This English explorer, poet, and historian was sentenced to death in 1603 on a trumped-up charge of treason against James I. Imprisoned in the Tower of London, he wrote his History of the World. He was released on parole in 1616 to lead an expedition to f

After the San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906, architect Julia Morgan was called upon to rebuild the interior of which San Francisco hotel?

Can you name the two sisters who have newspaper columns in hundreds of newspapers throughout the English speaking world?

This television personality, born in 1957 in South Carolina, has a photographic memory, and was champion speller in her high school, which comes in handy in her TV role. Who is she?

Names beginning with "T": a. 12th President, he died in 1850 after only 16 months in office. b. Legendary 14th Century Swiss hero:

What are the first names of thumbs-up movie critics Siskel and Ebert?

Which person is responsible for each of the following quotations? a. "We don't pay taxes. The little people pay taxes." b. "The medium is the message" c. "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."