TRAVELING IN CIRCLES
Credit: NY Times Crossword
Patrick Berry

There is a common thread connecting the people (and animal) listed below. Can you determine what it is?

Julius Caesar
Hannibal
The chicken
Christopher Columbus
George Washington
Gertrude Ederle

Answer:

The chicken and the five people above each made a famous crossing:

Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon.
Hannibal crossed the Alps.
The chicken crossed the road.
Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic.
George Washington crossed the Delaware.
Gertrude Ederle was the first woman to swim across the English Channel.