U.S. CITIES
Founded by George Rogers Clark in 1778, this Kentucky city was named for a French monarch
Louisville
The Italian part of this coastal resort area runs from the French border to Tuscany
the Riviera
Legend says in 1811 & 1812 earthquakes on the Midwest's New Madrid Fault made this river run backwards
Mississippi River
Sovereign's seat
Throne
One of the bestselling grapes in the U.S. is the Thompson thisseedlessseedless
seedless
This Nevada city calls itself "the biggest little city in the world"
Reno
Standard Italian came from the dialect used in this city by Dante, Petrarch & Boccaccio
Florence
Around 1200 this city became capital of a Muslim empire in India; its "New" version is India's capital today
Delhi
It follows mouse or tourist
Trap
This kind of environmentally friendly office is still a dream: printing out email totally defeats the point
paperless
This Virginia port is headquarters for the Navy's Atlantic fleet
Norfolk
The 3 colors on the flag of Italy are red, white & this
green
Pope Paul III was a leader in this movement whose name implies it opposed Protestantism
the Counter-Reformation
A romantic rendezvous
Tryst
An abyss can be described as this 3-syllable type of "pit"
bottomless
It's "the nation's oldest city"
St. Augustine(, Florida)
Stendhal wrote about "The Charterhouse of" this city, world famous for its cheese
Parma
"Rich" in democracy, this country held some of Central America's first free elections in the 1890s
Costa Rica
Shakespearean storm
(7)
Tempest
a Mexican hairless Si, señor, is this type of dog
a Mexican hairless
This largest city in Kansas is the world's top producer of general aviation aircraft
Wichita
To reach the island of Sicily from the "toe" of Italy, cross this narrow strait
the Straits of Messina
This "Great" king who died in 4 B.C. married Mariamne, the last princess of the Maccabees' line
Herod the Great
Puccini's Pekingese princess
Turandot
The Department of Labor reported that this rate stood at 10% in December 2009
the jobless rate