Word Puzzles
Man
Board
Man Overboard
Home to one of the USA's oldest universities, it also hosts Southern Connecticut State.
New Haven
The point halfway between a line segment's two endpoints is called this.
Midpoint
Originally the cartons of this luxury ice cream featured a map of Denmark although its name wasn't Danish it was made up.
Häagen-Dazs
In an effort to stop alcohol-related problems, the United States banned the sale of liquor from 1920 to 1933. Instead, organized crime flourished during this period.
Prohibition
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Read Between the Lines
Located on the shores of Tampa Bay, it was named for a railroad builder's home city in Russia.
St. Petersburg
The western U.S. region containing states such as Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan is known by this name.
Midwest
The name of this technology that allows local area networks to operate without wiring or cables just sounds cool, that's all.
Wi-Fi
To control pest beetles that were destroying valuable sugar cane crops, officials introduced these leaping predators to Australia. Instead, they became an even bigger ecological nightmare.
Toads (Specifically Cane Toads)
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Tricycle
In 1849 it began as a military outpost to defend against Native Americans and was named for a commander of U.S. troops in Texas.
Fort Worth
This term describes a period of self-reflection and reevaluation that some people experience in their 40s or 50s; stereotypes include buying a sports car, taking up skydiving, or making a dramatic life change.
Midlife Crisis
George Eastman said the letter K "had been a favorite with me"; thus, he created this name for his camera out of thin air.
Kodak
Engineers spent more than a century building levees along this American river to prevent flooding. The river responded by making some of its biggest floods even bigger.
Mississippi River
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Downtown
Established by French soldiers around 1719, this "colorful" city is located about 80 miles northwest of New Orleans.
Baton Rouge
Florence Pugh stars as Dani in this 2019 horror film set during a Swedish festival that becomes increasingly disturbing.
Midsommar
In the mid-1990s, Colombian Alberto Perez created this dance exercise class that uses Latin and world rhythms.
Zumba
Cities often widen highways to reduce traffic, only to discover that more people start driving, creating congestion all over again. Economists use this term for that phenomenon.
Induced Demand
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Split Level
A popular tourist destination drawing millions each year, this seat of Clark County was settled by Mormon missionaries in 1855.
Las Vegas
This title is given to a student at a naval academy who trains to become a commissioned officer in the navy or marine corps
Midshipman
Infomercials in the 1980s touted the quality of these kitchen knives with a "Japanese" name; they were actually made in Ohio.
Ginsu
During China's 1958 "Four Pests Campaign," this bird was nearly wiped out because it was blamed for eating grain. Unfortunately, it had also been eating the insects that later devastated crops.
Sparrow