World History
1 of 2 Chinese leaders married to the famous Soong sisters
Chiang Kai-shek or Sun Yat-sen
At a military wedding, the departing couple exits under an arch of these weapons
Swords
In "Julius Caesar", Shakespeare mentions "falling sickness", this disorder characterized bv seizures
epilepsy
Velazquez' famous painting "Las Meninas" is in this Spanish art museum
the Prado
Nicknamed the "Georgia Peach", he has the all-time highest career batting average, .367
Ty Cobb
In 1962, Ne Win overthrew U Nu to become this country's prime minister once more
Myanmar
The 4 "Somethings" a bride must have
Something Old, New, Borrowed and Blue
An old name for influenza wasn't grab or clutch but this, from French for "seize"
the grippe
Noted for its modern art, the Stedelijk Museum in this city is a short walk from the Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam
In 1869 a club based in this, now a National League city, became the first all-professional baseball team
Cincinnati
In 1786, top U.S. leaders invited Prince Henry of Prussia to become this
King of the United States
In days of yore the groom's family paid the bride-price & her family bestowed this
Dowry
Pens down, scrivener's palsy is an old term for this, also known as graphospasm
writer's cramp
There are museums devoted to this writer in Nairobi, Kenya & in Rungstedlund, Denmark
Isak Dinesen (aka Karen Blixen author of Out of Africa)
This baseball player is they only man in history to have more than 1,000 career stolen bases
Ricky Henderson
1st black to win Nobel Prize, he negotiated 1949 Arab-Israeli truce
Ralph Bunce
At a Malaysian wedding, each guest is given a decorated one of these edible fertility symbols
Egg
What was once referred to as mongolism is now called this
Down's syndrome
Appropriately, this vast Russian art museum houses the icon of St. Nicholas
the Hermitage
In 1953 the Boston Braves moved to this city
Milwaukee
Bartlett's says this courtesan, not the king, said, "Apres nous, le deluge"
Madame du Pompadour
The bride gets a shower; the groom gets this one last fling
Stag/bachelor party
This older name for tuberculosis referred to the disease's wasting away of the body
Consumption
The Vasamuseet in Stockholm houses one of the oldest complete examples of these, the Vasa
a ship
Whitey Ford, a pitcher for this team, won 10 World Series games & lost 8, both records
New York Yankees