Rhyme Time
World Geography
Words with silent consonants
starts with an animal
Bodies of Water
100

Where a cetacean does some hard time

whale jail

100

Thousands of pilgrims each year visit Drirapuk Monastery, found near a sacred peak more than 16,000' up in these mountains

The Himalayas 

100

What's given to you in a "Jeopardy!" clue, it could be final on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire"

answer 

100

This plural word means your position relative to your surroundings; we hope you don't lose yours

Bearings

100

With an area of more than 300,000 square miles, this North American bay covers more than 3 times the area of the Great Lakes combined

Hudson Bay 

200

A cutlass or rapier kept in a Honda mid-size sedan

a sword accord (accord sword)

200

Buxton, England, "Gateway to the Peak District", is known for this feature, though they're not as warm as the ones at Bath

Hot Springs 

200

From the German for "hunting ship", it's a large, often expensive pleasure craft

Yacht 

200

Burlesque verse, often in an irregular rhythm

Doggerel 

200

Zambia's lowest point is this river that separates the country from Zimbabwe & also begins with "Z"

Zambezi 

300

A top-story room used for storage that stays the same, never changing

Static Attic 

300

In western Brazil you'll find the Mirante Geodésico, marking this point in South America

The Geographic center of the continent 

300

A person in line to succeed another in rank, title or office

Heir 

300

It's a fancy pitcher

a ewer

300

The French call it Pas de Calais; the English call it this

The Strait of Dover

400

King Alaric's stock of chicken bouillon

Goth Broth 

400

The Nelson River drains this big lake into Hudson Bay

Lake Winnipeg 

400

It's a glancing rebound of a projectile off a flat surface, like a bullet off a wall

ricochet

400

6th century B.C. Indian physician Sushruta was a pioneer of surgery, including this reconstruction of the nose

rhinoplasty 

400

An active volcano lies within this country's Taal Lake, which itself occupies a caldera

The Philippines 

500

A white sheep running a gambling den like the Mirage or Sahara

a casino merino 

500

The Comoros Archipelago is at one end of the Indian Ocean channel with the name of this country

Mozambique Channel 

500

The adjective carpal refers to any of the 8 small bones of this body part

wrist 

500

Part of the limbic system, this structure in the brain is thought to play a role in spatial navigation

the hippocampus 

500

The Sinai Peninsula lies between 2 gulfs, the Gulf of Suez on the west & this one on the east

The Gulf of Aqaba 

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