Novel Countries
"The Thorn Birds"
Australia
U.S. forces along with the Cubans wrested control of this bay from the Spanish in June 1898; we've been there ever since
Guantánamo
Humphrey Bogart:
"If you kill me, how are you going to get the bird?"
The Maltese Falcon
It is a measurement of both distance & beats
Meter
The 3-mile-long Golden Gate Strait connects this bay with the Pacific Ocean
San Francisco Bay
"The Book Thief"
Germany
While Teddy Roosevelt did indeed saddle up in Cuba, most of this group of men under his charge fought on foot
Rough Riders
Voice of Evelyn Venable:
"A boy who won't be good might just as well be made of wood"
Pinocchio
It's a 2-food-item term for a basic kind of guy
Meat and potatoes
Sometimes called the "Panhandle State", it has 2 panhandles, with Wheeling in one & Martinsburg in the other
West Virginia
"Kiss of the Spider Woman"
Around 3,000 Americans lost their lives in the war, most to typhoid & this fever rather than combat
Yellow Fever
Jimmy Stewart:
"Attaboy, Clarence"
It's a Wonderful Life
Name shared by a western U.S. lake & an anthropologist
Mead
The Jordan River rises in Utah Lake & empties into this one
the Great Salt Lake
"Under the Volcano"
Mexico
When the U.S. captured this Pacific island, the Spanish Marines stationed there were unaware they were at war
Guam
Edmund Gwenn:
"Just because every child can't get his wish, that doesn't mean there isn't a Santa Claus"
Miracle on 34th Street
Ample & full are antonyms of this 6-letter word
Meager
Though it's the fourth-largest state in area, barely 1 million people live there
Montana
"The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency"
Botswana
In 1898 William Day gave up this Cabinet post to John Hay & went with Senator George Gray to negotiate a treaty
Secretary of State
Gregory Peck:
"Anti-Semitism... what can I possibly say that hasn't been said before?"
Gentleman's Agreement
It's a straight line from a vertex of a triangle to the midpoint of the opposite side
Median
Waterfalls on this river include Shoshone Falls & Twin Falls
the Snake River