West of the Mississippi
Just eight presidents were born west of the Mississippi River. Of these eight this president was born closest to the Mississippi River.
Bill Clinton
This 5 letter word is a cake dessert that gets its name from the pan that it is baked in, not to be confused for this sacrifice play is baseball.
Bundt
Tarte, Treat, Tetra
Anagram
2007: Patton Oswalt voices Remy who cooks this titular peasant dish to impress Paris' harshest food critic. Name 3 of its main vegetable ingredients.
Tomato, Eggplant, Zucchini, Squash, Pepper
Mark Twain once said: “The two most interesting characters of the 19th century are Napoleon and THIS PERSON”. She was the author of Out of the Dark, Light in My Darkness and 12 other books on topics including women’s suffrage, labor rights, and socialism.
Helen Keller
This president was born furthest from the Mississippi River.
Barack Obama
Commonly eaten in New Orleans as a breakfast food served with powdered sugar on top, this 7 letter word is a type of fritter, or deep-fried pastry.
Beignet
Samuel Morse created the first one of these in 1844
Telegram
2006: This best picture nominee featured a Volkswagen T2 Microbus and a young man who has taken a vow of silence in honor of Friedrich Nietzsche.
Little Miss Sunshine
The closest US State to africa
This is the longest US river west of the Mississippi River
The Missouri River
This 11 letter term is an attack by artillery fire or by dropping bombs from aircraft. It is also used as another name for dodgeball.
Bombardment
Derived from a Greek word meaning "to write on, to inscribe", this is a brief, interesting, memorable, and sometimes surprising or satirical statement
1930: This best picture winner is based on Erich Maria Remarque's anti-war novel of the same name.
All Quiet on the Western Front
Harry S Truman's parents couldn't decide whether to give them the middle name Shipp, after his paternal grandfather or Solomon, after his maternal grandfather. They decided on this
S
Phoenix and Austin
Archimedes' principle states that the upward "this 7 letter word" force that is exerted on a body immersed in a fluid is equal to the weight of the fluid that the body displaces.
Bouyant Force
A four-sided plane figure with opposite sides parallel.
Parallelogram
Capote is a 2005 best picture nominee wherein Philip Seymour Hoffman portrays Truman Capote as he writes this, his most prominent work of non-fiction.
In Cold Blood
The Grambling State Marching Band holds this distinguished music record dating back to 1967.
Most times hosting the Superbowl Halftime Show
This was the 48th state admitted to the union.
Arizona
This 11 letter word is a term used in international law to indicate the status of two or more entities, generally sovereign states, being engaged in a war.
Belligerent
A written work that intentionally omits a certain letter.
Lipogram
2021: Judas and the Black Messiah covers the life and assassination of this chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party
Fred Hampton
Homophones are words that sound the same, but aren't spelled the same. These are words that are spelled the same, but don't sound the same.
Homograph