wood
Petrified Forest
Last name of Revolutionary War general Henry or Scottish religious reformer John
Knox
One of the slowest & sleepiest animals is the 3-toed species of this mammal that can sleep 16 hours a day
the sloth
It's the largest artificial lake in the United States
Lake Mead
"The Immortal Life of" this woman tells how her HeLa cells aided medical research, without her knowledge or consent
Henrietta Lacks
"A" is this desert, dry & horrific; it was the prize in the War of the Pacific
the Atacama
When Italy entered WWI, he assumed charge of the government's wireless service
(Guglielmo) Marconi
In the greatest mass egg laying, 500,000 of these sea creatures come ashore in Northeast India to nest
sea turtles
An assembly for the purpose of racing
a meet
He wrote "Between the World and Me", about racial injustice, in the form of a letter to his teenage son
Ta-Nehisi Coates
"M" is this river, to see it, go forth; it's Canada's longest, so, of course, it flows north
the Mackenzie