Science Guys
Surely this rings a bell: the name of this physiologist who studied the secretory activity of digestion from 1890 to 1900
Ivan Pavlov
Aptly describing what's on it, this 3-word nickname is used for the U.S. national flag
Stars and Stripes
Jesus let his disciples pick grain on this day of rest & said it "was made for man, and not man for" it
Sabbath
Is the birthplace of Western civilization
Europe
From 1917 to 1991 a federation of Russia & other Communist republics was known by this collective name
USSR or Soviet Union
This Austrian monk found pairs of genes separate in a random fashion when a plant's gametes form
Mendel
Dating back to the War of 1812, this symbol is usually depicted as a bearded man wearing red, white & blue
Uncle Sam
With the help of the angel Gabriel, Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, had his first visions in a cave near this city
Mecca
Is home to the country that produces the most coffee
South America
Nikita Khrushchev was premier during the 1962 crisis over missiles in this country very near the United States
Cuba
This Swede's original scale had water's boiling point at 0 degrees & its freezing point at 100
Celsius
All 4 verses of "The Star-Spangled Banner" end with these 4 words
"home of the brave"
From the Greek for "many gods", it's the belief in multiple divine beings as opposed to only one
Polytheism
Is the birthplace of most of the world's major religions
Asia
Crowned in 1896, Russian ruler Nicholas II was the last monarch to hold this imperial 4-letter title
Czar
This giant of modern physics was diagnosed with ALS as a graduate student at Cambridge
Hawking
Following the death of George Washington a few days before, it was sounded on December 18, 1799
Liberty Bell
The Sunday after Pentecost is the feast of this, also called the Godhead
the Holy Trinity
Is where you'd find the Adelie Coast
Antarctica
In the 13- & 1400s the fur trade helped this city beat out Novgorod to become the most important in Russia
Moscow
This Rome-born physicist designed the first nuclear reactor
Fermi
Of the genus Haliaeetus, it represents strength & courage
Bald Eagle
A guji is a high priest of a large shrine in this religion of Japan
Shinto
Is the second-largest in area & population
Africa
In the 1980s this feared 3-letter spy agency employed Vladimir Putin
KGB