NEVER PRESIDENT
ANNUAL EVENTS
EXTREME GEOGRAPHY
MOVIE VILLAINS
Final Jeopardy!
200
This vice president starred in an Oscar-winning documentary & won a Nobel Prize, but missed out on the White House
Al Gore
200
In Nov. 1921 it was observed with the burial of an unknown soldier from World War I at Arlington National Cemetery
Veterans Day
200
At about 840,000 square miles, this island near Canada is the world's largest
Greenland
200
He observes, "Obi-Wan has taught you well. You have controlled your fear. Now... release your anger"
Darth Vader
200
FAMOUS BUILDINGS
Completed in 1943, this "city within a city" has outer walls over 900 feet long
400
Carl Albert, holder of this House of Representatives leadership job, crept 1 heartbeat closer in 1974
Speaker of the House
400
The Texas Cavaliers River Parade is a centerpiece of this annual San Antonio event, "party" in Spanish
fiesta
400
In July 1913 this appropriately named California valley recorded the highest temperature ever in the U.S., 134°
Death Valley
400
We wouldn't blame this "Wizard of Oz" villain if she had a severe case of hydrophobia
the Wicked Witch of the West
400
Completed in 1943, this "city within a city" has outer walls over 900 feet long
the Pentagon
600
In 2012 Jill Stein received 470,000 votes as the nominee of this "colorful" party
the Green Party
600
If you're fasting on the 10th day of Tishri, you're observing this Jewish holiday
Yom Kippur
600
Africa's highest mountain is this one whose "snows" were made famous in a short story
Kilimanjaro
600
This "X-Men" character turned 2 D.C. landmarks into 1 when he dropped a stadium around the White House
Magneto
800
She was a popular 20th century First Lady, & in a different era, might have eventually run for the job
Eleanor Roosevelt
800
In many places in the South, this festive season opens on Twelfth Night & climaxes with Mardi Gras
Carnival
800
Africa's Kariba Dam created the largest by volume of these man-made water-storing lakes, capacity 180 billion cubic meters
a reservoir
800
This masked man tells Bruce Wayne, "When Gotham is ashes, then you have my permission to die"
Bane
1000
Henry Clay, who ran for president 5 times unsuccessfully, was a longtime senator from this state
Kentucky
1000
The date of this annual event honors a June 14, 1777 resolution of the Continental Congress
Flag Day
1000
The longest river in southeast Asia, it flows 2,700 miles through Laos, Cambodia & Vietnam
the Mekong
1000
This leader of the Decepticons: "Humans don't deserve to live...join them in extinction!"
Megatron