HAVING FUN AROUND THE WORLD
WEIRD HISTORY
"U" KNOW IT
I HAVE A PARTICULAR SET OF SKILLS
A NIGHTMARE FOR PEOPLE LIKE YOU
100

Strolling on Salisbury Plain, near this monument

Stonehenge

100

A 1954 act of Congress added these 2 words to the Pledge of Allegiance

under God

100

Alligators in the NYC sewers are said to be this kind of "legend"

urban

100

The act of parachuting into a forest fire gives this job its name

smokejumper (or firejumper)

100

You're ready for the final ascent of K2, but where are your canisters of this third-most abundant element in the universe?

oxygen

200

Climbing this sacred mountain of Japan in Shizuoka Prefecture

Mount Fuji

200

Civil War opponents Ulysses S. Grant
& Robert E. Lee fought on the same side in this war

Mexican-American War

200

The name of this instrument is Hawaiian for "flea"

ukulele

200

These people at places like Sotheby's don't just talk fast but use a call & response rhythm to get you to bid

auctioneers

200

You're heading home to watch the big game, but this honeycombed tank at the front of your engine is overheating!

radiator

300

Enjoying a musical performance in Australia

Sydney Opera House

300

Part of this former dictator of Uganda's official title was "lord of all the beasts of the Earth & fishes of the sea"

Idi Amin

300

A violent change in a society, or a geographic term relating to the repositioning of the Earth's crust

upheaval

300

Shut the door--I feel someone in this job, who converts designs into drawings and blueprints

drafter

300

Today's the big audition, but you've come down with this inflammation of the voice box!

laryngitis

400

Visiting the "Anne of Green Gables" house in this smallest Canadian province

Prince Edward Island

400

In the 1700s, Peter the Great imposed a 100-ruble tax on nobles who wore one of these & a 1-kopeck tax on commoners

beard

400

Omnipresent--it has not one, not 2 but 3 U's!

ubiquitous

400

In this job, Scott Boras used his skills to get big bucks for A-Rod

agent

400

Your vintage T-shirt of this Black Francis - Kim Deal band shrank 3 sizes in the wash!

the Pixies

500

Exploring this "long-lost" resort in the Bahamas that includes a casino, a water park & a 14-acre dolphin habitat

Atlantis

500

Once bodyguard to Alexander the Great, he founded an Egyptian dynasty that lasted 300 years, until Cleopatra

Ptolemy

500

Hey, Babs! This hangs from the middle of the soft palate

uvula

500

A xylographer is one who engraves on this substance or prints with blocks made from it

wood

500

You're ready for the giant annual August food fight in Bunol, Spain that uses these but just found out you're allergic!

tomatoes

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