Islands
Holidays and Observances
Places, Everybody
Planets
Hail to the Chief
100
This Atlantic island is larger than the second-, third-& fourth-biggest islands combined.
What is Greenland?
100
According to tradition, if this critter sees its shadow on February 2, there will be 6 more weeks of winter.
What is a groundhog?
100
City: Takeshita Street in this Japanese capital is a center for youth culture & fashion
What is Tokyo?
100
Our closest neighbor, it has a surface temperature hot enough to melt lead.
What is Venus?
100
His father, William Jefferson Blythe, died in a 1946 car accident before the future president was born.
Who is Bill Clinton?
200
Lying at the southern tip of South America, the islands of Tierra del Fuego are split between these 2 countries.
What are Chile and Argentina?
200
Presidents' Day honors these two presidents in particular, who were both born in February.
Who are George Washington and Abraham Lincoln?
200
Country: It's 2 letters shorter & much smaller than Australia, & it's German-speaking.
What is Austria?
200
ts most prominent feature, the Great Red Spot, is more than twice as wide as the Earth.
What is Jupiter?
200
In 1952, the term "Solid South" referred to an area controlled by Democrats, even in this man's (former head of all Allied Forces during WWII) landslide win--the political map was very different back then.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
300
Manhasset, Islip & Ronkonkoma are stops on the LIRR, short for this New York railroad.
What is the Long Island Railroad?
300
Flag Day & Father's Day are both observed during this month.
What is June?
300
Region: About 1/6 of the Lower 48 states is the "Great" these flat areas.
What are the plains?
300
Its frozen dry ice polar caps recede & advance with this red planet's seasons.
What is Mars?
300
In 1910, a year after leaving office, he published the book "African Game Trails". While in office, the Panama Canal was built.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
400
The primary port of entry for tourists in this Caribbean island nation is Sangster Airport near Montego Bay.
What is Jamaica?
400
This holiday, November 11, coincides with Canada's Rembrance Day.
What is Veterans Day?
400
Province: Canada's largest in area, it was once ruled by France.
What is Quebec?
400
Named for the first ruler of the universe in Greek mythology, it was the first to be discovered by telescope.
What is Uranus?
400
Also a WWII veteran, JFK served as a representative and senator from this state before becoming president in 1960.
What is Massachusetts?
500
In April 1982, this group of islands was invaded by Argentina, a remote British colony in the South Atlantic Ocean. However, by June, the British had defeated Argentinian naval forces.
What are the Falkland Islands?
500
In 2010, in honor of the 40th anniversary of this observance, a climate rally & concert was held in Washington, D.C.
What is Earth Day?
500
Neighborhood: 125th street is the heart of this traditionally African-American part of Manhattan.
What is Harlem?
500
Methane clouds in its atmosphere give it a distinctive look.
What is Neptune?
500
Before becoming president in 1912, he was president of Princeton University and Governor of New Jersey (Hint: 1 of the middle schools in Edison is named for him.)
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
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