MONEY
This country's peso is the most traded Latin American currency
Mexico
After being tried for treason, this royal lost her tete on Oct. 16, 1793
Marie Antoinette
Bamboo groves & pine forests cover the slopes of this tallest mountain on the island of Honshu
Mt. Fuji
This low upholstered seat was introduced to Europe from an empire; now it's used to mean a footstool
an ottoman
The Straits of Florida connect this body of water to the Atlantic Ocean
the Gulf of Mexico
Most of these bills showing Ben Franklin are held in other countries
hundreds
After this pirate was killed on Nov. 22, 1718, his head, awesome facial hair & all, ended up on the bowsprit of a ship
Blackbeard
5 mountains in this system rise above 27,000 feet
$400
Get it right: a podium is something you stand on; I sit at this, a 7-letter word for a reading desk
a lectern
This river flows into Lake Constance, which borders Switzerland, Germany & Austria
the Rhine
The bank of Japan in Tokyo maintains a museum devoted to the history of this currency
Yen
On Feb. 12, 1554 she got way too much taken off the top; hope the near-week-&-a-half as queen was worth it
Lady Jane Grey
75 miles long & 65 miles wide, this Hawaiian volcano is the world's largest in cubic mass
Mauna Loa
A song said this timepiece was "too large for the shelf, so it stood 90 years on the floor"
my grandfather's clock
The Cayman Islands are in this sea
Caribbean Sea
Some notes of this British currency have holograms that switch from a picture of Britannia to the value of the note
pound
On Aug. 23, 1305 both his life & his freedom were taken; getting beheaded was but one of many steps in the process
William Wallace
Mount Chimborazo in the Andes appears on the seal of this small country
Ecuador
The popular Boston style of this chair originated around 1830
a rocking chair
Named for an Englishman, it connects the Atlantic & the Pacific between Cape Horn & the South Shetland Islands
Drake's Passage
Some say Satoshi Nakamoto, creator of this virtual currency, doesn't exist
bitcoin
After his death in 43 B.C., this Roman orator made a final appearance on the speakers' platform at the Forum--well, his head & hands did
Cicero
The French government maintains a volcano observatory on this peak on Martinique
Mt. Pelée
Now synonymous with elite gaming performance, this brand of chair can be seen widely on Twitch
a DX Racer
In French it's known as Le Golfe de Gascogne
the Bay of Biscay