U.N. Observances
The resolution naming 2020 the International Year of Plant Health recognized plants' role in fighting this global "change"
climate change
The Ladyjacks of Stephen F. Austin were queens of the lanes in 2019, rolling to the NCAA women's title in this
bowling
This 12th century king of England was known as Coeur de Lion, or Lionheart
Richard I
this, this, this Grek letter gently down the stream
rho
Fuzzy freestone fruit (5)
Peach
Read some Yeats or Dickinson on March 21, World this day
Poetry
Columbia foiled, sabered, & epeed its rivals to win this 2019 NCAA title
fencing
Another 12th century lion king was William the Lion of this country north of England
Scotland
Revelation 1:8 states, "I am" these two Greek letters, "the beginning and the end",
Alpha and Omega
South American cloak (6)
poncho
In 2019 World Space Week commemorated the 50th anniversary of this
The Moon Landing (faked of course)
In 2019 TCU fired on all cylinders to win the schools third NCAA title in this weapon with air and smallbore competitions
rifle
The Lion of Punjab, Ranjit Singh was Maharaja of a vast area mainly in these 2 current countries
India and Pakistan
If you don't know it's the second-to-last letter in the Greek alphabet, you'll let out a heavy one (with a different spelling)
psi
Square, rectangle, or rhombus (13)
parallelogram
2019 to 2028 is the "Decade of Peace" named for this South African
Nelson Mandela
The ACUI sponsors a championship in this billiards game, one higher than another named for stripes & solids
nine-ball
The king of the African country of Eswatini, formerly called this "land" has the title ngwenyama, or lion
Swaziland
It's basic math! This is celebrated every March 14
Pi
Social outcast (6)
pariah
An annual November "Awareness Week" showcases the rising global problem of resistance to this important class of drugs
antibiotics
Keep your Frisbee off the roof, er, rough, in the CDGNC short for the College this National Championship
Disc Golf
The empire of Sundiata Keita, the lionking of Mali, took this anvient African city from the Tuareg in the 13th century
Timbuktu
If Sophocles signed his name, he'd begin by writing this letter
Sigma
Stolen, like the "Letter" in an Edgar Allan Poe story (9)
purloined