ARCHAEOLOGY
Excavations around London have turned up mass burial pits with the remains of victims of this epidemic that hit England in 1348
the Black Death
Appropriately, the flag of this U.S. territory depicts a bald eagle holding a traditional Polynesian war club
American Samoa
Clouds literally hung over the invasion; with a big storm approaching, the operation was nearly called off until British meteorologist Captain James Stagg correctly predicted a break in the weather on this fateful date
June 6
An obelisk located in the northeast of this big city memorializes the ancient site of Heliopolis
Cairo
William B. Saxbe took over in this job Jan. 4, 1974 at a tricky time & got lots of impeachment questions in his 1st news conference
attorney general
In 2024, a rare blue room with female figures painted on the walls & sacred objects was discovered at this site in Italy
Pompeii
This autonomous Dutch territory is the "A" in the ABC islands of the Lesser Antilles
Aruba
Overlord was the code name for the combined invasion of Normandy from the air, land & water; the assault from the sea, including the landings on the beaches, was code-named Operation this appropriate Roman god
Neptune
If you travel by sea to this, Morocco's main port city, you can take a train from there to Tangier
Casablanca
The first Cabinet member confirmed by the Senate in the second Trump administration was this man for State, 99-0
Rubio
In 2025, 22 massive stone blocks were recovered from the Mediterranean seabed off Egypt, remnants of this ancient wonder
the Lighthouse of Alexandria
The Île de la Possession is one of the Crozet Islands, part of this country's Southern & Antarctic territories
France
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The first town liberated on D-Day was the vital crossroads of Sainte-Mère-Église; a memorial there commemorates the D-Day ordeal of paratrooper John Steele, who dangled from a church steeple for hours as battle raged below after dropping with the famed U.S. division called the 82nd this
Airborne
They're the 2 cities that have served as South Carolina's capital
Columbia and Charleston
Just like Kiefer Sutherland on the TV show, the 2010 choice as this was the HUD secretary, Shaun Donovan
designated survivor
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In the Sahara, a depiction of two life-sized giraffes is the largest animal one of these objects from Greek for "rock" & carving"
"petroglyph"
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This island found by the Royal Navy in 1767 is still British territory, so mutineers, think twice about heading there
Pitcairn Island
"If you see a plane, it will be ours", Ike reassured his troops, knowing that over Normandy the Allies had achieved not just air superiority but this even more complete dominance of the skies
air supremacy
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In Northern Mexico, a capital city, a state & a desert all have this canine name
Chihuahua
In this job, Andrew Mellon helped the '20s roar by pushing big tax cuts through Congress
Treasury
Rediscovered in the early 20th century, this Inca archaeological site is perched at about 7,700 feet above sea level
Machu Picchu
The vineyards of Pico Island in this Portuguese archipelago are a UNESCO World Heritage Site
the Azores
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The strategic Pointe du Hoc overlooked both American invasion beaches; the task of scaling its imposing cliffs & capturing the gun emplacements in the face of constant fire fell to two battalions of these elite U.S. Army troops whose motto is that they "Lead the way"
The Rangers
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The world's oldest record store, "Spillers," dates back to 1894 when Henry Spiller established it in this Welsh capital.
Cardiff
Great-grandson of a Revolutionary War figure, Ethan Allen Hitchcock's fight was in this post against swindlers taking Western land
Secretary of the Interior