U.S. Geography
Olympians
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The Queen
400

The 3-mile-long Golden Gate Strait connects this bay with the Pacific Ocean

What is the San Francisco Bay?

400

At Rio 2016, he blamed his glacial time of 9.81 secs. in the 100m on the short rest period between the semifinal & final  

Who is Usain Bolt?

400

The name of this flavoring has also come to mean plain or ordinary

What is vanilla?

400

A poem by Robert Burns says that his love is like this red flower "that's newly sprung in June"

What is a rose?

400

She was queen when William Shakespeare was born & died when he was almost 40

Who is Queen Elizabeth?

800

Sometimes called the "Panhandle State", it has 2 panhandles, with Wheeling in one & Martinsburg in the other

What is West Virginia?

800

In 2014 Jonathan Toews, Chris Kunitz & Sidney Crosby led Canada to gold in this sport

What is hockey?

800

"Animal Farm" is one work from this author, who's name is now used to mean "dystopian" or "authoritarian"

Who is George Orwell?

800

Wally the Green Monster is the mascot of this Major League Baseball team

Who are the Red Sox?

800

Bey, Queen of the Beyhive

Who is Beyonce?

1200

The Jordan River rises in Utah Lake & empties into this one

What is the Great Salt Lake?

1200

Opponents flip over Kayla Harrison, winner of 2012 & 2016 golds in the 78kg division of this martial art

What is judo?

1200

A metal capable of being shaped by hammering or pressure is said to be this

What is malleable?

1200

If you're caught up in this sticky sounding stuff, you're in a bureaucratic mess

What is red tape?

1200

The reigning queen of Canada

Who is Queen Elizabeth?

1600

Though it's the fourth-largest state in area, barely 1 million people live there

What is Montana?

1600

What is archery?

1600

In fashion, types of these include Mandarin, Chelsea & ruff

What are collars?

1600

Stephen Crane was 25 when he wrote this novel, "An Episode of the Civil War"

What is The Red Badge of Courage?

1600

Who is Queen Isabella?

2000

Waterfalls on this serpentine river include Shoshone Falls & Twin Falls

What is the Snake River?

2000

The triumphant 2016 U.S. women's gymnastics team had 2 holdovers from 2012: Gabby Douglas & this captain

Who is Aly Raisman?

2000

John Dryden wrote, "What passion cannot music raise and" do this, meaning to pacify or quiet

What is "quell"?

2000

In Russian, this central Moscow area is known as Krasnaya Ploshchad

What is the Red Square?

2000

"Off with her head!" shouts this Queen, of Alice in Wonderland fame

Who is the Queen of Hearts?

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