NORTH AMERICAN HISTORY
SINGLE-NAMED SINGERS
ABBREVIATED K
WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF?
FINE FEATHERED IDIOMS
100

In 1519 Spaniards found 200,000 people made up the city & suburbs of Tenochtitlan, the capital of this empire

the Aztec empire
100

This "Royals" singer made Time magazine's list of the most influential teens of 2013

Lorde

100

As a unit of computer memory

a kilobyte

100

Brontophobia is fear of this paired weather phenomenon

thunder and lightning
100

Someone who likes to stay up late

a night owl

200

Uh, this gen.? You slightly under-counted the no. of Indian warriors on June 25, 1876-- forgot to carry the 1, maybe?

Custer

200

In a collaboration with Eminem, she sings of a monster that's under her bed & voices inside her head

Rihanna

200

In the NFL, K is a position; in MLB, it's this stat

a strikeout

200

It's AKA fear of heights

acrophobia

200

The world of hunting gave us this term for a ridiculously easy target

a sitting duck

300

In 1693 people jailed for this in Salem were finally free; families later got reparations

witchcraft

300

6 months after his death, this rock icon's Minnesota home & studio complex was open to the public for tours

Prince

300

On the periodic table, it's elementary, my dear chemist

potassium

300

Creepy sightings in the autumn of 2016 increased the national level of coulrophobia, a fear of these performers

clowns

300

A final performance before retirement

a swan song

400

In the 1700s, stretching from Labrador through Montreal and all the way down into what's now Louisiana, was the territory known as New this country


New France

400

He collaborated with Pitbull on "DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love"

Usher

400

A Michigan food company on the New York Stock Exchange

Kellogg's

400

Term for fear of spiders

arachnophobia

400

A fast, risky detox method

cold turkey

500

He received a presidential pardon in 1815, but soon returned to his pirating ways in the Gulf of Mexico

(Jean) Lafitte

500

Bey's younger sister, in 2016 she had her first No. 1 album with "A Seat at the Table"

Solange

500

In a catalog of Mozart's works

Kochel

500

One of the most common human fears is glossophobia, fear of having to do this

speak in front of people

500

Dr. Dre said watching "Straight Outta Compton" gave his skin this reaction

goosebumps

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