Coup-ful
No coups d'etat in Little Rock -- in 2016 this state voted to allow the governor to retain power while out of state
Arkansas
"Boom Boom Pow" by this "leguminous" group satisfied onomatopoeic musical cravings in 2009
the Black Eyed Peas
The Burning of Washington refers to the British invasion of Washington D.C. during which conflict?
The War of 1812
DHMO, or di-this monoxide, is a jocular way to say "water"
hydrogen
Not satisfied working with the Underground Railroad, abolitionist John Brown was incited to action in May 1856 by the beating of anti-slavery senator Charles Sumner with what object on the Senate floor?
a cane
This city has seen over 160 coups & revolutions since 1825 though its name means "the peace"
La Paz
"Girls hit your hallelujah" for this 2015 collaboration between Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars
Uptown Funk
This president and his government & military officials fled Washington before the British arrived
James Madison
"How Bright Was the Big Bang?" is an article from the AJP, the American Journal of this
Physics
Later that month, a pro-slavery mob attacked the town of Lawrence, in what "Bleeding" state?
Kansas
Military coups often occurred in this country until Hafez al-Assad came to power in 1970
Syria
Not the similarly named video app, this song made it to the top in 2010 for Ke$ha
Tik Tok
Pres. Madison's personal slave, Paul Jennings, later wrote that First Lady Dolley Madison was not actually able to remove the portrait of this former president prior to evacuating, but it was saved by workers
George Washington
At NASA, EOM means end of this -- time for a cold one!
Mission
Brown and others retaliated by murdering pro-slavery locals with this weapon, which you'd expect in "Braveheart" or "Highlander", but not "Gettysburg"
broadswords
In 1980 Luis Garcia Meza took power in this landlocked South American country that's had more than 180 coups in its history
Bolivia
WHAM! took the top spot in 1985 with "Careless Whisper"; 3 years later this singer had "Faith"
George Michael
The British set fire to the U.S. Capitol, which housed which two federal high branches of government?
Congress and the Supreme Court
LED is short for this emitting diode
light
John Brown's rebellion to liberate Virginia from its pro-slavery leaders began, and ended, at this location in Virginia
Harper's Ferry
The Argentinean Military coups with delight as it overthrows this widow of Juan Peron (though she didn't get a musical)
Isabel
(the first woman to have the title "President" of any country)
"All the boys they say que soy buena" when they hear this tune, tops from 1996
Macarena
The fires set by the British were eventually stymied by what unexpected event?
a storm (possibly a hurricane)
fun fact - a tornado developed and lifted cannons from their sites
As a measurement of volume, CCs are these
cubic centimeters
John Brown survived, but was the first American found guilty of this, which is defined under 18 U.S. Code ยง 2381 as:
"Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere..."
treason