"B" + 3
A light on a radar screen
blip
In the "Odyssey", it's called the Aegyptus
The Nile
A physical thing
&
to express disapproval
Object
(ob-JECT or OB-ject)
Salmon P. Chase, before George Washington, was the first person on the face of this
The Dollar
Total cubic feet of earth in a hole 1 yard wide, 1 yard long & 1 yard deep
No dirt at all in the hole
A prison on a ship
brig
No respect! Though more than 2,300 miles long, this North American river is still just a tributary
The Missouri
To feel bitter
&
transmitted again
Resent
(RE-sent or re-SENT)
In 1897 Boston opened the first of these in America, running from Park Street to Boylston Street
a subway
If you're running in a race & overtake the person in second place, you're now in this position
second place
To cheat out of money
bilk
The Yenisei River, one of Russia's biggest, is home to the Siberian species of this big fish
Sturgeon
Closely packed together
&
a small makeup case
Compact
(com-PACT or COM-pact)
A 1785 scandal called the Affair of the Diamond Necklace unjustly discredited this queen; a few years later, she was executed
Marie Antoinette
If the vice president & the Speaker of the House were to die, the person in this post would be president
The President
To stay or wait
bide
Its drainage basin includes parts of Angola, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Tanzania, Zambia & 2 other countries
The Congo
Something that pulls a vehicle behind it
&
a tall, narrow building
Tower
(TOE-ur or TAU-ur)
Many of Shakespeare's history plays were based on the "Lives" of this ancient Greek
Plutarch
Of Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney or Colin Clive, the one who played the title role in the 1931 film "Frankenstein"
Colin Clive
A coffin stand
bier
The name of this great river comes from words meaning "place to paddle" in the language of the Warao of Venezuela
The Orinoco
A burrowing insectivore
&
a Mexican cooking sauce
a mole
(Mol or MOH-lay)
On August 20, 1741 this Dane sailed into the Gulf of Alaska
(Vitus) Bering
The brother-in-law of your mother's unmarried only sibling is this relative to you
Father (Step-father)