HISTORY IS ELEMENTAL
What is the Model T?
What is Michelle's bells
an especially big payment that comes due at the end of a loan
What is a balloon?
Apple introduced this mp3 player that could store 1,000 songs
What is IPod?
At its closest point, this innermost planet is still about 29 million miles away from the sun
What is Mercury?
In 1962, John Glenn commanded Freiendship 7 in a historic flight that was part of this program
What is the Mercury Program?
Mrs. Kennedy's military slacks
What is Jackie's khakis
"A"
this type of interest that has accumulated but not yet been paid
What is accrued?
What is the Leaning Tower of Pisa?
This planet's largest moon Triton is the only large moon in the solar system to orbit in the opposite direction to its planet's rotation
What is Neptune?
Gold Beach was the middle of the 5 landing spots during this June 6, 1944 event
What is D-Day (the Invasion of Normandy)?
Mrs. Madison's streetcars
What is Dolley's Trolleys
"C.C."
the expenses incurred in finalizing the transfer of property ownership
What are Closing Costs?
Daughter of the first president, Megawati Sukarnoputri became the first woman to lead this country?
What is Indonesia?
Because it ranges from about magnitude 9 to magnitude 3, the pulsating Mira Ceti is said to be this type of star
What is variable?
Sebastian Cabot gave this body of water between Uruguay & Argentina its silvery name in the early 16th century
What is the Rio de la Plata?
The second Mrs. Bush's soft felt hats with creased crowns
What is Laura's fedoras?
this word meaning to pay off a debt in installments comes partly from Latin for "dead"
What is amortize?
Responsible for years of war & bloodsheed, this former president of Yugoslavia & of Serbia was arrested & taken away
Who is Slobodan Milošević
The final mission of this first U.S. space station, 1973 to 1974, included photographing & observing the comet Kohutek
What is Skylab?
Otto von Bismarck's manner of rule led to him getting this nickname that includes an element & a title
What is the Iron Chancellor
Mrs. Truman's locks of hair
What is Bess's tresses
securities with no registered owner payable to whoever holds the certificate
What are bearer bonds?
This Trinidad-born author of "A House for Mr. Biswas" won the Nobel Prize for Literature
Who is V.S. Naipaul
Named for the Greek Goddess of strife, this dwarf planet, a 21st c. discovery, is comparable in size to Pluto
What is Eris?