The 3 French hens were a fine gift, as were the 2 of these reddish-brown ground feeders of the pigeon family
Using accelerated particles in 1932, John Cockcroft & Ernest Walton became the first to divide one of these
An atom
The gun this man invented in 1862 could fire 350 rounds per minute
Gatling
The original natives of this U.S. state have the Kumulipo, a 2,000-line poem of the creation
Hawaii
Here's looking at you, kid
Casablanca
A canine trained to retrieve fallen avian creatures, or a person who steals another person's date
A bird dog
California's early 1900s "second gold rush" was in this edible commodity
Fruit (oranges)
In 1592 he left Pisa to become a professor of mathematics at Padua
Galileo
Later the top Norse god, with his brothers he slew the giant Ymir & constructed the world from the corpse
Odin
There's no place like home
The Wizard of Oz
Emerging from eggs the size of footballs, newly hatched young of this largest living fish are 2 feet long
Whale Shark
A low point of the Gangster Wars, this incident saw 7 gunned down in Chicago in February 1929
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
In 1931 he began to use his counter to study cosmic radiation
Geiger
This sun god who rose from the Ocean of Chaos & was reborn daily gained prominence in Egypt's 5th Dynasty
Ra
I'm the King of the world!
It's a type of panda, or the nickname of the university of Cincinnati sports teams
Bearcats
He was born in Wales, but this part-time archaeologist & military strategist gained fame far away
Lawrence of Arabia
He discovered vulcanization after dropping a mix of ingredients including rubber & sulfur on a stove & having it cool
Goodyear
A Chinese myth says the god P'an-ku was born from these 2 competing principles to make heaven & earth
yin & yang
If you build it, he will come
Field of Dreams
This sea creature feeds on penguins & is named for its black-spotted gray coat
Leopard Seal
In the USSR the '20s saw the start of Stalin's rule, the collectivization of farms & the expulsion of this Stalin rival
Trotsky
In 1937 one of his rockets reached 1.8 miles; no projectile had ever gone higher
Goddard
"Theogony" by Hesiod says the first children of this Greek earth goddess had no father
Gaia
May the Force be with you
Star Wars