|
|
|
|
A HANSEATIC LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN |
|
|
|
In 2012 a Mitt Romney aide got in trouble for comparing a campaign to this drawing toy |
|
|
The Leonardo work seen here is known as "The Madonna of" this flower, a symbol of healing... & proms |
|
|
Barnum & Bailey elephant whose name is also found before "jet" |
|
|
Malians welcome visitors with tea that contains, as the embassy says, "plenty of" this --a lot more than "a spoonful of" it |
|
|
The Hanseatic League fostered safe navigation by training pilots & building many of these structures along the coasts |
|
|
Tom gave an Oscar-winning performance as a lawyer with AIDS in this 1993 drama |
|
|
In 1943 Richard James worked on a set of springs to stabilize items in rough seas; that became this toy in 1945 |
|
|
|
2-word maternal term for a big supply of ore |
|
|
Until 1994 this was the only language taught in Malian schools |
|
|
|
Tom Hanks gave voice to characters named this in 3 "Toy Story" films & 1 "Cars" movie |
|
|
Based in Denmark, this company has been built block by block since its 1932 founding |
|
|
|
Meaning "omnipresent", it's the name of a big movie studio |
|
|
In Mali in the '70s Father Verspieren pioneered a fix for drought--pumps powered by this, a resource Mali has plenty of |
|
|
The league had no governing body but had assemblies called these; the Holy Roman Empire held one in Worms |
|
|
Executive producer Hanks gave us this 2010 miniseries about Marines in WWII, with episodes set in Iwo Jima & Okinawa |
|
|
Founded in 1948, this company got its name from the sound a slingshot projectile made when hitting a target |
|
|
The 1505 mural "The Battle of Anghiari" was painted to honor a military victory of the government of this city |
|
|
Isaiah says, "the Lord...shall punish" this sea monster |
|
|
Nere & Kapioka are local names for these; you see fewer of them in northern Mali, toward the Sahara |
|
|
This fish was big business for the league; I enjoy the matjes type, myself |
|
|
Tom Hanks is the FBI agent who gives chase to con man Leonardo DiCaprio in this romp with a taunting title |
|
|
The Electric Express was the first model train from this company founded in 1900 |
|
|
|
This word meaning massive or slow-moving starts with a verb meaning "to think" |
|
|
Caravans carry salt from Taoudenni to this fabled trading city to be exchanged for other goods |
|
|
The decline of the Hanseatic League was in part due to this devastating war that lasted from 1618 to 1648 |
|
|
Tom Hanks gives his family a good life by being an enforcer for Paul Newman's Chicago mob in this 2002 film |
|