THE 20TH CENTURY
This news magazine was first published in March of 1923 with former Speaker of the House Joseph G. Cannon on the cover
Time
Where Europe & Asia meet, the Caucasus Mountains are found between these two large seas
Black Sea, Caspian Sea
Alaska's border with this Canadian territory is more than 700 miles long
Yukon
The Redfern Speech admitted injustice done to Aboriginal people; Redfern, a suburb of this city, is near the "First Fleet" arrival site
Sydney
"Only you can prevent forest fires" was a long-running catchphrase of this creature created as part of an ad campaign with Smokey the [this animal]
Bear
October 1967's march on this Virginia building was a major event in the opposition to the Vietnam War
the Pentagon
Looking to go skiing in Africa? Try the city of Ifrane, often referred to as "Morocco's Switzerland ", in these mountains
the Atlas Mountains
Located in the Sierra Nevada mountains, it's the largest alpine lake in North America
Tahoe
Once in power, the Chinese Communist Party's first big purge was in 1954 after Gao & Rao got on this man's nerves
Mao
In 1997 one of these animals named Daisy was cleared of starting a major fire more than a century earlier
Cow
Canada's first PM of this name invoked the martial law-like War Measures Act during the 1970 crisis of Quebec separatist activity
Trudeau
The spine of Greece, the Pindus Mountains are a southeastern continuation of this mountain system, the largest in Europe
the Alps
George Town is the leading city in these Caribbean islands named for an alligator relative
The Cayman Islands
This material tapping extracts latex; in 1988, Chico Mendes, a defender of that way of life, was slain by Brazilian ranchers
rubber
The title subject of a 1995 film, this dog helped his team deliver medicine to Nome, Alaska in 1925, halting an epidemic
Balto
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A coup in this nation in 1932 resulted in a constitutional monarchy & the end of the absolute rule of Rama VII
Thailand
Found in Table Mountain National Park, Lion's Head & Lion's Rump are peaks overlooking this coastal city
Capetown,SA
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With over 20 million in its greater metro area, this city founded in 1554 has the largest population in South America
Sao Paolo
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One of the longest sieges in British history lasted 1779-1783, with France & Spain failing to take this dot at the SW tip of Europe
Gibralter
***TRIPLE STUMPER***During WWI, Cher Ami, one of these animals, was used to deliver a message that saved a trapped U.S. battalion under fire
pigeon
Born Angelo Roncalli, he became this pope in 1958, embracing openness & change in the church & convening the Second Vatican Council
John XXIII
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John-Paul
Part of the Amazon watershed, the Acaraí Mountains are shared by Brazil & this small English-speaking nation to the north
Guyana
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Nicaragua lost out in 1960 when the northern part of the Mosquito Coast was awarded to this country
Honduras
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Guatamala
This leader says his country will handle challenges like it handled the Cumans & Pechenegs, nomadic invaders from the Steppes around 1100
Putin :\
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Since 1959, the Navy's Marine Mammal Program has trained these to locate objects; 6 escorted Kuwaiti tankers in the 1980s
dolphins