U.S Geography
New phrases and Words
Fun with elements
In trouble
oh"K"
100

Massachusetts' Barnstable County mostly consists of this hook-shaped cape

Cape Cod

100

It means a vacation that is spent at or near home

Staycation

100

The USA's first sign using this gaseous element was over a Packard dealership in Los Angeles

Neon

100

A part in a film or play

A role

100

K-9 refers to a police dog; K-12, this through 12th grade

Kindergarten

200

Saginaw Bay on the east coast of Michigan's Lower Peninsula is an inlet of this Great Lake

Lake Huron

200

Change 1 letter in "blog" to get this if the blog includes footage

Vlog

200

Trick candles relight after being snuffed because this element, Mg, has a low ignition temperature; you can see flecks of it going off & igniting the paraffin vapor

Magnesium
200

A fleshy ear bit

A lobe

200

Tasty pellets for pups

Kibble

300

This river rises in Northern Pennsylvania, runs into Southwest New York & then flows into Pittsburgh

The Allegheny River

300

"Pulley attached to cable" doesn't capture the sensation like this term that includes a synonym for "zero"

A zip line



300

It occurs in more different forms than any other element on the periodic table-- more than 10 million

Carbon

300

The body of facts & beliefs about a particular subject

A lore

300

Thrown with as little spin as possible, this baseball pitch is famous for being easy on the arm

A knuckleball

400

El Paso, Texas was named because it was a major ford, or pass, across this river

The Rio Grande

400

10-letter word for a person who has an abnormal fear of bacterial or viral infection

Germaphobe

400

A cesium-beam type of this has given us the most accurate realization of a unit man has achieved

A clock

400

An engine supercharger

Turbo

400

This type of doll represents a Hopi ancestral spirit

A kachina doll

500

This waterfall in Yosemite National Park is the highest continuous fall in North America at 1,612 feet

Ribbon Falls

500

A group of people emailed or texted to show up at a particular spot for a group performance

Flash mob

500

Bauxite is where you'll find this element, the most abundant metal in the earth's crust

Aluminum

500

A swollen underground plant stem

A tuber

500

This bone is also a verb meaning to cripple someone with a bullet to the leg

Kneecap

M
e
n
u