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$200 ||| TRENDING ||| In 2024 a 40-ounce quencher tumbler from this company seemed harder to get than the same-named NHL trophy
Stanley
$200 ||| MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ||| A modification of a Portuguese guitar, it became popular in Hawaii in the late 19th century
ukulele
$200 ||| EQUINE WORDS ||| 3-letter word meaning to hound with continued fault-finding
nag
$200 ||| AUTO PARTS 101 ||| When driving a pal’s treasured 1964 Pontiac GTO, go easy on this pedal that releases the crankshaft
the clutch
$200 ||| CRUISE LINES ||| As this character, Tom Cruise radioed the tower, “This is Ghost Rider requesting a flyby” but was told the pattern was full
Maverick
$200 ||| PORTS OF CALL ||| No stop at this Mexican port is complete without watching the cliff divers do their thing off La Quebrada
Acapulco
$400 ||| TRENDING ||| Oxford dictionaries once defined this 2-word event as when a group of strangers “perform a pointless act & then disperse”
a flash mob
$400 ||| MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ||| The double-action type of this instrument has 2 reeds tuned to the same note for extra fun when using the bellows
an accordion
$400 ||| EQUINE WORDS ||| The high version of this hairstyle was worn by Barbara Eden in “I Dream of Jeannie” & has been seen on Ariana Grande
a high ponytail
$400 ||| AUTO PARTS 101 ||| The star method is used to tighten these fasteners; follow each with the one diagonally opposite
lug nuts
$400 ||| CRUISE LINES ||| Client Rod Tidwell gets agent Jerry Maguire to say this 4-word phrase again & again, louder each time
show me the money
$400 ||| PORTS OF CALL ||| Cruises in this country will likely begin at the port city of Piraeus, just 7 miles from the capital
Greece
$600 ||| TRENDING ||| The manual for this robotic ’90s toy says, “You can feed me by inserting your fingertip into my mouth”
a Furby
$600 ||| MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ||| Ben Franklin made a “glass” type of this instrument, totally different from the “mouth organ” type
a harmonica
$600 ||| EQUINE WORDS ||| This equine term refers to an old veteran such as a politician or soldier who’s served a long time & has a lot of experience
a war horse
$600 ||| AUTO PARTS 101 ||| The belt that drives your alternator, water pump & other important components is known by this snaky adjective
serpentine
$600 ||| CRUISE LINES ||| In this comedy, Tom as studio exec Les Grossman dances to “Low” by Flo Rida & T-Pain & says, “This is… when the job gets fun”
Tropic Thunder
$600 ||| PORTS OF CALL ||| Many cruising to the Western Caribbean will set sail from this Texas city, the largest U.S. cruise port outside of Florida
Galveston
$800 ||| TRENDING ||| Co-founder Tom Anderson was your first friend on this social media platform; in 2005 he sold his company
Myspace
$800 ||| MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ||| The Greek for “wood” gives us the name of this instrument that’s struck with padded mallets
xylophone
$800 ||| EQUINE WORDS ||| These vertical pieces of wood, usually 2x4s, form the framework of an interior wall
a stud
$800 ||| AUTO PARTS 101 ||| It’s what Tesla calls the place you stick the charger into; Ford & GM have agreed to use Tesla charging tech in their EVs
the (charge) port
$800 ||| CRUISE LINES ||| “I am the world’s last barman poet”, Tom declaims in this film, “America’s getting stinking on something I stir or shake”
Cocktail
$800 ||| PORTS OF CALL ||| The light over this river’s estuary at Le Havre was one reason the city calls itself the cradle of Impressionism
the Seine River
$1000 ||| TRENDING ||| This 4-letter photo-editing app has given rise to a meme that describes a person with a specific fashion aesthetic
VSCO
DD ||| MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ||| Also known as an etherophone, this boxy electronic instrument was used by The Beach Boys
a theremin
$1000 ||| EQUINE WORDS ||| Asked by Herod what she wanted, the daughter of Herodias replied, “Give me here John Baptist’s head in” one of these platters
a charger
$1000 ||| AUTO PARTS 101 ||| A seal between 2 mechanisms, the “head” one seals the combustion part of an engine to allow oil & coolant to circulate properly
a gasket
$1000 ||| CRUISE LINES ||| Tom Cruise tells Max von Sydow in this flick, “If you don’t kill me, precogs were wrong & pre-crime is over”
Minority Report
$1000 ||| PORTS OF CALL ||| Once you arrive at this Jamaican port whose name means “8 rivers”, you can swim with dolphins or visit Margaritaville
Ocho Rios
$400 ||| DURING JAMES BUCHANAN’S PRESIDENCY ||| In January 1861 President Buchanan sent supplies & reinforcements to this fort, but the ship turned back when fired upon
Fort Sumter
$400 ||| ARCHITECTS ||| One of the masterminds behind the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 was Daniel Burnham of this Midwestern “School”
the Chicago School
$400 ||| WORLD LITERATURE ||| This French novelist’s 1843 swashbuckling book “Georges” follows a mixed-race adventurer who leads a slave rebellion
Dumas
$400 ||| MUSIC COLLABS ||| He had a collab with Miles Davis called “Can I Play With U?”, included on a “Sign o’ the Times” reissue
Prince
$400 ||| I’VE GOT A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU ||| A twisting injury can cause this type of bone fracture characterized by a helical break
a spiral fracture
$400 ||| THE 3 “R”s (Ken: The letter R will appear 3 times in each correct response.) ||| Types of this household tool include slotted, hex & Robertson
screwdriver
$800 ||| DURING JAMES BUCHANAN’S PRESIDENCY ||| In 1860 California mountain man John Adams, nicknamed this, died from a head wound suffered while wrestling one of his pet bears
Grizzly
$800 ||| ARCHITECTS ||| In the 1960s Black architect Paul Williams co-designed the Ira Aldridge Theater at this D.C. university
Howard
DD ||| WORLD LITERATURE ||| In this Hermann Hesse novel, Harry Haller reads a treatise about his dual inner self, caught between a man & a lupine creature
Steppenwolf
$800 ||| MUSIC COLLABS ||| This country singer collaborated with Leon Bridges on the song “If You Were Mine”
Miranda Lambert
$800 ||| I’VE GOT A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU ||| It’s the outer & narrower bone of the lower leg
the fibula
$800 ||| THE 3 “R”s (Ken: The letter R will appear 3 times in each correct response.) ||| Big laxative has made good use in its ads of this word for the problem its products treat
irregularity
DD ||| DURING JAMES BUCHANAN’S PRESIDENCY ||| On December 2, 1859 he rode to the gallows on his coffin & remarked, “This is a beautiful country”
John Brown
$1200 ||| ARCHITECTS ||| He saw himself as a trimtab, a small but powerful rudder, for humanity, & his tombstone says, “‘Call me Trimtab’-Bucky”
Fuller
$1200 ||| WORLD LITERATURE ||| Made into a Scorsese film with Andrew Garfield, this novel by Shusaku Endo follows 17th century Jesuit priests in Japan
Silence
$1200 ||| MUSIC COLLABS ||| In 1986 Run-DMC collabed with Aerosmith on a version of this song that VH1 called history making
“Walk This Way”
$1200 ||| I’VE GOT A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU ||| 2 regions of this bone are the manubrium, which joins with the first ribs, & the xiphoid process, which is just fun to say
the sternum
$1200 ||| THE 3 “R”s (Ken: The letter R will appear 3 times in each correct response.) ||| This type of pilot in the early days of aviation would travel the country giving stunt-flying exhibitions
barnstormer
$1600 ||| DURING JAMES BUCHANAN’S PRESIDENCY ||| New York City’s citizens, including 103 who gave $1,000 each, raised the funds to build this church; the cornerstone was laid in 1858
St. Patrick’s
$1600 ||| ARCHITECTS ||| With his impressive Duomo in Florence, he was called the architect who “renewed Roman masonry work”
Brunelleschi
$1600 ||| WORLD LITERATURE ||| In 1905 Henryk Sienkiewicz, author of this tale of ancient Rome, became the first Polish person to win a Nobel Prize in lit
Quo Vadis
$1600 ||| MUSIC COLLABS ||| 1990s hip-hop duo, Black Star, was a collaboration between Talib Kweli & this rapper, also known as Yasiin Bey
Mos Def
$1600 ||| I’VE GOT A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU ||| This bone extends from the scapula to the ulna
the humerus
$1600 ||| THE 3 “R”s (Ken: The letter R will appear 3 times in each correct response.) ||| Also a tropical cocktail, it’s a person who transports illegal liquor, no matter what type
a rumrunner
$2000 ||| DURING JAMES BUCHANAN’S PRESIDENCY ||| Regular mail across the continent began with this stage line & antonymically communication went under water via the transatlantic cable
the Overland Stage
$2000 ||| ARCHITECTS ||| During her Pritzker Prize acceptance speech, she said her secular & modern childhood in Iraq was an influence on her career
Hadid
$2000 ||| WORLD LITERATURE ||| This Chilean author of “The Savage Detectives” has gained wide fame in English translation since his early death in 2003
Roberto Bolaño
$2000 ||| MUSIC COLLABS ||| Billie Holiday & this sax player first linked up in 1934; soon enough they gave each other nicknames, Lady Day & Prez
Lester Young
$2000 ||| I’VE GOT A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU ||| Overproduction of the hormone somatotropin causes this form of gigantism marked by increased bone size
acromegaly
$2000 ||| THE 3 “R”s (Ken: The letter R will appear 3 times in each correct response.) ||| From the Latin for “earth” & meaning to make a planet suitable for human habitation, it dates back to a 1942 sci-fi story
terraforming
FJ ||| OLD WORDS ||| First appearing in an English dictionary in 1623, mesonoxian means pertaining to this word
midnight
$200 ||| LGBTQ+ WRITERS & THEIR WORKS ||| “Tomorrow Will Be Different” is by Sarah McBride, the first openly trans state senator from this state, known for being first
Delaware
$200 ||| HOP ON THE INTERSTATE ||| After visiting Michael Jackson’s family home in Gary, Ind., enjoy views of this Great Lake off I-94 East as you enter Benton Harbor
Lake Michigan
$200 ||| FREE FOR ALL ||| Monopoly once added a few house rules, including all fees & taxes stashed in the middle of the board are yours when you land on this spot
Free Parking
$200 ||| 2-WORD POP CULTURE ||| In the preface to “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” we learn that these calming words are on the front of the reference book
don’t panic
$200 ||| ALPHANUMERICS ||| A mix of tomatoes, oranges, garlic & more, this bills itself as “the perfect complement to burgers, steak, chicken…”
A.1.
$200 ||| DEFINITIONS FROM THE DEVIL’S DICTIONARY (Ken: And finally, the satirical work by Ambrose Bierce…) ||| Under C: “A familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man’s head”
a cabbage
$400 ||| LGBTQ+ WRITERS & THEIR WORKS ||| “The House of Hidden Meanings” is a 2024 memoir from this TV host & pop culture icon, both far from & totally a drag
RuPaul
$400 ||| HOP ON THE INTERSTATE ||| Put Kingman in your rear view, cruise I-40 & you’ll be in Standin’ on the Corner Park in this Arizona city in 3 hours
Winslow
$400 ||| FREE FOR ALL ||| The nonprofit Free Software Foundation promotes this hyphenated type of software that, by definition, can be modified & shared
open-source
$400 ||| 2-WORD POP CULTURE ||| This catchphrase of Ed McMahon was uttered with creepy efficiency in “The Shining”
Here’s Johnny
$400 ||| ALPHANUMERICS ||| The U.S. spent $100 billion to defend against this glitch that threatened to doom us all as 1999 ended
Y2K
$400 ||| DEFINITIONS FROM THE DEVIL’S DICTIONARY (Ken: And finally, the satirical work by Ambrose Bierce…) ||| Under H: “An agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another”
happiness
$600 ||| LGBTQ+ WRITERS & THEIR WORKS ||| This writer’s “test” on gender disparity in Hollywood movies began as “The Rule” in a 1985 comic strip
(Alison) Bechdel
DD ||| HOP ON THE INTERSTATE ||| Columbia is about midway between these 2 same-state Midwest cities that squared off in the I-70 World Series in 1985
Kansas City & St. Louis
$600 ||| FREE FOR ALL ||| R.E.M. titled a 1981 song for this broadcasting service that aimed to inform people under the grasp of the Soviets
Radio Free Europe
$600 ||| 2-WORD POP CULTURE ||| Barney on “How I Met Your Mother” often implored his friends with this command that superheroes might receive
suit up
$600 ||| ALPHANUMERICS ||| The first movie with this designation was “Henry & June” in 1990
NC-17
$600 ||| DEFINITIONS FROM THE DEVIL’S DICTIONARY (Ken: And finally, the satirical work by Ambrose Bierce…) ||| Under P: “A play in which the story is told without violence to the language”
a pantomime
$800 ||| LGBTQ+ WRITERS & THEIR WORKS ||| Oscar Wilde wrote 2 plays of “importance” but sadly, also a “Ballad” about this place of confinement
Reading Gaol
$800 ||| HOP ON THE INTERSTATE ||| Enjoy 1,700 miles of the I-95 system, south from Bangor to this 2-word city whose name comes from Spanish for “mouse’s mouth”
Boca Raton
$800 ||| FREE FOR ALL ||| The Wilmot Proviso, which wanted no slavery in newly acquired Mexican lands, was a precursor to this political party
the Free Soil Party
$800 ||| 2-WORD POP CULTURE ||| This memorable 1997 Apple ad campaign notably didn’t end with a “-ly”
Think Different
$800 ||| ALPHANUMERICS ||| This technology introduced in 2019 brought faster connectivity all over an area
5G
$800 ||| DEFINITIONS FROM THE DEVIL’S DICTIONARY (Ken: And finally, the satirical work by Ambrose Bierce…) ||| Under N: “Appointing your grandmother to office for the good of the party”
nepotism
$1000 ||| LGBTQ+ WRITERS & THEIR WORKS ||| This playwright has used his uniquely gravelly voice to speak about gay rights & wrote the book for “La Cage aux Folles”
Fierstein
$1000 ||| HOP ON THE INTERSTATE ||| It’s about 2 1/2 hours going west on I-80 from Davenport to this state capital
Des Moines
$1000 ||| FREE FOR ALL ||| The “free” type of this refers to an atom or molecule with a loose electron that can destabilize other molecules
a free radical
$1000 ||| 2-WORD POP CULTURE ||| Written by Sia, this Shakira song from “Zootopia” can be heard in commercials for Disney World
“Try Everything”
$1000 ||| ALPHANUMERICS ||| The Russian creator of this ubiquitous weapon was quoted as saying, “I would prefer to have invented… a lawnmower”
an AK-47
$1000 ||| DEFINITIONS FROM THE DEVIL’S DICTIONARY (Ken: And finally, the satirical work by Ambrose Bierce…) ||| Under Q: “A sufficient number of members of a deliberative body to have their own way and their own way of having it”
a quorum
$400 ||| BRITISH EXPLORERS ||| William Baffin was the first to determine degrees of this by watching the Moon pass in front of a star in 1615
longitude
$400 ||| ART TERMS ||| A painting on 2 panels, often hinged together; London’s National Gallery of Art has the Wilton one
a diptych
$400 ||| SCIENCE ||| Eccentricity measures how much this planetary path deviates from a circle
its orbit (an ellipse)
$400 ||| ROUND HERE ||| Since 1908, the roundel has been a symbol of this system that also contains “round”
the Underground
$400 ||| TOUGH VOCAB ||| In film when characters explain the plot verbally, it’s called this, also the name of a big public fair
exposition
$400 ||| HIP-POP ||| Cordell Broadus, son of this rapper who, like us, asked “Who am I?”, was a WR for UCLA & became a streetwear fashion designer
Snoop Dogg
$800 ||| BRITISH EXPLORERS ||| In 1610 he reached Canada’s James Bay; his crew soon mutinied & cast him & 8 others adrift, never to be seen again
Hudson
$800 ||| ART TERMS ||| It means a picture made of inlaid tile, or pertaining to the guy to whom the 10 Commandments were revealed
mosaic
$800 ||| SCIENCE ||| A “false thumb” or enlarged wrist bone on this animal helps it grasp bamboo stalks
a panda
$800 ||| ROUND HERE ||| This numeral is topmost center on a standard circular dartboard
20
$800 ||| TOUGH VOCAB ||| In Latin “fuscus” meant dark, hence this verb meaning to deliberately bewilder
obfuscate
$800 ||| HIP-POP ||| Willow Smith, daughter of Will, hit the Top 40 by doing this title quite repeatedly, “back & forth”
“Whip My Hair”
$1200 ||| BRITISH EXPLORERS ||| In 1776 James Cook received the Copley Medal for a paper on preventing this disease by feeding his crew cress & an orange extract
scurvy
$1200 ||| ART TERMS ||| Sculptors sometimes use heat & chemicals to produce this green surface film on their bronzes
a patina
DD ||| SCIENCE ||| Devised by a 19th century German scientist, this scale measures a mineral’s resistance to abrasion
Mohs hardness scale
$1200 ||| ROUND HERE ||| In legend, the Siege Perilous was a seat at King Arthur’s round table reserved for the knight destined to do this
find the Grail
$1200 ||| TOUGH VOCAB ||| It can mean a horse carriage for rent; add -ed to mean made commonplace by frequent use
a hackney
$1200 ||| HIP-POP ||| Kanye’s 10-year-old daughter, she raps on her dad’s 2024 track “Talking/Once Again”
North West
$1600 ||| BRITISH EXPLORERS ||| Born in the county of Devon, Francis Drake was knighted in 1581 & made mayor of this English Channel port there
Plymouth
DD ||| ART TERMS ||| Jean Arp coined this term for Alexander Calder’s inert sculptures, often made from sheet metal
stabiles
$1600 ||| SCIENCE ||| In thermodynamics this letter stands for entropy
S
$1600 ||| ROUND HERE ||| These alliterative items seen here are used to reduce friction
ball bearings
$1600 ||| TOUGH VOCAB ||| An attorney doesn’t need to establish cause to exclude a prospective juror with this type of challenge
peremptory
$1600 ||| HIP-POP ||| This Compton rapper died in 1995, but his son Lil this is carrying on the hip-hop name
Eazy-E
$2000 ||| BRITISH EXPLORERS ||| In 1823 Hugh Clapperton & his party explored Nigeria & became the first Europeans to see this nearby large lake
Lake Chad
$2000 ||| ART TERMS ||| Marcel Duchamp used mass-produced items for objects called these, like a bicycle wheel on a stool
readymade
$2000 ||| SCIENCE ||| CMEs for short, these blasts from the aura of plasma around the Sun can occur with solar flares
coronal mass ejections
$2000 ||| ROUND HERE ||| The Aldar Headquarters building, 23 stories tall & presumably, 23 stories wide, too, is in this emirate, southwest of Dubai
Abu Dhabi
$2000 ||| TOUGH VOCAB ||| Meaning reverse or opposite, it’s also a rhetorical device using contrast, such as “Give me liberty or give me death”
antithesis
$2000 ||| HIP-POP ||| Hip-hop artist Chris Rivers is the son of this “Big” guy born Christopher Rios, the first Latino solo rapper to go platinum
Big Pun
FJ ||| 20th CENTURY BOOKS ||| TIME mentioned “cruelty & enforced conformity” when summing up this novel with a “stonily silent narrator”
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
$200 ||| THE ANCIENTS SPEAK ||| You get an “A” if you know that Horace described this emotion as “a short madness”
anger
$200 ||| STATE FLAGS ||| Not “E pluribus unum” but this national motto appears on the flags of Georgia & Mississippi
In God We Trust
$200 ||| A STANDOUT STAND-UP ||| Roy Wood Jr.: “If they can make a documentary about your time” in this post held by Spiro Agnew, you did the job “incorrectly”
vice president
$200 ||| PENALTIES & BONUSES ||| A “quicker picker upper”, or a bonus given at some poker tournaments after knocking out specific players
a bounty
$200 ||| CLASSIC AD SLOGANS & JINGLES ||| “Double your pleasure, double your fun” with this brand
Doublemint
$200 ||| 13-LETTER WORDS ||| From the Latin for “ask”, it’s the formal & systematic questioning of a suspect
interrogation
$400 ||| THE ANCIENTS SPEAK ||| In “Oedipus at Colonus”, he wrote, “Acceptance–that is the great lesson suffering teaches”
Sophocles
$400 ||| STATE FLAGS ||| In 1992 this state replaced the words “The Sunshine State” on its flag with the words “The Mount Rushmore State”
South Dakota
$400 ||| A STANDOUT STAND-UP ||| What to do with Wanda Sykes’ ashes? “Spread ‘em over” this actress, Storm in “X-Men”; “she don’t even have to be at the funeral”
Halle Berry
$400 ||| PENALTIES & BONUSES ||| In the Gospel of John, the Pharisees told Jesus that this was the penalty for adultery; he told them to be cautious judging
death by stoning
$400 ||| CLASSIC AD SLOGANS & JINGLES ||| “I don’t wanna grow up, I’m” this kind of “kid”
a Toys “R” Us kid
$400 ||| 13-LETTER WORDS ||| It’s the type of photo seen here; what do we gotta do, put it on a silver plate for you
a daguerreotype
$600 ||| THE ANCIENTS SPEAK ||| In his “Histories”, he quoted Solon as saying, “Before he dies, call no man happy–he is at best but fortunate”
Herodotus
$600 ||| STATE FLAGS ||| Representations of the North Star & this other night sky feature appear on Alaska’s flag
the Big Dipper (Ursa Major)
$600 ||| A STANDOUT STAND-UP ||| His early stand-up bits like the over-chatty ventriloquist are part of what made him a legend
Albert Brooks
$600 ||| PENALTIES & BONUSES ||| Look out below! CEO severance from a company may be in the form of this 2-word type with a precious metal in its name
a golden parachute
$600 ||| CLASSIC AD SLOGANS & JINGLES ||| This chain promised “We’ll leave the light on for you”
Motel 6
$600 ||| 13-LETTER WORDS ||| In this type of democracy, the political party with the most legislative seats forms a government
parliamentary
DD ||| THE ANCIENTS SPEAK ||| In “The Lives of the Twelve Caesars”, it’s said that his last words were “What an artist dies with me!”
Nero
$800 ||| STATE FLAGS ||| This state’s flag features the frigate Raleigh, built in Portsmouth in 1776 & the first ship to fly the U.S. flag in a sea battle
New Hampshire
$800 ||| A STANDOUT STAND-UP ||| On “Rolling Stone’s 500 Worst Albums”, from Blaine Capatch: “2 Foot 2 Loose” by Kenny Loggins & “Idahoication” by this bunch of Flea’s
the Red Hot Chili Peppers
$800 ||| PENALTIES & BONUSES ||| There are fines & fees & then there’s this other “F” word referring to property seized by the po-po for criminal reasons
forfeiture
$800 ||| CLASSIC AD SLOGANS & JINGLES ||| This brand has been advertised as “Two, two, two mints in one”
Certs
$800 ||| 13-LETTER WORDS ||| This “-ism” describes the ongoing habit of judging foreign groups by the standards of one’s own culture
ethnocentrism
$1000 ||| THE ANCIENTS SPEAK ||| We’re not sure if he found him, but this cynic, lantern in tote, was quoted as saying he was “looking for an honest man”
Diogenes
$1000 ||| STATE FLAGS ||| This state’s flag bears the words “Battle Born”, referring to it becoming a state during the Civil War
Nevada
$1000 ||| A STANDOUT STAND-UP ||| A chapter in Laurie Kilmartin’s “Dead People Suck” is “Home Hospice: Die Surrounded by Stuff You Meant to Take to” this charity
Goodwill
$1000 ||| PENALTIES & BONUSES ||| Mark Twain loved this Louisiana French word for something extra given after a transaction is completed
a lagniappe
$1000 ||| CLASSIC AD SLOGANS & JINGLES ||| “Quick, Henry,” this old-time insecticide that also means to move quickly from place to place
Flit
$1000 ||| 13-LETTER WORDS ||| From the Latin for “to take away secretly”, it means secret or sneaky
surreptitious
$400 ||| SOUTH AMERICAN HISTORY ||| This man whose name went on 2 continents explored the coast of Suriname in 1499
(Amerigo) Vespucci
$400 ||| PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS ||| This playwright created the memorable characters Laura Wingfield & Blanche DuBois
(Tennessee) Williams
$400 ||| BIOLOGY “A”, “B”, “C”s ||| “A”: This clear fluid surrounds a baby in its mother’s womb
amniotic fluid
$400 ||| A WARMING TREND ||| Consider your heart (but really, these) warmed in song via “roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your nose”
chestnuts
$400 ||| MR. OR MRS. SONG ||| (It was only a hit) it was only a hit over a year after its release; now this song by the Killers is called a “millennial anthem”
“Mr. Brightside”
$400 ||| EPONYMS ||| A French aerialist gave us this name for a tight-fitting one-piece worn today by everyone from dancers to pro wrestlers
a leotard
DD ||| SOUTH AMERICAN HISTORY ||| Simon Iturri Patiño was once Bolivia’s rey del estaño, king of this metal in which the land is rich
tin
$800 ||| PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS ||| In the preface to “Major Barbara” he wrote, “The greatest of evils and the worst of crimes is poverty”
Shaw
DD ||| BIOLOGY “A”, “B”, “C”s ||| “C”:In myth, it’s a fire-breathing hybrid monster, in genetics, it’s an organism with 2 distinct sets of DNA
chimera
$800 ||| A WARMING TREND ||| After deep torpor, a Rivoli’s this, known for wing speed, can see its body temperature rise 50 degrees up to 100-plus
a hummingbird
$800 ||| MR. OR MRS. SONG ||| Rapper Nas, aka Nasir Jones, claims to be the inspiration for this woman’s “Me & Mr. Jones” from “Back to Black”
Winehouse
$800 ||| EPONYMS ||| The surname of women rights advocate Amelia inspired this style of knickers
bloomers
$1200 ||| SOUTH AMERICAN HISTORY ||| Cemented in Argentine history is this man, whose 1986 World Cup goal was aided by the “Hand of God”
Maradona
$1200 ||| PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS ||| 1887’s “Ivanov”, an early work by this playwright, centers on a depressed young man who considers suicide
Chekhov
$1200 ||| BIOLOGY “A”, “B”, “C”s ||| “A”: You get one set of these alternative forms of genes from mom & one from dad
alleles
$1200 ||| A WARMING TREND ||| This “official blanket with sleeves” sold 4 million in the 2008 holiday season after its fall introduction
a Snuggie
$1200 ||| MR. OR MRS. SONG ||| Paul Simon said this Yankee was baffled by a lyric in “Mrs. Robinson”, telling Paul, “I haven’t gone anywhere”
Joe DiMaggio
$1200 ||| EPONYMS ||| Last name of Belgian inventor Adolphe, who lent his name to a brass wind instrument that ranges in type from sopranino to bass
Sax
$1600 ||| SOUTH AMERICAN HISTORY ||| Huascar co-ruled the Inca from Cuzco; his brother Atahualpa ruled from this city that also ends in “O”
Quito
$1600 ||| PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS ||| Teleplaywright J.P. Miller first gave us these “Days” of an alcoholic couple, later a movie & then a Broadway musical in 2024
the Days of Wine and Roses
$1600 ||| BIOLOGY “A”, “B”, “C”s ||| “B”: This pigment gives bile its yellowish color & can lead to gallstones
bilirubin
$1600 ||| A WARMING TREND ||| One recipe from the Russian Tea Room for hot this soup includes 5 ounces of beets as well as short ribs & pork butt
borscht
$1600 ||| MR. OR MRS. SONG ||| Avian name of the Adam Duritz band that in the ’90s sang, “Mr. Jones & me tell each other fairy tales”
Counting Crows
$1600 ||| EPONYMS ||| A Kochel number, used to list this composer’s works, is named for the Austrian who indexed them
Mozart
$2000 ||| SOUTH AMERICAN HISTORY ||| This Venezuelan president said in 2019 that protesters would not go unpunished & accused the U.S. of plotting against him
Nicolás Maduro
$2000 ||| PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS ||| As this Beth Henley play opens in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, one of the 3 Magrath sisters has recently shot her husband
Crimes of the Heart
$2000 ||| BIOLOGY “A”, “B”, “C”s ||| “C” “C”: 2-word term for the multistage process via which the basic unit of life reproduces itself
the cell cycle
$2000 ||| A WARMING TREND ||| In this Bible book once alluded to by Samuel L. Jackson, “Another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the Lord”
Ezekiel
$2000 ||| MR. OR MRS. SONG ||| Bob Dylan wrote, “Drugs never played a part” in the creation of this song about a percussionist
“Mr. Tambourine Man”
$2000 ||| EPONYMS ||| The name of this Trojan hero made it into the lexicon as a verb meaning to bully or harass
Hector
FJ ||| U.S.S.R.I.P. ||| Of the 15 countries formed by the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, this one is alphabetically last
Uzbekistan
$200 ||| TAILOR’S VERSION ||| Not quite full bespoke, MTM is this type of custom suit & also describes a type of tailoring
made-to-measure
$200 ||| CURRENT EVENTS ||| On April 8th, a total this will be seen across the heart of the U.S.; it will be the last visible from the contiguous U.S. until 2044
an eclipse
$200 ||| REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS ||| A section of I-75 in Florida is alliteratively known as this animal “Alley”
Alligator
$200 ||| INTERNATIONAL SPORTS ||| Germany defeated Serbia in the final of the 2023 FIBA World Cup for men’s national teams in this sport
basketball
$200 ||| AUTHORS AT WAR ||| When he landed on Utah Beach on D-Day, J.D. Salinger is reported to have had 6 chapters of this work in his jacket
The Catcher in the Rye
$200 ||| SAME LAST 3/ FIRST 3 LETTERS (Ken: We’ll need two two words in each correct response.) ||| Animal you “play” when feigning death& a brief & succinct explanation of an event
possum & summary
$400 ||| TAILOR’S VERSION ||| Hooks & bars are a popular alternative to hooks & these, because the bars can go closer to the garment’s edge
eyes
$400 ||| CURRENT EVENTS ||| As campaigning continued in chilly New Hampshire, he ended his presidential run in sunny Tallahassee
DeSantis
$400 ||| REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS ||| The African clawed variety is an exception, but most frogs use this body part to catch their prey
the tongue
$400 ||| INTERNATIONAL SPORTS ||| As of 2021, women also got to compete in the Olympic C1 & C2 races in this type of “C”raft
canoe
$400 ||| AUTHORS AT WAR ||| As a 2nd lieutenant in the czar’s army, he saw the siege of Sevastopol & wrote about it in his “Sevastopol Sketches”
Tolstoy
$400 ||| SAME LAST 3/ FIRST 3 LETTERS (Ken: We’ll need two two words in each correct response.) ||| The way a softball pitch is thrown& having both male & female characteristics
underhand & androgynous
$600 ||| TAILOR’S VERSION ||| This method fixes holes using needle & thread without patches; it was news when Grace Coolidge was seen doing it to Calvin’s socks
darning
$600 ||| CURRENT EVENTS ||| Will it be “How soon they forget” or “Always remembered”? He caught the Super Bowl 58-winning pass for Kansas City
Mecole Hardman
$600 ||| REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS ||| The fire kind of this amphibian defends itself from predators by spraying poison from behind its eyes
a salamander
$600 ||| INTERNATIONAL SPORTS ||| The team version of this is an Olympic sport that somewhat resembles soccer, but players throw the ball rather than kick it
handball
$600 ||| AUTHORS AT WAR ||| During World War II Frank Herbert served as a photographer in this U.S. Navy group that builds bases, airfields & bridges
the Seabees
$600 ||| SAME LAST 3/ FIRST 3 LETTERS (Ken: We’ll need two two words in each correct response.) ||| United one piece of film with another& wood used in a chest to help repel moths
spliced & cedar
$800 ||| TAILOR’S VERSION ||| This measurement can be about 30” on a 5’10” man
an inseam
$800 ||| CURRENT EVENTS ||| This politician passed away while incarcerated at the IK-3 penal colony north of the Arctic Circle
Navalny
$800 ||| REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS ||| Pogona is the genus name for the 8 species of this lizard lovingly known as “beardies”
the bearded dragons
$800 ||| INTERNATIONAL SPORTS ||| Australia beat England in 1877 to win the first of the international cricket games known by this 2-word term
test matches
DD ||| AUTHORS AT WAR ||| As a P.O.W., Kurt Vonnegut survived the 1945 Allied firebombing of this German city because he was working underground
Dresden
$800 ||| SAME LAST 3/ FIRST 3 LETTERS (Ken: We’ll need two two words in each correct response.) ||| Preceder of fasciitis in a foot problem& plaid Scottish cloth
plantar & tartan
$1000 ||| TAILOR’S VERSION ||| Sewn in a double layer, this part of a shirt adds strength & structure at the shoulders, ya big ox!
the yoke
$1000 ||| CURRENT EVENTS ||| A 40-foot-high replica of a 300s A.D. statue of this Roman emperor was unveiled by the Capitoline Museums
Constantine
$1000 ||| REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS ||| From a Latin word for “blind”, this worm-like amphibian spends most of its life underground
the caecilian
$1000 ||| INTERNATIONAL SPORTS ||| French for “servant”, in pro cycling it’s a rider whose job is to help a team’s leader win, not to win individually
a domestique
$1000 ||| AUTHORS AT WAR ||| This author of “Going After Cacciato” was wounded by shrapnel from a grenade in Vietnam & received a Purple Heart
Tim O’Brien
$1000 ||| SAME LAST 3/ FIRST 3 LETTERS (Ken: We’ll need two two words in each correct response.) ||| 1890s job title of the German seen here&8-letter type of parrot seen here
a chancellor & lorikeet
$400 ||| THE 14th CENTURY ||| One cause of the 1337 start of the Hundred Years’ War was when the III king of this name made a claim for the French throne
Edward
$400 ||| IN MY FEELINGS ||| 4-letter delight; in the 17th century it was first used for a sung musical work
glee
$400 ||| ART & CRIME ||| “Vanished Smile”, a true crime book by R.A. Scotti, is subtitled “The Mysterious Theft of” this artwork
the Mona Lisa
$400 ||| LONG WORDS ||| 14 letters: Christian doctrine laid out by Paul in Romans 8:29-30, so god doesn’t just know all but foreknows all
predestination
$400 ||| YOU NAMED YOUR BAND WHAT? ||| This band’s name was the nickname that Rivers Cuomo’s biological dad used for him
Weezer
$400 ||| “G”OING PLACES ||| This Scottish city is known for local slang such as “gallus”, which means bold or daring
Glasgow
$800 ||| THE 14th CENTURY ||| In a big climate switch, the Medieval Warm Period gave way to this “diminutive” era
the Little Ice Age
$800 ||| IN MY FEELINGS ||| This bloody period of the French Revolution ended with the execution of its leader Robespierre & his associates
The Terror
$800 ||| ART & CRIME ||| These twins & notorious London gangsters painted portraits & landscape paintings while in the clink
the Krays
$800 ||| LONG WORDS ||| 14 letters: Newish nonmedical umbrella term for people whose brains work or develop differently
neurodivergent
$800 ||| YOU NAMED YOUR BAND WHAT? ||| We have “High Hopes” you’ll know that this group’s name is not from a Smiths song but one by an obscure group called Name Taken
Panic! at the Disco
$800 ||| “G”OING PLACES ||| Antigua & Quetzaltenango are sites in the highlands of this country
Guatemala
DD ||| THE 14th CENTURY ||| During the Great Schism beginning in 1378, Robert of Geneva reigned as Clement VII, this 8-letter type of guy
antipope
$1200 ||| IN MY FEELINGS ||| It was “Primal” in the title of a Richard Gere & Edward Norton film
Fear
$1200 ||| ART & CRIME ||| Art forger Elmyr de Hory is included as a subject in “F for Fake”, a rare documentary by this film auteur
Orson Welles
$1200 ||| LONG WORDS ||| 13 letters: An adjective meaning outside of the power of a court of law
extrajudicial
$1200 ||| YOU NAMED YOUR BAND WHAT? ||| This group of anarchists with a nonsensical name gained fame with its pro-drinking earworm “Tubthumping”
Chumbawamba
$1200 ||| “G”OING PLACES ||| The International Civil Rights Center & Museum in this city is housed in a former Woolworth’s, a site of a nonviolent protest
Greensboro
$1600 ||| THE 14th CENTURY ||| What is today this seaport on a peninsula was captured by the Ottomans in 1354, their first foothold in Europe
Gallipoli
$1600 ||| IN MY FEELINGS ||| It’s the second word of “The Tell-Tale Heart”; the narrator admits that he was dreadfully so
nervous
$1600 ||| ART & CRIME ||| A painting by Vermeer was one of the works stolen from this Boston museum in 1990
the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
$1600 ||| LONG WORDS ||| 13 letters:Toothed dino bird of the Jurassic period whose fossil is seen here
Archaeopteryx
$1600 ||| YOU NAMED YOUR BAND WHAT? ||| A statuary store on Route 46 in New Jersey unwittingly bestowed its name on this power pop group
Fountains of Wayne
$1600 ||| “G”OING PLACES ||| This area stretches roughly from Paradise Point to Coolangatta in Queensland & largely consists of beach resorts
the Gold Coast
$2000 ||| THE 14th CENTURY ||| In the 1380s, this Oxford theologian led an effort that translated the Bible into English
Wycliffe
DD ||| IN MY FEELINGS ||| Freud’s works helped popularize this loanword for a general sense of dread or unease
angst
$2000 ||| ART & CRIME ||| After he caught a body in 1606, this artist fled Rome & took his chiaroscuro skills to Malta
Caravaggio
$2000 ||| LONG WORDS ||| 14 letters: A sequence of fantastic & weird images, as seen perhaps in a dream or while hallucinating
phantasmagoria
$2000 ||| YOU NAMED YOUR BAND WHAT? ||| This band with songs like “1985” & “Today Is Gonna Be A Great Day”, the “Phineas & Ferb” theme, riffed on a Steve Martin sketch for its name
Bowling for Soup
$2000 ||| “G”OING PLACES ||| This place in India was dubbed “the Rome of the Orient”, since it was a center for the Roman Catholic Church in the East
Goa
FJ ||| NOVEL TITLE OBJECTS ||| A girl in a 1950 novel walks into this & “got in among the coats and rubbed her face against them”
a wardrobe
