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MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS
CONGRESS
MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS
400

Designation for the thigh & leg of a roasted chicken, as opposed to the breast

Dark meat

400

It's a car pedal, or a verb meaning to hold tightly

Clutch

400

2 Lady Libertys tall, a "Statue of Unity" depicts Sardar Patel, who helped unify this country upon independence

India

400

If a president vetoes a piece of legislation, Congress may override it with a vote of this size in both houses

Two-thirds

400

Barack Obama's name replaced that of this Confederate president on an elementary school in Jackson, Mississippi

Jefferson Davis

800

During World War II Johnson & Johnson made rolls of this handy adhesive in green to match the military items it was used to patch

Duct tape

800

To grip, or a jewelry fastener

Clasp

800

Near the famous wall, a D.C. memorial to women's service in this war was unveiled on Veterans Day 1993

The Vietnam War

800

Congress has the power to grant this acquisition of citizenship for those not born in the United States

Naturalization

800

The CIA for short (not that CIA), it was founded in 1946 to train returning WWII veterans in the art of cooking

The Culinary Institute of America

1200

A note that lets a student escape the classroom & walk the corridors during class time

Hall pass

1200

A boxing hold, or to nail down a playoff spot

Clinch

1200

Il Papa from 1978 to 2005, he's honored with a statue outside Rome's main train station

Pope John Paul II

1200

This word meaning "permanent" precedes the 36 major congressional committees

Standing

1200

Alumni of this exclusive boarding school near Windsor include Princes William & Harry & actor Tom Hiddleston

Eton

1600

Precipitation with a pH below 5.0

Acid rain

1600

To confiscate a vehicle temporarily in an emergency, as when a policeman needs to pursue a suspect

Commandeer

1600

Paris' Chapelle Expiatoire, meaning the to-make-amends-for-executing-you chapel, is on the original 1793 burial site of this couple

King Louis XVI & Marie-Antoinette

1600

In 1792 Congress passed the Coinage Act & established the first U.S. Mint in this city

Philadelphia

1600

This university's informal "Dropout Hall of Fame" includes author Jack London & '60s activist Jerry Rubin

Cal (University of California in Berkeley)

2000

This type of event is meant to move possible damaged merchandise quickly & at very low prices

Fire sale

2000

Slangy clothing term for an arrest by the police

Collar

2000

At 500', the world's tallest cross stands over Spain's Valley of the Fallen but no longer over this dictator, moved elsewhere in 2019

Francisco Franco

2000

Originally to be in the Bill of Rights, the amendment regulating this action by Congress was finally ratified in 1992 as the 27th

Congress raising its own pay

2000

What is now NYU's Brown Building was the site of this tragic 1911 fire that killed 146 workers

The Triangle Shirtwaist fire