State Capitals
State Capitals named for women include Annapolis and this east coast capital
Augusta
In the history of jazz, Louis Armstrong was one of the greatest players of this instrument
trumpet
In his "Cat's Cradle" Felix Hoenikker creates Ice-Nine, a substance that can freeze the world solid
Kurt Vonnegut
It's the westernmost and northernmost of the Great Lakes
It's the boating term used when the government comes to the aid of a 'sinking' business
A bailout
The Grand Ole Opry Museum and the Music Valley Wax Museum are attractions in this city
Nashville
Philip Amadas & Arthur Barlowe explored this island off North Carolina before its colony got lost
Roanoke
It's nickname is "The Green Mountain City"
Montpelier
In Montgomery, Alabama, after a year long boycott, integrated seating on these began in December, 1956
buses
"Song of Solomon" was the first of her novels to have a male protagonist
Toni Morrison
Two of South America's longest rivers, the Madeira and the Purus, flow into this even longer river
The Amazon River
It was Ford's first car off a moving assembly line
The Model T
In this Alabama city you can visit the national voting rights museum
Selma
In 1773 this British sea captain crossed the Antarctic Circle but never sighed land
James Cook
The only state capital whose name ends in three vowels
Juneau
The 1925 film "Body and Soul" starred this political activist and stage "Othello"
Paul Robeson
He based Nora Charles of "The Thin Man" on his friend Lillian Hellman
Dashiell Hammett
Baku in Azerbaijan and Astrakhan in Russia are ports on this sturgeon-filled sea
The Caspian Sea
Type of winged being who backs a start up venture with much needed cash
An angel
A contest for blowing conchs is a highlight of old island days in this Florida city
Key West
This Portuguese explorer commanded the first fleet to reach India from Europe
Vasco de Gama
Once called Edwinton, it was renamed for a German chancellor
Bismark
Once called "the capstone of negro education", this DC university opened its doors in 1867
Howard University
Oakland's Heinold's First & Last Chance Saloon was a favorite bar of this "White Fang" author
Jack London
Latvia's capital shares it's name with this nearby gulf
Riga
8-letter anatomical plural meaning of visitors viewing a website
Eyeballs
This city named for a French king was founded by George Rogers Clark in 1778
Louisville
In 1741 this Dane sighted the North American continent near Mount St. Elias, Alaska
Vitus Bering
In the old railway line it fell between Atchison and Santa Fe
Topeka
This Oklahoma City's Greenwood district was known as "Black Wall Street" in the early 20th century
Tulsa
It's the last name of the twin brother authors who penned "Sleuth" and "Amadeus"
Shaffer
Located in East-Central Africa, it's the world's longest freshwater lake
Lake Tanganyika
Patended in 1855, the Bessemer process drastically lowered the cost of making this
Steel
This fashionable resort in the Adirondacks is the summer home of the New York City Ballet
Saratoga Springs
For his circumnavigation of the world, he was knighted aboard his golden hind in 1581.
Sir Francis Drake