Sports Mascots
This team's mascot Wally the Green Monster is named for the team's famous left field wall
Boston Red Sox
Oregon, Idaho
Washington
He left office in January 1981 & released "Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President" in 1982
Jimmy Carter
On May 1, 1967 he married Priscilla Beaulieu at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas
Elvis Presley
If you're all set, this guy is "your uncle"--perhaps Mr. Ross or Mr. Saget
Bob
This NHL team's mascot Wild Wing descends from the rafters of Honda Center at the start of home games
The Anaheim Ducks
New Hampshire
Maine
"Earth in the Balance" by this man was published in 1992, the same year he was elected vice president
350,000 workers responded on May 1, 1886 as the AFL declared a national strike in favor of this workday length
The eight-hour workday
"I'll put" this kitchen item on, perhaps for some Earl Grey
The Kettle
This Padres mascot was the first mascot featured on a baseball card
The San Diego Chicken
Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin
Michigan
He's the author of "Turnaround: Crisis, Leadership, and the Olympic Games"--the 2002 Salt Lake City games specifically
Mitt Romney
Until May 1, 2008 Washington, D.C.'s cabs didn't have these; they used a zone system instead
Meters
"One man's meat is another man's" this, like a fumigant
Poison
In 2005 the San Antonio Spurs mascot got ejected, ref Jess Kersey saying, "I want the wolf gone!"--he's really this creature
A coyote
Connecticut, Massachusetts
Rhode Island
He's the author of "Turnaround: Crisis, Leadership, and the Olympic Games"--the 2002 Salt Lake City games specifically
Andrew Yang
On May 1, 1961 in the first major one of these in the U.S., a Miami-Key West flight made an unscheduled stop in Cuba
A Hijacking
William Congreve wrote, do this "in haste, repent at leisure"
Marry
The Cleveland Browns' Chomps, a Labrador retriever, is said to live in this bleacher section in the east end zone
The Dawg Pound
New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana
Texas
This Republican ex-Speaker of the House co-wrote the alternate history novel "1945", published in 1995
Newt Gingrich
On May 1, 1898 the U.S. Navy fired when ready & sank the Spaniards at the battle of this bay
Manila Bay
This fruit "-shaped" means things have gone very, very wrong
Pear-shaped