Cats
Eight Letter Words
Acronyms
State Quarters Project
Seven Seas
100

Cats are farsighted so they rely on another physical characteristic for their hunting progress.

What are whiskers?

100

Dictionary.com and Merriam-Webster have both named this as their word of the year

What is pandemic?

100
The acronym “ZIP“

what is the Zone Improvement Plan?

100

State quarter issued Jan 4, 1999

What is Delaware?

100

It’s name comes from Latin: “Tepre Pacificum “which means peaceful sea 


What is the Pacific Ocean?

200

This group released a hit song in 1966 with the following feline references   “Cool cat, looking for a kitty, gonna look in every corner of the city”


Who is the Lovin’ Spoonful?

200

In a 2007 viral video that, at its peak, had 300,000 views a day, over 1,500 inmates at a maximum-security prison in the Philippines performed a choreographed dance routine to this 1984 song.  

What is Thriller?

200
The acronym SCUBA

What is self contained underwater breathing apparatus?

200

State quarter picturing an American Bison.

What is North Dakota?

200

This feature is deeper than Mount Everest is tall and is also a United States National Monument

What is the Marianas Trench?

300


This long, skinny animal has “cat” as part of its name however it is a member of the weasel family.


What is a fisher cat?

300

This eight-letter word appears on D.C. license plates.  


What is taxation?

300

The acronym CARE (organization)

What is the Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe?

300

State quarter picturing a golden spike and locomotives noting the completion of the transcontinental railroad

What is Utah?

300

In 2000, the International Hydrographic Organization created this fifth newest world ocean when there were previously just four.

What is the Southern Ocean?

400

Hemingway had a white cat with this genetic peculiarity. Today, his Key West home and museum is home to approximately 40-50 felines with this same unusual trait.

What are polydactyl or six-toed cats?

400

Webster defines this word as "not distant: nearby" and "having a common endpoint or border."  


What is adjacent?

400
The acronym TASER 

What is Thomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle?

400

State quarter picturing Helen Keller with Braille imprint

What is Alabama?

400

It is the most extensive chain of mountains in the world - stretching over 40,000 miles.

What is the mid ocean ridge?

500


This thickly furred North American cat has light bones and snowshoe-like feet which allow it to successfully hunt small mammals in deep snow and thrive in extreme cold.

 

What is a lynx?

500

It was Charles Barkley's opponent in the 1992 Nike commercial that featured the two playing basketball in the streets of Tokyo.  

What is Godzilla?

500
The acronym NASDAQ 

What is the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations?

500

State quarter picturing a fiddle, trumpet and guitar

What is Tennessee?

500

The flora and fauna found on or in the bottom sediments of a sea, lake or other body of water.

What are Benthos?

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