Springfield, Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
Giada de Laurentiis,
Rachael Ray,
Julia Child
Cooking
Its upper branch is the Maranon, the lower branch the Ucayali; both flow in Peru
The Amazon
Carroll's slithy nonsense poem
(11)
Jabberwocky
In 2005 The New York Times profiled one of the last repairers of these, from cane handle to canopy
Umbrellas
Stonewall, Texas
Lyndon Johnson
Barbara Mikulski,
Elizabeth Dole,
Barbara Boxer
The US Senate
Gatun Lake was formed in 1912 by the Gatun Dam during the construction of this
The Panama Canal
Jettisoned goods
(6)
Jetsam
One skill that's losing ground in the computer age is this type of writing, where the letters run together, from the Latin for "run"
Cursive
Manhattan, New York (the one who's still there)
Ulysses Grant
Vivienne Westwood,
Anne Klein,
Donna Karan
Fashion
This largest inland body of water in Central America lies just southeast of Managua
Lake Nicaragua
Riding breeches
(8)
Jodhpurs
It's the state sport of Maryland, but competitors there ride at rings with their lances, not at each other
Jousting
Yorba Linda, California
Richard Nixon
Diane Arbus,
Dorothea Lange,
Annie Leibovitz
Photography
The 3/4-mile-wide Strait of Tiquina in Bolivia separates the upper & lower portions of this lake
Lake Titicaca
A joyful celebration
(10)
Jubilation
Overshadowed by flowers, leis crafted with these, from creatures like the apapane, are now rare in Hawaii
Feathers
Canton, Ohio
McKinley
Geraldine Farrar,
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf,
Birgit Nilsson
Opera
This longest Venezuelan river starts in the Parima Highlands near the Brazilian border
The Orinoco River
Belligerent nationalist
(5)
Jingo
In the 1972 book "Working", a man with this music-related job says computers can't replace the human ear--sorry, pal
Piano Tuner