World Facts
Chinese has more than a billion speakers, with this form being the most common.
Mandarin
Topps Magazine (1990-1993) was a quarterly devoted to collecting these
Baseball cards
Since the year 2000, this rapper has played "SVU" detective Fin Tutuola
Ice T
Instead of any current politician, I'd have lunch with this 16th president & hear about frontier life
Lincoln
Found worldwide in temperate seas, it's the most widely recognized species of dolphin
Bottlenose
This lake in the Cascade Mountains is the deepest lake in the United States
Crater Lake
Dr. Hook & the Medicine show had a hit song about wanting to be on the cover of this music magazine
Rolling Stone
In 2020 he was back as Jean-Luc Picard; engage!
Sir Patrick Stewart
Instead of a fancy restaurant meal, I'd rather have a backyard cookout serving up grilled these, like brats & chorizos
Sausages
It's a place where a road is narrow or blocked, causing traffic to move much more slowly
Bottleneck
The Bass Strait separates this smallest state of Australia from the mainland
Tasmania
On its list of fictional billionaires, this magazine estimated Superman nemesis Lex Luthor's wealth at $10.1 billion
Forbes
Wolf Blitzer is in this CNN title place weekdays from 5 to 7 P.M. eastern
The Situation Room
For a good guard dog, I'd pick from the AKC's list of them that includes the Doberman one of these, but not the miniature one
A Pinscher
Dr. Spock advises about this practice, "sterilize carefully... germs thrive on milk, just the way babies do"
Bottle feeding
Named for a Germanic people, this peninsula forms the continental part of Denmark
Jutland
From 1956 to 1963, Joan Didion worked her way up to an associate feature editor position for this women's fashion magazine
Vogue
Nat Geo has this "ursine" guy "Running Wild"
Bear Grylls
I'd rather see this epic 1962 movie biography set in the desert in a theater at 70mm projection than on a cell phone
Lawrence of Arabia
This 1890s invention by William Painter was called a "crown cork" & resembled a monarch's crown
Bottle cap
The word "The" is officially part of the name of this tiny African country, highlighted on the map
The Gambia
In her book "Save Me the Plums", Ruth Reichl recounts her days as editor in chief of this fancy food magazine that ceased to be in 2009
Gourmet
Keri Russell was nominated for 3 straight Emmys playing spy on this FX drama
The Americans
Instead of a beer, I'd rather have this French wine that Food & Wine Mag calls "the world's most popular white"
Chardonnay
This shrub takes it name from the cleaning implement its flowers resemble
Bottlebrush