Circumnavigation
This general of the Union Army during the American Civil War circumnavigated the world beginning in May, 1877, shortly after the end of his second term as U.S. president.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
One property of fog is that it is similar to, but less transparent than, this other form of condensed water suspended in air.
What is mist?
As of January 2019, over 150 jurisdictions had begun issuing passports in this format to combat counterfeiting and assist in quickly processing travellers.
What is electronically/e-passport?
What is 52?
The British Bank of the Middle East, located in this Lebanese capital city, was robbed by the PLO in 1976 for 25 million pounds, or more than 100 million pounds today accounting for inflation.
What is Beirut?
The Strait of Magellan, discovered for Europeans by Ferdinand Magellan, is a sea route which goes through this most southwestern country of South America.
What is Chile?
The Fog Investigation and Dispersal Operation (FIDO) was employed during this 20th century war to burn fuel alongside runways to evaporate fog, although its high energy usage and cost discouraged its use.
What is WWII?
The Western Han dynasty of this East Asian country is though to be one of the first to add biographical details such as height and age to passports as far back as 202 BCE.
What is China?
Many of the images and suits we associate with playing cards today came from an older tradition of using these cards and decks to tell as person's fortune by dealing the cards to them.
What is Tarot?
Clyde Barrow is best known as one half of this arguably most famous pair of bank robbers in American history.
Who are Bonnie and Clyde?
David Kunst was the first verified human to circumnavigate the globe by this form of transportation, although it took him over four years to do so (and he took air travel over water masses).
What is walking?
Point Reyes, a cape in this U.S. state, records more than 200 foggy days per year on average.
What is California?
This short-lived predecessor to the United Nations held a Paris Conference on Passports in 1920 to standardize passport procedures and laws among its member nations.
What is the League of Nations?
Seeking to prohibit what was seen as a link between cards and gambling, this religious leader of the West banned card games on October 17th, 1750.
Who is the Pope?
Butch Cassidy's bank robbing partner was named at birth as Harry Alonzo Longabaugh, but he is better known to history today by this youthful title.
Who is the Sundance Kid?
What is the equator?
Who is George Washington?
The Danish realm consists of Denmark, Faroe Islands, and this small island nation in the ocean Northwest of the European continent, and so its residents can choose between holding an EU or non-EU passport when registering.
What is Greenland?
The novel Great Expectations by this beloved British author of the 19th century featured a character expressing surprise that a card player had referred to the "knave" card as Jacks.
Who is Charles Dickens?
A robbery on southern Stockholm, Sweden, got attention in 2009 for being the first in Swedish history to use this method of air travel during the heist.
What is a helicopter?
Circumnavigation via powered air travel benefits from these fast flowing air currents sometimes responsible for getting a passenger aircraft to its destination a few minutes early.
What is a jet stream?
The London fog, a thick yellowish, green, or black fog that results from soot and Sulphur dioxide pollution in London, is sometimes compared to this bright green vegetable soup the British are fond of eating.
What is pea soup?
Nearly all countries which issue passports display this symbol on the front cover, something we are probably more likely to associate with identifying nobility in England than identifying a traveler's home country.
What is a coat of arms?
Direction of play is traditionally clockwise in card games played in North America or this English speaking nation in the Southern hemisphere.
What is Australia?
The Northern Bank robbery took place in this capital city of Northern Ireland in 2004 and netted its robbers 26.5 million pounds in loot.
What is Belfast?