-Ologies
Its name is pretty self-explanatory--it's the study of the Earth
Geology
In 1621 Francis Bacon was sent to this London lockup, but the king let him out after 4 days
The Tower of London
In an opera based on this Grimm fairy tale, the title siblings come upon a house made of gingerbread & start noshing
"Hansel and Gretel"
The only state that has a non-rectangular flag, it also has a red disk to symbolize the seed of the buckeye tree
Ohio
"The Hub of the Universe", it's the largest city in New England
Boston
It's the study of the atmosphere & weather, not of shooting stars
Meteorology
In 1961 Stokely Carmichael was on a bus tour as one of these "Riders", & later in the trip was jailed
Freedom
Michelangelo was all of 26 when he began working on a giant sculpture of this Biblical figure for the city of Florence
David
Here's a fact to gnaw on:
In 1969 it became Oregon's official state animal
the beaver
Some of Vermont's best farmland is located in this valley that shares its name with a large lake in the region
Champlain
Osteology is the branch of anatomy that deals with these body parts
Bones
Piper Kerman's time at a correctional institution in Connecticut is the basis of this TV series
Orange is the New Black
Modernism in photography includes a 1907 work titled this, the low-class area of a ship near the rudder
Steerage
The largest New England state in area, it's the least densely populated east of the Mississippi
Maine
The Hall of Heroes in New London, Connecticut honors heroic alumni of this service academy
The Coast Guard Academy
Archaeology is a subfield of this study of human beings' origins & cultures
Anthropology
He went from the White House of the Confederacy in Richmond to imprisonment at Fort Monroe near Norfolk
Jefferson Davis
In this ballet, Siegfried is torn between Odette & Odile, who, by tradition, are danced by the same person
Swan Lake
Though they total almost 400,000 sq. mi., Wyoming, the Dakotas & this larger neighbor each get only one U.S. House seat
Montana
Built in 1763 & still active, Touro Synagogue in this Rhode Island resort city is America's oldest Jewish house of worship
Newport
There's something fishy in this branch of zoology that deals with the structure & classification of fish
Ichthyology
"Poems from Prison" by Wole Soyinka were written when he was jailed for criticizing this African country's government
Nigeria
The house where this artist lived & worked from 1639 to 1658 is now a museum in Amsterdam
Rembrandt
Georgia has had 5 capitals, including Milledgeville & this seaport, its first
Savannah
This state's House of Representatives includes seats for 3 nonvoting members, including 1 representing the Penobscot nation
Maine