Word's Worth
College Sports
American History
A "Free" Category
You're a Superhero
200

4 letters,
score 22:
Type of show you're on right now

Quiz

200

NCAA basketball has its Final Four; this sport, its Frozen Four

Hockey

200

In 1899 President McKinley took a turn in the Locomobile, a car made by Stanley & propelled by this

Steam

200

It follows a foul in soccer

Free Kick

200

His failure to stop the murder of his Uncle Ben helped convince him to become a crime-fighting superhero

Spider-Man

400

3 letters,
score 15:
A common Moroccan hat

Fez

400

In 2002 Southern Cal quarterback Carson Palmer won this trophy; Iowa quarterback Brad Banks was second

The Heisman Trophy

400

Andrew Jackson was one of the landowners who founded this Tennessee town overlooking the Mississippi in 1819

Memphis

400

Unconfined poultry

Free Range

400

This group gained their superpowers after being exposed to cosmic radiation during a space flight

The Fantastic Four

600

6 letters,
score 23:
Named for a Greek God, it's a gentle breeze from the west

Zephyr

600

In 1971 UCLA's Jimmy Connors won the NCAA tennis title; in 1978 John McEnroe won for this Pac-10 "Cardinal" school

Stanford

600

Victor Marie du Pont served as a captain of this state's volunteers in the War of 1812

Delaware

600

A professional sports athlete no longer under contract & who can thus sign with another team

Free Agent

600

The non-American superhero can stereotypically be seen playing hockey he is better known as Captain this eh

Capitan Canada

800

8 letters,
score 28:
To get the most out of something

Maximize

800

The athletic teams from Morehead State & Boston College share this nickname

Eagles

800

When this convened in May 1787, Adams was in London, Jefferson was in Paris & Patrick Henry refused to attend

The Constitutional Convention

800

Robert Frost said, "I'd as soon write" this type of poetry "as play tennis with the net down"

Free Verse

800

She's the daughter of Queen Hippolyte of Paradise Island

Wonder Women

1000

6 letters,
score 24:
Composed of silicon dioxide, it's the most abundant mineral on Earth's surface

Quartz

1000

This volatile Indiana basketball coach was fired in September 2000; in 2001 he returned to coaching with Texas Tech

Bobby Knight

1000

Americans began to occupy this even before we could send Russia the $7.2 million we paid for it

Alaska

1000

"Zone" on a battlefield where troops may shoot without requesting permission from a higher command

Free-Fire Zone

1000

DD: This guy is radical, former herald of world-devouring Galactus, & better known by this two word alliteration

Silver Surfer

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