"C" The Animals
A Place With Direction
___ or ___
Mythic Constellations
We've got the blues
200

The name of this bewhiskered water dweller can also mean a person who uses a fake profile on social media

What is a catfish?

200

It's about 450 miles away from Greenland, & the magnetic one is on the move, heading toward Russia

What is the North Pole?

200

The Scottish & Irish custom of guising, dressing in costume & getting rewards, was a predecessor of this activity

What is Trick or Treat?

200

This constellation depicts the creature that fatally stung Orion

What is Scorpio?

200

In 1798 this military branch introduced an early version of its iconic dress blue uniform

What are the Marines?

400

Seen here, this hybrid dog breed that dates back at least 50 years is a family favorite

What is a cockapoo?

400

The Greater & Lesser Antilles are major divisions of this group of islands

What are the West Indies?

400

This expression meaning "do as I say" ends with a multi-lane road

What is my way or the highway?

400

Leo is a lion--& not just any lion, but the Nemean one slain by this hero

Who is Hercules (or Herakles)?

400

Crayola crayons in the blue family include azure, baby & this shade that's also a gemstone associated with the U.S. Southwest

What is turquoise?

600

The spitting type of this can spray its venom to a distance of 6 1/2 feet

What is a cobra?

600

Michigan State University leads a Spartan lifestyle in this city on the Red Cedar River

What is East Lansing?

600

If you don't want to reveal your secrets in this party game, you may have to do something risky

What is truth or dare?

600

As a constellation & as a sign of the zodiac, Virgo is associated with this daughter of Demeter

Who is Persephone?

600

Blue pigments popular in ceramics include this one seen here, also sometimes said to be the shade of Bradley Cooper's eyes 

What is cobalt?

800

Found in South America & seen here, it's the largest rodent


What is a capybara?

800

Aberdeen is one of only 5 cities in this Midwest state to have more than 20,000 people

What is South Dakota?

800

Succeed or fail is at the heart of this "watery" alliterative idiom

What is sink or swim?

800

Carina--the keel, Puppis--the stern, & Vela--the sails--once sailed the sky as part of a larger constellation named for this ship

What is the Argo?

800

More than 20 years after his death at about age 27, the 1961 album "King of the Delta Blues Singers" made him newly famous

Who is Robert Johnson?

1000

This critically endangered bird with an alliterative name is the largest flying land bird of North America

What is a California condor?

1000

The Devil's Hole off Edinburgh is an over 750-foot trench in this arm of the Atlantic

What is the North Sea?

1000

Robert Burns wrote, "Liberty's in every blow, let us" this, meaning succeed at all costs

What is do or die?

1000

5 stars form a "W" in this constellation named for a mythic queen of Ethiopia

Who is Cassiopeia?

1000

The uniting of chariot racing fan factions known as the Blues & Greens in this city almost brought down an emperor in 532

What is Constantinople?

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