Children's Literature
A character known as Sam-I-Am is the persistent purveyor of this title paired offering
green eggs and ham
From 1980-87 this state's population rose about 31%, yet it now averages only 1 person per square mile
Alaska
Using the Trans-CanadaHighway, it's only about an hour from Lynden in this state over the border to Vancouver
Washington
Kendrick Lamar rapped, "I am" this; Muhammad Ali might have disagreed
the greatest
A clock invented by Christiaan Huygens using this feature that oscillates was the accuracy standard until quartz in 1927
pendulum
This classic by Maurice Sendak was turned into a 1980 opera
Where the wild things are
Postal abbreviations include NC for North Carolina, SC for South Carolina & DC for this
District of Columbia
Part of the eastern border of this state is along Lake Superior; Manitoba is a neighbor to its north
Minnesota
In the past, this hitmaker of "Turn On The Lights" & "Mask Off" was Nayvadius Wilburn
Future
Working at the Royal Observatory in Paris in 1676, Ole Romer demonstrated that this travels at a finite speed
light
The 4 words that complete the line from "Jack and the Beanstalk", "Fee, fi, fo, fum, I smell the..."
blood of an Englishman
At the Julius Sturgis Company in Lititz, Penn. you can learn how to twist these
Pretzels
100 miles from Montreal, Burlington in this state is a popular destination for Canadian shoppers
Vermont
Hooray for this hip-hopper who with "God's Plan" is the only act other than the Beatles with 20 Top 10 hits in one decade
Drake
Billboard listed 2 of his trilogies, "Blueprint" & "Volume", among the 10 bestselling rap series of all time
A book by Virginia Lee Burton is titled "Mike Mulligan and" this large construction tool
a steam shovel
He said, "A penny saved is a penny earned," & it's traditional to throw a penny onto his grave
Benjamin Franklin
Of states sharing land and water boundaries with Canada, Alaska leads at 1,538 mi.; this contiguous one is next with 721
Michigan
Billboard listed 2 of his trilogies, "Blueprint" & "Volume", among the 10 bestselling rap series of all time
Jay Z
In 1643 Evangelista Torricelli invented the barometer, enabling the measurement of this
air pressure
(or atmospheric pressure)
During WWII the Pevensie children are evacuated from London to an old professor's country estate in this 1950 book
the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe
The "Peace Garden" state, it shares an International Peace Garden with Manitoba
North Dakota
This state is massive enough to border 3 Canadian provinces
Montana
In 2018 this Southern city's new mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms put rappers T.I. & Killer Mike on her transition team
Atlanta
Logarithmic scales are key to this adjustable calculator invented by William Oughtred
slide rule