Around the World
Though it’s a country, with embassies & everything, its population is only about 800.
Vatican City
George Washington is entombed on the grounds of this mansion.
Mount Vernon
It features a leaf of the genus Acer.
Canada
In this 1975 film a sea creature spends his summer spitting up swimmers & boaters off Amity Island.
Jaws
This word for a stupid or gullible person contains a “chum” of yours.
Chump
Chile & Colombia both use currencies called this.
Peso
This geyser was named for its predictability in 1870.
Old Faithful
It displays a symbol for first aid.
Switzerland
This title guy loses a title fight & breaks up with his girlfriend, who moves back in with her brother & works in a pet shop.
Rocky
You’ll find a dear “crony” in this type of word formed from the initial letters of other words.
Acronym
The 4 most spoken languages in the world are Mandarin Chinese, English, Spanish & this other Asian one.
Hindi
Description of high-end liquor or perhaps its harder-to-reach placement.
Top-Shelf
It features a single G2 V dwarf star.
Japan
In this film, the arrival of dead major leaguers causes a home-owner to tear up his baseball field & plant some corn.
Field of Dreams
You’ve got a “bud” in this official who mediates between private citizens & the government.
Ombudsman
Japan’s 2 largest islands, they both start with the same letter.
Honshu & Hokkaido
In 1938 Seabiscuit had a match race against this Triple Crown winner with a military name.
War Admiral
One of the world’s oldest, it dates from 1219 & inspired other Scandinavian flags.
Denmark
Despite making a great sack for Notre Dame, a player is forced to toil solely on the practice squad for years in this pic.
Rudy
Someday you’ll get used to this word meaning “to adapt”; it features a “mate” of yours.
Acclimate
This “passage” named for an explorer separates South America from Antarctica.
The Drake Passage
This Italian cruise ship was hijacked on October 7, 1985.
The Achille Lauro
It’s a former Soviet republic just east of the Black Sea.
Georgia
This actor reattaches his severed arm, sticks it under a boulder, then ascends up a canyon to safety.
James Franco
You’ve got a “pal” in this adjective that means able to be felt by touch.
Palpable