Rocks and Minerals
Homophones
European Cities
MOVIE VILLAINS
Poetry
100

Utah's state rock, it's burned to produce heat & electricity

coal

100

An ache, or a piece of glass in a window

a pain/pane

100

Native son Christopher Columbus embodies the maritime tradition of this city

Genoa

100

"Star Wars" had Darth Vader; "Phantom Menace" had this other Darth

Darth Maul

100

Poe's "ebony bird"

"The Raven"

200

Mount Rushmore is carved into a cliff made of this coarse rock

granite

200

Got up, or lines of seats

rose/rows

200

On a visit to this seaport, Hans Christian Andersen called it "the Paris of Spain"

Barcelona

200

Tom Marvolo Riddle is the real name of this villain

Voldemort

200

Dante's trilogy

The Divine Comedy"

300

Lodestone, a natural picker-upper, is a variety of this mineral
that's named for
its attractive properties

magnetite

300

To give advice, or an assembly formed to reach conclusions

counsel/council

300

This Swiss city was known as the "Protestant Rome"

Geneva

300

Slave owner Calvin Candie fills this film with evil

Django Unchained

300

Sidney's form in "Astrophel and Stella"

a sonnet

400

Composed mostly of talc, this soft rock derives its name from its greasy feel, but don't try to wash with it

soapstone

400

A meteorological environment, or to go up a mountain

clime/climb

400

This Bavarian city traces its origins to a Benedictine monastery at Tegernsee

Munich

400

He's the villain formerly known as Smeagol

Gollum

400

Whitman's 1855 collection

"Leaves of Grass"

500

Named for its scaly, snakelike appearance, this mineral commonly passes for jade

serpentine

500

A small bit of land surrounded by water, or a small hole for the passage of a shoelace

an islet/eyelet

500

Mozart lived for a time in this city on the Vltava river & wrote a symphony named for it

Prague

500

This serial killer made Elm Street a nightmare

Fred Kruger

500

Langland's 14th century title "Plowman"

"Piers the Plowman"

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