HOW CONTINENTAL!
July temperatures on this continent range from about -94 to a balmy high of around -40
Antarctica
The bright star Regulus represents the lion's foot in this constellation
Leo
Jazz musicians & jockeys helped give New York City this nickname
the Big Apple
The Jamaican fruit type of this emits high-frequency calls to orient itself in the dark
a bat
In a common expression, you may be "out of" this; there's also this "of the draw"
luck
This continent covers only about 5% of the earth's land area; deserts cover about 1/3 of the continent
Australia
Fischbacher & Horn are the last names of this pair made famous by their magical live performances with tigers
Siegfried and Roy
If you're under this, you're at the circus
the big top
The field type of this leaping insect chirps by rubbing a scraper on one forewing along a row of teeth on the other forewing
a cricket
In Indian religion, this causal law explains the existence of evil; in a Culture Club title, it precedes "Chameleon"
karma
This continent has the longest freshwater lake, 420 miles, in the world
Africa
You might do the funky chicken or the fox trot at one of these endurance contests for couples
a dance-a-thon (or a dance marathon)
Digit also known as the hallux
big toe
The adult male of this Asian great ape makes a "long call" heard for more than a mile & lasting up to 5 minutes
an orangutan
This word can be used for one's riches as well as one's lot in life; Twain (& others) have called it "outrageous"
fortune
Both the highest & lowest places on earth are on this continent
Asia
This "insect" of a company calls itself the world's leading maker of construction & mining equipment
Caterpillar
In France this feature of the night sky is known as "le casserole"
Big Dipper
Hyenas laugh; the call of this wild dog of Africa was once called a pheal
a jackal
Regulating each person's life, mythological sisters Atropos, Clotho & Lachesis were known as these
the Fates
A waterfall on this continent has the longest drop in the world, 3,212 feet
South America
This language has 3 main dialects: Connact, Munster & Ulster
Gaelic
Rhyming nickname of Boston's Interstate 93 construction project
the Big Dig
This species of swan, cygnus buccinator, is named for its low-pitched call
the trumpeter swan
John Gast's 1872 "American Progress" is an allegorical depiction of "manifest" this
destiny