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It's the only U.S. state that borders 2 different oceans
Alaska
Of his father & grandfather, both admirals who shared his name, this Arizona senator wrote, "They were my first heroes"
John McCain
The Tokyo National Museum has armor & swords of this warrior class
Samurai
As Herbert Hoover's vice president Charles Curtis advocated for these, what he called the "protection against foreign competition"
tariffs
This 4th-largest city in Texas, among the fastest-growing Metro areas in the U.S., has an unofficial motto to keep itself "Weird"
Austin
In 2025 the U.N. reported this Indonesian capital had overtaken Tokyo as the world's most populous city
Jakarta
Tommy Franks was the U.S. general in charge of the operation that overthrew the Taliban in this country
Afghanistan
An L.A. museum has lots of fossils excavated from adjacent pools of viscous asphalt called the La Brea these
Tar Pits
1/8 Native American, Charles Curtis grew up on the Kaw Reservation, near this historic trail that went into New Mexico
the Santa Fe Trail
Some projections say this city founded by Yoruba fishermen will surpass 30 million people in 2050
Lagos
This African nation is the world's only country that achieved its independence in the 2010s
South Sudan
In 1989 George H.W. Bush made this son of Jamaican immigrants & self-described "C average student" a 4-star general
Colin Powell
Located in Amsterdam, this national museum of the Netherlands is known for its 17th century Dutch art
the Rijksmuseum
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In 1932 Charles Curtis became the first vice president to open this event (& stopped in Vegas on his way to Los Angeles)
the Olympics
A national historic landmark, this town in the Black Hills attracted miners & Wild West characters after gold was found nearby in the 1870s
Deadwood
This smallest Central American country is also the only one that doesn't border the Caribbean Sea
El Salvador
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The only living person ever promoted to 6-star general, the Army's highest rank, was this commander of U.S. troops in WWI
Pershing
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The National Museum of African American History & Culture has a training plane used by this group of World War II aviators
The Tuskegee Airmen
Curtis received a peace pipe from Red Tomahawk, a man credited with killing this chief who fought General Custer
Sitting Bull
The power of the Merrimack River helped give Lowell, Mass. a population boom back when it was "The Cradle" of this 19th c. era
The Industrial Revolution
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Over 1,300 miles from a major city, this capital of Western Australia has been called the world's most isolated metropolis
Perth
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Developed by Admiral Hyman Rickover, Father of the Nuclear Navy, this was the first sub to be powered by atomic energy
The Nautilus
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The Musée d'Orsay museum in Paris houses perhaps the finest Impressionist paintings & also some by Armand Guillaumin. It is located in a building that was formerly this.
an old train station
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In 1923 Charles Curtis introduced this failed amendment to the Senate; it was written by Alice Paul
the Equal Rights Amendment
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Called the world's fastest-growing megacity, this place on an Asian river delta accounts for 1/5th of its country's population
Dhaka
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