HISTORICAL MUSEUMS
THE SAHARA DESERT
A SNGL VWL
(Alex: Each correct response will contain only a single vowel.)
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Insta-Graham
100

Learn about pre-Hispanic societies at Bogota's Museo del Oro, the museum of this element

Gold

100

Sahara means "desert" in this language of north Africa & the Middle East

Arabic

100

Itch has one--so does this action to deal with the itch

scratch

100

In "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald", Jude Law plays this future headmaster of Hogwarts

Dumbledore

100

Kat Graham played Nina Dobrev's very witchy friend Bonnie on this CW show

The Vampire Diaries

200

On display at the British Museum, the Rosetta Stone provided the key to the translation of this system of Egyptian writing

heiroglyfics (can't spell)

200

These long-necked ungulates most often associated with the Sahara weren't introduced there until around 200 A.D.

Camels

200

You contestants from northerly latitudes will recognize this, partially melted snow & ice

slush

200


This Supreme Court justice is the focus of the documentary "RBG" 

RBG

200

The Martha Graham School of Contemporary this 5-letter art form is found in New York City

Dance

300

(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Museum of the American Revolution.) Figures bring to life some of the war's younger participants, like Joseph Plumb Martin, who first enlisted at 15 & described arriving at this Pennsylvania site in 1777 "to take up our winter quarters with no clothing, no provisions, and disheartened as need be"

Valley Forge

300

The Sahara is home to a large number of ergs, vast areas of these shifting mounds, some that can reach 500 feet high

Sand Dunes

300

To interrogate harshly, or where you broil your burger

grill

300

The title of this film based on Angie Thomas' Y.A. novel is what Tupac said the "Thug" in "Thug Life" stands for

The Hate You Give

300

The flour Sylvester Graham promoted was turned into this baked good in the 1850s; using it in s'mores came later

Graham Crackers 

400

This largest concentration camp was converted into a museum & a memorial to victims of the Holocaust

Auschwitz

400

ts include the mastic tree, whose name comes from an old word meaning to do this, like to the tree's resin 

Chew

400

Cursive writing

script

400


"The Fools Who Dream" is the subtitle to "Audition", an Oscar-nominated song from this 2016 film 

LA LA Land

400

This swimsuit model & body-positive activist is a judge on "America's Next Top Model"

Ashley Graham

500

Opened in 2009 Athens' Museum of this hilltop citadel was designed to resemble the nearby Parthenon

The Acropolis

500

One of the most arid & desolate parts of the Sahara is found in this country between Tunisia & Egypt

Libya

500

6-letter immobilizer for a fractured bone

splint

500

The third & last film in this labyrinthine series is based on the novel "The Death Cure"

The Maze Runner

500

In 2003 Lindsey Graham took over Strom Thurmond's Senate seat to represent this Southern state

South Carolina

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