Discovery
In 1985 this ship was discovered by a U.S. Navy expedition led by Robert Ballard that found where she had lain for 73 years
What is the Titanic?
These 4-letter soft feathers are used to stuff pillows
What is down?
This live form of transportation is sometimes called the "ship of the desert"
What is a camel?
In the Kalmar War of 1611-1613, Denmark beat up on this rival to the north
What is Sweden?
Georgia
What is Alabama?
Collective name for the ancient manuscript fragments discovered in 1947 in caves in the Qumran region of the West Bank
What are the Dead Sea Scrolls?
Used in lotions, lanolin generally comes from the body grease of these shearable creatures
What are sheep?
Almost 100 years old, the Delta Queen is this kind of river steamboat, named for a feature 28 feet in diameter
What is a paddlewheel?
In England Lord Hardwicke's Act of 1753 banned this informal type of marriage without civil or religious ceremony
What is common law?
Montana
What is Idaho?
In this year James Marshall discovered gold from the American River in California; the next year the rush was on
What is 1848?
Seth Boyden never got a patent for the process to manufacture the "patent" type of this
What is leather?
Ride the track from one end of the Las Vegas Strip to the other in about 15 minutes via this, similar to the one at Disneyland
What is a monorail?
German King Henry VII invaded Rome in 1312 & while he was there, picked up this title
What is the Holy Roman Emperor?
Indiana
What is Illinois?
In late 1805 this pair's Corps of Discovery arrived at the Pacific Ocean near what is now Astoria, Oregon
Who are Lewis and Clark?
This alliterative type of bristle used in brushes comes from a wild pig relative
What is a boar bristle?
Competitors in this flat-on-your-back Winter Olympic sport can reach 90 miles per hour
What is the luge?
Meaning "hammer", it was the byname of Frankish king Charles, who hammered a Muslim army at the 732 Battle of Tours
What is Martel?
Nevada
What is California?
At Mount Wilson Observatory in the 1920s, Edwin Hubble made the discovery that this isn't a nebula but a large galaxy all its own
What is Andromeda?
The red pigment carmine comes from cochineal, this type of animal
What are insects?
In 1960 this nuclear sub bearing the name of Poseidon's son became the first to circumnavigate the globe underwater
What is the Triton?
DAILY DOUBLE
What is Greece?
Arizona