Don't get Political
Nature-esque
Geographical?
Pop Culture (but old)
Sounds like...
100
A 2012 poll by Britain’s national army museum voted this man, born in 1732, as the nation’s greatest military enemy.
Who is George Washington?
100
A hyphenated term that describes a bird with complete plumage or anything matured.
What is full-fledged?
100
This airport in Washington, named for two cities, has one of the largest parking garages in the US — 13,000 spaces and eight stories high.
What is Sea-Tac (Seattle-Tacoma International)?
100
The Office was set at the Scranton branch of this paper company.
What is Dunder Mifflin?
100
The name of this salsa means "beak of the rooster."
pico de gallo
200
In the lost ancient epic "Aethiopis," the Ethiopian king Memnon fights for Troy and is killed by this Greek hero.
Who is Achilles?
200
Headings in this 1854 work include "Solitude," "Brute Neighbors," and "The Pond in Winter."
What is Walden (Life in the Woods)?
200
The five highest volcanoes on Earth are located in these mountains.
Andes
200
In some countries, the subtitle "A Contemporary Satire" was used for this 1945 parable.
What is Animal Farm?
200
The last class of the day seems to last this long, the longest division of geologic time.
eon
300
Potter Stewart's replacement on the Supreme Court, she once served as Arizona's State Senate Majority Leader.
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor?
300
The science of determining a tree's age by looking at its growth rings
What is dendrochronology?
300
It’s the only country that borders both the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf.
Iran
300
A review of this musical noted "sacrilege" and said it was "blasphemous," but "its heart is as pure as...a Rodgers and Hammerstein show."
What is The Book of Mormon?
300
One term for talking trash about someone is "throwing" this, like a big elm tree might do.
What is shade?
400
Chinese and Portuguese are the official languages of this special administrative region of China.
What is Macau?
400
Clingstone and freestone are the two main classifications for this fruit, once called a Persian apple.
What is a peach?
400
In 1992, this city’s velodrome, once used in the Olympic Games, was transformed into an environmental biodome.
Montreal
400
Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry joined this rap trio on their 1986 hit "Walk This Way."
Who is Run-DMC?
400
From the Greek for "label," it's a course outline of a school class.
What is a syllabus?
500
This Virginian was the first Secretary of State and the second Vice President.
Thomas Jefferson?
500
This major river of north-central Wyoming was named for the sheep fur trader Francois Larocque saw on its banks.
What is Bighorn?
500
At the heart of a major industrial region, this second-most populous UK city lies near the geographic center of England.
What is Birmingham?
500
Polite society was shocked to see couples in close contact for this ballroom dance that has a Viennese type.
What is the waltz?
500
You "gotta" do this slang term to mean you're leaving; it's also good to get one in the polls.
What is bounce?