US STATE CAPITALS
Pierre, the capital of this state, has a population of 14,091. Making it the second least populous state capital, after Montpelier, Vermont.
South Dakota
Rabies, which kills about 59,000 people/year is transmitted almost entirely by this animal
Dog
He doesn’t just appear on US money, he printed it for the Pensylvanian legislature, where he’s thought to have purposely misspelled ‘colonies’ as an attempt to foil counterfits
Ben Franklin
All children, except one, grow up.
Peter Pan
In 1946, Winston Churchill popularized this term used to describe Soviet relations with Western powers
Iron Curtain
Helena, the capital of this state, became a wealthy city due to the gold rush, with approximately 50 millionaires inhabiting the area by 1888.
Montana
A delicacy in Japan, this fish has killed thousands of diners with its powerful toxin
Puffer
His portrait is on the front of the US $2 bill, and on the back, he’s signing the declaration of independence
Thomas Jefferson
It was a pleasure to burn
Farenheit 451
President Harry Truman proposed this theory, stating one country’s fall into communism would precipitate neighbouring countries to do the same.
Domino theory
Charleston sits at the confluence of the Elk and Kanawha rivers, in this state.
West Virginia
This animal has the strongest recorded jaw strength
Saltwater Crocodile
He was the first US Secretary of Treasury, and he’s on the $10 bill
Alexander Hamilton
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a man in possession of good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
Pride & Prejudice
In a famous 1950s film strip shown in classrooms across America, Bert the Turtle offered this advice for surviving an atomic blast
"Duck and Cover"
Jackson, named after the General Andrew Jackson - a war hero at the battle of New Orleans in 1812 - is the capital of this state.
Mississippi
Accused of devouring more than 130 people (it was actually “only” 35), the “man-eaters of Tsavo” were a pair of these.
Lions
The first U.S. half dollar was minted in 1794, featuring a woman known as Liberty. In 1948, she was replaced by Ben Franklin. In 1964, Ben was replaced by him.
John F. Kennedy
All happy families are alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
Anna Karenina
An early move by the U.S. during the Cold War, The Marshall Plan’s goal was to bring this to postwar Europe
Economic Stability
A city of many names, Annapolis was known as the "Athens of America", formerly named Providence and Anne Arundel's Towne. It's this state's capital.
Maryland
This shark is considered more dangerous than the great white, because it can swim in freshwater
Bull shark
She was the first woman to appear on U.S. coinage (excluding the fictional personification of Liberty)
Susan B. Anthony
Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.
David Copperfield
Cited as their first regime change, the CIA deposed the prime minister of this country in 1953, after he nationalized their oil industry. They would go on to orchestrate many more regime changes during the Cold War.
Iran