Nonfiction
"She Would Not Be Moved" is the story of this woman & the Montgomery bus boycott of the 1950s
Rosa Parks
This city's Cable Car Museum has one from fhe first company, the Clay Street Hill Railroad
San Francisco
For olive oil, 570 degrees:
BP
Boiling point
Cape Hatteras is known as this cemetery synonym "of the Atlantic"
A graveyard
By 1942 FDR had appointed 7 new men to this body: it took a while, but he got the packing he had wanted
The Supreme Court
This "Stuart Little" author also co-wrote the handbook "The Elements of Style"
E.B. White
This museum at the Smithsonian originated with a group of kites obtained from the Chinese Imperial Commission in 1876
The Air and Space Museum
At the other end from UV:
IR
Infrared
Appropriately enough, this New York metropolis is "Bison City"
Buffalo
Congress adopted this document in 1777, but it was not fully ratified by the states for another 4 years
The Articles of Confederation
This book that tackled the topic of football in a Texas town inspired a film & a TV series
Friday Night Lights
Janis Joplin's 1965 Porsche is one of the artifacts at this Cleveland museum
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
In mammals, they have no nucleus:
RBC
Red blood cells
This town is known as "Sin City" & its downtown is "Glitter Gulch"
Las Vegas
Slaves, molasses & rum were exchanged in the 3 arms of the colonial practice known as this "trade"
The triangle trade
Mitch Albom's weekly visits with a dying teacher spawned this mega-bestseller
Tuesdays with Morrie
The Nelson Mandela National Museum comprises 3 sites in & around Qunu in this country
South Africa
The Venus flytrap is one:
CP
A carnivorous plant
It's known as both "The Steel City" & "The Iron City"
Pittsburgh
"Our flag still waves proudly from the walls", William B. Travis said of it, "I shall never surrender or retreat"
The Alamo
This 1950 classic by Thor Heyerdahl is subtitled "Across the Pacific by Raft"
Kon-Tiki
In 1785 architect Juan de Villanueva was commissioned to design this Madrid museum
The Prado
Below 1,200 miles in altitude:
LEO
Low Earth orbit
"The Coyote State" is an unofficial nickname of this 75,885-square-mile state
South Dakota
The Oregon Trail started at Independence, Missouri & crossed the Great Plains by following this river
The North Platte River