American History
The only Constitutional amendment to be repealed, the 18th Amendment originally put this into effect
prohibition
George Balanchine was a renowned one of these, a creator of dances
"Glory to God in the highest" is one of numerous Biblical verses used in the text of this Handel work
Messiah
This language has 2 main written forms: modern standard & classical, the language of the Koran
A baby has a 1-in-1,461 chance of being this & having his 20th birthday also be his 5th
being born on February 29th
In 1964 the Warren Commission concluded that this man acted alone in killing President Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
You can use "person" instead of "boy" in this word for one who clears tables
a busboy
"Gran Vals" by Francisco Tárrega would still be pretty obscure if it hadn't become one of these, courtesy of Nokia
a ringtone
This language is spoken by about 11 million in Europe & about 200 million in South America
Portugese
Name of the Punxsutawney groundhog traditionally at the heart of the action on February 2
Phil
Under the Jones Act of 1917, residents of this Caribbean island gained U.S. citizenship
Puerto Rico
They get their name from where they might wait for the politicians whose votes they want to influence
a lobbyist
Originally, his "A Little Night Music" contained an additional minuet, but it has been lost
Mozart
Almost extinct, the Coeur d'Alene language is spoken by a few Native Americans on a reservation in this U.S. state
Idaho
The last month of the Roman year, February became our second month when this calendar was proclaimed in 1582
the Gregorian Calendar
Introduced by Europeans, this disease that wiped out entire tribes had its last known U.S. case in 1949
smallpox
Put in a little O.T. studying & you could be one of these health professionals, an O.T.
an occupational therapist
One of Bartok's last works was a concerto for this instrument that often plays second fiddle to the fiddle
viola
Standard Chinese is based primarily on this form of Chinese spoken by the educated in Beijing
Mandarin
We'll lead you down this path named for a February birth flower & early spring bloomer
the primrose path
According to his N.Y. Times obituary, this Tammany Hall boss died in jail in the absence of nearly all family members
William "Boss" Tweed
This profession takes its name from a Greek word meaning "chief builder"
an architect
As choir director for St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, he wrote 6 cantatas known as the "Christmas Oratorio"
Johann Sebastian Bach
Before 2009 Greenland had 2 official languages: Greenlandic & this
Danish
These hyphenated Germanic people of Britain called February "Solmonath", meaning "mud month"