Travel & Tourism
Double this letter to get a room in a private home with accommodations & a morning meal
"B" (B&B - bed & breakfast)
The isolation of this hormone in the 1920s led to the first effective treatment for diabetes
Insulin
The title character of this musical shows up at 17 Cherry Tree Lane, London & works her magic
Mary Poppins
This largest animal also produces one of the loudest sounds, up to 180 decibels that can be heard 100 miles away
Blue whale
Even a broken one of these on your wall is right twice a day
Clock
Tahiti's black sand beaches were created by the flowing of this hot material into the cool sea; it solidifies & then bursts into bits
Lava
This triangular object can make a mini-rainbow because different colors in light travel at different speeds in it
Prism
The musical "Les Mis" didn't debut on Broadway but in this city, its setting
Paris
One of 20 species of this fish found in the Amazon, the red-bellied has razor-sharp teeth & hunts in groups that sometimes exceed 100
Piranhas
If you're one of these capable fellows, you're unfortunately "master of none"
A snowman named Bonhomme is the official representative of this Canadian city's Winter Carnival
Quebec City
Term for a process with no assistance like gas expanding into a vacuum, or for one who does crazy things on the spur of the moment
Spontaneous
Sally Bowles is a singer at the Kit Kat Club in this musical set in Berlin
Cabaret
Every year in the Yukon, 200,000 of these deer embark on the longest land mammal migration on Earth, sometimes up to 1,300 miles
Caribu
Familiarity is said to breed this, from the Latin for "despise"
Contempt
Today it's a place providing cheap food & lodging for traveling youth; in medieval times it was a medical facility
These eye parts shrink up to .4 millimeters per decade, helping explain why it gets harder to see in dim light as you age
The pupils
The cast of "Wicked" sings about spending one short day in this place, a major metropolis in the land of Oz
The Emerald City
While young rabbits are called kits, this slightly larger animal's babies are called leverets
Hares
Done by sailors of yore, "following" this has come to mean using your inner compass to get direction in life
Following the North Star
Several varieties of orchids can be seen while hiking the Inca trail from Cuzco to this "lost city"
Machu Picchu
This condition occurs when a human's body temperature falls below 95 degrees Fahrenheit
Hypothermia
Much of this musical about a man-eating plant is set at Mr. Mushnik's flower shop
Little Shop of Horrors
Some of these mammals give birth hanging upside down, with the mothers catching the baby in their wings as it drops
Bats
It's a poor workman who blames these
Tools