Got It "Made"
Fashioned by fingers, or manually manufactured
What is hand-made?
Film & TV cameras were allowed for the first time in this president's news conference
This war's final surrender happened in Yorktown, Virginia, but the Treaty of Paris brought final peace.
What is the American Revolution/War for the Independence?
This planet is closest to the Sun.
What is Mercury?
After marrying an American, he moved to the U.S., where he wrote the 2 "Jungle Books"
Who is (Rudyard) Kipling?
Phrase describing the happy union of the perfect couple
What is a match made in heaven?
This character's merchandising included soap & bikes as well as coonskin caps
Davy Crockett
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This part of a plant uses chlorophyll and vascular structures to absorb the sun's energy.
What are leaves?
His book "The War of the Worlds" was adapted into an infamously frightening radio play.
Who is HG Wells?
Created to your exact needs and desires
What is custom-made/made-to-measure?
Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay were the first to summit its peak in 1953.
What is Mount Everest?
After more than 150 years, he's still the tallest US President in history.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This word, which has roots in the name of a Greek god, describes how our solar system is revolves around the Sun.
What is heliocentric?
Also called the Queen of Crime and famous for creating two iconic detective series, she was the first British woman to surf in Hawa'ii.
Who is Agatha Christie?
Nobody wants to see this.
On October 4, 1957, the USSR launched this first artificial Earth satellite.
What is the Sputnik?
This document starts with the famous line: "We the People, in order to form a more perfect Union..."
What is the US Constitution?
The Sun orbits this galaxy about every 230 million Earth years, bringing the planets, asteroids, comets, and other objects with it.
What is the Milky Way?
Thanks to the BBC adaptation of his "Father Brown," we can enjoy watching "Sr. Boniface."
Who is G.K. Chesterton?
To have caused quite a stir
This toponymic political alliance united the Soviet Union with seven other Eastern Bloc countries.
This Colonial American event took place on Griffin's Wharf in 1773, but remains of it are still found today in the harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
These two elements--the first on the periodic table-- make up stars, including our Sun.
What are helium and hydrogen?
Who is Jane Austen?