21st CENTURY STUFF
Nearly 200 Mexican troops crossed the U.S. border in September 2005 to help in the aftermath of this disaster
Hurricane Katrina
The Japanese Garden is a good place to get away from the bustle of the 12 million or so people living in the area of this city
Manila
Staying in the theme of the category, Grady, Greene & Glascock are counties in this state
Georgia
6th c. B.C. assassin Zhuan Zhu spent months learning to prepare & fillet these so he could hide a dagger in one & kill king Liao
a fish
A 1787 draft said this person should have the title "His Excellency"
the president
Involved in hacking celebrities' phones, the British tabloid News of the World published its last issue July 10, 2011, this day of the week
Sunday
In 2016 this champion boxer won a seat as a Filipino senator & later ran for president
Manny Pacquiao
Ecuador once ran a penal colony whose prisoners were made to build a "wall of tears" on rocky Isabela Island in this island group
Galápagos
This king this king, oh no, he gotta go, said the French National convention in 1793
Louis XVI
This section originally began, "We the people of the states of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts..."
the Preamble
With French-speaking areas generally for & German-speaking areas against, this country voted to become the 190th U.N. member
Switzerland
Mayon Volcano on this largest Philippine island has erupted numerous times in the 21st century, causing many evacuations
Luzon
**TRIPLE STUMPER**
This nation has coastlines on the Pacific Ocean & the Caribbean Sea
Guatemala
Known for his cruelty & wild ways, this emperor was killed at the Palatine Games by Cassius Chaerea, among others
Caligula
It originally continued, "but no one religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to"
the Second Amendment
This general turned around the Iraq War, leading a troop surge & later headed the CIA but was brought down by scandal
Petraeus
Spanish for "to marinate" gives us the name of this Philippine dish of marinated meat with garlic, soy sauce, vinegar & spices
Adobo
Beware monsters in the valley of this river that flows near Yuma; it's where the same-named poisonous lizard hangs out
Gila moneters
In 1762 this emperor III, grandson of "the Great", was taken out by conspirators--got an alibi, Alexei Orlov?
Peter
The final draft added the phrase "be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb" to this
the Fifth Amendment
It was a first on January 5, 2023 when Francis I presided over this type of solemn event
a Pope's funeral
Bundok, the source of the English word boondocks, means mountain in this language, the basis of the official language Filipino
Tagolog
The first part of the name of this super-glam Tokyo shopping district means "silver"
Ginza
**TRIPLE STUMPER**
Welsh foot soldiers wielding halberds are said to be behind the big blow to the base of the skull of this king at Bosworth
Richard III
At one point the House of Representatives got sole power of this, with no trial in the Senate
impeachment