actorBorn: 7/17/1934Birthplace: St. John, New Brunswick, Canada Film actor who struggled for years as a supporting actor before establishing himself as a lead in M*A*S*H (1970). His other films…
linguist, writer, political activistBorn: 12/7/1928Birthplace: Philadelphia A professor of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chomsky pioneered the theory of…
novelistBorn: 1/14/1896Birthplace: American novelist who wrote the trilogies U.S.A. (completed 1936) and District of Columbia (completed 1949), as well as several other fictional works dealing…
Royal Family Quizzes and Crosswords
Take a quiz or try the crossword to find out how well you know the royal family. Quiz: Modern Royals Quiz: Royals Through the Ages
Main British Royalty…
The Question: I'm in 7th grade and I need to know what the postage rate for a first class letter was and also I need to know one top story in 1987 for my…
Below is the unit of length for sea or nautical miles, as well as information about fathoms, cable length, and knots. A fathom is 6 feet, the length of rope a man can extend from open arm to open…
Born: 1877 Safety Hood, Traffic Light. Morgan's first well-known invention was the safety hood, a forerunner of the gas mask. When 32 workers in Cleveland, Ohio, were trapped during a tunnel…
modelBorn: 1/16/1974Birthplace: London, England A supermodel known for her waifish look, Moss was discovered at John F. Kennedy International Airport when she was 14 and on vacation with her family…
