GREENLAND
While geographically part of North America, Greenland is in fact a self-governing territory of this country
Denmark
Of this range prone to avalanches, an Austrian officer in WWI said, "The mountains in winter are more dangerous than the Italians"
the Alps
Moviegoers are seen here in the '50s watching "Bwana Devil", the first feature-length color film of this type
3D
Mountain peaks in Tajikistan are named for Karl Marx & this associate
Engels
The creation & breakup of "super" these land masses may have caused the Great Unconformity, a billion-year gap in the geologic record
supercontinents
The world's largest island that's not a continent, Greenland touches these two oceans
Arctic and Atlantic
Freezing temps & heavy snowfall made for a hard-won Allied victory in this WWII battle, aka the Ardennes Counteroffensive
the Battle of the Bulge
In an address to Congress, he said, "I now close my military career & just fade away"
MacArthur
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This museum on the banks of the Neva River houses some 3 million exhibits
The Hermitage
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The Eocene Epoch marks the first appearance in the fossil records of cetaceans, a group in this animal class
mammals
A major summer festival, National Day in Greenland is celebrated on this date, often the longest day of the year
June 21
The so-called Winter War with the USSR ended badly for this country in 1940, despite its shrewd use of skiing to move troops
Finland
In 1957, Army troops were called out to escort nine Black students at they entered Central High School in this city
Little Rock
In South America, the Middle of the World Monument stands just north of this capital
Quito
This big bad canine with a "threatening" name roamed North America in the Pleistocene
a dire wolf
Wildlife found in Greenland's only national park includes polar bears, musk oxen & these "unicorns of the sea"
narwhals
The U.S. fought its longest war against this country known for harsh winters; in the early years, fighting waned during cold weather
Afghanistan
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In a trial that lasted just over 3 weeks, this couple was convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage & were sentenced to death
the Rosenbergs
In 2025, 4 of this king's fairytale castles in Bavaria, including Neuschwanstein, made UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites
Mad King Ludwig
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The name of the oldest geologic eon, when Earth looked like a fiery hellball, is a reference to this Greek god
Hades/the Hadean Era
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Hoping to attract more settlers, this colorful Viking gave Greenland its appealing name
Erik the Red
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Even worse than Valley Forge, Washington's encampment in this N.J. "town" 1779-1780 was known as "The Hard Winter"
Morristown
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From Cape Canaveral in 1958, NASA sent its first satellite into space, called this I
Explorer I
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Less than 3% of the people in Zambia & this next door neighbor, directly north of Namibia, are age 65 or over
Angola
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Some propose 1950 as the start of the Anthropocene, the "recent age of man", as the present epoch vs. this 12,000-year-old one
the Holocene