COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD
In 2018 new president Miguel Diaz-Canel became this country's first non-Castro leader in nearly 60 years
What is Cuba?
Capricorn is one of its 12 divisions
What is the zodiac?
Without this wavy line on top of the "N", uña, "fingernail", becomes una, a form of "one" in Spanish
What is a tilde?
Track &
____ &
Stream
What is field?
A floating one is designed to explode on contact
What is a mine?
Nearly 60% of Switzerland's territory is in these mountains
What are the Alps?
General term for an annual publication with sunrise & sunset times
What is the almanac?
A straight line over a vowel is called this, like France's president
What is a macron?
Arm &
____ &
sickle
What is hammer?
It covers a grapefruit
What is a rind?
The Maldives, in this ocean, appears on lists of islands you should visit before they sink & disappear
What is the Indian Ocean?
DAILY DOUBLE
In the United States, this type of transport helps half a million people in distress each year
What is a medivac?
The German eszett character is often represented by two of these letters in a row
What are S's?
Brick &
____ &
pestle
What is mortar?
This carnivore of the weasel family will feed on frogs, fish & occasionally birds
What is a mink?
Of the 12 independent countries in South America, Brazil, which occupies nearly half the continent, borders 9 of them--all except for Chile & this country
What is Ecuador?
Dogs of war aside, you "cry" this to warn of danger
What is havoc?
The field of digging up human artifacts is occasionally spelled with an ash in the middle--these 2 letters mushed together
What are an A and an E?
Summer &
____ &
mirrors
What is smoke?
A synonym for darn--the verb
What is mend?
Sadly, in 2015 an earthquake damaged nearly 80% of the historic landmarks in this country's Kathmandu Valley
What is Nepal?
If we had tactile as well as video clues, we could demonstrate how soft & soapy this mineral feels
What is talc?
Pronounced "T-H", the Icelandic thorn is one of these 24 old Viking letters also known as Futhark
What is a rune?
Torvill &
____ &
DeLuca
What is Dean?
To attach the part you shouldn't judge a book by
What is a bind?