BUILDING TERMS
WINTER IS COMING
A SONG OF "ICE" & "FIRE"
ADJECTIVES
IT'S TACO TUESDAY
100
A deadlight is one of these, designed not to open
What is a skylight?
100
The coldest recorded winter temperature in the U.S. was the Jan. 1971 temp of -80 at Prospect Creek Camp in this state
What is Alaska?
100
The "tip of" it is the first hint of something more complex
What is the iceberg?
100
Kids today just don't learn this type of handwriting, defined as having the letters joined together
What is cursive?
100
I'd like my taco topped with this, basically mashed avocado with a little lime juice & some seasonings
What is guacamole?
200
As seen here, it's a small tower that rises up from a castle wall
What is a turret?
200
In the Southern Hemisphere, winter begins in this month
What is June?
200
Someone busy with several projects has a lot of these, like a blacksmith
What is irons in the fire?
200
It comes between 2 "Sunday"s in a U2 title--"and the battle's just begun"
What is Bloody?
200
For one of my side dishes, refried beans, please, made with these "painted" beans
What are pinto beans?
300
From their ruddy facades, it's the colorful name for Eastern U.S. apartment houses built in the 19th century
What is a brownstone?
300
Following "hot" or the name of a liquor, it's booze, hot water & sugar to take the chill off winter
What is a toddy?
300
Corona discharge, or a 1985 Judd Nelson movie
What is St. Elmo's fire?
300
This 10-letter adjective describes plants or people that are native to a particular region
What is indigenous?
300
In the salsa, make sure to use plenty of this, the leaves & stems of the coriander plant
What is cilantro?
400
Because its supports are called balusters, an elaborate railing is called this
What is a balustrade?
400
Hibernation uses a natural form of this serious 11-letter condition that results from a dangerous drop in core body temp.
What is hypothermia?
400
7-letter word meaning to be adequate enough for needs; that will...
What is suffice?
400
"Eloquent" comes from the same root as this word that means overly talkative
What is loquacious?
400
I'm trying to eat a little lighter, so I'm going for the fish tacos made with this fish with a double-talk Hawaiian name
What is mahi mahi?
500
A horizontal beam that supports weight above a door, it sometimes follows "post &"
What is lintel?
500
Stranded on his farm one winter around 1937, Joseph-Armand Bombardier of Quebec invented this transport
What is the snowmobile?
500
Job of one appointed to rule a country as the representative of a sovereign
What is the viceroy?
500
By definition, something that's described as sagittal is shaped like one of these
What is an arrow?
500
I like to add plenty of this 3-word chopped condiment whose Spanish name means "rooster's beak"
What is pico de gallo?