WORLD HISTORY
VERBS

TRIPLE "A"-RATED FOOD
VOWEL, VOWEL, CONSONANT, CONSONANT
(Each response is a 4-letter word in that form.)
NONPROFITS
100

A government crackdown on protesters in Beijing on June 4, 1989 took place in this square

Tiananmen Square

100

It can mean to fish by towing lures behind a boat, or to make intentional upsetting remarks online to elicit a response

troll

100

It's squid! Buon appetito!

calamari

100

Sow sound

oink

100

Helping minority kids go to college, the foundation named for this Brooklyn Dodger was begun in 1973, a year after his death

Jackie Robinson

200

When papal armies threatened Florence in 1529, this native son & genius with stone drew up plans to fortify the city

Michelangelo

200

When you lie in court under oath, you do this to "yourself"

perjure

200

Meat, cheese & vegetables are popular fillings for this baked or fried pastry with a Spanish name

an empanada

200

It's 2 ranks below duke & they're not making many new ones these days

earl

200

You might try Farm Share in Florida if you need this type of organization whose name reflects its reserves of comestibles (groceries)

a food bank

300

Spain's second queen of this name took the throne in 1833

Isabella

300

To squeeze uncomfortably, like certain snakes or like too tight shoes on your feet

constrict

300

From Turkish, it's the name of a sweet nutty pastry

baklava

300

Shakespeare's Caesar would not have made this cry, as in English it dates only to the 1830s

ouch

300


The Michael J. Fox Foundation works to improve "knowledge about the lived experience" of this disease

Parkinson's

400

52 Americans who were held hostage in 1979 & 1980 were seized from the U.S. embassy in this city

Tehran

400

To speak distinctly & clearly; it can also mean to unite by means of a joint

articulate

400

These little anise-flavored seeds are popular in breads & crackers

caraway

400

duh-DUH, in poetry

iamb

400

Providing aid to veterans & their families, Soldiers' Angels was founded by a relative of this "Old Blood & Guts" general

Patton

500

Under revolutionary leader Emilio Aguinaldo, this country declared its independence from Spain in 1898

the Philippines

500

From Latin for "wave", it means to move in waves or ripples

undulate

500

This bread was created in the 1980s as Italy's answer to the baguette

ciabatta

500

To push someone out of a position, perhaps a dictator

oust

500

Underinsured folks can get help from the PAN Foundation, with PAN short for this person "Access Network"

Patient

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