Through a conservation center in New York, you can observe critically endangered red & Mexican gray ones of these
Wolves
Those on the Big Island of Hawaii are familiar with the basaltic lava whose name consists of just this letter twice
A
This word is medical speak for really bad breath
Halitosis
It's about 700 arid miles across this country from the Red Sea to the Persian Gulf
Saudi Arabia
A funny story with a punchline about an acorn-bearing tree
an oak joke
Opened in 1919, this iconic golf course on the Monterey Peninsula offers stunning views of the 17th & 18th holes
Pebble Beach
Don't be stingy with the Cabernet at one of these parties of mass revelry named for everyone's favorite wine god
a bacchanal
Arabic gives us this word referring to food from an animal slaughtered in accordance with Islamic law
halal
Its 700,000 square miles of land area are spread across more than 17,000 islands
Indonesia
A house of worship built from a fine-grained tree with thin, peeling bark
a birch church
A webcam on Sicily allows you to monitor the activity of this highest active volcano in Europe
Etna
You'll need 3 "F"s to spell this word for a disorderly confusion given to us by the Scots
a kerfuffle
A classic song says, "waiting 'round the bend, my" this person, "Moon River & me"
huckleberry friend
Once claimed by Italy, Cyrenaica is an historic region & former province of this 650,000-square-mile land
Libya
A placard made from evergreen
a pine sign
From a webcam in Finland, you can see this nighttime phenomenon that's dependent on a strong solar wind
Giant monsters like Rodan or Mechagodzilla are these creatures in Japanese
Kaiju
It's a fancy 9-letter way to say a forerunner or an omen, as of spring
It borders Russia, China & nothing else
Mongolia
Hard, brown valuable wood of Asia polished to an attractive shine
sleek teak
You can see people praying day & night at this holy site that was a part of a structure surrounding the Temple of Jerusalem
The Western Wall (Wailing Wall)
Something that moves counterclockwise or off course is said to have gone this manner that ends with some leg parts
widdershins
The Beach Boys mentioned these Mexican sandals in "Surfin' U.S.A."
huaraches
With a population of more than 100 million, it covers about 900,000 square miles in the heart of Africa
DRC
Syrup-giving tree wood for the Bishop of Rome
a papal maple