World Geography
Just south of the states Chiapas and Tabasco is this Central American country.
Guatemala
The assassination of this leader is widely believed to have triggered the events of WWI.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Prince's iconic song/movie needs to reschedule for another time.
Purple Rain-check
Borrowed from the Spanish for wine cellar/shop, these corner stores are abundant in NYC.
Bodega
Hong Kong & Guangzhou are on this river delta that shares its name with an off-white gem.
Pearl
This French heroine helped lead troops in the Hundred Years' war.
Joan (Jeanne) of Arc
E.B. White's most helpful arachnid launches a medical website.
Charlotte's WebMD
Derived from Latin words meaning 'to increase', it's a public sale where the prices do just that.
Auction
This 500-mile river empties into the Mediterranean in France, just west of Marseille.
The Rhône
King Henry VIII married this many Catherines.
Three
Asymptomatic carrier of Typhoid in the late 19th century + advocate for spoonfuls of sugar
Typhoid Mary Poppins
From the Greek goddess of vengeance, it's a longstanding rival or enemy
Nemesis
Baby boys' names in the early 2000s saw a sharp increase in names that rhyme with this gulf off Yemen.
Aden
Former chairman of the CCP, responsible for bringing China through a "Great Leap Forward" following WWII.
Mao Zedong
Hollandaise-laden breakfast dish becomes known as a traitor in the United States.
Eggs Benedict Arnold
This 8-letter adjective for middling effort is derived from the words meaning "halfway up the mountain"
Mediocre
Known as the "Door to Africa", this city on the Strait of Gibraltar lends its name to a type of citrus fruit.
Tangiers
The only archipelago to have been under the control of Britain, France, Spain, and Argentina.
Falkland Islands
1 of the 7 wonders of the ancient world won a prestigious postgraduate award at Oxford.
Colossus of Rhodes Scholar
From the Greek for “homecoming” and “despair,” it was first used to describe the anxieties of homesick Swiss mercenaries.
Nostalgia