In 1963 this French president rejected Britain for membership in the European Economic Community
Charles de Gaulle;de Gaulle
The name of this largest city in Lebanon is from an ancient word for "wells"
Beirut
This Roman epic poet was Dante's guide through the inferno in the "Divine Comedy"
Virgil
In Islam, it's the numerical place where the most high live
Seventh Heaven;7th Heaven;7 Heaven
Young rabbits are bunnies; young ones of these are leverets
Hares
To make up for damage Julius Caesar did to the library, this man gave Cleopatra 200,000 manuscripts
Mark Antony
This "dark" heavy metal band of the 1970s consisted of Bill Ward, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Ozzy Osbourne
Black Sabbath
Nuts!  They taste great, but this type of nut has more fat and calories than any other
Macadamia;Macadamian
Districts in this country include Braga, Viana do Castelo and Lisboa
Portugal
Excavations of this ancient city began in 1748; it was buried under 20 feet of volcanic debris
Pompeii;Pompey;Pompei
The play "Sunday in the Park with George" sprang from this Frenchman's masterpiece
Georges Seurat;Seurat
He developed the first successful steel plow, and his company found tractors to be a fertile market
John Deere;Deere
The Duke of Milan is marooned in this play that was inspired by the 1609 wreck of an English ship off Bermuda
The Tempest;Tempest
This title inhabitant of Asteroid B-612 happens upon a pilot stranded in the desert
The Little Prince;Little Prince;Petit Prince
Spice baskets are popular souvenirs of St. George's, the capital of this country invaded by the U.S. in 1983
Grenada
This travel organization responds to almost 30 million emergency road service calls a year
AAA
In 1836 he set up shop in Paterson, New Jersey to manufacture his famous revolvers
Samuel Colt;Colt
It's love of yourself, especially if you're a handsome youth or a pretty white flower
Narcissism
Legend says Austrian autocrat Gessler got the point from this Swiss archer around 1300
William Tell
In 1778 James Cook became the first European to land on this island, the largest on Canada's west coast
Vancouver Island;Vancouver
The Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944 was code-named Operation this
Overlord
Diastole is the part of the cardiac cycle when chambers are relaxed; when the chambers contract, it's this
systole
It can be the old section of an Arab city in north Africa, or the name of the city where Muhammad is entombed
Medina
His novel "Les Miserables" ends miserably in Pere-Lachaise Cemetery
Victor Hugo;Hugo
Types of these in Switzerland include Sbrinz, Tilsit and Appenzeller
Cheese
This "dripper", who painted on the floor, was a student of Missouri muralist Thomas Hart Benton
Jackson Pollock;Pollock
He was king of the Franks, emperor of the Romans, and son of Pepin the Short
Charlemagne
According to Australian myth, this phenomenon seen in the sky is a giant snake arching its body
Rainbow
This "platinum-dome" character saves the day in "Annie" by adopting her
Daddy Warbucks
During the 1782-1810 Hawaiian Wars, he became king of all the Hawaiian Islands
King Kamehameha;Kamehameha
It was the largest and most powerful state of the German Empire in the 1800s
Prussia
Italy has issued euro coins with this Da Vinci "man" on the reverse
Vitruvian Man;Vitruvian
Athena promised him wisdom and victory in all battles if he judged her the fairest goddess
Paris
This 1999 movie says it's the footage shot by 3 film students who disappeared in the Maryland woods
The Blair Witch Project;Blair Witch Project
Biology majors at Humboldt might take mammalogy, herpetology or this, the study of fish
ichthyology
More shark attacks occur in the waters off this country than any other
the United States;US;United States;USA
Name the Artist: "I been here for years, rockin' my peers and puttin' suckas in fear... Mama said knock you out"
LL Cool J;LLCOOLJ
Police officers salute Stephanie Kwolek for inventing this vest material that's 5 times stronger than steel
kevlar
He was so angry at the Israelites, he pulverized their golden calf and made them devour it
Moses
In music this Italian term tells you to pluck the strings instead of bowing
pizzicato
The age followed by the Iron Age
the Bronze Age;Bronze
What the British call a billion, we call this
Trillion
Scotland's largest city, it's home to the Scottish Opera and the Scottish Ballet
Glasgow
From 1920 to 1939, this Lithuanian capital was controlled by Poland
Vilnius
He was seated with a sword dangling above his head at a feast hosted by Dionysius
Damocles
Plato's "Phaedo" describes this philosopher's execution by hemlock
Socrates
"Stand By Me" hit the charts for him in 1961 and 1986
Ben E. King;King
Transporting name of the world's bestselling playing card brand for over a century
Bicycle
In 1928 physicist Walther Muller helped this man improve his radiation detector
Hans Geiger;Geiger
We hope this singer got some "Satisfaction" when he starred as the famous Australian outlaw "Ned Kelly"
Mick Jagger;Jagger
Of the world's 4 largest countries in area, it has smallest percentage of farmland
Canada
Term for any medicine, such as aspirin, that reduces or eliminates pain
analgesic
Brightest star in constellation Centaurus, its planetary system was the destination in "Lost In Space"
Alpha Centauri
The YMCA found his indoor versions of soccer and rugby too violent, so he invented basketball
James Naismith;Naismith
In 1966 this consumer advocate gained national attention testifying before Congress on auto safety
Ralph Nader;Nader
Aristotle referred to him as "The Great Physician"
Hippocrates
This country's inner and outer regions are separated by the Gobi Desert
Mongolia
Holmes called this scoundrel the "Napoleon of crime" even though he only appeared in 2 Conan Doyle tales
Moriarty
"I am jealous of everything whose beauty does not die", complains this Wilde character
Dorian Gray
In 1921 this medical products company introduced the Band-Aid
Johnson and Johnson
Bellini's opera "La Sonnambula" is so named because Amina, its heroine, has this nocturnal habit
Sleepwalking;Sleep Walking
Name the Character: "It vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the grin"
the Cheshire Cat;Cheshire Cat
Ravi Shankar is one of the most famous players of this instrument
sitar
Just using flour and water gives you unleavened bread; add this fungus to leaven it
yeast
It's the instrument on which you'd perform a drag, flam or roll
drum
"To ridicule philosophy is really to philosophize", wrote this mathematician in his "Pensees"
Blaise Pascal;Pascal
This late artist was also a jewelry designer; you might expect his watches to be limp
Salvador Dali;Dali
This fruit accounts for one-third of Honduras' exports
Bananas
Introduced by Fender in 1954, it's one of the most famous models of electric guitars
Stratocaster
When he offered to sell the rights to his telegraph, the government turned him down
Samuel Morse;Morse
This liquid produced when curds separate from milk was once considered a refreshing drink
Whey
"Zarathustra's Sister" is a biography of Elisabeth and her brother, this philosopher
Nietzsche
Cartesianism, based on mathematical principles, comes from the Latin verison of his name
Rene Descartes;Descartes
Julius Caesar burst into tears when he thought of how many lands this man had conquered by Julius' age
Alexander the Great
French for lemon
citron
The American Library Association presents an award named for this "Little House on the Prairie" author
Laura Ingalls Wilder;Wilder
This Scotswoman was just 16 when she became queen of France in 1559
Mary, Queen of Scots;Mary
Taken together, suffixes and prefixes are known as these
affixes;affix
In Catholicism it's the place of purification for the dead who still bear some trace of sin
Purgatory
If a prom date gives you one of these floral accessories, you must wear it or at least pin it to your purse
Corsage
Among the sobriquets used for this city are "Witchcraft City" and the "Paradise of New England"
Salem, Massachusetts;Salem
In June 1991 Croatia broke away from it
Yugoslavia
In Act I of "La boheme", this poet keeps a fire burning in the chilly attic by sacrificing his manuscript
Rodolfo
It's the most hircine sign of the Zodiac -- by the way, hircine means "goatlike"
Capricorn
Sites associated with this author's heroine Anne of Green Gables are a tourist draw in eastern Canada
Lucy Maud Montgomery;Montgomery
When testing new drugs, a control group is given this nonmedical substance  made of sugar or a saline solution
Placebo
While we eternally accept Holland, this is the more accurate name for the country
the Netherlands;netherlands
This capital of the Czech Republic is known as the "City of 100 Spires"
Prague
Soap makes water wetter by weakening this, the water's "skin"
Surface Tension
After completing "The Prince" in 1513, he turned to "Discourses On The First 10 Books of Livy"
Niccolo Machiavelli;Machiavelli
The commutative property of addition tells us that x plus y is equal to this
y plus x;y + x;y+x
In 1969 he penned the famous line "I'll make him an offer he can't refuse"
Mario Puzo;Puzo
This god's principal weapon is Mjollnir
Thor
"Never marry for" this; "ye'll borrow it cheaper"
Money
Born Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst, she ruled Russia under this name
Catherine the Great
In 1962 this ex-Brooklyn Dodger became the first black elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
Jackie Robinson
An anemometer is an instrument used to measure the speed of this
wind
In this musical based on a Roger Corman film, no one heeds the musical warning, "Don't feed the plants!"
Little Shop of Horrors
This country contains South America's highest and lowest points
Argentina
When Wham-O introduced this toy in 1957, it was called the Pluto Platter
Frisbee
This British comedy troupe's "Flying Circus" landed on American TV in 1974
Monty Python
This clouding of the eye's lens is common in people over the age of 65
Cataracts;Cataract
The ancient Greeks gave the area between the Tigris and Euphrates this name, which means "between rivers"
Mesopotamia
It's the first adjective in the poem "The Raven"
Dreary
It's the priestly class of Hinduism
Brahmans;Brahman
Discovered in 1928, it kills gonococci, meningococci and streptococci
Penicillin
This is believed to be an abbreviation for "Oll Korrect"
OK;O.K;O K
In 1985 it was found in 2 sections about 400 miles SE of Newfoundland, at a depth of about 12,500 feet
Titanic
A cone-shaped laboratory flask with a narrow neck and a long, flat bottom
Erlenmeyer