Homophones
To wander, or a European capital
Roam/Rome
What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?
The Senate and House of Representatives
1863
Lincoln
The first photo of this heavenly body was a daguerreotype made by John William Draper around 1839
The moon
A storm with dry, driving snows & intense cold; it's also delicious at Dairy Queen!
A blizzard
A big gun, or a book of religious law
Cannon/canon
It's the government body abbreviated CIA
the Central Intelligence Agency
1940
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The orbit of this now most distant planet in the solar system is almost exactly circular
Neptune
It's a New World vulture of the family Cathartidae
A buzzard
A member of a royal family, or some photographs
Prince/prints
It was the last state to join the United States
Hawaii
1946
Harry Truman
The Air Pump, the Hare & the Northern Crown are lesser-known these
Constellations
The mouth of a pistol barrel
A muzzle
Large ocean mammals, or a small division of Great Britain
Whales/Wales
By law a U.S. senator's term lasts this many years
6
1868
Andrew Johnson
A satellite aptly named for this Greek god mapped the surface topology of the ocean
Poseidon
An open square in Italy, or ex-baseball catcher Mike
A piazza
Masticates, or select
Chews/choose
In 1800 the national government of the United States moved from this city to Washington, D.C.
Philadelphia
1798
John Adams
"If I were" the fourth Mercury astronaut in space, I'd be him
Scott Carpenter
It's found after "tin" but before "Borden"
Lizzie