From 1933 to 1939, this was FDR's program to use government to help Americans through the Depression.
What is the New Deal?
100
A reasonable cab rate.
What is a fair fare?
100
The Rajasthan Steppe covers 55,000 square miles in the northwest of this country.
What is India?
100
Bike,
balloon
Bermuda
What are shorts?
100
A crab & a scorpion are part of this familiar circle of constellations.
What is the zodiac?
200
In September 1620, this merchant ship left England for America; instead of cargo, this time it brought 102 passengers.
What is the Mayflower?
200
A labyrinth made of corn
What is a maize maze?
200
The Great Steppe of Eurasia, which for millennia gave horsemen from the East a highway to Europe, is grassland, stretching 4,000 miles from China to the mouth of this river on the Black Sea.
What is the Danube River?
200
Cowboy,
combat,
waders
What are boots?
200
It's the smallest of the 8 planets in the solar system.
What is Mercury?
300
After making a mess during this December 16, 1773 event, protestors swept the ships' decks clean.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
300
Loud, mournful cry from a large cetacean
What is a whale wail?
300
Steppes aren't just an Asian thing; the middle steppe of this mtn. range covers 81,000 square miles of Idaho & Montana.
What are the Rockies?
300
Cap,
Kimono,
3/4
What are sleeves?
300
Scientifically Alpha Canis Majoris, it is a mere 8.6 light years away & the brightest star in the night sky.
What is Sirius?
400
8 American soldiers lost their lives in a failed attempt to rescue hostages held at the U.S. embassy in this city in April 1980.
What is Tehran, Iran?
400
Sells foot-operated parts for your bike
What is peddles pedals?
400
The Karshi Steppe lies to the southwest of Tashkent in this "stan".
What is Uzbekistan?
400
Knee high,
crew,
peds
What are socks?
400
Today our Sun is a main sequence yellow dwarf, but in about 5 billion years when it uses up all its core hydrogen, it will become one of these massive objects, expanding past the orbits of some of the inner planets--maybe even Earth.
What is a red giant?
500
April 2015 marked the 150th anniversary of these two Civil War foes shaking hands at Appomattox
Who are Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee?
500
A donkey from Manhattan, the Bronx or Queens.
What is a borough burro?
500
The Volga-Don Steppes were the center of this empire's Golden Horde khanate.
What is the Mongol Empire?
500
Peg-top,
pencil,
flared,
mini
What are skirts?
500
Collectively, they are known as the four largest moons of Jupiter—Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.