I'LL GO MINE
I'll go mine some mica in this type of big open pit
a quarry
The Olympics were reborn on April 6, 1896 with 14 national teams made up of 241 men & this many women
0
Spread jam (& whipped cream, too, if you like) on a cake, curl it up & you've got this old-fashioned favorite
a jelly roll
A 1,000th anniversary
millennium
Like a child's drawing, the flag of Uruguay has this in the upper left-hand corner
a sun
To act in "Nobody Hears a Broken Drum", dealing with the Molly Maguires, I'll go mine this to get in character
coal
Becoming the 1st Olympic champion since the 4th C. was a hop, step & jump for American James Connolly in this field event
the triple jump
The name of this custardy dessert means "burnt cream"
crème brulee
Type of photo finish
matte
The mulita is a small Uruguayan type of this armored animal that's susceptible to becoming roadkill
an armadillo
I'll go mine this, symbol Sn, if I can find some; it's only .001 percent of the Earth's crust
Tin
As in 2004, in 1896 Panathenaic Stadium had the finish of this, won back then by national hero Spiridon Louis
the marathon
This Pennsylvania Dutch dessert made with brown sugar & molasses is partnered with apple pan dowdy in a classic song
shoo-fly pie
Pipe smoker's mineral
meerschaum
Some rural people speak Portunol, a mix of these 2 languages of Uruguay's neighbors
Spanish and Portuguese
I'll go mine sapphires in Sri Lanka, because I need the type whose optical effect gives it this name
star sapphires
Thomas Burke of the U.S. won this Olympic event in 1896 with a time of 12.0 seconds; the winning time in 2004 was 9.85
the 100 meter dash
In France this holiday cake is called buche de Noel
Yule Log (Christmas Log)
Tenon's woodworking partner
Mortise
Nueva Helvecia is a town founded by colonists from this country to which Uruguay is sometimes compared
Switzerland
To save money on a ring, I'll go mine this form of carbon seen here and make a synthetic diamond
graphite
This Frenchman who revived the Games opposed a Greek proposal to make Athens their permanent site
Baron Pierre de Couberlin
This Italian dessert consists of egg yolks, wine & sugar whisked together
zabaglione
Salamander also known as a water dog
mudpuppy
The capital of Uruguay
Montevideo