6-LETTER COUNTRIES
It occupies about half the land mass of the South American continent
Brazil
To his horror & shame, on May 7, 1915 the captain of this liner was saved & did not go down with the ship after a U-boat sank it
the Lusitania
Harvard professor Charles Eliot Norton thought the curve, an innovation of his time in this sport, was cheating
baseball
This Marvel character was modeled on Frankenstein's monster crossed with Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
the Hulk
If you're this "as a hatter", you're said to be insane
Mad
Martinique is one of its overseas departments
France
It's not Tom Hanks, it's this captain of the cargo ship Maersk Alabama that was hijacked by Somali pirates in April 2009.
Captain Phillips
With readings taken at Mauna Loa Observatory, the Keeling Curve shows the buildup of this gas in the atmosphere
carbon dioxide
Boba Fett froze Han Solo in carbonite & brought him to this crime lord who called the prize "his favorite decoration"
Jabba the Hutt
Not down-in-legs, but-
Up-in-arms
The Isthmus of Corinth connects the Peloponnese with the mainland of this country
Greece
Captain Francesco Schettino steered this cruise liner into the island of Isola del Giglio where it foundered to its side from 2012 to 2014 before being towed and scrapped.
Costa Concordia
In this curve with a musical instrument in its name, a "C" grade is typically the center of the distribution
bell curve
Hafþór Björnsson played Gregor Clegane aka the Mountain on this show
Game of Thrones
We're coming at you "fast &" this, which can mean angry or at unrestrained speed
furious
King Abdullah II is the head of state of this country that borders Israel
Jordan
Not the bottle of rum, but this Welsh buccaneer who ransacked Portobelo on the Isthmus of Panama in 1668
Captain Morgan
Mixed martial arts is said to have the hardest this curve that measures proficiency at a task related to the amount of experience one has.
learning curve
This giant female lepidopteran has been terrorizing Japan in monster movies since 1961
Mothra
It can describe a sharp taste or an acrimonious feeling
bitter
If you want to go from "A" to "Z" you can travel from this "A" country to Zambia next door
Angola
In 1518 Rui Faleiro & this Portuguese explorer were joint captains looking for an all-Spanish route to the Moluccas
Magellan
"P" is for this type of curve, which lends its name to a type of mirror or antenna
parabolic
Made by the Muffin Man, Mongo is the name of a huge one of these that attacks the castle at the end of "Shrek 2"
a gingerbread man
In song Monty Python said "God gets quite" this angry word, rhyming it with "great"
irate