PLAYING "CARD"S
Once upon a time it was proper etiquette to present one of these alliterative items during a social visit
A calling card
In 1566 she gave birth to the boy who would be king--James VI of Scotland
Mary, Queen of Scots
AAA in the states & the R.A.C. in England helped promote safety regarding these, the "a" in the middle of their names
Automobile
Her, as Liz Lemon: "I took one of those 'Which Gossip Girl Are You?' quizzes, & it said I was the dad's guitar"
Tina Fey
Sorry!,
Operation,
Battleship
Board games
Some ancestors of Native Americans are believed to have crossed from Asia over what's now this about 13,000 years ago
The Bering Strait
In the U.S., the permanent resident card is more commonly called this
A green card
Kings Fahd, Khalid & Faisal all ruled over this country
Saudi Arabia
Part of this youth club's pledge reads, "My hands to larger service, and my health to better living"
The 4-H Club
Ali Wong learned "In order to be a" this "wife, you have to be a" this. "I am more of a commemorative plaque"
A trophy
Affenpinscher,
Basenji,
German Spitz
Dogs
Bearing the name of an 8th century Berber conqueror, this strait separates 2 continents
The Strait of Gibraltar
Joel McHale hosts the reboot of this classic game show
Card Sharks
Nearly 10 feet tall & standing on a 3 1/2 foot base, the largest statue in the Statuary Hall Collection is of this king
Kamehameha
Fittingly, this organization was founded in 1892 for outings in "mountain regions of the Pacific coast"
The Sierra Club
Mitch Hedberg: this snack brand's "initial intention was to make tennis balls but... a big truck of potatoes arrived"
Pringles
Boater,
ushanka,
top
Hats
The Channel Tunnel travels under this strait for more than 20 miles
Strait of Dover
Women used to keep a list of prospective partners at a ball, hence this expression for a crammed schedule
A full dance card
Hadassah was another name for this queen of the Old Testament
Queen Esther
In the early 1930s this Harlem nightclub made Cab Calloway the leader of its house orchestra
The Cotton Club
"I would like to give these kids a good home; in fact, there's a good one a few miles away" was one of his lines as a grumpy TV foster dad
Bernie Mac
Baku,
N'Djamena,
Phnom Penh
World capitals
The 1905 Battle of Tsushima Strait near Korea was a decisive victory for Japan over this nation
Russia
Crawdad ends with a parent, as does this spice, a ginger family member that's big in Scandinavia
Cardamom
In 2014 Felipe VI succeeded this man, his father, as king of Spain
Juan Carlos
A creative club in this nation, Mbari Mbayo gets its name partially from the Igbo language
Nigeria
In a 1984 film Rob Reiner said they "earned a distinguished place in rock history as one of England's loudest bands"
Spinal Tap
Greek,
ambrosia,
larb
Salads
The Sunda Strait connects the Indian Ocean with this sea that shares its name with an island
The Java Sea