MIDDLE EAST GEOGRAPHY
CONTRONYMS
MYTHOLOGICAL BEASTS
DO ME A FLAVOR
FURNITURE
200
These 2 rivers meet north of the city of Basra
Tigris and Euphrates
200
This adjective describes both something that moves quickly & something that doesn't move at all
Fast
200
Known as the guardian of the Underworld, this three-headed dog is famous for preventing the dead from leaving
Cerberus
200
Jelly Belly makes a jelly bean that tastes like this candy--the black kind, not the red
Licorice
200
This type of low bed has casters so that it can be rolled under another bed for storage
Trundle
400
The island of Socotra, 200 miles south of the coast, is part of this Arabian Peninsula nation
Yemen
400
To hide by blocking, or to show by projecting
Screen
400
Cygnus, king of Liguria, dove into a river & was transformed into this bird
Swan
400
Thomas Jefferson was an early fan of this ice cream flavor, making his own with bean pods from France
Vanilla
400
A favorite material in America's federal period was this reddish-brown hardwood, often the Honduras type
Mahogany
600
This country's provinces include Nabatiyeh & Beqaa
Lebanon
600
It can mean to attach something, like with a clasp, or to detach something, like coupons
Clip
600
In Norse mythology, a boar named Saehrimnir was always the main course at this banquet hall
Valhalla
600
It's an okay name for a small fruit pastry, but not for a girl at the bar
Tart
600
Useful little end tables & coffee tables are also called these "tables", so they may talk like foreigners
Accent tables
800
The Omani peninsula of Musandam juts into this strait, an important route for oil tankers
Strait of Hormuz
800
To bless an action by decree, or to ban an action by decree
Sanction
800
What a life! These creatures with goats' horns, hooves & tails spent their time drinking & chasing nymphs
Satyrs
800
An adjective for stale milk, or a verb meaning to become disenchanted with something
Soured
800
This French-named style of furniture that was "new" around 1900 was characterized by the graceful whiplash curve
Art Nouveau
1000
This 5,137 meters peak is a dormant volcano in eastern Turkey, famously associated with the biblical story of Noah's Ark, which is said to have come to rest on its slopes
Mount Ararat
1000
To split a diamond with a sharp instrument, or to cling to someone very closely
Cleave
1000
This falcon god was represented by a peregrine falcon's eye & the markings around it
Horus
1000
For baking, you can buy a purple extract that tastes like this purple yam from the Philippines
Ube
1000
French for "shelf", it's an open-shelved piece of furniture for displaying knickknacks
étagère