After Alaska...
What is Texas
This part has 4 to 10 black rings; counting them won't tell you the raccoon's age
What is the tail
It's the only seal with tusks
What is a walrus
These whole wheat crackers are named for their creator, a certain Rev. Sylvester
What are graham crackers
A standard round of PGA golf is this many holes
What is 18
The next state, alphabetically
What is Arizona
The NYC health dept. suggests using the Cayenne type of this on raccoons-- to keep them out, not to season them
What is pepper
In parts of Asia, more than half the milk produced comes from the "water" type of this bovid
What is a buffalo
Even the Encyclopedia Britannica says that this bulb was carried in Medieval times as a charm against vampires
What is garlic
The holes in this Reuben sandwich ingredient are technically called "eyes"
What is Swiss cheese
1 of 3 states with a smaller population
What is Wyoming (or Vermont or North Dakota)
In 1997 raccoons passed skunks as the most frequent vector of this disease
What is rabies
North America's 2 venomous lizards are the Mexican beaded lizard & this scary denizen of the Southwest
What is a Gila monster
In the Middle Ages it was a favor ladies presented to knights; today it's shaped into a delicious "man"
What is gingerbread
It's opened at the surface and used to inhale and exhale
What is a blowhole
The state with the highest mountain
What is California
A small type of raccoon with a light coat is found only on Cozumel, an island off this peninsula
What is the Yucatan Peninsula
This agile monkey of the Americas dines on, among other things, the arachnid in its name
What is a spider monkey
This blue-veined cheese is named after a village near Milan; it's been made in the Po Valley since the 9th century
what is Gorgonzola
Dating from 3000 B.C., the Aubrey holes are a series of burial pits found near this English megalithic site
What is the Stonehenge
The state with the longest coastline
What is Florida?
Raccoons' fur may be silver-tipped, like the fur that gives this North American animal its name
What is the grizzly bear
Around 9 pounds at birth, the pygmy species of this African mammal may eventually reach some 600 pounds
What is a hippopotamus
This apple with a festive name is a cross between Kidd's Orange Red & Golden Delicious
What is Gala
Now a major ski resort, this Wyoming valley was named for a beaver trapper
What is Jackson Hole