Around the USA
It is the one-word title of Wyoming's state song
Wyoming
University of Oklahoma
Sooners
Yugoslavia:
1945-1980
Marshal Tito
From the French for "promise" or "trust", it's one's bride-to-be
Fiancee
Mount Cameroon
Africa
This Calif. city's Transamerica Pyramid stands on the site of the Exchange Saloon where Mark Twain once imbibed
San Francisco
Texas A&M
Aggies
India:
1947-1964
Jawaharlal Nehru
Derived from Japanese, it's a cotton-filled mattress used on the floor or on a frame; it also makes a nice sofa
Futon
Erebus
Antarctica
When it's October, it's time for the World Dairy Expo in this state capital
Madison, Wisconsin
Georgia Tech
Yellow Jackets/Ramblin' Wreck/Engineers
Egypt:
1970-1981
Anwar Sadat
In 1957 Strom Thurmond engaged in one for 24 hours & 18 minutes, speaking against a civil rights bill
Filibuster
Cotopaxi
South America (in Ecuador)
Confusingly, this state has a Charles Town & a Charleston (Charleston is the state capital)
West Virginia
Florida State
Seminoles
West Germany:
1949-1963
Konrad Adenauer
It's the body of an airplane minus the wings, the tail & the engines
Fuselage
Santorini
Europe (Greece)
This Alabama city is nicknamed the "Football Capital of the South"
Birmingham
Michigan State
Spartans
Zaire:
1965-1997
Mobutu Sese Seko
It's the proper term for a tightrope walker in a circus
Funambulist
Redoubt
North America (in Alaska)