History
In 1991 B.C. Amenemhet, a former vizier, founded this country's 12th dynasty
Egypt
"Homage to the Queen", a tribute to her, premiered on her coronation day in 1953
Elizabeth II
Unlike most birds, ratites like the ostrich can't do this
Fly
The summer varieties of this gourd-like vegetable are eaten green; the winter ones, ripe
Squash
This novelist's youthful voyages provided the basis for such works as "Lord Jim" & "Typhoon"
Conrad
Because his proposals for constitutional change were defeated, this French president resigned in 1969
Charles de Gaulle
This dancer choreographed a new version of "The Nutcracker" in 1976, a "Turning Point" in his career
Baryshnikov
Associated with this sense, the olfactory lobe is better developed in most vertebrates than in man
Smell
This fruit with many seeds is grown on the Punica granatum tree
A Pomegranate
He dictated his last novel, "The Brothers Karamazov", to his wife who took it down in shorthand
Dostoevsky
In 1919 this national assembly met in this city & formed a new German republic
Weimar
The School of American Ballet is the official school of this major metropolitan ballet company
New York (City Ballet)
Renin, an enzyme that breaks down protein, is secreted by cells in this organ
The kidney
Poi, a luau treat, is made from these mashed roots
Taro
This Scottish novelist is buried at the summit of Mt. Vaea on Upolu, an island of Western Samoa
Robert Louis Stevenson
The parents of this Peruvian president immigrated from Japan 4 years prior to his birth
Fujimori
This Spanish seducer is attacked by furies at the end of a 1936 ballet
Don Juan
Common "colorful" term for the erythrocytes, which transport oxygen around the body
The red blood cells
A greengage is a plum & a greening is this fruit
An apple
This novelist's nonfiction book "Miami and the Siege of Chicago" was about the 1968 political conventions
Norman Mailer
About 3000 B.S. the Sumerians invented this writing system which used triangular marks
Cuneiform
First performed in 1905, this very short solo ballet depicts the last minutes in the life of a bird
The Dying Swan
This nucleic acid occurs in 3 forms: messenger, ribosomal & transfer
This somewhat coarse root vegetable is also called a swede or a Swedish turnip
A rutabaga
He followed his first novel, "Appointment in Samarra", with "BUtterfield 8"
John O'Hara