"V"ACATION SPOTS
A town 14 miles southwest of Paris developed around this 17th century palace that tourists flock to
Versailles
Reflecting Mali's colonial heritage, it's the official language
French
At 35 he was elected to the Senate from Massachusetts; later he became the 35th president
JFK
San Jose in this Central American nation is home to John F. Kennedy Park, memorializing his visit to the country in 1963
Costa Rica
Barbuda & Basse-Terre
The Caribbean Sea
The Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe in this state welcome skiers as well as superfans of "The Sound of Music"
Vermont
Mali's most popular sport, it has a team in every major town & Malians playing professionally in Europe
soccer
He was 35 when he crowned himself emperor in 1804
Napoleon
With a name meaning "new flower", this city replaced Entoto as the capital of Ethiopia in 1887
Addis Ababa
Coral Island (aka Pharoah's Island)
the Red Sea
Viking's "Waterways of the Tsars" cruise travels down this river in Russia
the Volga
Bamako, Mali's capital, is on a major river & the city's symbol is 3 of these reptiles
crocodiles
In 2017 China celebrated the 35th birthday of Xinxing, one of the world's oldest of these
a panda
This Malaysian capital lies in the country's tin & rubber belt.
Kuala Lumpur
The Cyclades
the Aegean
Adjacent to Norfolk, this city has about 30 miles of oceanfront & a creative district called ViBe
Virginia Beach
In 2018 a Malian migrant to Paris saved a boy on a balcony & became this superhero "of the 18th arrondissement"
Spiderman
He was a young man of 35 when he performed for inmates at Folsom Prison for a live album
Johnny Cash
Developed by King Norodom, this capital city lies at the confluence of the Mekong, Bassac & Tonle Sap Rivers
Phnom Penh
Bornholm & Rugen
The Baltic
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Port-Vila is the capital city of this nation of the southwest Pacific that was the New Hebrides until 1980
Vanuatu
Mali's "Great" one of these in the city of Djenne is the world's largest mud brick structure
a mosque
"Full Fathom Five" was one of his earliest drip paintings a technique he took up when he was 35
Jackson Pollack
U.S. Students at a medical school in this Caribbean nation's capital St. George's were rescued during a 1983 invasion
Grenada
The Pribilof Islands
the Bering Sea
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