AMERICAN ELECTIONS
This US State traditionally holds the first presidential primary election
New Hampshire
An Athenian computer nerd
Greek Geek
This largest lake in Africa is also the main reservoir of the Nile River
Lake Victoria
It’s about 650 miles west of Norway
Iceland
In the cowboy era, if you entered a saloon low on cash, you could offer the bartender a bullet and you would get one of these, usually whiskey.
A shot
This third party candidate won the highest share of the popular vote in 1912
Theodore Roosevelt
A command to the Lone Ranger’s companion to move quickly
Pronto Tonto
This Florida Lake bears a Hitchiti name, that means big water
Lake Okeechobee
It’s ruling Monarchy was chased out in 1979
Iran
In ancient Rome they believed people’s moods were changed on a night of a full moon; if you misbehaved on a full moon, you became known as this
lunatic
In the first presidential election in 1789, there were this many electoral votes up for grabs. George washington ran unopposed and won all of them
69
Home for a king, in the ‘Big D’
Dallas Palace
Mosul, one of Iraq’s largest cities, lies on the west bank of this river
About 6000 of its more than 17,000 islands, are inhabited
Indonesia
It was originally used to describe a horse whose tail was raised upwards like a rooster, not hanging down, indicating that the horse was not purebred but mixed
Cocktail
Aside from George Washington, which non incumbent candidate won the highest share of electoral college votes
Ronald Reagan
A pleasant smelling rover
Fragrant vagrant
This principal river of Tuscany rises on Monte Falterona
The Arno
Some 250 Million of its people are ethnically Dravidian
India
During the middle ages in England, when a criminal was sentenced to death row, they would be transported to Tyburn hill for execution. They were allowed to stop at a country pub for one last drink. It's where this phrase comes from
One for the road
The presidential election between Garfield vs. Hancock had the smallest margin (0.09%)in the popular vote. It occurred this year
1880
The sense that the science of plants is getting repetitive, day in & day out
Botany monotony
In 1699, Sieur D’Iberville saw Okwata, a vast lake near the gulf of Mexico, and renamed it this
Lake Pontchartrain
It was created from 3 Ottoman provinces, shortly after WWI
Iraq
According to legend, if an underling or rival angered a Siamese king, the royal might present the unfortunate man with this gift. While ostensibly a reward, the creatures were tremendously expensive to feed and house, and caring for one often drove the recipient into financial ruin. It now refers to any burdensome possession.
White elephant