A Minor in History
Enrique Esparza was about 8 on March 6, 1836 & a witness who would "remember" the battle at this mission for decades; Enrique died in 1917
The Alamo
A regional alliance:
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
The Ulm Minster is home to the tallest of these church towers with a spire at the top
a steeple
It's the smallest 2-digit prime number
11
Invented in 1929, this clear beverage was originally called "Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda"
7 Up
Akhenaten's son, he got the pharaoh gig at age 9 & benched Aten in favor of a return to the worship of Amun
King Tut (Tutankhamun)
On the clock in Denver:
MST
Mountain Standard Time
There's a Fairmont Hotel in the 1,972-foot-tall Abraj al-Bayt clock tower, next to the great mosque in this holy city
Mecca
This number becomes palindromic when written with 3 letters in Roman numerals
19 (XIX)
Introduced to Europe around the 17th century, it was sometimes referred to as "Arabian wine"
coffee
Saints be praised! On March 22, 1429 this feisty teen dictated a letter to English commanders, insisting they leave France
Joan of Arc
Let the games begin:
IOC
International Olympic Committee
"O" is for this type of tall stone shaft like Cleopatra's Needle or the Washington Monument
obelisk
When writing a haiku, you must use this many syllables
17 (5, 7, 5)
A dark mustache on a BYU student may indicate she's been drinking this, the most popular beverage sold there after water
chocolate milk
In 1998 the 9 teens who integrated Central High in this Southern capital in 1957 were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal
Little Rock
The address of a web page:
URL
uniform resource locator
In line with the theme of Seattle's World's Fair, its legs were painted Astronaut White & its core Orbital Olive
the Space Needle
Georgia ratified this amendment into law December 6, 1865
the 13th Amendment
Earl Grey tea gets its distinctive taste from an oil derived from the bergamot variety of this fruit
an orange
As a teen, this Frenchman whose name became a computer language wrote an essay on conic sections that impressed Descartes
Pascal
A care provider:
LPN
licensed practical nurse
Around 2500 B.C. Menkaure, a king of the fourth dynasty, began building a 215-foot-tall one of these
a pyramid
Developed by chemist Willard Libby, this method named for an isotope is used to date fossils
carbon-14 dating
Rice is soaked in water to make this Mexican beverage & Vampire Weekend song title
Horchata