Poetic Names for Countries
Columbia
What is the United States?
The World Economic Forum is always hosted in this Swiss city.
What is Davos?
This creator of the Crash Course series is also known for many YA novels, including "Paper Towns".
Who is John Green?
This three-named politician dictated the Monroe Doctrine before becoming president himself.
Who is John Quincy Adams?
The Pindus mountain range is mainly in this country.
What is Greece?
Caledonia
What is Scotland?
A New England capital nearly shares its name with this city of southern France.
What is Montpellier?
Among this humorist's best known works is "Me Talk Pretty One Day".
Who is David Sedaris?
What is antitrust?
Al Michaels was a commentator for this major US-USSR hockey showdown.
What is the Miracle on Ice?
Cathay
What is China?
One of the largest cities of Sicily, this city gives its name to the strait it shares with mainland Italy.
What is Messina?
Unusually, this author's "The Fall" takes place in Amsterdam.
Who is Albert Camus?
Frances Perkins was the first woman to hold a Cabinet post, serving as Secretary of this department.
What is Labor?
This journalist, born Mary Boggs and best known for her pioneering work at NPR, died in 2019.
Who was Cokie Roberts?
Hibernia
What is Ireland?
Milan Kundera, author of "The Unbearable Lightness of Being", was born in this Czech city.
What is Brno?
This New Zealand author wrote "The Garden Party".
Who is Katherine Mansfield?
This president created the modern Department of Education.
Who is Jimmy Carter?
Investigation into the 2015 FIFA corruption case led to this man being ousted as president.
Who is Sepp Blatter?
Suomenmaa
What is Finland?
Four elements are named for a small settlement near this capital, in its namesake archipelago.
What is Stockholm?
This author had to make some "Hard Choices" when describing "What Happened".
Who is Hillary Clinton?
In 2010, President Obama signed a law repealing this policy, abbreviated DADT.
What is Don't Ask, Don't Tell?
The first few integers in this sequence are 6, 28, 496, and 8128.
What are perfect numbers?