Homophones
That's So Random
A Little Science
New Phone
Who "Dis"?
100
A military rank & a corn seed
colonel & kernel
100
Run over back in 1869, Mary Ward is thought to be the first victim of one of these accidents
an automobile
100
This unit counted by dieters properly has "kilo" in front of it
calorie
100
One of these for your wireless smartphone is called Qi, a Chinese term for energy
A charger
100
Presidential first name of male baseball player Bumgarner & of female tennis player Keys
Madison
200
Time of dawn & time of sorrow
morning & mourning
200
A star has been on the label of this Dutch beer since 1884
Heineken
200
The name of a Russian scientist gives us this adjective for an unthinking reaction
Pavlovian
200
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For the slowest of slow motion shots, Sony offers a phone that can shoot at 1,000 FPS, FPS meaning this
frames per second
200
He won more Oscars than anyone else, more than twice as many as No. 2
Walt Disney
300
A way of behaving & a lord's estate
manner & manor
300
Henry Shreve invented a sawmill-toting steamboat to break up a 100+-mile one of these, now a word for any blockage
a logjam
300
We don't love this "L.A." when it makes our muscles burn during exercise
lactic acid
300
Whether or not it has a silver back, there's a good chance your phone has Corning's this ape "glass" for its screen
Gorilla
300
This celebrity chef's Italian last name translates to "of the spirit"
Rocco DiSpirito
400
To lift up & to tear down
raise & raze
400
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They're the 2 states that border both Dakotas to the east & west
Minnesota & Montana
400
10-letter word for the conversion of atoms into electrically charged ones
ionization
400
This "botanical" Canadian brand puts out Android phones with physical keyboards
Blackberry
400
Adjusted for inflation, this director's "Animal House" made more than $400 million
John Landis
500
Gets ahead by the whole length of a track, or a slip-up in judgment
laps & lapse
500
The frog-eating this, which finds its prey by listening for mating calls, flaps over Central America
a bat
500
Quasar MSH 04-12 is visible by telescope at a distance of 5 billion of these
light-years
500
The numbers are running out, so you may have to pay if you want your new phone to have this original NYC area code
212
500
While filming "Carpool Karaoke", this Red Hot Chili Peppers lead singer saved a baby's life with CPR
Anthony Kiedis