Getting High In The Sierras
Military Acronyms
Nicknames
The 1800s
Country's Provinces
200
This group departed Missouri on the Oregon Trail in the spring of 1846 but due to a series of mishaps spent the winter snowbound in the Sierra Nevadas, leading some to cannibalism in order to survive.
The Donner Party
200
KIA
Killed In Action
200
Ian Fleming wrote about this character; An MI6 intelligence officer known by his code number, 007.
James Bond
200
Located on the bank of the South Fork American River in Coloma, California, Sutter's Mill served as the origin site of this major event in US history in 1848.
California Gold Rush
200
Manitoba, Nova Scotia, British Columbia.
Canada
400
This Scottish-American environmentalist is known as the "Father of the National Parks", his activism helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley and Sequoia National Parks.
John Muir
400
DMZ
Demilitarized Zone
400
Nicknamed "The Great One", this person has been called the greatest hockey player ever by many sportswriters, players, and the NHL itself.
Wayne Gretzky
400
Acquiring 828,000 sq miles of land, including 15 present U.S. states + 2 Canadian provinces, President Thomas Jefferson oversaw this land deal from France in 1803.
The Louisiana Purchase
400
Kandahar, Kabul, Zabul
Afghanistan
600
Identify the Sierra Nevada location.
Mono Lake
600
AWOL
Absent Without Leave
600
A graduate of Caltech and co-founder of Gray Matter Technologies, this character eventually settled on being a chemistry teacher and then cooked meth under the clandestine nickname of Heisenberg.
Walter White
600
Celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' arrival in the New World in 1492 - The 1893 World's Fair took place in this American city.
Chicago, Illinois
600
Donetsk, Luhansk, Kiev
Ukraine
800
Located near Mammoth Mountain, this National Monument is an unusual rock formation of columnar basalt. 
Devil's Postpile
800
SAR
Search and Rescue
800
One of the most successful campaign slogans ever created, "I Like Ike" was simple and showcased this U.S. President's nickname.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
800
"Four score and seven years ago..."
The first time Abraham Lincoln read his famous Gettysburg Address it was 1863 and he was visiting the site of the battle, located in this state.
Pennsylvania
800
Córdoba, Seville, Valencia
Spain
1000
Despite its massive size and many miles of shoreline, this State Park contains the only island in Lake Tahoe.
Emerald Bay State Park
1000
EOD
Emergency Ordinance Disposal
1000
Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner was born in England in 1951 but most people know him as the lead singer of The Police - and this stage name.
Sting
1000
Theodore Roosevelt was part of the Rough Riders, a nickname given to the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry and the only regiment that saw combat during this 1898 military conflict in Cuba.
The Spanish-American War
1000
Antwerp, Liège, Luxembourg
Belgium