BRAVE
MOTTO ZONE
THE COLORS OF SCIENCE
SAY YOUR FRUITS & VEGGIES!
COLORS OF THE RAINBOW
CLICHÉS REPHRASE
200
Of this title reference from an 1850 novel, "They said it meant able, so strong was Hester Prynne"
the scarlet letter
200
Perhaps the lion in this movie studio's iconic logo is roaring the motto Ars Gratia Artis, meaning "art for art's sake"
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
(MGM)
200
In physics, this type of "body" is a surface that absorbs all the radiation that falls on it
a blackbody
200
A phrase of inapt correlation cites these 2 different fruits
apples & oranges
200
Featured in multiple Icelandic sagas, he was exiled from Iceland in the 10th century & set up camp in Greenland
Erik the Red
200
Sodium chloride of our planet
salt of the Earth
400
Ofglen is a valiant member of the group known as Mayday, part of the resistance inside Gilead in this novel
The Handmaid's Tale
400
This motto first appeared on U.S. coins due to increased religious sentiment during the Civil War
"In God We Trust"
400
Untreated wastewater from domestic uses like showers & sinks (but not toilets) is classed as this
gray water
400
This veggie-&-wood combo promises either a reward or a punishment
a carrot or a stick
400
In 2023, Xolo Maridueña played Jaime Reyes, also known as this multi-limbed DC superhero
the Blue Beetle
400
An ambulatory Britannica
a walking encyclopedia
600
"Elphie" was written some 30 years after this book that began a series following brave Elphaba
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600
William of Orange adopted the motto «Je Maintiendrai», French for "I will maintain", which is still used today in this country
the Netherlands
600
It's the "I" in ROYGBIV, a mnemonic for the colors of the visible spectrum
indigo
600
You idiomatically (we hope!) "turn into a" this when you say you have to leave a party to go to bed
a pumpkin
600
It was coined in the 1890s to describe the sensational tactics used by NYC newspapers the World & the Journal
yellow journalism
600
Chef's or nicoise Monday & Saturday
salad days
800
Not one to shrink from bullies, this Roald Dahl heroine tricks her dad Mr. Wormwood into gluing his hat to his head
Matilda
800
As of 2021 the Olympic motto is 4 words: Citius, Altius, Fortius, Communiter, meaning "faster, higher, stronger," this
together
800
Fossilized plants & insects are often found in specimens of this colorfully named resin
amber
800
You have lots of enthusiasm if you're "full of" these veggies that boast their own type of pot
beans
800
Judo practitioners should know this term for land where building is prohibited & nature flourishes
a green belt
800
Unhappy Michigan or Utah & their illicit romances
a sad state of affairs
1000
In "The Wyrd Sisters", a book in his "Discworld" series, Granny Weatherwax is a witch to be reckoned with
Sir Terry Pratchett
1000
Rendered infamous by John Wilkes Booth, "Sic Semper Tyrannis" was & still is the motto of this state
Virginia
1000
It's a disease that afflicts cereal grasses, or a diminutive name for a star like the Sun
a yellow dwarf
1000
When it comes to this pluralized fruit, you can "go" them or be "driven" them
bananas
1000
In the 1740s growers of this dye plant in South Carolina benefited from government subsidies
indigo
1000
A preeminent science journal hates a Dyson or a Hoover
Nature abhors a vacuum