Country Drop a Letter
When a big Asian country loses its last vowel it becomes this body part
Chin (China)
Written by Elliott Roosevelt Murder in this room features his mom Eleanor solving a homicide in the White House
The Oval Office
Her grandson said she suggested the use of a 5-pointed star on the flag vs. George Washington's chosen 6-pointer
Betsy Ross
This NYC building makes more money from ticket sales for its observation decks than it does from renting office space
The Empire State Building
A Nordic country loses its first letter & becomes this area away from the coast
Inland (Finland)
Title of Charles Berlitz' 1974 bestseller about the ships & planes that have vanished in an area of the Atlantic
The Bermuda Triangle
She got her JD degree from Yale Law in 1979 and eventually became the first Hispanic and Latina member of the Supreme Court
Sonia Sotomayor
From 1949 - 1952, this famous Washington, DC landmark was completely gutted and rebuilt with concrete and steel beams in place of its original wooden joists
The White House
Drop the fourth letter from an Iberian country & you get this general term for a distance
Span (Spain)
In a children's classic by George Selden Harry the Cat befriends Chester The Cricket in this NYC location
Times Square
Let's tell of her & nothing but her--she was born a slave in the 1790s & once freed sold a book of her narrative
Sojourner Truth
This Great Depression era gangster was viewed positively by the public because when he robbed banks, he would destroy mortgage documents and free many citizens of their debts
Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd
Subtract a letter from a 4-letter African country & you get this man who behaves badly especially to women
Cad (Chad)
It's the 2-word title of a memoir by Shirley Temple Black who was perhaps the most famous one ever
The Child Star
This daughter of Ferdinand & Isabella was Henry VIII's first wife
Catherine of Aragon
The world's largest one of these has over 80 rooms, 10 floors, and took over 14 years to build - quite a second home
Treehouse
When a Mediterranean isle loses its last letter it becomes this soda fountain drink
Malt (Malta)
This Dave Eggers novel about an uber-powerful Internet company that links everything became a Tom Hanks film
The Circle
Time Magazine named Corazon Aquino the first female president of this nation 1986's woman of the year
The Philippines
While the number 4 is considered to be unlucky in Chinese culture because it sounds like the word for death, this number is considered lucky by many Chinese buyers because it sounds like the word for prosperous
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