PEAKS & VALLEYS
The Willamette Valley is the agricultural heart of this "Beaver State"
Oregon
To visit the Museum of the Confederacy, you have to go to this Virginia capital
Richmond
If you have 2 dozen dolls & you sell 1/3 of them, you're left with this many
16
In 1969 Apollo 11 landed humans here for the first time ever
the Moon
Drake & Eminem were featured artists on "Loud", an album from this single-named singer
Rihanna
Sayonara means this in Tokyo; hey, we just got here
goodbye
THE CIVIL WAR
Abraham Lincoln called this document, which took effect in 1863, "a fit and necessary war measure"
Among the world's deepest, Nepal's Kali Gandaki River Valley lies between 2 26,000-foot peaks in this range
the Himalayas
This Paris museum is the most visited art museum in the world
the Louvre
Your class forms a leapfrog league with teams made up of 4 players each; with 28 kids in your class, there are this many teams
7
On Sept. 3, 1939 Great Britain & then France declared war on Germany, & this war was on
World War II
Steve Carell voiced "superbad superdad" Gru, a criminal mastermind-turned-family man in this animated pic
Despicable Me
People in Paris mainly use this word to say yes, yes, yes all the way home
oui
Abraham Lincoln called this document, which took effect in 1863, "a fit and necessary war measure"
the Emancipation Proclamation
Trying to find the highest peak in this mountain system? The "trail" leads to Mount Mitchell in North Carolina
the Appalachian Mountains
In 2012 the Children's Museum of Indianapolis had an exhibit honoring this classic toy spud
Mr. Potato Head
Vacation has taken you to a country where it's 4 pesos to every dollar, so your $7.50 gets you this many pesos
30 pesos
In August 2008 the Summer Olympics took place in this Asian country
China
Jamie, Adam & their team separate truth from urban legend on this Discovery Channel show
MythBusters
If you like your potato chips salzig in Salzburg, you like them this way
salty
The Valley of them was the burial site for most of the pharaohs of Ancient Egypt's New Kingdom
the Kings
What's called "The Oldest House Museum Complex" is located in this Florida city, the USA's oldest city
St. Augustine
You've got $2,000 saved for that Ferrari; at 5.5% annual interest, you'll make this much towards your goal in one year
$110
The Gregorian one of these replaced the Julian one in 1582 & moved the date forward 10 days to catch things up
a calendar
She's tall & thin, she's blonde, she's a Best Country Solo Performance Grammy winner for her song "Mean"
Taylor Swift
"Buenas tardes" said our tour guide in Madrid; he meant this
good afternoon
Go ahead, build a house on Madera Volcano in Nicaragua--it's this word meaning "sleeping"
dormant
A hand-pulled hose cart is on display at the Orange County, New York museum of these professionals
firefighters
You can eat 2 pancakes in a minute & a half, so it'll take you this long to eat 8
6 minutes
This khan, the grandson of Genghis Khan, ruled much of Asia by the time he died in 1294
Kublai
He's short & round, he's pink, he's the title video game character in his "Return to Dream Land"
Kirby
Beethoven put this Italian word for a brisk tempo on 3 of the 4 movements of his Fifth Symphony
allegro