Museums
This former Parisian Palace includes depts. of Oriental, Egyptian & Greek & Roman antiquities
What is the Louvre?
...the first female Supreme Court justice took the bench
Who is Reagan?
In 1915 Adolphe Pegoud became one of the first to be called this after shooting down 5 aircraft
What is a flying ace?
This school's football team plays home games at the L.A. coliseum
What is the University of Southern California?
In March 1942 Hitler approved Operation Aida, an offensive by Rommel to cross North Africa to this river
What is the Nile?
When visiting this Italian city, be sure to see the Glass Museum on the island of Murano
What is Venice?
...Jesse Owens won 4 Olympic gold medals
Who is FDR?
In July 1957 this marine made the 1st supersonic transcontinental flight; less than 5 years later, he went into orbit
Who is John Glenn?
This railroad company was founded in 1865 to build a railroad between San Francisco & San Diego
What is Southern Pacific?
To help the war effort, this composer wrote "Any Bonds Today?" for the Treasury Department
Who is Irving Berlin?
The Octagon House on Curacao was once the home of this South American liberator's family
Who is Simón Bolívar?
...the Communist People's Republic of China was founded
Who is Truman?
Animal-named planes developed by this British aviation pioneer include the Pup, the Dolphin & the Camel
Who is Sopwith?
This smallest constellation can't be seen in most of the northern hemisphere
What is the Southern Cross?
At the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., a panel honors the contribution of paratroop units like the 507th, which helped beat back this German counteroffensive of December 1944
What is Battle of the Bulge?
The home of this author of "Crime and Punishment" is now a museum in St. Petersburg, Russia
Who is Dostoyevsky?
...the Russian Revolution toppled Czar Nicholas II
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
In 1919, 3 years after founding his Seattle-based company, he flew the first international mail delivery, Canada to the United States
Who is William E. Boeing?
Abbreviated SBC, this group is the largest Protestant denomination in the United States
What is the Southern Baptist Convention?
In July 1942 the port of Sevastopol fell to the Germans & the rest of this peninsula soon followed
What is the Crimean Peninsula?
Roald Amundsen's polar ship, Gjoa, is on display in a maritime museum in this capital
Where is Oslo?
...Napoleon became First Consul & began to rule as dictator of France
Who is John Adams?
The Black Sheep squadron just called him "gramps"; the "pappy" nickname came from the press
Who is Pappy Boyington?
Both Martin Luther King Jr. & his son headed this organization, the SCLC
What is the Southern Christian Leadership Conference?
The final land battle of WWII was fought on this island in the Ryukyus in June 1945
What is Okinawa?