As a lieutenant of engineers in the late 1830's, he supervised the engineering work for the harbor of St. Louis. ![]()
Who was ROBERT E. LEE?
After declaring Napoleon III a traitor to France, this "Les Miserables" author went into exile for 19 years.
Who was VICTOR HUGO?
This country is pretty much named for its location.

What is the CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC?
PI is the ratio of this measurement of a circle to its diameter.
What is its CIRCUMFERENCE?
Giving a play-by-play of an event while on Twitter is called doing this.
What is LIVE TWEETING?
Known for his 'scorched earth' policy, this union general worked as a banker and lawyer before the war.![]()
Who was WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN?
In "Les Miserables" he's imprisoned for 19 years after stealing a loaf of bread.
Who is JEAN VALJEAN?
It's the tiny country highlighted here.

What is EL SALVADOR?
Numerically, pi is considered this, like a type of meditation.
What is TRANSCENDENTAL?
This 4-letter word is "warm" when the computer's power is already on, "cold" when it's off.
What is BOOT?
He presided over the court martial of the Lincoln conspirators.

Who was LEW WALLACE?
This inspector who pursues Jean Valjean in "Les Miserables" commits suicide by jumping into the Seine.
Who is JAVERT?
Before the euro, this country used the escudo.
What is PORTUGAL?
For about $19,000 * pi, this "Black Swan" director made "Pi" his 1998 debut film about a math whiz.
Who is DARREN ARONOFSKY?
In Windows hitting Ctrl-C & Ctrl-V performs these 2 artsy & crafty actions.
What is COPY & PASTE?
A Texas fort is named for this Confederate general who led the Texas brigade of the Army of Northern Virginia. ![]()
Who was JOHN BELL HOOD?
Irony! This future Jean Valjean film actor bumped "Les Miserables" from the Imperial Theatre with "The Boy From Oz".
Who is HUGH JACKMAN?
One of the world's newest countries, it gained its independence in 2002.

What is EAST TIMOR?
In the 100s A.D. this Alexandrian astronomer calculated a more precise value of pi, the equivalent of 3.14166
Who was PTOLEMY?
This process that maximizes disk space is so named because it joins up pieces of files that were stored separately.
What is FRAGMENTATION?
General Winfield Scott was so old that this other civil war general was named for him.![]()
Who was WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK?
The first part of "Les Miserables" is called "Fantine"; the second part is named for her.
Who is COSETTE?
Bordering Colombia, Peru & the Pacific: this country.
What is ECUADOR?
You can find the area of this oval geometric shape with pi x A x B, if A & B are half of its longest & shortest diameter.
What is AN ELLIPSE?
Releasing someone's personal info on the Internet is this word that can have 1 or 2 "X"s in the middle.
What is DOXING or DOXXING?