American History
This service academy opened July 4, 1802 with arrival of 1st 10 cadets.
What is West Point?
Argentina calls them "Las Islas Malvinas"; Britain calls them this.
What are the Falkland Islands?
The highest USDA grade of lamb, veal & beef.
What is prime?
Within the U.S., you can no longer send letters air mail, which has now been merged with this class.
What is first class?
Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are popularly nicknamed this.
Who are the Mormons?
Col. John Nixon read this publicly for 1st time on July 8, 1776.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Since 1974, this island has been divided into Greek & Turkish sections.
What is Cyprus?
To New Yorkers, it's a blend of milk, seltzer, & Fox's U-Bet, a chocolate syrup.
What is an egg cream?
When unloaded & disassembled, this firearm is mailable, though pistols & revolvers usually are not.
What is a rifle?
As Latin is to Roman Catholicism, this language is to Islam.
What is Arabic?
Over the veto of W. Wilson, Congress passed the Volstead Act which enforced this amendment.
What is the 18th Amendment?
In 1975, the world's 4th-largest island changed its name from Malagasy Republic back to this.
What is Madagascar?
A relative of rhubarb, not a true wheat, it can be used to make kasha & pancakes.
What is buckwheat?
Though its sued for a message sent by wire to a post office, it is delivered to the addressee the next day.
What is mailgram?
Oldest surviving religion to teach belief in just one god.
What is Judaism?
Completed in 1825, this waterway was only 4 feet deep.
What is the Erie Canal?
Indonesia's most populous island, it shares a name with another word for a cup of joe.
What is Java?
In candy making, a soft or hard ball is formed when the syrup is dropped into this.
What is cold water?
The reuse of these is punishable by a fine and/or imprisonment.
What is a stamp?
Female subject of the Catholic doctrine of the Immaculate Conception.
Who is Mary?
Some speculate the election of this "Great Compromiser" as President could have prevented civil war.
Who is Henry Clay?
While the Philippines has over 7000 islands, half the people live on this 1.
What is Luzon?
Collecting a string of these pickled "gems" may get you pickled yourself.
What are pearl onions?
The meaning of the "ZIP" in ZIP code.
What is zone improvement plan?
About 8 million gods are worshiped in this Japanese religion.
What is Shintoism?