MEASUREMENT
____ & ____
Literature
THREE OF A KIND
WORDS IN AMERICA
100

One astronomical unit is about 93 million miles, the average distance between Earth & this

The sun

100

The only railroad on the traditional Monopoly board that fits this category

B & O

100

E.B. White spun this tale about a spider & a pig

Charlotte's web

100

Tarantella,

flamenco,

break

Dances

100

You may note America is, according to Rev. Samuel Smith, the "land where my fathers" did this

Died

200

Dixie designates its 7-this cup a "Quick Drink" & its 16-this cup a "Big Thirst"

Ounce

200

It's a tingling sensation caused by numbness; anticipating your response, we're on...

Pins and needles

200

In this Edgar Allan Poe poem, the title bird's favorite word is "nevermore"

The Raven

200

Shintoism,

Zoroastrianism,

Jainism

Religions

200

This first verse says to let this synonym for liberty ring!

Freedom

300

Number of half-inches in a yard

72

300

In Matthew, Jesus said God would be harder on cities rejecting the Gospel than he was on these 2 wicked cities

Sodom and Gomorrah 

300

Dickens divided this book into staves instead of chapters; Stave IV is called "The Last of the Spirits"

Christmas Carol

300

Hammurabi,

Morse,

Napoleonic

Codes

300

The song mentions their pride

Pilgrims

400

If you're "as thick as a" standard one of these, you could be 3 3/4" in depth, 2 1/4" in height & 8" in length

Brick

400

Covert operations are sometimes referred to as this pair: one a piece of clothing, the other, a weapon

Cloak and dagger

400

If you're in the "hobbit" of reading his books, try his non-hobbit tale "Farmer Giles Of Ham"

Tolkien

400

Sand dab,

orange roughy,

mullet

Fish

400

This objective case of "thou" turns up a lot

Thee

500

This unit of length used more in Europe than the U.S. is about 39.37 inches

Meter

500

An equivalent for Hell's punishment; the second part is a synonym for sulfur

Fire and brimstone

500

In "Little Women", this youngest of the 4 sisters is "a most important person, in her own opinion at least"

Amy

500

Thresher,

Le Surcouf,

Nautilus

Submarines

500

"I love thy rocks and rills, thy woods and templed" these

Hills

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