ANATOMY
BLAME THE FRENCH
COLORFUL LANGUAGE
GRAMMAR
CHEERS
100

As opposed to the muscular or skeletal system, the heart, blood & blood vessels are parts of this system

the circulatory system

100

In 1998 France hosted this contest & eventually won it, beating Brazil 3-0 in the final

The World Cup

100

The part of a phone book with strictly alphabetical listings & no ads

the white pages

100

In the sentence "It was as if an occult hand had been at work", "occult" is this part of speech

an adjective

100

It's the booze that's in both a Bloody Mary & a screwdriver

vodka

200

A thin, tough fibrous material called the renal capsule covers the outer surface of these organs

kidneys

200

France's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is beneath this landmark

the Arc de Triomphe

200

A communist & a warning of danger might each "raise" this

a red flag

200

As in this clue, ending a sentence with one of these is a practice some don't agree with

a preposition

200

This type of liquor precedes "sunrise" & "sunset" in the names of cocktails

tequila

300

Allowing the lower leg to move backward & forward in the same way that a door opens & closes, the knee is considered this type of joint

a hinge

300

This Paris locale featured in "The Da Vinci Code" opened in 1793

the Louvre

300

In Neil deGrasse Tyson's book, "Death by" one of these, he refers to a process called spaghettification, in which differences in gravity across your body stretch you long & thin

a black hole

300

"As the sun set" is known as a "sentence" this

fragment

300

Put the lime in the rum & Coke & drink it all up under this Spanish name

a Cuba Libre

400

Glucose levels in the blood are regulated by 2 pancreatic hormones: glucagon & this

insulin

400

A tale of "Toul" cities would include Toulon & this metropolis of more than 350,000 people

Toulouse

400

This term for nobility comes from the Spanish sangre azul

blue blood

400

As necessary to complete the idea, the last 3 words of "I like men who bake bread" form a restrictive type of this

clause

400

This cocktail named for a motorcycle attachment is triple sec, brandy & lemon juice

a sidecar

500

A large forehead doesn't indicate smartness; it indicates a large one of these bones that form the forehead

the frontal bone

500

A Canadian war memorial stands atop this French ridge where fighting raged in April 1917

Vimy Ridge

500

Shakespeare used this facial-hair-based word for an old man in "The Taming of the Shrew"

a graybeard

500

It's best to use this type of voice when possible; "Bob ate the pie" is good... "The pie was eaten by Bob", not so much

active

500

Go retro with this cocktail, sugar, bitters & bourbon garnished with a cherry

an old fashioned

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