FASTENERS
One can hold a stamp in an album or a door to its frame
a hinge
Speaking to journalists in 1973, Richard Nixon said "I'm not a..." this
a crook
Founded by the Aztecs in the 1300s, Tenochtitlan is now called this
Mexico City
In a 1918 treaty, this country gave up Ukraine but soon recovered it
Russia (or the Soviet Union)
Easterly's antonym
westerly
It's 2 strips, one with nylon hooks & the other with nylon pile
Velcro
In a November 1987 Playboy interview, Jessica Hahn said, "I am not a..." this
a bimbo
In 1917, this country asked Mexico to enter WWI on its side to win back land Mexico had lost to the U.S.
Germany
In 1929, the kingdom of the Serbs, Croats & Slovenes became known as this
Yugoslavia
In dictionary entries, this word is followed by fish, saucer & Dutchman
flying
Working on a vacuum principle, they hold your Garfield doll to your car window
a suction cup
By local statute, you can't open one in Palm Springs, California: so call it a "hotel"
a motel
This city, whose name means "True Cross", was 1st Spanish settlement in Mexico
Veracruz
The 1867 British North America Act united 3 colonies under this single name
Canada
What an "upsilon" is
the Greek letter "U"
Its name might have come from the Latin "scrofa" meaning "sow", since its threads look like a sow's tail
a screw
It's Justin Wilson's cuisine, I gar-on-tee
Cajun
This future U.S. president became a national hero in his battle against Santa Anna in 1847
Zachary Taylor
When Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes, thousands of these French Protestants fled to America
Huguenots
Gullah, which has African roots, is a language spoken by some black inhabitants of this country
the United States
The long metal pin that holds your shish kebab together
a skewer
This word meaning "old woman" is a nickname for Bridget
biddy
The French invaded Mexico when this Indian reform leader suspended loan payments to Europe
(Benito) Juarez
In 1835, many of them left Cape Colony & began their historic "Great Trek" to what's now the Transvaal
the Boers
A "valetudinarian" is constantly & morbidly concerned with this
his health