OLD TESTAMENT HEROES
This prophet "prayed unto the Lord his god out of the fish's belly"
Who is Jonah?
Age mentioned in the 26th amendment
She was just 18 when she became queen consort of France in 1774
Who is Marie Antoinette?
The first stanza of this poem mentions "Some visitor... tapping at my chamber door--only this and nothing more"
What is The Raven?
This country's Ponta do Seixas is South America's easternmost point
What is Brazil?
When he came to present the Israelites with the tablets of the law, they were dancing around a golden calf
Who is Moses?
Number of nights in a fortnight
What is 14?
Evidence suggests that this boy king had malaria, perhaps why he dies around age 18
Who is King Tutankhamen?
Her poem No. 288 asks, "I'm Nobody! Who are you? Are you--Nobody--too?"
Who is Emily Dickenson?
Ecuador is the primary source for this light wood used to make model airplanes
What is balsa?
When presented with this son's bloodstained coat, Jacob assumed that "an evil beast hath devoured him"
Who is Joseph?
The first point of a tennis game
What is 15?
Juan II, a feeble teenage king of Castile in the 1420s, is best remembered as this queen's father
Who is Isabella of Castille?
"The Weary Blues" was the first volume of poetry by this leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance
Who is Langston Hughes?
The name of this country comes from the Latin for silver
"When the Queen of Sheba heard of" his fame, "she came to prove him with hard questions"
Who is Solomon?
It's the title of Adele's debut album
What is 19?
This queen of Scots was briefly the queen consort of France--until she became a widow at 17
Who is Mary, Queen of Scots?
He began a famous poem, "I celebrate myself, and sing myself"
Who is Walt Whitman?
Most of the precipitation that comes to this 600-mile-long desert is fog that blows in from the Pacific Ocean
What is the Atacama Desert?
When a chariot of fire appeared, this prophet went up into heaven
Who is Elijah?
In Italy, it's considered unlucky; fear of it is sometimes called heptadekaphobia
What is 17?
Wudi, who became emperor around age 16, made this school of philosophy the state religion of China
What is Confucianism?
This "Death Be Not Proud" poet was considered the greatest of England's metaphysical poets
Who is John Donne?
This 1,700-mile-long Venezuelan River is home to piranhas, electric eels & 20-foot crocodiles
What is the Orinoco?