State Song Lyrics
"It was Brigham Young who led the pioneers across the plains. They suffered with the trials they had to face"
What is Utah?
Adjective meaning concerning the heart & blood vessels, collectively
What is cardiovascular?
The convention of these Writers of America takes place on the frontier & gives the Lariat Award
What are the Western Writers of America?
The perpetual light in one of these houses of worship is kept burning over the ark.
What is a synagogue?
Universal Music Group owns this word when applied to music; when applied to the city of Detroit, it's fuzzier
What is Motown?
"I love you, Catalina, you are very dear to me, I love you, Tamalpais, and I love Yosemite"
What is California?
The period of a film's creation after all the footage is shot & it's being readied for release
DAILY DOUBLE
In France, this annual religious observance is known as "Mercredi des Cendres"
What is Ash Wednesday?
L.E.D.s, light-emitting these, were invented in 1962 but it took decades for them to come into wide use
Adobe does not want you to use this imaging term as a verb or noun--try "airbrush"
What is Photoshop?
"The whole day through just an old sweet song..."
What is Georgia?
A quality of only judging something by the way it looks & not by what it's made of?
What is superficiality?
Traditionally, the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes perform in this annual NYC parade each November
What is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?
Many stoves now use piezoelectric sparks instead of these to ignite the gas
What is a pilot light?
This word is trademarked both for a "desk-top... card file" & for electronic use
What is Rolodex?
DAILY DOUBLE
"Your freeborn single star sends out its radiance to nations near and far"
What is Texas?
Similar to hallucinations, it's a phantastic sequence of haphazard imagery as seen in dreams or fever
Hampton, S.C. has been holding a warm-weather festival in honor of these large gourd fruits since 1939
What are watermelons?
George Fox, founder of this Christian group, promoted "inner light", a direct connection to God
Who are the Quakers (or Society of Friends)?
Sheetrock is a trademark of USG, United States this mineral--"drywall" is OK
What is gypsum?
"It's the spirit of friendship, it's the spirit of hope. It's the Razorbacks every game they play"
What is Arkansas?
It's a large increase in a species' numbers leading to a depletion of available resources
What is overpopulation?
On its 50,000-mile annual migration, the Arctic variety of this bird travels between the North and South Poles
What is a tern?
Poe's last story is about this job & the narrator is "thoroughly alone... Neptune, large as he is, is not... 'society'"
What is a lighthouse keeper?
In Canada, Loblaws Market owns this alliterative 2-word term for "generic"--it's their generic brand
What is No Name?