This Mississippi capital was named for a general who later became president
Jackson
We hear she had a thing for "Sk8er Bois"
Avril Lavigne
Amaretti are macaroons flavored with a paste made from the bitter type of these nuts
Almonds
Multiply 6 times 7. And then subtract 25
17
After a scandal, this line entered baseball lore, though Mr. Jackson said he never heard those words
"Say it ain't so"
An ache, or a piece of glass in a window
a pain/pane
It's the northernmost state capital; it can get real cold there too
Juneau
This Coldplay hit includes the lines "I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing, Roman cavalry choirs are singing"
Viva La Vida
Food used in many Thai dishes & also mentioned in "Take Me Out To The Ball Game"
Peanuts
2x + 5 = 15. Solve for X
5
Karl Marx: this "is the opium of the people"
Religion
Operated a small boat, or operated a horse
Rowed/Rode
Its National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific contains the graves of WWII, Korean War & Vietnam War dead
Honolulu
"Pinball Wizard" was a Top 40 hit for this '60s group
The Who
The main ingredients of ratatouille are tomatoes, onions, peppers, zucchini & this veggie that's bigger than those
Eggplant
By a cumulative count, you get a total of 364 gifts in this song, including 42 swans
12 Days of Christmas
Henry Kissinger said this "is the ultimate aphrodisiac"
Power
A horse's harness, or pertaining to a wedding
bridle/bridal
This site was uninhabited woods when James Doty persuaded the Wisconsin legislature to put the capital there
Madison
In 2006 he was back with the hit "SexyBack"
Justin Timberlake
The first new variety of Eggo waffle Kellogg's made was one with this fruit in 1972
Blueberries
If par is 72 at a golf course and you shoot 4 rounds of even par, your four day total would be this many strokes
288
On July 21, 1969 newspapers quoted his "The Eagle Has Landed"
Neil Armstrong
To rule over, or to shower upon
reign/rain
It's home to Grand Canyon university
Phoenix
Tunes from this singer-songwriter include "No Such Thing" & "Your Body is a Wonderland"
John Mayer
The last name of a former General Mills director was immortalized in this cake mix line
Betty Crocker
In mathematics, this term of a function of a real variable measures the sensitivity to change of the function value (output value) with respect to a change in its argument (input value)
Derivative
Hemingway wrote, "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called" this
Huckleberry Finn
An aroma, or transmitted
scent/sent