This Hawaiian island had a Honolulu of a hot year in 2019; attention, shoppers at Waimalu Plaza, it hit 107 one day
Oahu
Early in the 20th century, New York City was being recognized by this nickname; later, tourists were told to take a bite of it
the Big Apple
In 1492 Columbus was actually trying to reach this continent--thus the name "West Indies" for the places where he landed
Asia
The mittens this Vermont senator wore to President Biden's inauguration became an internet sensation
Bernie Sanders
Severus Snape is the "Defense Against the Dark Arts" teacher at this school that Harry Potter attends
Hogwarts
This largest tropical rain forest can average well over 100 inches of rain each year
the Amazon
OBITUARIES
On this famed Yankees catcher's death in 2015, his New York Times obit said he "built his stardom 90 percent on skill and half on wit"
On the map, Italy looks like it's giving the boot to this Mediterranean island, which was kicking around at 120 degrees in 2021
Sicily
Filling in for someone who is known for doing a really good job? Well, idiomatically, you've got these "to fill"
big shoes
Percy Fawcett, who disappeared searching for a lost jungle city in the 1920s, is often called "the real life" this movie character
Indiana Jones
In 1987 she originated one of her iconic roles as the witch in the Broadway production of "Into the Woods"
Bernadette Peters
Peter Pevensie is one of the children who come to reign over this land created by C.S. Lewis
Narnia
Drivers can thank Mary Anderson for creating an early form of this, moved by a handle from inside a streetcar to clear rain
a windshield wiper
On this famed Yankees catcher's death in 2015, his New York Times obit said he "built his stardom 90 percent on skill and half on wit"
Yogi Berra
Playing all the hits of 2020, it's hot 102.7 in Veguitas in this Caribbean country about 90 miles south of Florida
Cuba
Step right up, ladies & gents; from acrobats to clown cars, we've got it all inside this structure
the big top
Ponce de Leon was looking for an island said to be the site of this rejuvenating spring but found Florida--how's that irony?
The Fountain of Youth
Terry Kiser played the titular corpse in this 1989 comedy that also starred Andrew McCarthy & Jonathan Silverman
Weekend at Bernie's
Tiny Tim is a sickly boy in this Dickens classic with an alliterative title
A Christmas Carol
The title number in "Singin' in the Rain" was shot in summer in Culver City when water was in high demand & this star was ill
Gene Kelly
In September 2020 it was a toasty 110 in this one of California's Channel Islands with Avalon as its only city
Catalina
Christian Bale & Steve Carell were in this 2015 Adam McKay movie that detailed the craziness of the 2008 financial crisis
The Big Short
"I presume" you know the name of this Doctor who went missing exploring in Africa; a search party found him in 1871
Dr. Livingstone
He died in 2021 while serving 150 years for running the largest Ponzi scheme in history, with paper losses of $64.8 billion
Bernie Madoff
He's the evil dictator who's "watching you" in "1984"
Big Brother
On Titan, this ringed planet's largest moon, it rains methane
Saturn
92 at Kilkenny Castle in 1887 was long considered the hottest temperature in this island nation
Ireland
In a 1901 speech regarding U.S. foreign policy, Teddy Roosevelt advised, "Speak softly and carry" this
a big stick
This Italian was looking for a sea route to the Pacific when he found some New York "narrows"; ah well, he got a bridge named for him
Verrazzano
In 1858 the future St. Bernadette went to a grotto & had visions that turned this French town into a pilgrimage center
Lourdes
Billy Bibbit & Charles Cheswick are fellow inmates with Randle McMurphy in this Ken Kesey novel set in a mental hospital
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Net
In the King James Bible, "the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah" these 2 things
fire & brimstone