STANDS FOR SOMETHING!
IN LAYMAN'S TERMS...
CONNECTIONS
THE 22nd CENTURY CALLED...
SUBLIMINALS
200

THOUGH IT IS USUALLY TYPED WITH A DEADPAN EXPRESSION,  LOL STANDS FOR THIS

WHAT IS "LAUGH OUT LOUD"?

200

A VIRAL INTERNET PARODY CALLS FOR THE BANNING OF THE CHEMICAL “DIHYDROGEN MONOXIDE”, KNOWN MORE COMMONLY AS THIS, DUE TO ITS PRESENCE IN ACID RAIN AND NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

WHAT IS WATER?

200

PERSON, PLACE, ANIMAL, THING

WHAT ARE SUBSETS OF NOUNS?
200

PERHAPS THE POSTER CHILD OF FUTURISTIC INVENTIONS, THIS HYPOTHETICAL FORM OF INDIVIDUAL TRANSIT HAS BEEN RENDERED IRRELEVANT BY ADVANCEMENTS SUCH AS PASSENGER AIRPLANES

WHAT ARE FLYING CARS?

200

THIS IS THE NAME OF THE 19TH-CENTURY POLITICAL POSITION OPPOSING THE REMOVAL OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND

(PSSST THE ANSWER IS ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM GOOD LUCK PRONOUNCING IT)

WHAT IS ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM?

400

DESPITE BEING CREATED SIMPLY TO BE MEMORABLE AS MORSE CODE, SOS IS INCORRECTLY ATTRIBUTED TO THIS NAVAL PLEA

WHAT IS "SAVE OUR SHIP"?

400

KNOWN AS THIS, IT IS BY FAR EARTH’S LARGEST AND MOST DURABLE SATELLITE, WITH SEVERAL NASA MISSIONS FOCUSING SOLELY ON DELIVERING AND RETRIEVING ASTRONAUTS FROM IT - DEPENDING ON THE TIME, IT CAN EVEN BE SEEN IN THE SKY!

WHAT IS THE MOON?

400

PIP, STRAND, CONNECTION, TILE

WHAT ARE SINGULAR NEW YORK TIMES GAMES?

400

“BEAM ME UP, SCOTTY!”, THOUGH NEVER ACTUALLY SAID IN STAR TREK, IS MISREMEMBERED AS THE PHRASE USED BEFORE TRAVELLING VIA THIS FUTURISTIC TRANSPORTATION DEVICE

WHAT IS A TELEPORTER?

400

THIS IS THE NUMBER OF COUNTRIES THAT ARE COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY ONE OTHER COUNTRY ON ALL SIDES

WHAT IS 3 (LESOTHO, SAN MARINO, VATICAN CITY)?

600

INTERNET POST ETIQUETTE LARGELY POPULARIZED TL;DR, MEANING THIS CAUSE-AND-EFFECT PHRASE, AS A WAY TO SEPARATE A SHORTER SUMMARY OF A USER’S MESSAGE FROM THE GREATER STORY OR RANT IT IS ATTACHED TO. TL;DR - YOUR REACTION TO THE BULK OF THIS CLUE

WHAT IS "TOO LONG; DIDN'T READ"?

600

PERHAPS THE MOST LONGSTANDING AND UNIVERSAL CATEGORY OF ITS ART FORM, SCATOLOGICAL COMEDY, KNOWN COLLOQUIALLY AS THIS, IS A TRADITION THAT SYNTHESIZES CULTURAL TABOOS AS WELL AS BIOLOGICAL REALITIES

WHAT IS TOILET HUMOR?

600

SHORT, REEL, VINE, SPOTLIGHT

WHAT ARE TYPES OF SHORT FORM VIDEO?

600

SPAWNING POPULAR LOGICAL DILEMMAS SUCH AS THE BOOTSTRAP AND GRANDFATHER PARADOX, THEORETICAL PHYSICISTS BELIEVE THIS SCI-FI INVENTION COULD BE REPLICATED USING WORMHOLES

WHAT IS A TIME MACHINE?

600

ONE ITEM FROM EVERY CATEGORY WITHIN LAST ROUND’S “ROLL CALL!”

(ANSWERS VARY)

800

NASA STANDS FOR TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION IN THE PURSUIT OF THE UNKNOWN… OH YEAH- IT ALSO LITERALLY STANDS FOR THIS

WHAT IS THE "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"?

800

DESPITE SOUNDING LIKE A SHAKESPEAREAN THEATRICAL DEVICE, SOMNILOQUY SIMPLY REFERS TO THIS FAIRLY COMMON BEHAVIOR

WHAT IS SLEEP TALKING?

800

MURDER, ANGLE, BURN, TEMPERATURE

WHAT ARE THINGS MEASURED IN DEGREES?

800

THOUGH PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, PEOPLE ACROSS CENTURIES HAVE ATTEMPTED TO CONSTRUCT THIS HYPOTHETICAL MECHANISM DUE TO ITS ABILITY TO CREATE INFINITE ENERGY

WHAT IS A PERPETUAL MOTION MACHINE?

800

IN A FAMOUS PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY, IT IS CONCLUDED THAT, WHEN ASKED TO THINK OF A RANDOM PLAYING CARD IN A STANDARD DECK, THIS IS BY FAR THE LEAST NAMED OF THE 52

WHAT IS THE 4 OF SPADES?

1000

TAKE A DEEP BREATH- DECIPHERING THE MEANING BEHIND SCUBA, THIS PHRASE, IS ACTUALLY QUITE STRAIGHTFORWARD IF YOU THINK INDEPENDENTLY

WHAT IS "SELF-CONTAINED UNDERWATER BREATHING APPARATUS"?

1000

CALM DOWN- THOUGH SPHENOPALATINE GANGLIONEURALGIA MAY SOUND LIKE A LIFE-ALTERING COMPLICATION, IT SIMPLY REFERS TO THIS FAIRLY COMMON PHENOMENON

WHAT IS BRAIN FREEZE?

1000

TITAN, SOD, EINSTEIN, THOR

WHAT ARE ELEMENTS MINUS "IUM"?

1000

A BENCHMARK FOR TYPE II CIVILIZATIONS, THIS HYPOTHETICAL MEGASTRUCTURE SURROUNDS A SOLAR SYSTEM’S STAR TO HARVEST A LARGE PERCENT OF ITS ENERGY

WHAT IS A DYSON SPHERE?

1000

THIS REGION OVERHEAD PRODUCES OUR STORMS, PRECIPITATION, HAIL, EARTH’S RAINFALL, ETC.

WHAT IS THE TROPOSPHERE?

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