River Islands
Word Origins
Grant Hussey
The Midwest
US Senator Rhyme Time
400

Manhattan Island is bounded by the Harlem River, the East River & this river

The Hudson

400

Greek for "sacred" & "carving" gives us this word for a writing system

hieroglyphics

400

This food Grant consistently consumes 3-5 of on a daily basis

Egg

400

A popular late aughts sitcom starring Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope took place in a fictional town in this state

Indiana

400

McConnell's curveballs

Mitch's pitches

800

The Palais de Justice & Notre Dame Cathedral are both found on this île in the Seine

Ile de la cite

800

This word for any pose in hatha yoga is from the Sanskrit

asana

800

Grant was part of this little-known citizen science project in high school. Hint: "The ____ Search Club"

Pulsar

800

This state is the nation's leading producer of cranberries, ever since taking the title from Massachusetts in 1995

Wisconsin

800

Booker's anecdotes

Cory's stories

1200

Chongming Island at the mouth of this river is part of Shanghai Municipality

the Yangtze

1200

This sled drawn by 3 horses has a Russian name

a troika

1200

This artist was Grant's Spotify Artist of the Decade 2010 - 2020

Chrome Sparks

1200

This mall, despite its size, has no central heating 

The Mall of America

1200

Cruz' prescription pills

Ted's meds

1600

DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!!

Montreal

1600

This condition was thought to arise from an excess of black bile, the origin of its name

melancholia 

1600

What town/village in Milwaukee did Grant grow up?

Bayside

1600

DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!!

Chicago

1600

Independent Angus' violin section

King's strings

2000

Tiny Vukovar Island in the Danube River is claimed by both of these former members of Yugoslavia

Serbia and Croatia

2000

This fancy word for a scar is actually just Latin for "scar"

cicatrix

2000

Question ONE of these answers:

This is Grant's favorite edition in the main series Pokemon games, OR

This is Grant's favorite addition to the spinoff Pokemon games

Pokemon Emerald

or

Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness

2000

This is the only state one can "go south" into Canada from the contiguous United States

Michigan

2000

Sherrod's new teeth

Brown's crowns

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