LITERARY GEOGRAPHY
Bernard Cornwell's low-born soldier has his first adventure in "Sharpe's Tiger", which takes place in this Asian land during British rule
India
Spelled differently from the Italian city it is derived from, it's a "meaty" nonsense word
baloney
The early Romans called it mare nostrum, meaning “our sea”
Mediterranean
This aviator & aircraft manufacturer died in an airplane en route to Texas April 5, 1976
Howard Hughes
You folks in 1929--don't put all your money in the stock market, it's heading for this event that sounds like a car wreck
a crash
"Where the Crawdads Sing" is set near Asheville in the marshes of this southern state
North Carolina
This 4-letter word refers to a military cot, or a nonsense word
bunk
The Chinese call this sea the Hwang Hai
Yellow Sea
In 1922 she published her book on etiquette after reading one that was riddled with errors
Emily Post
Hey, sailors who saw this 50-pound flightless bird around 1500-take it back to Europe & breed it or it'll be extinct by 1700
a dodo
Oh, the shame if you don't know "The Scarlet Letter" is set in what is today this U.S. state
Massachusetts
This hyphenated nonsense word begins with a word for a violin & ends with a word one letter different from the first
fiddle-faddle
In 1969 oil was struck in the Efofisk Field in Norway's sector of this sea
North Sea
In 1938 this British P.M. used the expressions “Peace with honor“ & “Peace for our time
Neville Chamberlain
Hey! You! The most powerful man in ancient Rome--Brutus & Cassius are not your friends
Julius Caesar
James Michener wrote the nonfiction work "The Bridge at Andau" about the 1956 anti-Soviet uprising in this country
Hungary
Seen here, it is the logo for this candy treat whose name also means "nonsense"
Poppycock
Aquaba, Jordan's only port, is on an arm of this sea
Red Sea
In 1907 she opened her first “casa dei bambini”, a school for the children of a Roman slum
(Maria) Montessori
It's 1989, so don't risk your life crossing this German city's wall to freedom; it's coming down in months
Berlin
Part of Act 3 of this Shakespeare tragedy unfolds at Actium
Antony and Cleopatra
Originally it referred to the slop used as food for pigs; now it's a term for a meaningless sentiment
hogwash
Except for Zmeiny off the Danube delta, this sea is virtually devoid of islands
Black Sea
32 years after he was elected governor of Tennessee, he was elected governor of Texas
Sam Houston
Louis XVI--do less hunting & more kinging & maybe you can avoid this event that's going to start in 1789 & overthrow you
the French Revolution