AROUND THE USA
LANDMARKS OF GREAT BRITAIN
MOUNTAINS
THE ROCKEFELLERS
PRETTY TOUGH HISTORY!
100

Fittingly, there's no place like the Oz Museum in Wamego in this state

Kansas

100

Druids didn't build this stone circle begun around 3000 B.C., but modern-day Druids gather there at solstice time

Stonehenge 

100

This Alp between Switzerland & Italy has a name from German words meaning "meadow" & "peak"

Matterhorn

100

One of the world's wealthiest men, John D. Rockefeller made his fortune in this business

oil

100

To protect an ancestral cemetery, in 1910 attorney Lyda Conley became the 3rd woman & 1st Native American to argue a case here

the Supreme Court
200

New Orleans' singing oak is good for shade & melodies, the latter provided by these strung through the branches

wind chimes

200

When in Edinburgh, visit Princes Street Gardens & its 200-foot monument to this 19th century author

Sir Walter Scott


TRIPLE STUMPER

200

Pico de Orizaba, the third-highest peak in North America, is an 18,400-foot dormant volcano in this nation

Mexico

200

In the 1970s this member of the Rockefeller family served briefly as vice president

Nelson

200

Fake guns nicknamed for this peaceful religious group fooled the Union into canceling an 1862 attack on Centerville, Virginia

Quakers

300

The Mendenhall Ice Caves near this state capital glow with a spooky blue light

Juneau

300

Seeing what's left of the Helvetia on a beach in Wales, be consoled that the crew had time to do this 2-word nautical action

abandon ship!

300

These inspirational goddesses of art & science resided on Mount Parnassus

Muses

300

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller was a founder of this NYC museum in 1929 & her son David was a longtime donor & trustee

the MoMA

300

The byname of this 11th century Castilian military leader, a national hero of Spain, is from Arabic for "lord"

El Cid

400

Oak Ridge in this southern state began as a "Secret City" built for the Manhattan Project

Tennessee

400

It's been peering down on the capital from its 32 rotating capsules for 2 decades

the London Eye

400

A cave at the summit of the mountain Jabal Al Nour is said to be where this prophet received his first revelations

Muhammad 

400

From 1985 to 2015 Jay Rockefeller, also known as John D. Rockefeller IV, was a senator from this state

West Virginia


TRIPLE STUMPER

400

This paramilitary group of young people was used in the 1960s to enforce the Cultural Revolution

The Red Guard


TRIPLE STUMPER

500

The Empire Quarry in Bloomington, Indiana is famous for providing this building material for the Empire State Building

limestone


TRIPLE STUMPER

500

Facing France, the White Cliffs of Dover are along the coast of this county

Kent County


TRIPLE STUMPER

500

The world's highest unclimbed mountain is 24,980-foot Gangkhar Puensum in this "thunder dragon" kingdom north of India

Bhutan

500

Living to the age of 97, John D. was born when this man of Dutch descent was president, & died during FDR's second term

Van Buren

500

A 6th c. outbreak of bubonic plague bears the name of this Byzantine Emperor; it nearly killed him & devastated his empire

Justian