HISTORIC HAPPENINGS
Known for its art & architecture, the Gupta Dynasty ruled much of this 5-letter country from the 4th to 6th century
India
Roald Dahl wrote this book on East 81st Street in New York City, not far from where the journey of the big fruit ends
James and the Giant Peach
The hexagram on this country's flag is the Magen David, literally "Shield of David"
Israel
The center of this dense cosmic body is called a singularity
a black hole
Bean,
market,
widow
black
To be or not to be present for all 242 minutes of this 1996 Kenneth Branagh film, that was the question, & we had dinner plans
Hamlet
Feeling heat at Worms in 1521, he is said to have declared, "Here I stand, I cannot do otherwise"
Martin Luther
Kurt Vonnegut undoubtedly ate his Wheaties while penning this novel about auto dealer Dwayne Hoover
Breakfast of Champions
Fiji's flag depicts many of its tropical treasures, including sugar cane, bananas & this type of palm
a coconut tree
In 2021 Facebook rebranded itself with this 4-letter name & an infinity-shaped logo
Meta
Carpet,
saucer,
colors
flying
I saw all of Sergio Leone's epic called this fairy tale phrase "in the West", but during "in America", I had a little snooze
Once Upon a Time
This imperial palace complex in Beijing was no longer the seat of government after the Chinese revolution
the Forbidden City (the Forbidden Palace)
Eric Schlosser's book about this "Nation" estimates that one in 8 workers in the U.S. has been employed by McDonald's
Fast Food
In the center of Barbados' flag is the business end of one of these weapons traditionally wielded by Poseidon
a trident
Pumpernickel can get its color from this thick brown syrup that comes from raw sugar
molasses
Climbing,
salt,
star
rock
We cut out after Jack said he was king of the world; this 1997 film is 3 hours & 14 minutes long, & what could possibly go wrong?
Titanic
Once as famous as George Washington, Joseph Warren died in this 1775 Boston battle, an event immortalized in art by John Trumbull
the Battle of Bunker Hill
In the first chapter of this novel by Sandra Cisneros, Esperanza Cordero says that her family used to live in an apartment on Loomis
The House on Mango Street
The blue & white in Somalia's flag were influenced by the flag of this body that has played a role in Somali history
the United Nations
To paint this June 1876 battle, artist Edgar Paxson interviewed some of the Native Americans who fought in it
Little Bighorn
Clip,
towel,
money
paper
We saw the original 181 minutes of this Best Picture winner with Kevin Costner, but missed a 1991 London showing adding about 50 more
Dances with Wolves
In the 1700s Lady Mary Wortley Montagu popularized inoculation against this deadly disease known for skin lesions
smallpox
The title eatery of this Douglas Adams book is Milliways, famed for its Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
The yellow on the flag of this state capital symbolizes the state's gold, the white, snow-covered mountains
Denver
In 1983 the league of Red Cross Societies added this other shape to its name to reflect its work in Muslim countries
a crescent
Winter,
family,
option
nuclear
We were excited to see his fabled cut but then saw the USA Today headline: "Why is" this director's "'Justice League' four hours long?"
(Zack) Snyder