FUN WITH FLAGS
FUN WITH FLAGS
DJs
AMERICAN HISTORY
CROSSWORD CLUES, FROM THE LATIN
WINTER
FINAL JEOPARDY
100
It's the only U.S. state whose flag has a different design on its reverse; it depicts a beaver
Where is Oregon?
100
It comes between Swedish & Mafia in the name of a DJ supertrio & is the kind of music they play
What is House?
100
Now a university, this Alabama school opened in 1881 with about 30 students & one teacher, Booker T. Washington
What is Tuskegee?
100
"Moon" adjective
(5 letters)
What is lunar?
100
Paul A. Siple is the father of this measurement of how cold the air makes you feel based on work in Antarctica around 1940
What is windchill?
200
The flag of Tunisia depicts these 2 celestial figures associated with Islam
What is crescent moon & star?
200
This D.G. was No. 1 on DJ mag's Top 100 of 2021
Who is David Guetta?
200
A Boston newspaper coined this phrase for the period of optimism during James Monroe's presidency
What is the Era of Good Feelings?
200
"Flesh devouring" adjective
(11 letters)
What is carnivorous?
200
This winter state of dormancy is a mammal thing; the poorwill is one of a few birds that do it instead of migrating
What is hibernation?
200
CATEGORY
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
300
That's the St. Andrew's Cross in reversed colors on the flag of this Canadian province
What is Nova Scotia?
300
An actor in both indies & blockbusters, he also has serious DJ cred
Who is Elijah Wood?
300
Favoring free silver, in a rousing 1896 speech this orator & statesman said, "you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold"
Who is William Jennings Bryan?
300
"Before the war"
(10 letters)
What is antebellum?
300
A sleeker aesthetic, EPA regulations & maybe a reluctance to fat-shame have made this winter warmer-upper a thing of the past
What is a pot-bellied stove?
300
ANSWER
About 200 miles of the Tyrrhenian Sea separates the cities of Cagliari & Trapani in these 2 "regioni autonome" of Italy
400
The flag of this African nation depicts a mokorotlo, a Basotho hat
What is Lesotho?
400
DJ Snake teamed up with Lil Jon to make a massive hit of this rhetorical question
What is "Turn Down for What?"
400
The first woman in America to receive a medical degree, she would later open a hospital for women & children with her sister Emily
Who is Elizabeth Blackwell?
400
"Underground"
(12 letters)
What is subterranean?
400
In "The Winter's Tale", Perdita says, "For you there's" this "R" herb "and rue; these keep seeming and savor all the winter long"
What is rosemary?
400
QUESTION
What are Sardinia & Sicily?
500
The flag of Palau uses a similar design as, but a different color palate than, this country, independent since 1971
What is Bangladesh?
500
The superstar DJ with the album "Joytime" is known for the white helmet that goes with this stage name
Who is Marshmello?
500
Killing 146 workers, mostly women, this tragic fire at a New York City garment factory in 1911 led to new safety laws
What is the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire?
500
"The knowledge of laws"
(13 letters)
What is jurisprudence?
500
The game of snow snake has long been played by the Haudenosaunee, also known as this league or confederacy
What is Iroquois?