MICHELLE OBAMA'S AMERICAN GROWN |
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(Michelle Obama delivers the clue.) As a reminder of a balanced diet, the icon called my pyramid has been replaced by a new icon called mi plato, or this in English |
my plate
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Cardinal Richelieu was the first to use this Paris fortress as a state prison |
the Bastille
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To give up the throne |
abdicate
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San Diego MLB |
[Alex reads "MLB" in the clue as "Major League Baseball".]
the Padres
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On this state! Specifically, on this state's northeastern border, it's Michigan's Upper Peninsula! |
Wisconsin
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(Michelle Obama delivers the clue.) In December 2010 at an elementary school, I attended the signing of a law funding & improving the nutrition of food served through a 64-year-old program named for this daily meal |
lunch
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The cargo of the Beaver, Eleanor & Dartmouth got dumped in this December 1773 incident |
the Boston Tea Party
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A not so nice collection of pus caused by infection |
an abscess
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Kansas City, NFL |
the Chiefs
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Hannah's leaving Montana heading east into this state that borders Canada |
North Dakota
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(Michelle Obama delivers the clue.) Community gardens like those at the White House allow children to plant & harvest fresh fruits & veggies. In 2009 a formal farm to school initiative was established by this Cabinet department |
(Evan: What is the Department of Education?) (Rob: What is the FDA?)
the Department of Agriculture
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Marigalante was another name for this 1492 flagship |
the Santa Maria
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Military term for a 180 |
an about face
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Oklahoma City, NBA |
the Thunder
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Heading over Delaware's southern border? See you in this state |
(Rob: What is Pennsylvania?)
Maryland
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(MIchelle Obama delivers the clue.) Vegetables with benefits you might not know about include this one with an orange interior sometimes confused with a yam. It has more fiber than oatmeal, four times your RDA of beta-kerotine, and happens to be the favorite of the leader of the Free World |
a sweet potato
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Nickname of the 1900 rebellion to expel foreigners from China |
the Boxer Rebellion
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Servile or wretched, like poverty |
(Alex: [*] poverty, right.)
abject
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Los Angeles, MLS |
[Alex reads "MLS" in the clue as "Major League Soccer".]
the Galaxy
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By the time you get to Phoenix, & then go over Arizona's northern border to this state, you've driven a long way |
(Evan: What is Nevada?) [Originally ruled incorrect, reversed during interviews at first break because "there's a little part of Arizona that, uh, touches on a state other than Utah".]
Utah (Nevada accepted)
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(Michelle Obama delivers the clue.) In May 2011 I gave seeds & plants from Monticello, Mount Vernon & the White House in addition to White House honey to this Prince of Wales & fellow gardening enthusiast |
Prince Charles
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Sesquicentennial |
(Evan: What is 50?)
150
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This king who put his seal on a historic 13th Century document was known as Lackland |
King John I
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A summary of a document or text |
an abridgment (or an abstract)
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Vancouver, NHL |
[Alex reads "NHL" in the clue as "National Hockey League".]
the Canucks
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A majority of Wyoming's western border is with this state |
(Rob: What is Oregon?)
Idaho
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