Suckers
With a name meaning "8-footed", this aquatic creature's arms are covered with rows of suckers used to move & catch prey
Octopus
Does Guillermo know?! Decades before his late night gig on ABC, this TV host had vanity plates that read "L8 NITE"
Jimmy Kimmel
Named after an explorer who tried to travel around the world, the Strait of Magellan is a key passageway between these 2 oceans
The Pacific and the Atlantic
Footwear for a beachgoer, it's often used as a verb meaning "to reverse a stand or position"
Flip Flop
It's the $%*@#&?! symbol seen here that Italians refer to as chiocciola, meaning "snail"
@
The At Sign
According to legend, tossing one of these into Rome's storied Trevi Fountain means you'll someday return to the city
A Coin
Hirudotherapy is the practice of using these blood-sucking worms to treat circulatory issues
Leech
He often travels in a vehicle with a personalized plate that reads "SCV1"; the letters stand for "Status Civitatis Vaticanae"
Pope Francis
African-American explorer Matthew Henson joined Robert Peary on a historic attempt to reach this point in the center of the Arctic
The North Pole
In 2015, the Smithsonian was gifted 2 items Don Draper wore on "Mad Men": a gray suit & this type of hat
Fedora
It's the $%*@#&?! symbol seen here that pop star Kesha removed from her name in 2014
$
The Dollar Sign
Behold the dancing fountains outside the Bellagio, or the myriad slot machines inside the Bellagio, on your next trip to this city of sin
Las Vegas
Only females of this insect, whose name is Spanish for "little fly", suck humans' blood--the males feed on plant nectar
Mosquitoes
Because another motorist had them first, Dr. Seuss waited years to get vanity plates that bore the name of this green meanie
The Grinch
Forming part of the border between New York & New Jersey, this river is named after the explorer who navigated its waters in 1609
Hudson
In 2019, Rihanna launched Fenty; change the last 2 letters & you get this Italian luxury brand founded in 1925
Fendi
It's the $%*@#&?! symbol seen here that, with the exclamation point, forms a punctuation mark known as an interrobang
?
Question Mark
Prometheus Fountain is a highlight of this New York City landmark also known for its tourist-clogged ice rink
Sagittarius A* is this type of heavenly body that sucks everything, including light, into its dark abyss
Black Hole
What's up with that, doc?! Mel Blanc had the vanity plate "KMIT"; "kish mir in tuchas" means "kiss my behind" in this language
Yiddish
Arriving in 1519, Hernán Cortés & his forces invaded central Mexico & took control of this empire led by Montezuma II
Aztecs
It's the "soft woven cloth" mentioned several times on the Wikipedia page for "Grunge fashion"
Flannel
It's the $%*@#&?! symbol seen here whose first word is derived from a Latin term meaning "by the 100"
%
The Percentage Sign
Chicago's massive Buckingham Fountainfeatures 4 sets of bronze seahorses, one for each state bordering this Great Lake
Lake Michigan
The title role in 1931's "Dracula" was played by this Hungarian-born actor, but he never really said "I want to suck your blood"
Bela Lugosi
It's the first name of the Oscar-winning actor who had vanity plates that read "BORG 9"
Ernest Borgnine
Son of Erik the Red, this Norse explorer is believed to have been one of the first Europeans to reach the shores of North America
Leif Erikson
Founded in 1992, FUBU is a hip-hop apparel company whose name stands for this
For Us, By Us
It's the $%*@#&?! symbol seen here that stands for the word spelled out by the last 3 letters in its name
&
Ampersand
The famous Jet d'Eaushoots a plume of water 460 feet into the air, sometimes drenching visitors to this large Swiss city
Geneva