HISTORICAL NICKNAMES
"Madame Veto":
This queen during whose reign France's upper classes resisted reform
Marie Antoinette
1940:
Whether an occupied dwelling had one of these entertainment devices
a radio
The Cave of the Winds tour provides an up-close view of these falls in upstate New York
Niagara Falls
A spear used on aquatic mammals
harpoon
This Dane's "The Little Match Girl" is no fairy tale: the protagonist freezes to death
Hans Christian Andersen
"Cobwallis":
This British general who got "shelled" by Washington
Cornwallis
2010:
Choices among Latino & Hispanic identities included this synonym for Mexican American
Chicano
A legend says John Alden was the first to set foot on this slab made of Dedham granite
Plymouth Rock
A cooked fowl's lower joint
drumstick
His 1835 "Young Goodman Brown" shows a dark side of New England
Hawthorne
"'The Patron Saint of American Orchards":
This frontiersman better known by another nickname
Johnny Appleseed
1990:
"Do you have a second or junior" one of these "on this property?"
a mortgage
The gardens of this palace outside of Paris are the masterwork of landscape architect Andre le Notre
Versailles
Used to fan a fire, this type of blower draws in air & expels it quickly through a tube
bellows
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", called "the original American fright-fest"
Washington Irving
"Ironsides":
This soldier & lord protector of England
Cromwell
1980: Whether a person's ethnicity was Hawaiian or Samoan, or from this other U.S. Pacific island territory
Guam
Cherry Island is in this Scottish lake that has the largest volume of fresh water in Great Britain
Loch Ness
Lye-soaked dried cod, beloved by Scandinavians
lutefisk
Last name on the fairy tale collection "Kinder- und Hausmarchen"
Grimm
"Father of the Continental Congress"; also, "Father of the Stove"
Benjamin Franklin
1790-1860:
Number of members of a household who were these
slaves
You'll find the Peace Memorial or Genbaku Dome in this Asian city
Hiroshima
Transparent package wrapper
cellophane
This author of "The Awakening" also produced "Regret", a tale about a woman caring for her neighbor's children
Kate Chopin