Word Salad
To "stamp out a problem early," this garden variety idiom asks someone to do what?
What is nip it in the bud?
This South Carolina county shares its name with the famous capital city of Italy
What is Florence?
It is the hottest planet in our solar system, despite being second from the Sun.
What is Venus?
Term for land that runs along the edge of a large body of water such as a lake, ocean, or sea
What is the shore?
The name of the fictional town where the animated TV show The Simpsons is set
What is Springfield?
Of banal, bellicose, or bucolic, the one that's the opposite of peaceful
What is bellicose?
someone or something that is eager to fight, aggressively hostile, or inclined toward conflict and war
This state is divided into a whopping 254 counties including Grayson and Galveston
What is Texas?
When an oyster's natural defenses are engaged by a parasite, one of these beautiful spheres is made
What is a pearl?
A chain attached to a pocket watch, or a remote control for locking and unlocking a car
What is a fob?
The name of the skyscraper in Die Hard
What is Nakatomi Plaza?
This 8-letter word for a reaction against a trend comes from an engineering term for a jolt caused by a gap in machine parts
What is backlash?
As the most popular name for a county, 31 states have a county named after this famous president.
What is Washington?
Some metals are so reactive they explode on contact with water, like this one with the chemical symbol K
What is potassium?
The primary savory base of a soup, usually made by simmering meat, bones, and vegetables in water
What is broth?
The CW’s “Riverdale” is based on this comic series
What are the "Archie" comics?
An old term for the young sheep is the only English word that rhymes with this, the traditional gift for a 25th anniversary
What is silver?
Chilver: An old English term specifically for a young female lamb
19 states have a county with this name: the one with the covered bridges is in Iowa
What is Madison?
When lava cools quickly, it forms this type of volcanic glass that is typically glossy and black in color
What is obsidian?
A dark, full-bodied beer, like Guiness
What is a stout?
This Hollywood movie star plays himself in Zombieland
Who is Bill Murray?
It's a seven letter synonym for one of the seven deadly sins:covetousness
What is avarice? (Avidity)
literary term for an extreme, insatiable desire for wealth or material gain
We defy you to name this state where you can visit the counties of Defiance, Erie, and Cuyahoga
What is Ohio?
With atomic number 13, this is the most abundant metal in Earth's crust.
What is aluminum?
This word means "whimsically comical"
What is droll?
describes something amusing, humorous, or whimsical in an odd, quaint, or eccentric way
The name of the mall in the third season of “Stranger Things”
What is Starcourt Mall?