May 14, 2024 by Alex Matthews · Published May 14, 2024 · Last modified May 15, 2024 Early 1900s labels for this beverage brand featured a beaver sitting on a log at the top of a map
May 13, 2024 by Alex Matthews · Published May 13, 2024 · Last modified May 14, 2024 Films made outside the U.S. in the ’50s like ‘Three Coins in the Fountain’ and ‘Quo Vadis’ led to an era dubbed ‘Hollywood on’ this river
May 10, 2024 by Alex Matthews · Published May 10, 2024 · Last modified May 13, 2024 A review said this 1966 book about real events “will cause a good deal of myopic squabbling about just what a novel is”
May 9, 2024 by Alex Matthews · Published May 9, 2024 · Last modified May 10, 2024 A Nov. 29 1983 N.Y. Times article about these used “near-riot”, “adoptable”, “waiting for 8 hours” & “my life (is) in danger
May 8, 2024 by Alex Matthews · Published May 8, 2024 · Last modified May 9, 2024 Telling the story of a duke, a jester & the jester’s daughter, it was written by poet Francesco Maria Piave
May 7, 2024 by Alex Matthews · Published May 7, 2024 · Last modified May 8, 2024 She’s introduced in an 1845 novella in which she wears a short skirt with her Mantilla thrown back to show her shoulders
May 6, 2024 by Alex Matthews · Published May 6, 2024 · Last modified May 7, 2024 Like their uniform, the flag of this group created in 1506 has stripes of red, blue & yellow, the colors of the Medici family
May 3, 2024 by Alex Matthews · Published May 3, 2024 · Last modified May 6, 2024 This title character of the top song from 1996 can’t stand her boyfriend Vitorino & spurns him to be with his 2 friends
May 2, 2024 by Alex Matthews · Published May 2, 2024 · Last modified May 3, 2024 It launched its first satellite, Asterix, in 1965
May 1, 2024 by Alex Matthews · Published May 1, 2024 · Last modified May 2, 2024 In 1694 the latest in bio-knowledge was Tournefort’s ‘Elements of Botany’ listing 698 of these, like ambrosia & chrysanthemeum