DEPARTMENT "S"
WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS
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ALSO A BEVERAGE
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These elected officials in the U.S. government take their name from the Latin for "old man".
What is a Senator?
100
To "go" this, meaning all the way, comes from an 18th c. poem about inability to decide which part of the pig to eat.
What is Whole Hog?
100
This "stately" American musical was first performed in 1943 as "Away We Go!"
What is Oklahoma?
100
Coal residue, not to be confused with a popular soda.
What is Coke?
100
Information for first responders & links regarding cybersecurity are found at dhs.gov, this department.
What is the Department of Homeland Security?
200
Winter Olympic events using these first appeared at the 1998 Nagano games.
What are Snowboards?
200
Jacobins in the French Revolution proudly called themselves these, now describing people who use fear to persuade.
What are Terrorists?
200
Money put in a collection plate at church.
What is an Offering?
200
3-hole is one type of this piece of office equipment.
What is Punch?
200
Its .gov website says it "regulates interstate and international communications by radio, television... satellite & cable".
What is the FCC?
300
Specifically, to give a shopper less money back than he is entitled to.
What is Shortchange?
300
Coined in the '70s, the term "Ebonics" comes from these 2 words.
What are Ebony and Phonics?
300
A small structure away from a main dwelling that's used as a bathroom.
What is an Outhouse?
300
Oscar-winning 2008 film about an assassinated San Francisco political figure.
What is Milk?
300
In 2011 the site for this volunteer org. touted its "50 years of promoting... friendship around the world".
What is the Peace Corps?
400
Term for an early 20th century female agitator for women's voting rights.
What is a Suffragist?
400
Politically, this word for a region reflecting a large trend comes from a lead sheep with a ringer around its neck.
What is a Bellwether?
400
A tapering stone pillar built as a monument.
What is an Obelisk?
400
It's been used as a synonym for electric current since the 19th century.
What is Juice?
400
bia.gov is the site for this bureau established in 1824, the oldest in the Interior Department.
What is the Bureau of Indian Affairs?
500
Eternally doomed rock roller of Greek mythology.
Who is Sisyphus?
500
The name of this South American snake comes from an Asian word, as it may have been mistaken for an Asian python.
What is an Anaconda?
500
To a Parisian, the number 11.
What is Onze?
500
The dictionary says it's "a person regarded as being assured & artfully ingratiating in manner".
What is a Smoothie?
500
It's the "nw" in nwtrb.gov, overseeing the Department of Energy's disposal of high-level this.
What is Nuclear Waste?
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