Geography
Extending for more than 1,200 miles off the northeast coast of Australia is this natural wonder.
Great Barrier Reef
When this federal standard went into effect in 1938, it was 25 cents per hour; today it's $7.25.
Minimum Wage
Suge Knight and Tupac Shakur's rap-music record label.
Death Row Labels
Orpheus went into the Underworld to rescue his lover by this name.
Eurydice
These fantasy characters inhabited Tolkien's world of Middle Earth.
Hobbits
Less than 5,000 square miles in area, the Gambia is the smallest independent mainland country on this continent.
Africa
Published in 1783, his 'American Spelling Book' preceded his famous dictionary by 45 years.
Webster
This pop-country singer has won the most Artist of the Year Awards at the AMAs.
Taylor Swift
The name of a river in the Underworld, also commonly known as the 'river of hate'.
River Styx
This 20th Century author wrote, “All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others”.
George Orwell
Hokkaido is the largest and northernmost of this country's 47 prefectures.
Japan
2 weeks after 9/11, a CIA team entered this country to prep for invasion.
Afghanistan
At the Concert for Bangladesh, George got this guitarist to chime in on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps."
This was left in Pandora's box after she released misery and evil.
Hope
Michael Bond wrote about a famous animal in this series for children.
Paddington Bear
This country has the most islands.
Sweden
In 1945, scientists in this state witnessed the detonation of the world's first atomic bomb.
New Mexico
Burt Bacharach and Elvis played street musicians (with a grand piano) in this title guy's "The Spy Who Shagged Me."
Austin Powers
Clio is the Greek Muse of this subject.
History
Sherlock Holmes first appeared in the novel of this name.
A Study in Scarlet
This European city is famous for its casinos and called the gambling capital of the world.
Monte Carlo
In 1975, John Rutledge became the first nominee to this body rejected by the Senate.
The Supreme Court
She had a #1 hit in each year of the '90s, the only singer to do so.
Mariah Carey
The diet of this mythical creature periodically included seven youths and seven maidens.
Minotaur
This novel opens with the line, “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife”?.
Pride and Prejudice