USA
Its state fair takes place in Syracuse, not in Albany
New York State
Dialects of this language fall into 2 major divisions: Plattdeutsch & Hochdeutsch
German
Gershwin wrote "Rhapsody in Blue" & he wrote "The Blue Danube Waltz"
Strauss
In September 1943, German airborne troops rescued this Italian dictator who was under arrest
Mussolini
In 1974 postage for first-class letters rose to 10 & this became the nationwide highway speed limit
55 miles per hour
The Bering Sea Ice Classic is a golf tournament played on ice in this U.S. state
Alaska
Quechua, spoken in Peru, Bolivia & Ecuador, was the language of this empire
Purcell wrote "The Fairy Queen" & he wrote the "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy"
Tchaikovsky
This leader of the Afrika Korps later killed himself when implicated in a plot to kill Hitler
Rommel
He succeeded Pope Paul VI in 1978 but died 34 days later
John Paul I
Roland Hinton Perry sculpted the lions for the Taft Bridge on Connecticut Avenue in this city
Washington, D.C.
"Koala" & "boomerang" entered English from the indigenous languages of this continent
Australia
Beethoven wrote "Moonlight Sonata" & he wrote "Clair de Lune"
Debussy
The 1942-43 battle of this Volga city is considered the decisive battle on the Eastern Front
Stalingrad
On Oct. 6, 1973, this Jewish holiday, a full- scale war broke out in the Middle East
Yom Kippur
Henry Flagler's fabulous mansion is now a musuem in this Florida beach city named for its coconut trees
Palm Beach
The Dravidian languages are found principally in Pakistan, India & this island nation
Sri Lanka
Holst wrote "The Planets" & he wrote a symphony "From the New World"
Antonin Dvorak
U.S. forces on this Philippine fortress island surrendered to the Japanese on May 6, 1942
Corregidor
The last known natural case of this disease was reported in 1977 in Somalia
Smallpox
This city, Oklahoma's second largest, hosts an annual chili cookoff & Bluegrass Festival
Tulsa
About 1/3 of this country's people speak Amharic, especially in the region around Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Handel wrote "The Harmonious Blacksmith" & he wrote the "Anvil Chorus"
Giuseppe Verdi
The U.S. 101st Airborne Division held this town for 8 days during the Battle of the Bulge
In 1971 Lt. Wm. Calley Jr. was convicted of the premeditated murder of civilians in this Vietnamese village
My Lai