ACTION & SUSPENSE NOVELS
Truly on a voyage of self-discovery, this Robert Ludlum character has a realization--"The J was for Jason!"
(Jason) Bourne
Commercials once featured an actual State Farm employee named this, but now he's played by an actor named Kevin
Jake (from State Farm)
This winning declaration in a chess game is from the Arabic for "the king is dead"
checkmate
Before he was "The Rock", he had another nickname--Dewey
Dwayne Johnson
White, black, & green types of this drink all come from the same plant--Camellia sinensis
tea
Firedamp is a dangerous gas found in seams of this stuff in the mines where it's quarried
coal
A symbologist & a cryptologist deal with a murder at the Louvre in this novel
The Da Vinci Code
Progressive's Dr. Rick is a self-help authority who keeps you from doing this ("Did he ask for your help?... you don't know him")
turning into your parents
In the NFL regular season, overtime games end after nobody scores in the period that's this many minutes long
10
**DAILY DOUBLE**
This country legend is Miley Cyrus' godmother
(Dolly) Parton
Gruyere is a firm, tangy cheese named for a district in this nation
Switzerland
Lachrymator is a more formal word for this class of irritants
tear gas
**DAILY DOUBLE**
"Marko Ramius of the Soviet navy was dressed for the Arctic conditions normal to the... submarine base" in this book
The Hunt For Red October
In 2008 this group of prehistoric pitchmen for GEICO were elected to the Madison Avenue Walk of Fame
(the) Caveman
"Walk-off" began as a term for a play that ends a game in this sport
baseball
This TV personality was once the mayor of Cincinnati
(Jerry) Springer
Grown in Spain, Marcona is a variety of this nut
almonds
It's the alliterative term for a gas that absorbs infrared radiation & re-radiates it back to Earth's surface
greenhouse gas
Dunne & Dunne! (Nick & Amy) quite appropriately, part one of this novel is "Boy Loses Girl"
Gone Girl
He's a 5-star insurance pitch cartoon with a big mustache
the General
The bank cannot go broke in this Parker Brothers game, so exhaustion may be the deciding factor
Monopoly
After she sang her breakout hit on "The View" in 2008, Whoopi Goldberg kissed her & said, "I liked it"
Katy Perry
Garbanzo beans commonly go by this name as well
chickpeas
It's the second-most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere; scientists used to think it was No. 3 in the Sun, but now they're not sure
oxygen
Do you wanna build "The Snowman", in which Jo Nesbø sends this inspector with an alliterative name after a Norwegian serial killer
Harry Hole
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This actor portrays professor Nathaniel Burke, your guide through some bizarre mishaps that were covered by Farmers Insurance
(J.K.) Simmons
A hand in this card game with 2 potent potables in its name comes to a halt after a player "knocks"
gin rummy
This Argentinian, named FIFA's World Player of the Year 5 times between 2009 & 2015, made news by switching teams in 2021
Messi
Koumiss is a fermented drink made from mare's milk; this similar fermented milk also starts with a "K"
kefir
NH3 is this strong-smelling gas; the cleaning fluid is it dissolved in water
ammonia