Asian History
As a result of the French defeat at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954, this country was divided at the 17th parallel
Vietnam
This holiday was first celebrated in the U.S. in 1792, the 300th anniversary of a certain explorer's New World arrival
Columbus Day
Its name is from the French for "lion's tooth"
dandelion
In a Robert Louis Stevenson novel, a drug turns this man into a monster
Dr. Jekyll
The U.S. military used these animals to aid the clearing of underwater mines during the 2003 invasion of Iraq
Dolphins
In 452 this "Scourge of God" invaded northern Italy, but disease & famine forced his troops to withdraw
Attila the Hun
On January 8 the state of Louisiana commemorates this battle of the War of 1812
Battle of New Orleans
In a song it was "Crimson & "this weed, "over & over"
clover
With 6, more U.S. Presidents were born with this first name than any other
James
The lesser pandas of Asia are related to this "masked" North American mammal of the genus Procyon
the raccoon
In 1948 he was elected President of China, but was driven from the mainland to Taiwan the next year
Chiang Kai-Shek
Cuba's National Revolutionary Festival in late July commemorates his 26th of July movement founded in 1953
Fidel Castro
It's everywhere! Even in Kentucky's nickname
bluegrass
One of Jules Bastien-LePage's most famous paintings is of this girl, hearing voices
Joan of Arc
Plentiful in the Eurasian steppes in the late Pleistocene, these animals stood 16 feet high & had tusks 16 feet long
mammoths
In 1972 Pakistan's President Bhutto signed an accord with this Indian Prime Minister normalizing relations
Indira Gandhi
West Virginia holds a Heritage Jubilee named for this Confederate General, his commander's "right arm"
Stonewall Jackson
This garden weed may be plain, hemp or stinging
nettle
The port city of Aqaba is this nation's only link to the sea
Jordan
A traditional Uzbek meal might include shurpa, the meat of this "timid" animal served with vegetable soup
a lamb (or sheep)
In 1959 this Japanese Crown Prince married a commoner, the first time ever for an heir to the throne
Akihito
Japan's Sanno Festival on April 15 honors Sanno, this religion's mountain god
Shintoism
It got its name in the old West from its ability to drive sheep & horses crazy
locoweed
It refers to the geographic area a court has power over or to the types of cases it can hear
Jurisdiction
Like the last passenger pigeon, the last captive Carolina parakeet died in the 1910s in this Ohio city's zoo
Cincinnati