SOUVENIRS
SHELLFISH

HOMOPHONES
NAMED FOR THEIR LOOKS
YOU GOT 2 As & 1B
(There will be two letters "A" and one "B" in each correct response.)
SPIDERS, MAN!
100

This curved throwing club of the Aborigines is an excellent souvenir--it'll always come back to you

 boomerang

100

If they're from the East Coast, they may be eaten raw; West Coast ones like the Littleneck are usually too tough

clams

100

An evergreen tree of the genus Taxus, or a female sheep

yew/ewe

100

Baseball players know the infield is shaped like this gem, which gives the field its name

a diamond

100

Litter, refuse or trash; what a bunch of...

garbage

100

Spiders usually have this many eyes; one for each leg?

8

200

A green foam crown with 7 points is a popular souvenir of this national monument

the Statue of Liberty

200

Some McDonald's restaurants in Maine & eastern Canada sell a tasty shellfish roll called this

a McLobster

200

Sobbed, or having no hair

bawled/bald

200

A natural bridge in Utah is named for this colorful arc sometimes seen in the sky

a rainbow

200

Describes a book bound by a flexible cover

paperback

200

"Charlotte's Web" is about a spider who becomes friends with Wilbur, one of these farm animals

a pig

300

Many snow globes feature this clock tower of London's Houses of ParliamentBig Ben

Big Ben

300

The striping adds this predator's name to the shrimp seen here

a tiger

300

To require, or to work dough

need/knead

300

There's a striped yellow butterfly named for this wild striped feline (Grrrr!)

a tiger

300

The stock of words used by a particular people; let's see how extensive yours is

vocabulary

300

Scientifically known as Lactrodectus mactans, this "dark" spider can have a deadly bite

a black widow

400

Many souvenirs from Gibraltar feature these "apes" that call the peninsula home

the Barbary apes

400

The spider type of this is often sold as the snow type--a bit more appetizing

a crab

400

Having no slack, or imparted knowledge

taut/taught

400

A spoonbill is a long-legged one of these with a spoon-shaped bill

a bird

400

You can count on this device, which often uses beads to make things add up

abacus

400

Stand back--it's the hairy variety of spider seen here


 

the tarantula

500

A cool memento of the Space Needle is a glass paperweight made from the ash of this nearby volcano

Mount St. Helens

500

The West Coast of the U.S. produces the Kumamoto type of these; chase them down your gullet with a crisp sauvignon blanc

oysters

500

Gathered the courage, or a condiment

mustered/mustard

500

Tusk, tusk! This color is named for the tusk material it resembles

ivory

500

The natural environment of an organism, perhaps "for Humanity"

habitat

500

Little Miss Muffet was a well-known sufferer of this phobia, the technical term for a fear of spiders

arachnophobia

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