THE 20th CENTURY
In the 1920s this Fascist leader of Italy set up a puppet regime in Albania & reconquered Libya
Mussolini
Technically it's known as the patella
kneecap
Vancouver, British Columbia
Pacific
Literally, to offer a body part in assistance; it's a motto of scouting
lend a hand
A Bengal
a tiger
Elizabeth II succeeded her father, this man who died unexpectedly at age 56
George VI
The tenth letter of the Greek alphabet
kappa
Omaha, Nebraska
Central
It's a classic sandwich you might get at a deli, though not a kosher deli
ham on rye
A Capuchin
A Capuchin
On Feb. 8, 1904 Japanese ships attacked this country's fleet at Lushun, Manchuria, beginning a war
Russia
After criminal activities by this secret society, Oklahoma was placed under martial law in September 1923
Ku Klux Klan
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Mountain
The advice to let an unhappy baby do this, hard for many parents to follow, dates back to 1894
cry it out
A Merino
a sheep
On Feb. 15, 1965, Canada's new flag, which prominently featured an 11-pointed one of these, flew for the first time
the maple leaf
Mack Sennett's bumbling police squad
the Keystone Kops
Reno, Nevada
Pacific
Bremerton, Washington claims to be where an excited Democrat first yelled to Pres. Truman the phrase do this, Harry
Give 'em hell
A Norway (also known as a brown)
rat
On Valentine's Day 1989 the Ayatollah Khomeini showed no love for this author's "Satanic Verses", giving him a death sentence
Salman Rushdie
Born in 1862, he founded the Vienna Secession school of painting & also created vibrant portraits of women
Gustav Klimt
Akron, Ohio
Eastern Time
Samuel Butler's 19th century translation of the "Iliad" includes this phrase for "to die" more associated with the Old West
bite the dust
A krait
a snake