State Songs
"The skyline piercing Providence, the state house dome so rare"
Rhode Island
P:
The building blocks of a sentence are subject & this, what is said of the subject
The Predicate
From 1624 to 1925, this capital was called Christiania to honor the king who planned the rebuilding of it after a huge fire
Oslo
Desire for Japanese currency?
(3)
Yen
The heads of executive departments collectively, serving as advisors to the president
The Cabinet
"God, in his great love and wisdom, made the rugged Granite State"
New Hampshire
I:
To be this form of a verb, some say, means to never split it
an infinitive
Across the Geiranger, this type of narrow inlet, 2 waterfalls face each other: the "Seven Sisters" & their "Suitor"
a Fjord
"In a new town"? "It's fun to stay" here
(4)
YMCA
Name shared by a coordinated advertising program & a run for political office
Campaign
"I love your old gray missions, love your vineyards stretching far"
California
M:
Nouns, adjectives & adverbs can be these qualifiers
Modifiers
3' tall Nills Olav does his duty as hon. brigadier of the Norwegian king's guard from a zoo, as he's this bird
a Penguin
To give way
(5)
Yield
Carla L. Provost, chief of this patrol, worked in the field in the Tucson & Yuma sectors
Border Patrol
"In its fair western home, may the columbine bloom til our great mountain rivers run dry"
Colorado
R:
Essential info comes in a clause that's relative as well as this adjective
Restrictive
In 1905 184 Norwegians voted against independence from this country; needless to say, the ja's had it
Sweden
In the NATO phonetic alphabet (6)
Yankee
As parties choose a nominee for pres., the 2 main contest types are primaries & these, where voters give support openly
Caucuses
"Tell me of that Treasure State, story always new, tell of its beauties grand and its hearts so true"
Montana
S:
The set of rules for the proper arrangement of a sentence from the Greek for "orderly arrangement"
Syntax
Norway's longtime official church was evangelical this, which traces back to 1500s Germany
Lutheranism
A chemical element, a silvery-white, lustrous transition metal, often classified as a rare earth element on the Periodic Table (7)
Yttrium
This Texas senator & former candidate for president chairs the subcommittee on the Constitution
Senator Cruz