Ancient Times
Nebuchadnezzar is sometimes credited with building the hanging gardens of this city
Babylon
Jokingly, this May observance is said to fall nine months after Father's Night
Mothers Day
Thomas Hardy, who gave us "The Return of the Native", also wrote of this girl "of the d'Urbervilles"
Tess
The name of this aromatic wine found in martinis comes from the German word for wormwood
Vermouth
This metal, Al, used in beverage cans & food wrap was once considered a precious metals
Aluminum
The ancient Egyptians were a polytheistic people, meaning they had many of these
Gods
It's the last federal holiday of the year
Christmas
Last name shared by "Murder in the Cathedral" author T .S. & "Adam Bede" author George
Eliot
The sour mash type of this Kentucky whiskey is made by adding part of the old mash to new batches
Bourbon
Selenium is sometimes added to this material during vulcanization to increase abrasion resistance
Rubber
For the Persian Empire, Cyrus the Great set up a mail delivery system similar to this Old West one
The Pony Express
It's celebrated the evening before All Saints' Day
Halloween
This Miss Marple creator was one of the 1st authors to be published in a Penguin paperback
Agatha Christie
It's the spirit found in a daiquiri cocktail
Rum
This element, symbol He, is the most difficult of all gases to liquefy
Helium
About all that is accepted about this author is that he was blind & wrote the "Iliad" & the "Odyssey"
Homer
The name of this 8-day Jewish festival is Hebrew for "dedication
Hanukkah
He's the legendary king in Tennyson's "Idylls of the King"
King Arthur
This country produces a resinated wine called kokkineli in addition to the more famous retsina
Greece
This metal, aka quicksilver, becomes a solid at minus 40 degrees
Mercury
At his death in 323 B.C., Alexander the Great's empire covered parts of these 3 continents
This French holiday that commemorates the storming of a prison is also known as la Fete Nationale
Bastille Day
The final version of his "Paradise Lost" was published in 1674
Milton
Zubrowka is a Polish form of this spirit with a bit of buffalo grass steeped in it
Vodka
Betadine, used as a skin antiseptic, is a solution of povidone & this element symbolized I
Mercury