Around 1860 Robert FitzRoy of Britain's weather office rejected "prediction" and "prophecy" in favor of which word?

Cio-Cio-San is the title character of which Puccini opera? Polynesian voyagers who settled New Zealand became which people? Who painted "Girl with a Pearl Earring" around 1665? Around 1800 Josiah Spode II perfected which type of ceramic made with bone ash? Circe turned the men of which seafarer into swine? Circus Oz, a satirical circus that turned 21 in 1999, comes from which country nicknamed "Oz"? In 1991 former Soviet republics formed the CIS, the Commonwealth of what? Which leader divorced his wife Winnie in 1996?