History
Prior to becoming general of the Continental Army, George Washington caught this disease & bore the scars for life
smallpox
In a Grimm Brothers' tale, an evil queen looks at her wall & says these 2 words, asking, "Who in this land is fairest of all?"
Mirror, mirror
Following her untimely death, she was called "the foremost ambassador for AIDS awareness on the planet"
Princess Diana
In 1892 this party probably didn't raise a glass to getting 2.2% of the popular vote; 3 decades later, its cause was law
the Prohibition Party
...became Europe's first female prime minister in 1979
Thatcher
In the 3rd century Ardashir became the king of Fars, & would found the Sasanian Empire, sometimes called the second this empire
the Second Persian Empire
In "When Wendy Grew Up", James Barrie changed the name of a fictional setting to this double-talk one
Never Never Land
This comic legend of the silent screen spent the last 24 years of his life in Switzerland, where he died in 1977
This comic legend of the silent screen spent the last 24 years of his life in Switzerland, where he died in 1977
In 1888 this grandson of a president won in the Electoral College despite losing the popular vote
Benjamin Harrison
...was born in Georgia in 1878 (but not the first Georgia you'd think of)
Stalin
Marco Polo made friends with this world leader, who asked him to bring back sacred oil from Jerusalem's Holy Sepulchre
Kublai Khan
In an Ian Fleming tale, the title vehicle makes these 4 sounds after it is started for the first time
chitty chitty bang bang
Sir Ronald Ross won a Nobel Prize for his work on this disease & the discovery of its transmission by mosquitos
malaria
In 1852 this political party nominated war hero Gen. Winfield Scott, its last candidate for the top job, before disbanding
the Whig Party
...was one of the 12 women in the first Knesset in 1949
Meir
The switch to this in 1752 confusingly moved James Boswell's birthday 11 days later
the Gregorian calendar
This lecherous protagonist narrates "Lolita" from his prison cell, while awaiting trial for murder
Humbert Humbert
In 1860 at St. Thomas' Hospital in London, this woman opened the first formal nursing school
Florence Nightingale
Early contenders for the Democratic nom in 1960 before JFK got the nod included Hubert Humphrey & this man who'd run against Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
...the former Nguyen Sinh Cung, took a name that means "he who enlightens"
Ho Chi Minh
After ceding João Franco immense power, in 1908 King Carlos I was assassinated in this capital along with son Luís Filipe
Lisbon
"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!" & also this bird, not found in any ornithological books we've encountered
Jubjub
Brother of filmmaker Richard, he's credited with helping to invent the nature documentary as we know it today
David Attenborough
As a candidate for the Democratic nomination in 1972, she won 152 delegates before withdrawing from the race
Shirley Chisholm
...went by one name & didn't live to see the collapse of the Yugoslav nation he built
Tito