GETTING HISTORICAL
MISCELLANY
SPORTS MASCOT HISTORY
LEISURE TIMING
ANAGRAMS
100

John Knox was the best-known leader of this country's Reformation, made official by a 1560 act of its parliament

Scotland

100

The Cuisinart WMR-CAP2 is one of these devices composed of 2 hinged metal griddles that close together to cook batter

a waffle iron

100

Starting his career at the San Diego Zoo, he's "an embryonic Charles Chaplin in... feathers", says his biography

the San Diego Chicken

100

These 3 colors are represented with slots on a standard roulette wheel

red, green & black

100

An ancient reptile:
AIR SOUND

dinosaur

200

To defend against missiles, Roman legions linked shields in a formation called the testudo, Latin for this land animal

a turtle (a tortoise)

200

This row of very bright illumination along the front edge of a stage is also a term for the theater as a profession

the footlights

200

From 1979 to 1981 the Yankees fittingly had a mascot named this, also a word for a well-dressed man

Dandy

200

The name of this outdoor activity is an acronym that stands in part for "breathing apparatus"

SCUBA

200

One part of a symphony:
VENT MEMO

a movement

300

A 1493 papal decision split the New World between these 2 nations, or so they thought

Spain & Portugal

300

For 60 years, a red figure & a blue figure have been duking it out in a miniature boxing ring in this action game

Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots

300

In 1979 Youppi! suited up for this MLB squad, prior to moving across town (& sports leagues) to the Canadiens

the Montreal Expos

300

In April 1982 this movie star premiered her home video "Workout", the first of many bestselling tapes

Jane Fonda

300

Its orbit takes 165 years:
TEEN PUN

Neptune

400

Name the landmark: The non-golden arch; sounds like... victory; let's stop by Charles de Gaulle's place  

 the Arc de Triomphe

400

Chiromancy is another name for this hands-on form of fortune-telling

palm reading

400

This NFL team notes mascot Captain Fear lamented his lost ship, but friends, it was found & rebuilt at Raymond James Stadium!

the Buccaneers

400

Early in the history of this game, the object hit back & forth was a small cork hemisphere with goose feathers attached

badminton

400

A shoemaker for an Arabian or a trotter:
THICK LAMBS

a blacksmith

500

Wahunsenacawh was another name of the man the Jamestown colonists called this, like the people he led

John Smith

500

With songs like "I'm Not Wearing Underwear Today", this spoof of Sesame Street won the 2004 Tony Award for Best Musical

Avenue Q

500

Since the 1990s Fred the Red has been a devil indeed for this team from the north of England

Man U (Manchester United)

500

Special patterns called methods are used by campanologists, practitioners of this musical skill

bell ringing

500

Food partly from Old French for "cabbage":
WALL OF CURIE

cauliflower

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