Potpourri
The French writer know for his "Tales of Mother Goose" collection.
Charles Perrault
The 3 stages of the art of logical debate worked out by philosopher George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel.
Thesis
Antithesis
Synthesis
Little Women
Little Men
Louisa May Alcott
A hill that overlooks the city of Athens, Greece. The ruins of ancient buildings are on top of this hill.
Acropolis
The galaxy closest to the Milky Way galaxy, about 2.2 million light years away from Earth.
Andromeda galaxy
According to Greek tradition, what were the 3 dramatic unities that a play was required to have?
Unity of time
Unity of place
Unity of action
His 3 Laws of Planetary Motion gave him the title 'father of modern astronomy'.
Johannes Kepler
Alice in Wonderland
Through the Looking-Glass
Lewis Carroll
A magnificent palace in Granada, Spain. It was built in the 1200-1300's by the Moors, Muslims from North Africa.
Alhambra
A constellation that resembles a cup with a long handle for dipping. The direction north can be determined by the following the 2 stars on the far end of the bowl of the dipper.
Big Dipper
In Ernest Lawrence Thayer's poem "Casey at the Bat" name the line following:
"And somewhere men are laughing and somewhere children shout, but there is no joy in Mudville...
Mighty Casey has struck out!
The 3 Musketeers from the novel by Alexandre Dumas...
Athos
Porthos
Aramis
Pride and Prejudice
Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen
Nickname for the bell in the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament in London, England.
Big Ben
An object that usually circles the sun in an extremely long orbit.
Comet
John 11:35, the Bible's shortest verse, describes the reaction of Jesus to the burial of...
Lazarus
The 3 ages of Giambattista Vico's Historical Cycle...
Theocratic (Age of the gods / God)
Aristocratic (Age of Heroes)
Democratic (Age of Men)
Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes
Spans the East River between Manhattan and Brooklyn in New York City. Built in the late 1800's, it was one of the longest bridges in the world.
Brooklyn Bridge
Largest planet in the solar system and 5th major planet from the sun.
Jupiter
The ancient city Heinrich Schliemann (Sh-lee-men), German businessman turned amateur archaeologist, discovered and excavated.
Troy
Gifts of the 3 Magi...
Gold
Frankincense
Myrrh
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
A large stadium where competitions were held in Ancient Rome. Its ruins are still standing.
Colosseum
The most distant celestial objects that can be seen from earth.
Quasars