THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLDS
On this least massive planet, you'd be .38 of your earth weight, & very hot
Mercury
On the Great Seal of the United States, the eagle grasps this symbol of peace in its right talon
an olive branch
About 1,600 smaller islands surround the main one of this nation that's 90 miles south of Key West
Cuba
At Subway the signature wraps come wrapped in one of these
Tortilla
In 2019 this shipping company ended its U.S. air & ground delivery contracts with Amazon
FedEx
Your weight on this now-dwarf planet would be just .07 of your weight on Earth; that's quite a demotion
Pluto
One symbolic representation of Christ is as the paschal type of this animal
a lamb
No visit to Iceland would be complete without a visit to the "Bay of Smokes", this capital city founded around 874
Reykjavik
A house can have this type of veranda that extends around the sides of the house
a wraparound
In 2013 this country stripped birthright citizenship from thousands: the resident children of migrants from neighboring Haiti
the Dominican Republic
On this planet we have a friend we call Oppy, who weighed 384 pounds on Earth but is 146 up there
(oppy is short for opportunity)
Mars
Gary Anderson designed 3 chasing arrows as the symbol for this; the negative space on the inside resembles a pine tree
recycling
This waterway extends 51 miles from Limón Bay to a second bay whose name would kinda give it away
The panama canal
According to Luke 2, Mary "brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in" these
swaddling clothes
In 2020 all 10 seasons of this show will not "be there for you" on Netflix, when WarnerMedia pulls it from the service
Friends
f you could stand on the surface of this giant gas giant, you'd weigh 2.53 times as much as you do on Earth
Jupiter
Long a symbol of communism, this pair represents the union of worker & peasant
hammer and sickle
A small trading town until the 19th c., this city on the Huangpu River now has a pop. of 20+ million, kidnapped sailors aside
Shanghai
This 4-letter seaweed that wraps up sushi is actually a type of red algae
nori
VP Richard Johnson lived openly with a female slave--one reason this party dropped him from the 1840 ticket with Martin Van Buren
the Democratic Party
An object's weight on Venus is almost the same as it would be on the surface of this much larger planet discovered in 1781
Uranus
Because of his days as a sailor, the founder of this department store used a red star as its symbol
Macy's
What a pyramid scheme! The landmark here in this ancient Mayan city was dedicated to Kukulkan
Chichen Itza
One of Christo's temporary works of art was the wrapping in fabric of this oldest Paris bridge
the pont neuf
Only 1.17% of this new African country's population voted to stay with the old country in 2011
Southern (South) Sudan