GEOGRAPHY
LITERATURE
WORLD HISTORY
COLORFUL CITIES
1 WORD, 2 MEANINGS
400

New Zealand, Midway & Hawaii are all a part of this "many islands" group

Polynesia

400

Language of Chaucer

Middle English

400

Sinatra, Gifford & McGee or Germanic peoples who helped conquer Rome

the Franks

400

Parlez-vous Francais? Then name this Louisiana port at the head of the Mississippi's deepwater navigation

Baton Rouge

400

It can mean to hinder, or a place for your dirty clothes

a hamper

800

Abu Dhabi & Dubai are 2 of the 7 states that make up this Middle Eastern federation

the United Arab Emirates

800

In the '20s, Hemingway & Fitzgerald were among these "missing" literary offspring

The Lost Generation

800

In 1888, it was last country in W. Hemisphere to abolish slavery

Brazil

800

This former mining town was Colorado's territorial capital

This former mining town was Colorado's territorial capital

800

It's a 3-letter word for a water sprite of German folklore, or it can mean to put the kibosh on

nix

1200

2 of the 3 countries that make up the Benelux Economic Union

(2 of) Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg

1200

Vowel missing from entire 50,000 word text of Ernest Wright's "Gadsby"

E

1200

Nicaraguan guerrilla group that overthrew Somoza

the Sandinistas

1200

This "ville" is across the Rio Grande from Matamoros

Brownsville

1200

It's a large waterfall, or an eye abnormality

a cataract

1600

Located in Alaska, it's North America's highest peak

Mt. McKinley

1600

"Grimm" stories

fairy tales

1600

Asia's population giant, finally admitted to U.N. in 1971

The People's Republic of) China

1600

Football fans know it sits at the mouth of Wisconsin's Fox River

Green Bay

1600

It can mean to create something, or it can refer to the current style of dress

fashion

2000

It's across the Danube from Pest

Buda

2000

Literary point of view when I write like this

first person singular

2000

Including, in 19th century, one quarter of world's land & people, the sun never set on it

the British Empire

2000

A Southern California city & a Northern New Jersey township share this citrusy name

Orange

2000

A geometric figure, or go fish with a hook & line

angle