WHAT DOES THIS ACRONYM STAND FOR?
NPR
National Public Radio
Five countries flank the politically complicated east coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Can you name three of them?
Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt (Sinai)
Robin Williams (1978-1982)
Mork from Ork (Mork & Mindy)
Brazil
Portuguese
Chaplin, Schulz, Barkley,
Charles or Charlie
YUPPIES (Hint: We’re only looking for the YUP part.)
Young Urban Professionals
The Mediterranean is dotted by 1,400 islands – almost all of them belonging to this ancient country.
Greece
John Ritter (1977-1984)
Jack Tripper (Three’s Company)
The Bahamas
English
Walker, Kerrigan, Grace, Sinatra
Nancy
NAFTA
North American Free Trade Agreement
At its easternmost point, the Mediterranean connects to the Atlantic Ocean through a thin waterway between Spain and Morocco called the Strait of _____________ . (Hint: It shares its name with a famous, strategically important, huge limestone rock promontory.)
Gibraltar
Bea Arthur (1972 – 1978)
Maude Findlay (Maude)
Austria
German
Adams, Poehler, Schumer, Klobuchar
Amy
NIMBY
Not In My BackYard
The November 1869 opening of this canal on Egyptian land provided a quick route between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea.
The Suez Canal
David Hyde Pierce (1993-2004)
Niles Crane (Frasier)
Egypt
Arabic
Rogers, Griffey, Chesney, Loggins
Ken or Kenny
SETI
Search For Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence
The closest point between the tip of Italy’s boot and this largest island in the Mediterranean is less than two miles across the Strait of Messina.
Sicily
Michael Richards (1989-1998)
Kramer (Seinfeld)
The Philippines
Tagalog and English
Hudson, Longfellow, Mancini, Aaron
Hank or Henry