Number that book
"Ready Player ___"
One
In Spanish they're the Indias Occidentales
The West Indies
This belief is the denial & rejection of the existence of God or gods
atheism
National Geographic called the Danakil this, home to the Horn's Afar people, "the cruelest place on earth"
Desert
Donizetti's "Maria Stuarda" has lots to say to this other British queen, such as "Figlia impura di Bolena"
Elizabeth I
"___ Years a Slave"
12
In 1977 the Soviet icebreaker Arktika became the first surface ship to reach it
The North pole
The capacity for analytical thought; its "Age" began around the 18th century
Reason
Animals of the Horn include the hamadrayas, among the smallest of these big monkeys
a baboon
"Vile intruder who thou art" are the first words directed to this Mozart seducer
Don Giovanni
By Khaled Hosseini: "A ___ Splendid Suns"
A thousand
Celebrated April 27, Freedom Day, this country's national holiday, commemorates an event of 1994
It's the dialectical combining of 2 seemingly opposing ideas into a new one
Synthesis
The point of the Horn is the peninsula of this country that's earned a reputation as a haven for pirates
Somalia
This Verdi guy's joking includes suggesting the Count of Ceprano be beheaded since his head is useless on his shoulders
Rigoletto
"___ Years in Tibet"
Seven
You'll find this state in Australia's lower right-hand corner
New South Wales
Some say this 2-word power of personal choice is an illusion; C.S. Lewis said it "makes evil possible" but also goodness
free will
In 1993, this country broke away from Ethiopia to become the Horn's newest independent nation
Eritrea
"You inconsiderate jade" is one of the nicer things said to Polly in this 1728 "opera" that inspired the 20th c. "Threepenny Opera"
The Beggar's Opera
"___ Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis"
Thirteen
The then Agricultural College of the State of Michigan was founded in what's now this city in 1855
East Lansing
From the Greek for "moral character", this discipline is concerned with right & wrong
Ethics
The Horn of Africa is bordered by the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean & this body of water that gets its name from a seaport on the coast of Yemen
The Gulf of Aden
The Wagnerian dwarf Alberich calls these "maidens" "bony fish" who should "take eels for their lovers"