SHADES OF RED
SERIAL KILLERS
THAT IS SOME FLEX
INSECT AFFIRMATIONS
THE GULF OF MEXICO
THIS CATEGORY IS FIRE
400
It's the shade of red worn by Hester Prynne
scarlet
400
In a March 1852 serial chapter in The National Era, Harriet Beecher Stowe killed off this title character
Uncle Tom
400
It's the muscle being flexed in the familiar "We Can Do It!" poster of World War II
bicep
400
"I can do hard things. I'm the only insect that can turn its head 180°, & I have 5 eyes. Bend a knee to me, the Mantodia"
a praying mantis
400
This powerful warm current flows north from the Gulf into the Atlantic Ocean
the Gulf Stream
400
75% of the world's volcanoes are part of this 25,000-mile-long seismic belt formed around the basin of the Pacific Ocean
the Ring of Fire
800
Cerise can be bright pinkish red or closer in color to this fruit that cerise is French for
cherry
800
Charles Dickens dragged out the death of Little Nell over installments of this "Old" novel
The Old Curiosity Shop
800
You flex your soleus muscle to do this, like to move through a room where someone's asleep
tiptoe
800
"I'm a hard worker. I help recycle dead wood from trees, which is critical in nature. I'm a valued member of the order Blattodea"
a termite
800
The western end of this island forms a partial divider between the Gulf & the Caribbean Sea
Cuba
800
In 2 Kings a chariot of fire & horses of fire appear before this prophet is taken by a whirlwind to heaven
Elijah
1200
In 1910 it was designated the official color of Harvard
crimson
1200
Stephen King senselessly snuffed out this mouse in part 3 of "The Green Mile"... he'd be back
Mr. Jingles
1200
Give baby a nice rounded dome with this alliterative part of her day when she flexes her neck muscles & lifts her head
tummy time
1200
"I know my worth. I'm a speedy '100-legger' & an exceptional predator. I'm a fierce chilopod"
a centipede
1200
This 76,000-square-mile peninsula juts up into the Gulf's south end
the Yucatan Peninsula
1200
"The Firebird" was a feather in the cap of this Russian composer
Stravinsky
1600
A shade of reddish gold is named for this Venetian Renaissance master who used it in his paintings
Titian
1600
Mistah Kurtz--he dead; in the April 1899 issue of Balckwood's Magazine thanks to this author
(Joseph) Conrad
1600
The dilator nares & depressor septi nasi flex to dilate the nostrils, which is called this action when it has an emotional cause
a flare (flaring)
1600
"I'm deserving of good things. I'm a large, hairy spider but I am quite docile. I'm proud to be a theraphosid"
a tarantula
1600
The world's largest fish, these Gulf residents, can gather in large groups to feed near the mouth of the Mississippi River
whale sharks
1600
Napalm is similar to this Byzantine weapon invented by Callinicus of Heliopolis & named for the people who first used it
Greek fire
Greek fire
2000
Going back to the Latin word for "worm", it's the shade & species of the flycatcher seen here
vermilion
2000
In the May 1, 1886 issue of Graphic, this author killed off Lucetta & her unborn child in "The Mayor of Casterbridge"
Thomas Hardy
2000
This basic type of exercise that doesn't change the muscle's length can include a thigh-flexing quad workout
isometric
2000
"I am unique! I have no legs in my midsection so I move in 'measured' steps by arching my body. I'm a cute geometrid caterpillar"
an inchworm
2000
In 1559 a Spanish expedition settled for about 2 years at what is today this city near the western end of Florida's Panhandle
Pensacola
2000
A 1963 New York Times review said that James Baldwin had "not written this book of two essays to please"
The Fire Next Time