ASIAN GEOGRAPHY
This Afghan capital is a mile-plus-high city at 5,900 feet with mountains to the east & west
What is Kabul?
This title golfer uses his unusual technique to defeat Shooter McGavin
Who is Happy Gilmore?
In the 1950s a Procter & Gamble employee gave his lavish attention to coming up with this disposable diaper & it launched in 1961
What is Pampers?
Amendments to bills not relevant to the legislation are deemed these, like passengers in cars or people on horseback
What are riders?
A deep-dish fruit pie with no bottom crust, or a shoemaker
What is cobbler?
Jazz Age icon Josephine Baker came to stardom during the exuberant decade known by this nickname
What are the Roaring Twenties?
The West Bank, where you'll find Ramallah, is the west bank of this river
What is the Jordan?
"I'll make it", says H.S. basketballer Jimmy Chitwood about a shot to win the title in this film & spoiler (not really)--he does
What is Hoosiers?
The bilingual book "Besos for Baby" teaches tots Spanish words like besos, meaning these
What is kisses?
Nonprofits that spend to influence elections don't need to disclose donors & are thereby using this "money"
What is dark money?
To go on complaining about something, or a big freshwater fish that can live for nearly 50 years
What is carp?
The late 1600s & early 1700s in this country are known as its Petrine era
What is Russia?
Al Dafna & Al Bidda are parks lying on this bay that shares its name with the Qatari capital
What is Doha (Bay)?
In a 1979 sequel this "Master of Disaster" & "Count of Monte Fisto" goes down, & Rocky Balboa wins the crown
Who is Apollo Creed?
This subsidiary of Mattel made up of 2 last names sells every kind of toy, including the kitchen sink
What is Fisher-Price?
This agricultural term for a political movement involving the common person also just means basic or foundational
What are grassroots?
An unbranded range animal, or a politician who doesn't toe the party line
What is maverick?
The transition between the Stone Age & this other prehistoric era is sometimes called the Chalcolithic, or "copper-stone"
What is the Bronze Age?
The "Ab Fab" star visits Krasnoyarsk on "Joanna Lumley's" this "Adventure", a phrase also preceding "Railroad"
What is the Trans-Siberian?
In this film Kurt Russell's Herb Brooks leads the U.S. hockey team to an Olympic gold medal
What is Miracle?
Give your baby a good night's sleep with this type of machine, or just read the same-named Don DeLillo novel
What is white noise?
This agricultural term for a political movement involving the common person also just means basic or foundational
What is a caucus?
A bent posture, or where Hannah & her besties sometimes hung out on "Girls"
What is stoop?
Historians use "the long 19th century" to refer to the 125-year period between the starts of these 2 European cataclysms
What is the French Revolution and World War I?
India's Andhra people wanted their own state & have it, this one now about the size of Georgia
What is Andhra Pradesh?
Daniel LaRusso, played by him, won the 1985 All Valley Under-18 Karate Championship, but he was really mid-20s, so... "The Karate Man"?
Who is (Ralph) Macchio?
Buy the tot a plush baby JJ, a character from this YouTube show with a fruit in its name
What is Cocomelon?
It's a bird, it's a plane, no, it's this specified level of support needed to pass a vote, usually 3/5 in the Senate
What is a supermajority?
It means eagerly hopeful or related to blood
What is sanguine?
In 1644 China's Ming dynasty was succeeded by this one that rhymes with Ming also called the Manchu
What is (the) Qing (dynasty)?