State Facts
Very simply, this state takes its name from the country to the south of it
New Mexico
After 2 weeks of unofficial wedded bliss, this "Beverly Hills Cop" & Tracey Edmonds arrested their
relationship
Eddie Murphy
1998's Belfast Agreement is also named for this spring holy day
Good Friday
DAILY DOUBLE
Starving in this type of standoff, a Portuguese town threw the last of its bread over the walls & asked the foe, "Need more?"
Siege
In 1892 baking powder salesman William Wrigley began throwing in 2 packages of this with each can, which worked out okay
Chewing Gum
Fort William, later to be known as Fort Laramie, was this state's first permanent settlement
Wyoming
DAILY DOUBLE
About 1,728 hours after the 2011 wedding, Kris Humphries decided not to "Keep Up" with this reality star
Kim Kardashian
In a commercial Chris Sullivan gives voice to "Guess what day it is!... Mike Mike Mike Mike Mike! What day is it, Mike?"--this day
Hump Day
To try to stop the American offensive in the Battle of the Leyte Gulf, the Japanese used this "divine wind" tactic
Kamikaze
In 1927, 4 years after starting a movie company with his brother, he decided to go all-cartoon
Walt Disney
It's the only state that is divided into 2 peninsulas, upper & lower
Michigan
His name is Kiiiiiid... Kid Rock! & his sub-1-year marriage to this "Baywatch" star could not be saved
Pamela Anderson
Laissez les bons temps rouler, y'all! Mardi Gras translates to this
Fat Tuesday
A feigned this move--ooh, you're too strong! We're afraid! Let's run!--helped William the Conqueror to victory at Hastings
A Retreat
In 1996, one year after its founding, AuctionWeb moved more than $7 million in merchandise & in 1997 got this new name
eBay
The first Pony Express run started from a city in this state in 1860
Missouri
Known to wear a wedding dress of his own, this ex-NBA rebounding machine took a brief plunge with Carmen Electra
Dennis Rodman
In a song by The Cure, "Thursday I don't care about you, it's..." this title
Friday I'm In Love
An "and" is in the middle of this strategy used by the Romans to foster feuds among smaller entities they were trying to rule
Divide and Conquer
Created to show girls they could be anything they wanted to be, this toy debuted--to some skepticism--at a 1959 toy fair
The Barbie Doll
It's the fifth-most populous state overall & the most populous in the Midwest
Illinois
In 2005 Kenny Chesney & this Oscar-winning actress had a May-December romance--literally
Renee Zellweger
During WWI the U.S. Food Administration called for this alliterative, vegetarian day
Meatless Mondays
Gen. von Manstein convinced Hitler to attack France in 1940 through this wooded area also in Belgium & Luxembourg --it worked
The Ardennes
Last names of William & Arthur, who partnered in 1903, 2 years after William drew a blue-print of an engine on a bicycle
Harley and Davidson