CLASSIC NOVELS
FLOWERS & PLANTS
IT'S THE ANCIENT LAW
STARTS WITH A SILENT LETTER
SCIENCE & NATURE
100
Published in 1818, this Gothic tale is told through the letters of Walton, an explorer in the Arctic
Frankenstein
100
If a this is a this is a this is a this, why are they divided into categories like wild, old garden & modern?
roses
100
The Code of Hammurabi specified just one penalty for breaking & entering into a house--this
death
100
One of them begins, "Bow down thine ear, O Lord, hear me: for I am poor and needy"
a Psalm
100
In 2025 Iceland reported its first sighting of these insects, a "biting nuisance", but not a major disease-carrying species
mosquitoes
200
In "Wuthering Heights", Catherine says about him, "Whatever our souls are made of, his & mine are the same"
Heathcliff
200
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Despite what the florists call it, this popular bloom isn't a true lily
a calla lily
200
A founding text of this religion, the Manu-Smriti, or Laws of Manu, says a Brahmana must not disrespect teachers or parents
Hinduism
200
At sea, one is equal to around 1.15 statute miles per hour
a knot
200
It's the trade name registered for polytetrafluoroethylene in 1945 & later used for nonstick cookware
Teflon
300
5 novels make up this James Fenimore Cooper collection about Natty Bumppo, including "The Deerslayer" & "The Pathfinder"
The Leatherstocking Tales
300
The globular flower heads are the edible parts of this perennial plant
artichoke
300
Lex talionis, the law of retaliation, was summed up in this anatomical phrase from Matthew 5:38
an eye for an eye
300
Here's a handsome specimen of the cactus type of this bird
a (cactus) wren
300
In 1896 Henri Becquerel discovered this phenomenon in a compound of uranium
radioactivity
400
He revised his unfinished novel "Stephen Hero" into "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man"
James Joyce
400
Bachelor's buttons are individual blue flowers; this other "B.B." is branches with numerous tiny white florets
baby's breath
400
The code of this 6th century Byzantine emperor was the product of committees acting at his direction
Justinian
400
The 5 types of this medication, from Greek words for "mind" & "turning", include antidepressants & mood stabilizers
psychotropic
400
This dwarf planet & largest asteroid in the main asteroid belt has a radius of about 295 miles
Ceres
500
At the end of this novel, Francie Nolan prepares to leave New York to attend the University of Michigan
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
500
Mophead is a descriptive name for a type of this shrub with flowers in many different colors
hydrangea
500
The code of law established by this Athenian in the 7th century B.C. was so harsh his name gave rise to an adjective meaning severe
Draco
500
This item is known to cast a shadow or two
gnomon
500
Because of its pale yellowish underside, the blue whale is also called the this-bottom whale
the sulfur-bottom whale