ANIMAL FACTS
Sea otters often carry their favorite type of this, stored in a pocket of skin, & use it to crack open shellfish
a rock
It's another name for a master of ceremonies
emcee
Sonnet 43 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning begins with this question
"How do I love thee?"
This lawyer was confirmed as the 96th justice & first African American on the Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
The resolution naming 2020 the International Year of Plant Health recognized plants' role in fighting this global "change"
climate change
The chicks of this tall wading bird are downy white & acquire pink plumage as they age
a flamingo
It's the chief monetary unit of India
rupee
The first part of a sonnet can pose a problem in an 8-line stanza called this, also a musical term
an octet (or octave)
Pope Paul VI ordained 27 new cardinals, including one from Poland who would later become this pope
John Paul II
Read some Yeats or Dickinson on March 21, World this Day
Poetry Day
Hippos that escaped this drug lord's zoo have given Colombia the largest hippo population outside of Africa
(Pablo) Escobar
Rug is slang for a man's one of these
toupee
Shakespeare wrote, "My mistress' eyes are nothing like" this heavenly body
the sun
The first U.K. TV broadcasts in color began with live coverage of these championships
Wimbledon
In 2019 World Space Week commemorated the 50th anniversary of this
the moon landing
It is very unlikely that this American marsupial will contract rabies--its body temp. is too low for the virus to survive
an opossum
This state's geographic center is in the city of Murfreesboro
Tennessee
John Donne grappled with mortality in his Holy Sonnet 10, which starts with these 4 words
"Death be not proud"
Media response to all the love included the CBS special "The Hippie Temptation", that being mainly this drug
LSD
2019 to 2028 is the "Decade of Peace" named for this South African
Mandela
Insect blood does not have this protein that transports oxygen in our bodies & makes our blood red
hemoglobin
Tecumseh was a member of this Native American tribe of the Ohio Valley
Shawnee
This 14th century Italian poet mastered the art of the sonnet writing about his love for Laura
Petrarch
At Governor George Romney's request, troops were sent to deal with racial unrest in this city
Detroit
An annual November "Awareness Week" showcases the rising global problem of resistance to this important class of drugs
antibiotics