Before these were tiny headphones, the term referred to little shoots of young corn
Earbuds
An 1882 Exclusion Act barred immigrants from this country, though many had built the Central Pacific Railroad
China
Grass on the field, ivy on the walls; visitor Babe Ruth called his shot in its friendly confines; worth its weight in diamond
Wrigley Field
George Eastman said the letter K "had been a favorite with me", thus he created this name for his camera out of thin air
A tip
Gratuity
A 90-pack--that's 45 pairs!--of these from Bausch & Lomb should keep things clear for awhile
Contact lenses
Before succeeding Thomas Jefferson as president, James Madison served for 8 years in TJ's Cabinet in this post
8 total eyes, each about 11 feet wide; 4 noses, with one in particular about 21 feet; Midwest history
The name of this technology that allows local area networks to operate without wiring or cables just sounds cool--that's all
Wi-Fi
Foliage used for decoration. (think of a well-maintained decorative garden)
Before cellphones, every kid wanted a pair of these rhyming handheld communication devices
walkie talkies
This epidemic came to the U.S. in 1918 & spread rapidly in densely populated barracks, like at Fort Riley in Kansas
Spanish Flu
Falsely named, as it's 3,000 x 1,650 feet; the eyes of the world looked on in 1989; Mao's still nearby
Originally, the cartons of this luxury ice cream featured a map of Denmark although its name wasn't Danish, it was made up
With Walt Disney's help, Roald Dahl published his first book in 1943, about these creatures who cause damage to aircraft
When you roll these together they make snake eyes (object)
dice
In 1916 this Mexican bandit & revolutionary attacked Columbus, New Mexico, killing 18 U.S. citizens
Pancho Villa
Some people just lying around? Clement Attlee, Lord Kelvin & the very real Sir Peter Parker
Westminster Abbey
In the mid-1990s Colombian Alberto Perez created this dance exercise class that uses Latin & world rhythms
Zumba
It's the degree of inclination or the rate of ascent or descent of a highway
Up to 7 feet long, the traditional Alaskan type of these are great for walking on deep, dry powder in open country
Snowshoes
In the years before the Revolution, the colonies stayed in touch via the alliterative Committees of this
Correspondence
The non-golden arch; sounds like... victory; let's stop by Charles de Gaulle's place
Arc de Triomphe
Infomercials in the 1980s touted the quality of these kitchen knives with a "Japanese" name; they were actually made in Ohio
Ginsu
In "To Helen", Edgar Allan Poe wrote, "To the glory that was Greece, and the" this "that was Rome