IN OTHER WORDS...
Mendicants are forbidden options
beggars can't be choosers
In 1540s Mexico, Franciscan Fray Sahagun began a history of these Indians in their own language
the Aztecs
Mount Likavitos, not the Acropolis, is the highest point in this city
Athens
The second year in college or high school
S-O-P-H-O-M-O-R-E
Half-nelson
wrestling
A quill beats out a claymore
the pen is mightier than the sword
This British poet, a notorious "Don Juan", kept his ringlets fresh by wearing curlers to bed
George Gordon Lord Byron
You'll find a Great St. Bernard & a Little St. Bernard Pass in this European mountain system
the Alps
A short intercessory prayer, or as any woman will tell you, the right to vote
S-U-F-F-R-A-G-E
Triple-Salchow
figure skating
Procure but with one melody
buy it with (for) a song
In 1673, this French playwright became fatally ill during his satire "The Imaginary Invalid"
Molière
In 1875, a Scot, Geo. Anderson, became the 1st person to climb Half-Dome in this U.S. park
Yosemite
In ordinal numbers, this follows forty-ninth
F-I-F-T-I-E-T-H
Tsukahara
gymnastics
Mummies, for example, don't gossip
dead men don't talk (dead men tell no tales)
India, where his father & grandfather were missionaries, inspired this 1922 Hermann Hesse novel
Siddhartha
Unlike nearby Everest, 22,958' Machapuchare has never been climbed because this country forbids it
Nepal
The capital of Brazil
B-R-A-S-I-L-I-A
Counter-riposte
fencing
An orbiting tart
pie in the sky
She said women need money & "A Room of One's' Own" to write fiction--like "Orlando"
Virginia Woolf
The 1988 Winter Olympics took place in the foothills of these mountains
The Rockies
A small corsage worn by a man in his buttonhole
B-O-U-T-O-N-N-I-E-R-E
Telemark
skiing