MITCH McCONNELL'S KENTUCKY MEGAMIX
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
"THAN" WORDS
ANNUAL EVENTS
MODERN ACTIVISM
400
Though Alabama-born, senator Mitch McConnell is big in Kentucky & has a park named for him in this "green" city
Bowling Green
400
Eleanor Holmes Norton has been the non-voting delegate for this district for nearly 30 years
Washington DC
400
It was inspired by a 1621 harvest feast
Thanksgiving
400
From December 16 to 24, Mexico commemorates the journey this biblical pair took from Nazareth to Bethlehem
Mary and Joseph
400
Amnesty International wants more communities to accept refugees, asking for a longer table, not a taller this structure
A Wall
800
In 1786 the Virginia legislature established this as a town, before Kentucky became a state; it's now Kentucky's capital
Frankfort
800
2019's H.R. 420 is a federal bill that seeks to regulate this substance
marijuna
800
"Beowulf" features several of these feudal warriors who serve their liege
thanes
800
This holiday has its origins in the Celtic festival of Samhain, during which people wore masks to avoid being recognized by ghosts
Halloween
800
Black Lives Matter came to national prominence as a hashtag after tragic events in this suburb of St. Louis in 2014
Ferguson
1200
This 981-mile river forms Kentucky's northern border & empties into the Mississippi
Ohio
1200
Chaired by Maxine Waters, the House Committee on these services regulates the banks
Financial Services
1200
It's handy to put facilities for this gasoline additive right in fields of the Midwestern corn it's made from
ethanol
1200
First held in 1897, it's now run on Patriots' Day in April each year
The Boston Marathon
1200
Started in Victoria, British Columbia in 1987, the Raging "these", older relatives, fight for social and economic justice
Grannies
1600
Founded in 1775, this city, home to Transylvania U., was named for an American Revolution battle site
Lexington
1600
This 15-letter appointed officer publishes the rules for the House & makes sure the reps abide by them
the parliamentarian
1600
In Greek mythology this 8-letter figure is the personification of death
Thanatos
1600
LGBTQ Pride Month is celebrated each June to commemorate the 1969 riots at this inn
Stonewall
1600
In 2019 protests here got a bill shelved that would have allowed extradition to Mainland China
Hong Kong
2000
Mitch McConnell is what 4 letter word
(any 4 letter bad word will win this)
2000
The 9th district of this state was not represented in January 2019 because the vote there was not certified due to charges of fraud
North Carolina
2000
Euphuism, an artificially elegant prose style, came into fashion in this royal period of English literature
Elizabethan
2000
This Utah festival regularly has more than 12,000 films submitted; about 200 end up getting shown
Sundance
2000
This political movement fighting income inequality is named for emergency items required in cars by French law
Yellow Vests