Classic Literature
Idioms and Fake Acronyms
High School Chemistry
Word Origins - French
Fill in the Blank (x2)
Crossword Clues "Y"
100
"The Young Giant" & "Little Red-Cap" were just 2 of the more than 200 stories collected by these German brothers in a 19th c. anthology
Brothers Grimm
100
Heavy precipitation, or RC&D
Raining Cats and Dogs
100
Of the 3 basic states of matter, this one has particles with the least kinetic energy
Solids
100
The French for "to turn" gives us the name of this, a bandage used to control bleeding
Tourniquet
100
Exposition, [...], Climax, [...], Conclusion
Rising Action, Falling Action
100
Sing like an Alpine mountaineer
5 LETTERS
Yodel
200
This Stevenson classic is divided into 6 parts including "The Old Buccaneer" & "Captain Silver"
Treasure Island
200
Give time and energy to something that is effectively over, or BADH
Beat a dead horse
200
Equal to the protons in its nucleus, this is 26 for iron
Atomic Number
200
Jacobins in the French Revolution proudly called themselves these, now describing people who use fear to persuade
Terrorist
200
Washington, Adams, Jefferson, [...], Monroe, [...], Jackson
Madison, Adams
200
It can precede fever, jacket & pages
6 LETTERS
Yellow
300
In "Pride & Prejudice", Mr. Bennet & this daughter discuss her possible engagement to Mr. Darcy
Elizabeth or Liz
300
If I hate someone I used to be friends with, I have done this; or BaB
Burn a Bridge
300
Codeine, methadone & Demerol are all these, a word derived from the name of the drug they come from or mimic
Opiates
300
The name of this fine, soft leather is the French word for Sweden; Sweden was famous for gloves made of it
Suede
300
"Buy me some [...] and [...],
I don't care if I never get back"
Peanuts, Cracker Jack
300
Succulent plant type with sword-shaped leaves
5 LETTERS
Yucca
400
Mentor Ezra Pound convinced this poet to cut half of "The Waste Land"
T.S. Eliot
400
A very floral idiom used to describe an "easy option", or a BOR
Bed of Roses
400
A substance that speeds up a reaction without being consumed, so it can be recovered
Catalyst
400
From the Old French for "man", it's a special honor expressed publicly for a person
Homage
400
"From forth the fatal [...] of these two foes,
A pair of [...] lovers take their life"
Loins, Star-crossed
400
Central Asian round tent, designed for portable use and covered in skins or felt
4 LETTERS
Yurt
500
This British writer who wrote the "Problems of Philosophy" and "A History of Western Philosophy"" won the 1950 Nobel Prize for Literature
Bertrand Russell
500
It doesn't make any sense, but it means that you barely make it - or BTSOYT
By the skin of your teeth
500
In this process, a solid such as dry ice converts directly into a gas without going through the liquid stage
Sublimation
500
J. Langdon Down coined this 2-word phrase, French for "learned fool"
Idiot Savant
500
I, [...], X, [...], C, D, M
V, L
500
Australian folklore creature, of which a Scooby Doo vampire was inspired by
5 LETTERS
Yowie