FOOD
When he returned to Venice from the Far East, he introduced the idea of fruit flavored ices
Marco Polo
A Tibetan ox, or to talk persistently
yak
His remains lie in the main entrance of the original Smithsonian building
(James) Smithson
Capt. John Smith wrote about this Indian weapon & compared it to a poleax
a tomahawk
To go from Philadelphia to New Jersey, you cross this river that shares its name with another state
the Delaware
Consisting of puff pastry layered with custard or cream, this pastry's fit for a French emperor
a Napoleon
A dog with a short, flattened nose, or the short, flattened nose itself
pug
Jakob Roggeveen discovered this South Pacific island 2 days after Good Friday, 1722
Easter Island
Slaves bought in Africa were sold in the West Indies for molasses used to make this liquor
rum
The Cubans call it Bahia de Cochinos; we call it this
the Bay of Pigs
The USDA made Wolfgang Puck add tomato in order to sell his frozen pies as these
pizzas
It can mean the daily record of a ship's progress or the act of recording that progress
log
You place your hands & feet on colored circles to play this game; it's perfect for contortionists
Twister
Colorful name of Edward Teach, the pirate who hid out on Ocracoke Island off the N.C. coast
Blackbeard
Incan ruins have been found on islands in this lake on the border of Bolivia & Peru
Lake Titicaca
They're immature pigeons sometimes raised for food
squabs
It can precede brow, down or life
low
Picasso's daughter, her signature is on tubes of her signature lipstick, Mon Rouge
Paloma Picasso
The main reason that settlers from Europe came to the Massachusetts Bay Colony and Plymouth Colony was to...
Seek religious freedom
Odessa is the largest Soviet port on this sea
the Black Sea
These edible fungi thrive in chalky soil, & the best are the perigord variety
truffles
Although roosters crow, crows emit this sound
caw
Houdon's most famous mythological statue is of this Roman goddess holding a bow
Diana
Shawmut was the Indian name for the peninsula on which this city was founded in 1630
Boston
In sailing from the English Channel to the North Sea, one would pass through this strait
the Strait of Dover