GENIUS IN A BATTLE
In 218 B.C. this general gassed up 37 elephants for a road trip & drove over the Alps with 30,000 buddies into Italy
Hannibal
In an 1899 painting, a maiden symbolizing Finland is under attack by an eagle representing this big, aggressive neighbor
Russia
The electromagnetic dental plugger patented by George Green in 1875 is what's known simply as this at the dentist today
a drill
It's a North-Central African nation bounded by Niger & Sudan, or the name of that kid who crashed his dad's BMW at the '94 prom
Chad
Until a 1915 fire, the Bell Isle Bridge in this Michigan city spanned the river of the same name
Detroit
The plan of this Army lt. gen. in 1943: surprise; rock the enemy back on his heels; relentless pursuit; "mop him up"
Patton
Argentina is often depicted as one of these cowboys of the Pampas
gaucho
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Art history lectures & vacation recaps benefitted from this mid-20th century machine
a [slide] projector
A U.S. state of landlockedness, it's bordered by 6 others, including Montana to its north & Colorado to its south
Wyoming
People fleeing the 1212 Great Fire of Southwark ran into rescuers crossing to help on this bridge; one account says 3,000 died
London Bridge
By faking retreats, William the Conqueror drew out the English on the way to finally taking out Harold II at this battle
Hastings
Before Uncle Sam, the U.S. was depicted as this woman who shares her name with a river
In the '80s Warren Lieberfarb of Warner Bros. pushed for this optical disk format; "Rocky" & "The Mask" in 1997 were early releases
DVD
Enjoy the Pushkin Museum & the Stephen the Great Monument but not an offshore ocean cruise in Chisinau, capital of this Euro nation
Moldova
Though arson in 2008 destroyed one at Gudgeonville, Penn. still claims the most of these quaint & rain-protected bridges in the USA
a covered bridge
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The 1918 surprise attack led by this general nicknamed "Black Jack" led to the Argonne Forest being cleared of German troops
Pershing
Clad in a salakot hat & a shirt called a barong tagalog, Juan dela Cruz personifies this country's everyman
the Philippines
Acoustic mirrors built in England starting around 1915 to detect aircraft were a forerunner of this tech that got serious in the '30s
radar
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They're prairie provinces, not port provinces; these are the only two Canadian provinces without a saltwater coast
Alberta and Saskatchewan
A bolt of lightning started a 1923 fire that destroyed the Centre Bridge over this stately river between Pennsylvania & New Jersey
the Delaware
This barbarian king ruled an empire that took on the Eastern Roman one in 443; success led to annual payments of 2,100 pounds of gold
Attila the Hun
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A cartoon from the War of 1812 shows James Madison duking it out with George III as this personification of England
John Bull
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"Genius on Hold" is a film about Walter Shaw, whose ideas led to inventions like this--I dial your home & your mobile rings
call forwarding [voicemail]
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India shares a more than 400-mile border with this country ruled by King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
Bhutan
In November 1864 troops of this Union general's army burned the Georgia railroad's Oconee River Bridge
Sherman
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