B.C. VIPs
Rather than surrender to the Romans, this great Carthaginian general took his own life
Hannibal
Among his great works of fiction are "The Sun Also Rises" & "The Old Man and the Sea"
Hemingway
No big surprise--this department store has an outpost at 611 5th Avenue in Manhattan
saks 5th avenue
! Gregor Mendel is referred to as the father of this field, the science of heredity !
Genetics
To go on a nautical journey, perhaps to the bottom of the sea
voyage
In 399 B.C. he told a jury, "I am not grieved, men of Athens, at this vote of condemnation
Socrates
In an epic poem, he not only kills the monster Grendel, but also Grendel's mother
Beowulf
Daniel Craig took over the James Bond franchise with this 2006 feature
Casion Royale
This developer of the periodic table of elements had his beard trimmed annually & maybe for his visits with the czar
Mendeleev
To send a text, maybe instantly
message
Ankhesenamun, one of the daughters of King Akhenaten & this beautiful queen, married King Tut
Nefertiti
Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel about growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution is called this, like an ancient capital
Persepolis
A sci-fi author & Navy man, he founded the Church of Scientology
L. Ron Hubbard
He referred to his pupils Antonio Nardi, Raffaello Magiotti & Evangelista Torricelli as his Roman triumvirate
Gallileo
To save something from the trash pile & put it to use
message
Farmer/soldier Cincinnatus saved ancient Rome, then refused to stay on as a dictator, preserving this Roman form of govt.
In "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", the mariner shoots this bird with his crossbow
albatross
This late funny man won a 2001 Grammy for Best Comedy Album for "Braindroppings"
George Carlin
The "system" named for this Greek astronomer puts the Earth at the center of the universe
Ptolemy
! To bleed profusely !
hemorrhage
One of the 7 wise men of Greece, his code of laws formed the foundation of Athens' democracy
Solon
A mom & daughter are forced to flee Mexico for a farm labor camp in California in this "hopeful" tale by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Esperanza Rising
New York Harbor had Ellis Island; San Francisco Bay had this island as its immigration station
Angel Island
His headstone in Germany reads "Physiker" with the dates 1901-1976; it does not say, "He lies here...somewhere"
Heinsenberg
To play a practice game against another team
scrimmage