SNAKES
This Egyptian queen didn't make an asp of herself, but she did use an asp snake to kill herself in 30 B.C.
Cleopatra
A Utah senator or boat's passageway
Hatch
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh
These backless beach sandals have a hyphenated name
flip-flops
A star is the logo of this popular athletic shoe company
Converse
The timber species of these American pit vipers are found in 27 states
a rattlesnake
A cutting remark or a sharp point, perhaps on a fishhook
a barb
University of Florida
Gainesville
It's easy to use one of these small grills whose name is from the Japanese for "bowl of fire"
a hibachi
According to Mark Twain, these "make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society"
clothes
The Eastern species of this is encircled with broad red and black bands, separated by narrow yellow ones
a coral snake
A generally nonmalignant growth on the surface of a mucous membrane
a polyp
University of Colorado
Boulder
With a diameter of almost 90,000 miles, this planet is equal in size to about 1,300 Earths
Jupiter
Wealthy patrons of a store are called this kind of "trade", from what they used to drive up in
carriage (trade)
Ophiophagus hannah, the scientific name of this "royal" venomous snake, means that it eats other snakes
a king cobra
It's the noble gas on the periodic table that fits the category
neon
Pepperdine University
Malibu
The brown hairstreak is one of these insects of the superfamily Papilionoidea
a butterfly
The 12 points of the Boy Scout law say to be courteous, kind & this, looking at the bright side of things
cheerful
With a top speed of about 12 mph, this deadly African snake is said to be the world's fastest serpent
the black mamba
An estate given by a lord to a vassal in return for service
a fief
The Citadel
Charleston, South Carolina
On Feb. 16, 1804, in a daring act, this U.S. naval officer destroyed a frigate that Tripoli pirates had captured
Stephen Decatur
The finishing "stone" at the top of a pyramid
the capstone