Expressions From the Sporting World
WHAT IS TO RUN INTERFERENCE?
BY 1861, 11 FORMER U.S. STATES HAD SECEDED TO FORM THE NEW ENTITY WITH THIS FULL FORMAL NAME
WHAT ARE THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA?
IF YOU NEED TO ESCAPE A LABYRINTH AND CAN'T SAIL AWAY, BUILD SOME WINGS, LIKE HE DID; WORKED OUT BETTER FOR HIM THAN HIS KID
WHO IS DAEDALUS?
EXTERIOR SHOTS FOR THIS SITCOM ARE ACTUALLY THE 78TH PRECINCT HOUSE IN PROSPECT HEIGHTS
WHAT IS BROOKLYN NINE-NINE?
WAYMO OFFERS A SELF-DRIVING ONE OF THESE RIDES THAT ONE MIGHT TAKE TO THE APARTMENT OF AN EX AT 3 A.M.
THE FAVORITE TO LAND THAT BIG PROMOTION HAS THIS LANE IN A RACE; IT MEANS A SHORTER DISTANCE ON A CIRCLE OR OVAL
WHAT IS AN INSIDE TRACK?
A GROUP OF WEALTHY ABOLITIONISTS KNOWN AS THE SECRET SIX FUNNELED MONEY TO THIS MILITANT ACTIVITIST
WHO IS JOHN BROWN?
AFTER SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI HAD A VISION OF A SERAPH WITH SIX WINGS, HE RECEIVED THIS, MARKS LIKE THE WOUNDS ON JESUS' CRUCIFIED BODY
WHAT ARE THE STIGMATA?
J.R. GOT SHOT AND DIED FOR REAL IN A 2013 EPISODE OF THIS REBOOT
WHAT IS DALLAS?
WHAT A NEWSIE MIGHT YELL ON A STREET CORNER, OR SLANG FOR SOMEONE BEING JUST TOO MUCH
WHAT IS EXTRA?
ANYTHING EASY TO ANSWER, OR MORE SPECIFICALLY, "WHAT IF THE GAME IS TIED AFTER THE REGULATION 7 INNINGS?"
WHAT IS SOFTBALL?
WITH A POPULATION OF ABOUT 170,000, THIS CITY ON THE MISSISSIPPI WAS THE MOST POPULOUS SOUTHERN CITY AT THE START OF THE WAR
WHAT IS NEW ORLEANS?
THIS INSECT IS NAMED FOR THE SONG IT MAKES BY RUBBING ITS WINGS TOGETHER; THE THIRD SYLLABLE SOMETIMES SOUNDS LIKE "DIDN'T"
WHAT IS A KATYDID?
IN 2021 "CSI" WENT BACK TO ITS ROOTS, ADDING THIS ABBREVIATED CITY NAME AS THE SUBTITLE OF A NEW SERIES
WHAT IS VEGAS?
EXAMPLES INCLUDE SILENT SCREAM AND WORKING VACATION
WHAT ARE OXYMORONS?
LIKE A GOLFER SENT HOME HALFWAY THROUGH A TOURNAMENT, ONE WHO'S REJECTED AT A CERTAIN LEVEL HAS FAILED TO DO THIS
WHAT IS MAKE THE CUT?
AS MANY AS 1,200 MAY HAVE DIED IN THE 5-DAY DRAFT RIOTS IN THIS CITY
WHAT IS THE WINGED VICTORY OF SAMOTHRACE?
SPOILER! JUNO TEMPLE AS DOT SHOOTS JON HAMM'S EVIL SHERIFF ROY IN THE 2024 SEASON FINALE OF THIS
WHAT IS FARGO?
IN POETRY IT'S WHERE "ALPH, THE SACRED RIVER" COULD BE FOUND
WHAT IS XANADU?
SALVAGE A TOUGH SITUATION, AND YOU MAY HEAR THE MARV ALBERT CATCHPHRASE, "THIS AND A BEAUTY!"
WHAT IS "KICK SAVE AND A BEAUTY!"
BY 1871, 300,000 UNION DEAD AND EVEN SOME OF THEIR FOES WERE BURIED IN NATL. CEMETERIES SUCH AS FREDERICKSBURG IN THIS STATE
WHAT IS VIRGINIA?
IT'S HENRY JAMES' NOVEL ABOUT SWEET, WEALTHY, DYING AMERICAN GIRL MILLY THEALE
WHAT IS THE WINGS OF THE DOVE?
THE 2019 REBOOT OF THIS SCI-FI SERIES ADDED "NEW MEXICO" TO THE TITLE
WHAT IS THE SHOW CALLED ROSWELL?
A THIS O' BOTH YOUR HOUSES! THIS, BEING AN ADHESIVE RESIN BONDING TWO MATERIALS; YEAH YEAH, WE KNOW IT'S "A PLAGUE" BUT THAT BLOWS THE JOKE
WHAT IS EPOXY?