Stuff You Read in School
French Words in English
Song Birds
Art
Nine-Letter Crossword Clues
200

The Outsiders is considered a beacon in young adult literature.  How old, within two years, was S.E. Hinton when she began writing it?

15 years old

200

Keep walking until you get stuck in a dead end.

Cul-de-sac

200

Complete the title of a song by Billie Eilish: “Birds of a __________.”

Feather

200

This type of art requires a wheel, some clay, and water.  What type of art is it?

Pottery

200

Antonym of permanent. 

_ _ _ P _ _ _ _ Y

Temporary

400

William Shakespeare’s legacy is still felt today.  Aside from histories and tragedies, what other type of play did he write?

Comedies

400

You had better show up at the location and at the time I said.

Rendezvous

400

I think we could all use a little Christmas spirit. How many turtle doves are given in “The Twelve Days of Christmas?”

Two

400

In painting, multiple paint types may be employed. What kind of paint is used in aquarelle painting?

Watercolour

400

Alternative to portrait, in a Word document. 

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ P E

Landscape

600

Andy Dufresne is unkind to Bogs Diamond in this Stephen King novella.  What novella takes place in a prison in Castle Rock, Maine?

Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption

600

Poached eggs, ham, cheese, English muffins, and…

Hollandaise

600

What rock band from the 90s had such hits as “Mr. Jones” and “Accidentally in Love?”

Counting Crows

600

Some considered this kind of gross and morbid. Others were fascinated. What kind of art is on display at the Body Worlds exhibition?

Dead bodies and body parts

600

Orb-shaped. 

_ P H _ _ _ _ _ _

Spherical

800

Lois Lowry has a way of portraying worlds that are dysfunctional and dystopian.  What famous dystopian novel did she write in which memories are vital?

The Giver

800

Haiti has seen several attempts at this overthrowing of their government.

Coup d'état

800

Anne Murray, whom your grandparents probably know better than you do, wrote and sang a song which shares a name with Canadians who travel south for the winter. What is the name of that song?

"Snowbird"
800

He enjoys elephants, swans, and melting clocks.  Which famous painter is he?

Salvador Dali
800

Periodic element with the atomic number 40. 

Z _ _ C _ _ _ _ _

Zirconium
1000

Susin Nielsen enjoys scientific words.  Fill in the blank: We Are All Made of ___.

Molecules

1000

As you are wrapping up your story, the tension falls.

Denouement

1000

In Bette Midler’s “Wind beneath My Wings,” she sings that she could fly higher than a bird which shares a name with a Philly sports team. What bird does she mention?

Eagle

1000

In this person’s famous painting, a person could walk up and down stairs forever.  Who is the painter of Relativity?

M. C. Escher

1000

Strength of an earthquake. 

_ A G _ _ _ _ _ _

Magnitude

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