Women making History
In 1932, she became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, completing the trip in a record time of 14 hours 56 minutes.
Amelia Earhart
By a 1972 law, California's official reptile is the desert variety of this slow mover
tortoise
A physical thing
&
to express disapproval
object [ob-JECT]
or
object [OB-ject]
From a verb meaning "to load", it's the goods aboard a ship
cargo
It's the highest mountain in Kenya
Mt. Kenya
After losing her sight and hearing as a two-year-old, this author and activist learned to read and write as an adult; in 1904 she became the first deafblind person to earn a college degree.
Helen Keller
A vine ripe variety of this is the state fruit & the state vegetable of Arkansas
tomato
To feel bitter
&
transmitted again
resent [RE-sent]
or
resent [re-SENT]
That guy's gone plumb crazy & the only word for him is this one that means "insane"
loco
The Declaration of Independence was signed in this Philadelphia hall
Independence Hall
She was the first African-American tennis player to win a Grand Slam tournament — the French Championships in 1956. She went on to win four more singles Grand Slams and six doubles titles.
Althea Gibson
Humuhumunukunukuapua'a, or "triggerfish with a snout like a pig", became this state's official fish in 2006.
Hawai'i
Closely packed together
&
a small makeup case
compact [com-PACT]
or
a compact [COM-pact]
Show off your riding & roping at this event, from a verb meaning "to go around"
rodeo
In 2022, singer Kelsea Ballerini became the newest cover girl for this brand of makeup
Cover Girl
This writer of the Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple mystery series is listed in the Guinness book of World Records as the best-selling novelist of all time.
Agatha Christie
The state song of Kansas is this one "where seldom is heard a discouraging word"
"Home on the Range"
Something that pulls a vehicle behind it
&
a tall, narrow building
a tower [TOE-ur]
&
a tower [TAU-ur]
Tortilla means "little cake"; this means "little fleet"
flotilla
This university is located in Hyde Park on the South side of Chicago
The University of Chicago
In 1903 this Polish-French radiation researcher became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, in Physics; in 1911 she won her second, in Chemistry.
Marie Curie
Mmm, state pie! For Illinois, it's this seasonal favorite
pumpkin pie
A burrowing insectivore
&
a Mexican cooking sauce
a mole [mōl]
&
mole [MOH-lay]
Spanish saber, "to know", gave us this English word meaning "shrewd" or "well informed"
savvy
The thoroughbred racehorse Man O' War lost only one race: a 1919 upset to a horse named this
Upset