Presidential Pastimes
He spent time at his California ranch where he could ride horses, chop wood and play the part of a cowboy.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
18 year old Isabella Linton elopes with this antihero after Cathy spurns him in "Wuthering Heights."
What is "Heathcliff?"
In India, flowers and wreaths are brought to the shrine of this spiritual leader on his birthday, October 2.
Who is Mahatma Gandhi?
This U.S. marsupial has 50 teeth, more than any other North American land mammal.
What is an opossum?
Its greatest known depth, 36,201 feet in the Mariana Trench, is the greatest depth found in any ocean.
What is the Pacific?
In good weather, John Quincy Adams liked to spend his mornings skinny dipping in this river.
What is the Potomac?
Four teenagers find magic in a pair of thrift shop jeans in "The Sisterhood of the Traveling" these.
What are pants?
This holiday began in 1868 when a general designated a day to adorn the graves of the Civil War dead.
What is Memorial Day?
The Grevy species of this was named for a president of France.
What is a zebra?
Saginaw Bay, on the eastern coast of Michigan, is an inlet of this Great Lake.
What is Lake Huron?
Fond of this sport, Richard Nixon lived life in the fast lane, often scoring in the 170s or higher.
What is bowling?
The abduction of teenager David Balfour is central to the plot of this classic 1886 novel.
What is "Kidnapped?"
The Punxsutawney Spirit was the first newspaper to print news about the observance of this holiday in 1886.
What is Groundhog Day?
In an aardvark these are different from yours; they have no enamel.
What are teeth?
General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge, one of the world's longest, spans this Venezuelan lake.
What is the Maracaibo?
Even when pushing 300 pounds, this 27th president enjoyed playing golf and tennis.
Who is William Howard Taft?
"Blood," "Missing," and "Tears" are titles in this Francine Pascal series about a girl named Gaia.
What is "Fearless?"
The Megillah or Story of Esther is read on this Jewish holiday.
What is Purim?
This canine of Australia is that continent's largest wild hunting mammal
What is a dingo?
This strait connects the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean Sea.
What is the Hellespont (Dardanelles)?
In other news... during a fishing trip in Georgia in 1979, Jimmy Carter was attacked by a killer one of these.
What is a rabbit?
This 15 year old Dutch skater is the title character of a classic book by Mary Mapes Dodge.
Who is Hans Brinker?
July 26 is observed as the feast day of the Virgin Mary's parents, St. Joachim and this woman.
Who is St. Anne?
The name of this raptor comes from a word meaning "to grasp."
What is a hawk?
This strait connects the Sea of Marmara with the Black Sea.
What is the Bosporus?