NEVER PRESIDENT
This vice president starred in an Oscar-winning documentary & won a Nobel prize, but missed out on the White House
Al Gore
At about 840,000 square miles, this island near Canada is the world's largest
Greenland
He observes, "Obi-Wan has taught you well. You have controlled your fear. Now... release your anger"
Darth Vader
SMS stands for this "message service", so keep your text brief
short
Adept with an axe, Abraham Lincoln earned the nickname the "rail" this
splitter
Carl Albert, holder of this House of Representatives leadership job, crept 1 heartbeat closer in 1974
Speaker of the House
In July 1913 this appropriately named California valley recorded the highest temperature ever in the U.S., 134°
Death Valley
We wouldn't blame this "Wizard of Oz" villain if she had a severe case of hydrophobia
Wicked Witch of the West
In addition to emoji, you can use kaomoji, a Japanese type of this, which also starts with "emo"
emoticons
You've probably used this in a lab or science class
litmus paper
In 2012 Jill Stein received 470,000 votes as the nominee of this "colorful" party
Green Party
Africa's highest mountain is this one whose "snows" were made famous in a short story
Kilimanjaro
This "X-Men" character turned 2 D.C. landmarks into 1 when he dropped a stadium around the White House
Magneto
This singer says her husband Russell Brand broke up with her via text message on New Year's Eve
Katy Perry
It means to move lightly & swiftly from one place to another
flit
She was a popular 20th century First Lady, & in a different era, might have eventually run for the job
Eleanor Roosevelt
Africa's Kariba Dam created the largest by volume of these man-made water-storing lakes, capacity 180 billion cubic meters
a reservoir
This masked man tells Bruce Wayne, "When Gotham is ashes, then you have my permission to die"
Bane
Text "IRL" & it stands for this, the opposite of the imaginary internet world
in real life
At home, these services, like water, gas & electricity really add up
utilities
Henry Clay, who ran for president 5 times unsuccessfully, was a longtime senator from this state
Kentucky
The longest river in southeast Asia, it flows 2,700 miles through Laos, Cambodia & Vietnam
the Mekong
This leader of the Decepticons: "Humans don't deserve to live...join them in extinction!"
Megatron
While working for Microsoft, Dean Hachamovitch invented this texting feature that suggests words for you
autocorrect
It's another name for a courtroom lawyer
litigator