MONTANA
The Univ. of Montana recognized this as the name of its sports teams in 1923; you don't want to run into the animal in the wild!
Grizzly (Bear)
In 1739, to stem counterfeiting, he used his Philadelphia printing office to produce notes with a raised leaf pattern
A 2022 report said many Kuwait City residents were deficient in this vitamin, as extreme heat kept them indoors
Vitamin D
In 1862 this then-brigadier general got one over on his Old West Point chum Simon Bolivar Buckner at Fort Donelson
Grant
The Qasr el Nil or Palace of the Nile Bridge connects Gezira Island to the mainland in this world capital
Cairo
Montana became a part of the U.S. by way of this 1803 deal
The Louisiana Purchase
In 1899 William McKinley became the first president to ride in an auto, one driven by F.O. Stanley & powered by this
steam
This city's History Museum displays a nearly 7-ton metal blob of nails & other hardware melted in a store basement in 1871
Chicago
On Oct. 21, 1805 off this cape near Cádiz, the one-armed man was king
Trafalgar
One theory for its name goes back to a Spanish or Portuguese explorer who exclaimed, "I saw a mountain"
Montevideo
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These 2 words, the Spanish names of 2 precious elements, are separated by "Y" on Montana's state seal
oro y plata (gold and silver)
Around 1870 unbranded strays gained this moniker from the name of a Texas rancher negligent in marking his calves
Maverick
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2024 was brutal in Bangkok, as the oceanic pattern known by this childish name helped induce deadly heat levels
El Niño
It was Richard Pearson vs. this 3-named winner at the Battle of Flamborough Head in 1779
John Paul Jones
The Comic Art Museum in this city includes 100 portraits of the Smurfs
Brussels
These Native American people of Montana were named for the color of their moccasins
the Blackfeet
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In 1994, these two longtime political opponents & friends both left American public life for good
Ronald Reagan and Tip O'Neill
As part of a heat-reduction plan, Athens is employing one of these built by the Romans to irrigate a "cool corridor"
an aquaduct
The Ottomans relaxed in 1916 when Allied troops evacuated this peninsula after a failed bid to seize Constantinople
Gallipoli
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Manama is a short drive from the King Fahd Causeway in this island nation
Bahrain
Take some time & mull over the cone from this, the state tree of Montana
The Ponderosa Pine
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In 1865 Mary Surratt was the first woman to have this done by the U.S. government; in 1953, Ethel Rosenberg became the next woman to suffer that fate
Execution
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Dating to Roman times & host of a World's Fair 2 millennia later, it's been called "the Iberian oven"
Seville/Sevilla, Spain
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In 1273 at the Battle of Xiangyang Kublai Khan won in part by using this French-named weapon, a type of catapult
a trebuchet
You'll find this capital of Senegal on the continent's most westerly mainland point
Dakar
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