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n the language of the Iroquois, who lived between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, THIS river was called Ongniara or Ongiara, which meant "land in two", "land in halves".
Niagara. A short and turbulent river, with huge lakes at the top and bottom, the Indians perceived it as a barrier cutting the land into two parts.
The sequels to THIS novel are the much less successful works by Alexandra Ripley ('Scarlett) and Donald McCaig ('Rhett Butler'). The author of the original refused to write a sequel despite persuasion.
“Gone with the Wind”
In September 2022, Felix's grandmother Queen Margrethe II stripped him and Prince Joachim's other children of their title of Royal Highness, but they retained their places in the line of succession to the throne of THIS state.
Denmark
THIS city is located on the Pregolya River.
Kaliningrad
This ancient Egyptian queen was known for her love of jewellery, including elaborate necklaces and bracelets. Who was she?
Cleopatra
148 x 210 mm is half of THIS format
A4 (210x 297 mm)
On his second voyage HE saw much more: Brazil, Africa, Madagascar, China, Siberia and Arkhangelsk, from where he sailed home to England in 1704.
Robinson Crusoe. All these events are told by Defoe in the sequel to the famous novel
For a time, the helmet of the slick NHL goalie Felix Potvin featured exactly IT.
Felix the Cat
THIS city is the only one in the world located right on the Arctic Circle at the 66th parallel north.
Salekhard.
This iconic necklace was worn by Kate Winslet in the movie Titanic and is known as the "Heart of the Ocean." What was this piece of jewellery inspired by?
The Hope Diamond
THIS OBJECT was named by the US Hydrographic Service because they wanted to build a port here halfway for ships moving from San Francisco to East Asia.
Midway Atoll. From English Midway - middle of the way. In June 1942, the Battle of Midway took place near the atoll, during which US armed forces destroyed 4 Japanese aircraft carriers.
The production "Love Never Dies" is a sequel to THIS successful British musical. Unlike the super-successful first part, the new musical failed and was taken off the stage: apparently, people do not like to see the death of the main characters, no matter how villainous they are.
"The Phantom of the Opera"
On March 28, 1837, in the French Reformed Church, HE was married to Cecilia Jeanrenaud, and according to Huguenot tradition, there was no music at all at the wedding.
Felix Mendelssohn
It was signed on August 30 (September 10), 1721 in the present-day Finnish city of Uusikaupunki, whose name translates as "new city".
The Treaty of Nystad. Which ended the Northern War. The Swedish name of the city is Nystad. Both names translate as "new city".
THIS is a name for a method of preparing gemstones (from Middle French 'head'). A gemstone is shaped and polished, as opposed to faceted. The resulting form is usually a convex (rounded) obverse with a flat reverse.
Cabochon. It was the default method of preparing gemstones before gemstone cutting developed.
THIS is exactly what Neil's parabola is otherwise called.
Semicubical parabola.
Thomas Harris's novel "The Silence of the Lambs" is a sequel to THIS 1981 novel. Brett Ratner's thriller of the same name was released in 2002 - the role of Hannibal Lecter was played by the same Anthony Hopkins. It is worth noting that the title of the novel does not refer to a traditional symbol of Chinese culture, but to the drawings of William Blake.
"The Red Dragon"
In one of the humorous collages HE is worried about not getting to Russia. As it turned out, his fears were in vain and on October 14, 2012 HE felt the soil of New Mexico under him.
Felix Baumgartner. On October 14, 2012, the Red Bull Stratos successfully jumped from a height of 39 kilometers (38,969.4 meters). The parachutist landed safely in the vicinity of the city of Roswell.
THIS city is home to the first and main port of the French overseas region of Reunion.
Le Port.
THIS was an incident from 1784 to 1785 at the court of King Louis XVI of France that involved his wife, Queen Marie Antoinette and a confidence trickster who called herself Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy (aka Jeanne de la Motte).
The Affair of the Diamond Necklace
It was THIS YEAR that exactly half of all people who have walked on the Moon were born.
1930. 6 of 12.
This unfinished novel by Lermontov is both a sequel and a prequel to "A Hero of Our Time".
"Princess Ligovskaya"
It is known that in 1952 THIS SWISS visited Sweden. The occasion was sufficient for HE to simply jump for joy.
Felix Bloch. Bloch received the Nobel Prize in Physics.
THIS city was named after a Welshman and a Georgian, and now has a name associated with the river.
Donetsk. Since 1869, the city was called Yuzovka in honor of its founder, businessman John Hughes. Later - in honor of I.V. Stalin.
The rings that the English gave to their loved ones in the Victorian era were decorated with stones arranged in a certain order. Diamond came first, amethyst third. Name the second and fourth in the correct order.
Emerald, ruby. Such rings were called acrostic rings. The word "dearest" is formed from the first letters of diamond, emerald, amethyst, ruby, emerald, sapphire and topaz. Alexandrite could be used instead of amethyst, and tanzanite or turquoise could be used instead of topaz.