Stuff That Explodes
You make this snack food by heating its kernels until they explode
Popcorn
That joker in home room who makes everybody laugh all the time
Class Clown
This Egyptian capital is fan-shaped, fading off into the delta to the north
Cairo
In May 1607 this settlement was founded by 104 Englishmen & boys; the women came the following year
Jamestown
Mildred Wirt Benson wrote more than 100 books for young readers including many about this young female detective
Nancy Drew
In one of the most violent eruptions in history, Huaynaputina, one of these in Peru, exploded in 1600
Volcano
A friend in a distant land to whom you write letters
Pen Pal
(DD) China is planting a new forest to stop this desert's southward expansion
Gobi Desert
At the time of the Revolutionary War, this was the most populous city; New York City was No. 2
Philadelphia
This woman from Amherst, Massachusetts who wrote more than 1,700 poems was featur"ED" on a U.S. stamp in 1971
Emily Dickinson
The unexplained explosion of this ship in Havana's harbor in 1898 led to war
The Maine
A very large person who seems quite passive & mild
Gentle Giant
On an alphabetical list of nations in English, this Balkan nation comes immediately before Burkina Faso
Bulgaria
(DD) Patrick Henry said his opposition to this 1765 act began resistance to taxation & led to the revolution & you're welcome
Stamp Act
This woman wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin in 1852
Harriet Beecher Stowe
The "bombardier" type of this alliterative insect gets its name because it blasts its enemies with an explosive puff of hot liquid
Beetle
Laid back dude who's always hanging out at or near the seashore
Beach Bum
Easter Island is a province of this country
Chile
In 1691 Massachusetts was granted a new charter & this grape-laden island was annexed to it
Martha's Vineyard
This woman write To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
After one of his factories exploded in 1864, this dynamite inventor was forbidden to rebuild it. Very peaceful.
Alfred Nobel
Adjective for a mission just for scoping things out & gathering information
Fact Finding
Partly in Slovenia & Italy, the Istrian peninsula juts into this arm of the Mediterranean
The Adriatic
Sermons by Jonathan Edwards prompted a religious revival called the Great this
The Great Awakening
"Persepolis" by Marjane Satrapi is a memorable graphic novel about growing up in this Middle East country
Iran