THAT'S BIG BUSINESS
You'll find this fast food chain's golden arches at more than 14000 locations in the U.S. & more than 36000 worldwide
MCDONALD'S
Your most vulnerable area it resulted in myth from a mother incompletely dipping her son in the Styx
YOUR ACHILLES HEEL
India's Taj Trapezium Zone is a 4000-square-mile area centered on this where emissions are restricted
THE TAJ MAHAL
Tried to kill visitor Matt Damon in a 2015 movie
MARS
When preparing fish its synonym is smoke; for healthcare it's remedy or heal
CURE
Allergy sufferers dread late summer when ragweed pollinates causing this fever
HAY FEVER
Collective term for the workers on a ship or a television show
A CREW
In 2017 this shipping company celebrated the opening of its 5000th store
UPS
To open this container is to unleash untold problems as happened with a gift Zeus gave
PANDORA'S BOX
In 2019 Italy's MOSE Project Seawall tried unsuccessfully to prevent aqua alta or high water in this city
VENICE
Billed as having a Great Red Spot recently more like a medium-sized orange pimple
JUPITER
Friar & brother are both synonymous with this religious title
MONK
With these growing as long as 14 feet underground bindweed is especially tough to get rid of
THE ROOTS
At any given time Google has hundreds of jobs open in I.T. short for this
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
In January 2020 this Texas-based convenience store chain announced the opening of its 70000th location
7-ELEVEN
Referring to someone who has great success in financial dealings, someone who succeeds in anything in puts his hand to
THE MIDAS TOUCH
In 2014 railings on Paris' Pont des Arts Bridge collapsed under the weight of tons of these affixed by romantic couples
LOCKS (PADLOCKS)
Didn't say goodbye when Pluto left the club leaving it as the farthest planet from the Sun
NEPTUNE
Before up it's a synonym for cheer; by itself for a benefit
PERK
The puffy seedhead of this weed of the genus Taraxacum is known as a blowball
A DANDELION
A pilot is the person controlling an aircraft or in the case of the book Life on the Mississippi one of these
A STEAMBOAT
Mary Maxwell Gates mother of Bill helped convince this computer company to hire Microsoft to create a new operating system
IBM
Meaning a very beautiful woman this idiom refers to the fleet that went to war after Helen's abduction
A FACE THAT LAUNCHED A THOUSAND SHIPS
Emmett Till's boyhood home in this Midwestern city became a landmark averting it from demolition
CHICAGO
Showed no remorse after the MESSENGER probe crashed into it
MERCURY
This verb means to shed feathers
MOLT
This weed with a crustacean name is the bane of lawn owners everywhere
CRABGRASS
It's a medical practitioner who specializes in the treatment & prevention of diseases of the foot
A PODIATRIST
Founded in Virginia in the 1950s K&K 5&10 experienced some inflation while growing into this nationwide Tree
DOLLAR TREE
Being under the Aegis of someone comes from being protected by the breastplate of this goddess
ATHENA
UNESCO & Peru agreed to allow only 2500 visitors a day to this site but that number is regularly exceeded
MACHU PICCHU
Always covered by clouds of sulfuric acid. No silver linings
VENUS
Manacle rigid & press are all synonyms for this 4-letter word
IRON
Larvae of monarch butterflies eat this weed that gets its name from its cloudy white juice
MILKWEED
Not taking risks but calculating risks & setting premiums is the job of actuaries who mostly work in this industry
INSURANCE