Capital Cities
Capital of Hungary
Budapest
His given name was Mohandas but he was also know as Mathatma, or "great soul"
Mahatma Ghandi
It's the crime of making somehow pay you to not reveal their embarrassing secrets
Blackmail
Travel Hawaii:
A recovered anchor from the USS Arizona is on display at this memorial's visitor center
Pearl Harbour
World Leaders:
In 2017, protests and a puppy were among this Russian leader's 65th birthday gifts
Vladimir Putin
Panama City
This jazz great named "Satchmo" has an airport named for him serving New Orleans
Louis Armstrong
It's a structure made of glass to grow plants, or what some fear man-made gases are turning our planet into
Greenhouse
Back in Black:
On the verge of going bust in 1997, it was saved by a $150 million investment by rival Microsoft
Apple
Clothing Through the Ages:
In ancient Rome, a balteus was a shoulder "belt" formed the twisted folds of one of these garments
Toga
Thailand
Bangkok
For leading scores of enslaved people to freedom via the Underground Railroad, she was nicknamed the "Moses of her people"
Harriet Tubman
These drawings are used to show how to construct something like a building or a machine
So You Want to Write a Novel:
From the Greek for "first competitor," it's your leading character
Places in the News:
This leaker of NSA secrets had quite a layover, 5 weeks, in Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport
Edward Snowden
Nepal
Katmandhu
In power from 1985-1991, this last leader of the Soviet Union passed away in 2022 at the age of 91.
Mikhail Gorbachev
This 2-word fishy term refers to a piece of information that is a distraction from the main issue
Red Herring
First Name's the Same:
Montessori, Callas, Shriver
Maria
Gardening:
A must for working in the garden is a hand one of these shovel-like tools used for planting & weeding
Turkey
Ankara
This Polish-born French physicist was not only famous for her research on radioactivity, she also coined the term
Marie Curie
A member of the armed forces who has been wounded in action may receive this medal
Purple Heart
World History:
At the Battle of Lewes in 1264, this king and his son Edward were defeated and captured by Simon de Montfort
Henry III
A Ratio:
A law of elasticity says stress is proportional to this "str" word, stretch divided by length
Strain