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Him, him, sis boom bah, him being this Egyptian sun god who also took some time to, you know, create everything |
(Kevin: Who is Isis?)
Ra
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On May 1 Uruguay celebrates Dia de los Trabajadores, which corresponds to this September holiday in the USA |
[Rachel selected the first clue.]
Labor Day
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"I am he as you are he as you are me" is the first line of this Beatles song |
"I Am The Walrus"
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(I'm Tricia Macke of Fox19 NOW.) The ribs of the Montgomery Inn are a Cincinnati-area tradition; in 2013 this then Speaker of the House sent some to President Obama for his birthday |
(John) Boehner
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U.S. forces along with the Cubans wrested control of this bay from the Spanish in June 1898; we've been there ever since |
Guantánamo
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Be master of your this 6-letter term, another word for realm |
domain
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To this people war & sun god Huitzilopochtli was the brother of Quetzalcoatl |
the Aztec
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Each August, Wales holds the World Championships of Snorkeling in this 3-letter type of place |
a bog
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A 2015 documentary about David Prowse, the actor who played Darth Vader, has this 4-word title |
I Am Your Father
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(Hi, I'm Jerry Henderson from WTOL 11.) One of minor league baseball's best-known teams, the Mud Hens of this Ohio city, got their unusual nickname in 1896 from the duck-like birds in a nearby marsh |
(Kevin: What's Columbus?)
Toledo
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While Teddy Roosevelt did indeed saddle up in Cuba, most of this group of men under his charge fought on foot |
the Rough Riders
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A member of a specially trained military unit used for surprise hit-&-run raids |
a commando
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The name of this Norse sun goddess & sister of Mani, the moon, is also Spanish for "sun" |
Sol
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Each year on Easter, Manhattan's Fifth Avenue is host to a festival honoring these head coverings |
(Rachel: Um... I can picture them, but I can't come up with the word.) ... (Alex: "In your Easter [*].")
bonnets
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"My mother was worried about me, but the Taliban had never come for a girl", says the memoir "I Am" her |
Malala
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(Hi, I'm Chris Tanaka from Cleveland 19.) In Cleveland you can visit the house where Ralphie & his family lived in this perennial holiday film favorite & even buy a decoder pin in the gift shop |
A Christmas Story
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Around 3,000 Americans lost their lives in the war, most to typhoid & this fever rather than combat |
yellow fever
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Title for a Muslim religious leader |
imam
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Gnowee lights & climbs the sky in search of her son, lost in the dark, as a goddess of this Australian people |
the Aborigines
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The British palace called this Court puts on the world's biggest flower show, with a soccer-field-sized floral marquee |
Hampton
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In a 1960 film Kirk Douglas & Tony Curtis stand & Tony declares, "I'm" him |
Spartacus
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When the U.S. captured this Pacific island, the Spanish Marines stationed there were unaware they were at war |
Guam
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This metallic element is paired with nickel in a type of battery |
cadmium
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Ekhi is a personification of the sun of this people of the Spanish Pyrenees |
the Basques
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A holiday in Puerto Rico commemorating the visit of the Magi isn't Three Magi Day but Three this Day |
Kings
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This classic young adult novel by Robert Cormier gets its title from an allusion to the song "The Farmer in the Dell" |
(Kevin: What's Hi-Ho, the Derry-O?)
I Am the Cheese
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(Hi, I'm Mike Davis from 10TV.) The topiary park in Columbus is best known for a piece based on "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte" by this French painter |
(Georges) Seurat
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In 1898 William Day gave up this Cabinet post to John Hay & went with Senator George Gray to negotiate a treaty |
Secretary of State
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This word from the Latin means a small amount & often precedes "of decorum" |
modicum
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