EUROPEAN HISTORY
Like many cities, this capital of Poland was almost completely destroyed during World War II
Warsaw
In 2000 Ralph Nader received nearly 3 million presidential votes for this colorful party
the Green Party
Remove "T" from a piece of dining room furniture & you get this word meaning competent
able
As a knight-errant Don Quixote attacks what he says are giants but in fact are these
windmills
A neutron has approximately the same mass as this other type of subatomic particle
a proton
Pliny the Elder was among those who perished following the catastrophic eruption of this in 79 A.D.
Mount Vesuvius
Historians paired this word with "Republican" in the name of an 18th & 19th century American party
Democratic
Take "T" off a word meaning to cut & you get this edge of a crater
rim
Idioms abound in "Don Quixote", like "The haves & the have nots" & the rich being born with one of these "in his mouth"
a silver spoon
Of the 3 basic states of matter, this one has particles with the least kinetic energy
solid
Beginning in 1455, the Wars of the Roses pitted the house of Lancaster against this royal house for the English throne
York
DAILY DOUBLE
William Howard Taft
Remove "T" from a hiking path & you get this horizontal bar
rail
Dreaming the impossible dream, this Broadway show about Don Quixote won the 1966 Tony Award for Best Musical
Man of La Mancha
DAILY DOUBLE
Shortly before his death in 1524, this explorer was appointed Viceroy of Portuguese India
Vasco da Gama
In 2016 this party got Gary Johnson on ballots in all 50 states, the first time for a third party since 1996
Libertarian
Get rid of the "T" in the regular rises & falls of the oceans & you get this day in a Roman month
the ides
In "Don Quixote", this squire tells his donkey Dapple, "With bread all sorrows are less"
Sancho Panza
In a flame test, this element--atomic number 11--burns yellow; it's also often the basis of the yellow color in fireworks
sodium
In ancient Athens Solon's code of laws replaced the harsher one, said to be written in blood, by this lawgiver
Draco
The Objectivist Party seeks to promote the political philosophy of this female novelist who died in 1982
Ayn Rand
Detach "T" from an edible fungus & you get this ornamental frill on a garment
ruffle
Don Quixote dedicates his deeds of valor to Aldonza, a peasant girl he calls this
Dulcinea
Known to early chemists as "oil of vitriol", this corrosive, colorless acid is found in car batteries
sulfuric