CLUES TO SECRET IDENTITIES
(Alex: ...of superheroes.)
(Alex: ...of superheroes.)
Superman:
A county in southeastern England
Kent
Food bought in a restaurant to be eaten at home
Takeout
The basement, or last place in the standings of a sports league
Cellar
Poe rhymed, "Thy naiad airs have brought me home / To the glory that was Greece / And the grandeur that was" this
Rome
This 2-word term for 8 specific colleges in the east refers to the vegetation covering their older buildings
Ivy League
Spider-Man:
Follows "valet" in a job outside L.A. restaurants
Parker
The most populous city in Poland
Warsaw
These fatty deposits cause a dimpled appearance around the hips & thighs
Cellulite
Duran Duran sang, "Her name is Rio & she dances on the sand... Oh Rio, Rio, dance across" this 2-word Texas river
Rio Grande
The name of this mass of ice comes from the Old French for "ice"
Glacier
Batman:
Detroit is its county seat
Wayne
A change of job within a company that's not a promotion or demotion is this kind of side-to-side move
Lateral
This clear wrap used to package food was developed from a failed attempt to invent stain-proof tablecloths
Cellophane
"See the pyramids along the Nile, see the sunrise on" this
Tropic isle
This word for a long-noosed rope used to catch cattle & horses is from the Spanish la reata, "the rope"
Lariat
The Hulk:
A flag unfurled
Banner
A 4-letter U.S. state (remember the category!)
Ohio
This temperature scale has 100 units between the freezing point & the boiling point of water
Celsius
Springsteen said to "Put your make-up on, fix your hair up pretty and meet me tonight" in this N.J. gambling town
Atlantic City
A 15th century sailor is said to have given this snake its name, from a Portuguese phrase meaning "hooded snake"
Cobra
Aquaman:
Pungent dish of India or the powdery spice that flavors it
Curry
Someone who owns a big cattle farm
Rancher
Originally this word meant "unmarried"; its other meaning is a more recent development
Celibate
Ogden Nash started a limerick, "There was an old man of" this city in India "who coated his tonsils with butta"
Calcutta
The first written use of the phrase "stuffed shirt", meaning a pompous bore, occurred in her 1913 novel "O Pioneers!"
(Willa) Cather