This American culture icon, perhaps best known for playing Forrest Gump, got the virus when in Australia with his wife.
Tom Hanks
In 1819 the Adams-Onis Treaty made this river (with headwater near Leadville) a part of the frontier between the United States and Spanish Mexico until the annexation of Texas during the Mexican-American War in 1846.
Arkansas River
This mountain range separates Spain & France and is often featured in the Tour de France
The Pyrenees
This Italian man is considered the father of modern physics and was born in Tuscany.
Galileo Galilei
This Austrian actor posthumously won Best Supporting Actor at the Oscars after portraying Batman's adversary in what is considered one of the best superhero movies of all time.
Heath Ledger
Currently the number one tennis player in the world, this star got the virus when hosting charity match.
Novak Djokovic
Choosing or bust in Nov. 1806 Ol' Zebulon made it partway up but didn't summit this featured later named for him
Pikes Peak
Once the seat of the Holy Roman Empire it's now the capital of Austria
Vienna
This Italian born American mobster was deported to Italy and slipped back to this Caribbean island to run his U.S. operations. He is best known for forming the national crime syndicate.
Lucky Luciano
This fictional character from the Halloween series is a psychopath with some serious family issues.
Michael Myers
This former White House advisor and current chief anchor on ABC's 'Good Morning America' and 'This Week' found out he tested positive for antibodies, unaware he had the virus.
George Stephanopoulos
Toot toot! By the late 1930s this northwest Colorado town shipped itself out as Ski Town USA
Steamboat Springs
First settled by the French it's Canada's largest province in area
Quebec
Europeans ranked Italian men as the best seducers & this neighboring country's women as the most seductive
France
Played with cackling excellence by Ian McDiarmid this leader of the galactic empire returned from the dead in Star Wars: Episode IX
Emperor Palpatine
This Italian Opera singer broke a YouTube record when signing on Easter Sunday in front of the Duomo di Milano for Covid relief. The video was watched by 28 million people in the video's first 24 hours
Andrea Bocelli
This massive peak is the highest point in the state, at an astounding 14,359 feet.
Mt. Elbert
A popular Caribbean destination is the paired island groups of Turks & this
Caicos
The Boston Post won in 1921 for its exposure of the scheme of this Italian con man
Charles Ponzi
We wouldn't blame this Wizard of Oz villain if she had a severe case of hydrophobia
The Wicked Witch of the West
This tony award winning actor currently plays Abe Weisssman, the father of the title character, in Amazon's hit 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel'
Tony Shalhoub
This purple and white flower is the official Colorado state flower. The blossom’s unique shape makes it well equipped to attract long-tongued nectar feeders, namely moths and hummingbirds.
Colorado Columbine
Rising in the Valdai Hills northwest of Moscow this is Europe's longest river
The Volga
He was the last king of Sardinia & the first king of Italy
Victor Emmanuel
This serial killer made Elm Street a nightmare
Fred Kruger