World Religion
A Christian doctrine says that humans are born in this 2-word fallen state
What is original sin?
Mescalero Apaches refer to this big predator as "my grandfather" & forbid bringing its claws or skins onto their reservation
What are bears?
Crop scientist M.S. Swaminathan helped end famine in this country & was known as the father of its green revolution
What is India?
A container like the Igloo Party Bar (6 letters)
What is a cooler?
This peninsular nation is surrounded by 4 seas, including the Ligurian & the Tyrrhenian
What is Italy?
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In Hinduism, it's the law of cause & effect by which one's actions influence one's present & future lives
What is karma?
The people of Red Mountain are battling to protect their Nev. homeland at Thacker Pass from an open-pit mine for this battery element
What is lithium?
Gavin Newsom appointed Laphonza Butler to take this woman's seat in the U.S. Senate after her death at age 90
Who is Dianne Feinstein?
Ohio hoopster or offhand attitude (8 letters)
What is Cavalier?
There are 19 active volcanoes in this sea, including ones on Saba & Montserrat
What is the Carribean Sea?
The name of this religion means "way of the gods", or kami
What is Shinto?
For 1968 actions at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, in 2022 Dwight Birdwell became the most recent of the 33 recipients of this
What is the Medal of Honor?
Ernie Barnes' 1976 painting "The Sugar Shack" was used in the credits of this dyn-o-mite '70s sitcom
What is Good Times?
A merchant of Gouda (12 letters)
What is a cheesemonger?
The Gulf of Finland, bordered by Finland, Russia & Estonia, is an arm of this sea
What is the Baltic Sea?
Perun was the thunder god of the ancient Slavs, Perundan was this day of the week
What is Thursday?
Mohawk "Skywalkers" helped build much of Manhattan's skyline & this bridge to Fort Lee, New Jersey
What is the George Washington Bridge?
CUT is the Beverly Hills steakhouse of this celebrity chef seen here
Who is Wolfgang Puck?
An official rebuke in Congress (7 letters)
What is a censure?
Travel southwest from this country across the Sulu Sea & you'll hit Malaysia
In Judaism the high holy days begin with this 2-day observance & end with Yom Kippur
What is Rosh Hashanah?
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Thunderbird Park in Victoria, B.C. is renowned for its collection of these monumental carvings, some more than 40 feet high
What are totem poles?
She first gained fame for her Vietnam Veterans Memorial; more recently she designed New York City's Museum of Chinese in America
Who is Maya Lin?
A squid or nautilus (10 letters)
What is a cephalapod?
Both the cute critter & a sea off Antarctica have this 7-letter name, after a British explorer
Who is Weddell?