Wisconsin
This nickname for Wisconsin folks goes back to lead miners who lived in holes in the ground or hillsides
Who are Badgers?
1902: This organization is founded in Chicago to promote safe roads; it still helps drivers today
What is AAA?
A Japanese-style grill (7)
What is a hibachi?
Under the Hernando De Soto Bridge in Memphis:
this river
What is the Mississippi?
Over 4,500 years old, a seated lyre player from the Cyclades is an early treasure of this country's art
What is Greece?
America's first one of these classes for youngsters opened its doors in Watertown in 1856
What is a kindergarten?
1789: This document goes into effect
What is the Constitution?
A plant eater (9)
What is a herbivore?
Beneath the Bay Bridge in Maryland:
this bay
What is the Chesapeake Bay?
Vermeer's "Music Lesson" shows a chaste young lady at the keyboard instrument fittingly called this
What is a virginal
Wisconsin borders these 2 Great Lakes
What are Superior and Michigan
1845: He is inaugurated as the 11th president
Who was James Knox Polk?
A fraud or fake (4)
What is hoax?
Under the Petofi Bridge in Budapest:
this river
What is the Danube?
This pianist & composer was painted by Delacroix in the 1830s, the decade when he became a force in Paris
Who was Frédéric Chopin?
Surprisingly, these Wisconsin islands have names like Sand, Raspberry & Oak instead of Judas, Andrew & Peter
What are the Apostles?
1933: 5 years before the Anschluss, Prime Minister Dollfuss dissolves this nation's parliament
What is Austria?
A pagan (7)
What is a heathen?
Beneath the Rialto Bridge in Venice:
this busy waterway
What is the Grand Canal?
Pictures by artist Victor Hartmann inspired Mussorgsky's "Pictures at" one of these
What is an Exhibition?
You can polish off this clue if you know that Frank Lloyd Wright designed the HQ for this company in Racine
What is Johnson Wax
1887: When Benz is still a competitor, this man unveils his first car
Who is (Gottlieb) Daimler?
Excessive arrogance or pride (6)
What is hubris
Beneath the Vasco da Gama Bridge in Lisbon:
this river
What is the Tagus?
He is said to have founded the cubist movement
Who is Picasso?