Big Stuff
This continent covers about 30% of the world's land area & has about 60% 0f its people
What is Asia?
The African bush species of this is the largest land mammal in the world
What is the elephant?
586 B.C.: Nebuchadnezzar burns this city's first temple
What is Jerusalem?
Running back Jackson or actress Derek
What is Bo?
"Pelican" (1992)
Who is John Grisham?
The USA's longest thermometer stretches 134 feet high, matching the record 134 degrees set in this California location
What is Death Valley?
In the names of cat breeds, this color follows "British" & Russian"
What is blue?
1871: the "Great Fire" of this Illinois City starts in a barn on De Koven Street
What is Chicago?
When functioning properly, "all systems are" this, meaning ready
What is go?
"Sematary" (1983)
Who is Stephen King?
This huge museum made up of 5 buildings, including the Czars' winter palace, became public property after 1917
What is the Hermitage?
Of teeth, nails, or beaks, the one turtles don't have
What are teeth?
1613: fire burns this city's Globe Theatre
What is London?
It flows 405 miles to the Adriatic
What is the PO?
"Jurassic" (1990)
Who is Michael Crichton?
Oklahoma's WinStar World this establishment has 500,000 square feet & 88 tables
What is a casino?
A 7-letter word for a dog of mixed or indeterminate ancestry
What is mongrel?
Circa 50 B.C.: This Egyptian city's library is torched (by Julius Caesar, some say)
What is Alexandria?
In a Kipling work, it comes between "Just" & "Stories"
What is So?
"Moreau" (1896)
Who is H.G. Wells?
2024 is the target date to complete the Square Kilometer Array, which will be the world's largest of these
What is a telescope?
At 18 feet in height, this tallest mammal could easily peek in a second-story window
What is a giraffe?
1871: the Hotel De Ville in this city is burned during the commune
What is Paris?
The innermost of Jupiter's 4 Galilean moons
Io
"Augie" (1953)
Who is Saul Bellow?