Deep Dive Through The Archive...
Volcano that came down on the city of Pompeii.
Mt. Vesuvius
Spanish word for fleet of warships.
Armada
Went to Space for Kicks.
Jeff Bezos
Largest country in South America.
Brazil
Protagonist of The Hunger Games.
Katniss Everdeen
Number of Henry VIII’s wives.
6
Branch of science derived from Arabic word meaning Black/Egypt.
Chemistry
Winner of the 2020/2021 Tokyo Olympics.
USA
Largest country by area.
Russia
Number of Surahs in the Holy Qur'an.
114
City where the Battle of Khandaq (Trench) was fought.
Madina / Yathrib
German word for (potentially ghostly) person who closely resembles another. (Evil Twin)
Doppelgänger
Stormed by Israeli militia on the last Friday of Ramadan.
Masjid Al Aqsa
City that spans two continents.
Istanbul
Shakespearean play about a man who sees his father's ghost.
Hamlet
Ancient city that housed the ‘Hanging Gardens.’
Babylon
Killer of (relatively) important people derived from Arabic word meaning watchmen. (or maybe a hallucinogenic;)
Assassin
This years Met Gala theme.
American Independence; A Lexicon of Fashion
Country with Baghdad as its capital.
Iraq
Subject of the longest ayah in the Holy Qur'an.
Ayat al Dayn- Testimony, Loans and Contracts
Kingdom established under Umayyad Caliphate expansion.
Al Andalus
French word meaning a meeting at an agreed time + place.
Rendezvous.
US troops withdrew from Afghanistan after ____ years.
20
Syrian city believed to be oldest in the world.
Damascus
Author that inspired the phrase 'Chesire grin'.
Lewis Carroll