What do Your Shoes Mean?
National Geographic's Mars
In the Room
Q the Map
If You Can't Beat 'Em
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A diminutive of the Italian word for dagger gives us the name of these heels.

What is STILETTO?

200

This type of storm causes major problems for explorers when it blocks the sun & solar power.

What is a DUST STORM?

200

Regular & exclusive use is one requirement for deducting the cost of this on your taxes.

What is a HOME OFFICE?

200

Home to the FBI Academy Quantico is found along this Virginia river.

What is the POTOMAC?

200

At the Buick Invitational from 2005 to 2008 many were invited but no one was beating this golfer.

Who was TIGER WOODS?

400

A lace shoe as well as a shirting fabric is named for this British university town.

What is OXFORD?

400

Part of the series is set in 2033 when the first human mission heads to Mars on a ship named for the father of Icarus.

What is DAEDALUS?

400

This word for a woman's dressing or sitting room comes from the French for a place to sulk in.

What is BOUDOIR?

400

Brisbane is the capital of this Australian state.

What is QUEENSLAND?

400

Many on our staff were sad to see the Astros invade Chavez Ravine and beat this team in Game 7 of the 2017 World Series

What is the DODGERS.

600

A girl in the Buster Brown comic strip gave her name to these girls' shoes that have a strap over the instep.

What are MARY JANES?

600

This German scientist actually built the SATURN V moon rocket with a plan to one day use it to reach Mars.

Who was VON BRAUN?

600

This musical includes the song The Room Where It Happens.

What is HAMILTON?

600

Al Udeid Air Base the headquarters of the U. S. Air Force's central command is found in this emirate.

What is QATAR?

600

From 2005 to 2008 & again from 2010 to 2014 no man was beating this Spaniard for the French Open men's singles title.

Who was (RAFAEL) NADAL?

800

A word for a type of rope gives us the name of these rope-soled sandals.

What is ESPADRILLE?

800

Life found on Mars in 2042 turns out to be a deadly microbe that only responds to this antibiotic discovered in 1928.

What is PENICILLIN?

800

This name for the main room of an ancient Roman house also refers to a skylit central court.

What is ATRIUM?

800

The Mexican state of Quitana Roo takes up the eastern side of this peninsula.

What is the YUCATAN PENINSULA?

800

This storied franchise was the last north-of-the-border team to win the Stanley Cup back in 1993

What was the (MONTREAL)CANADIENS?

1000

Queen Victoria's Scottish castle is the source for the name of this laced shoe.

What is BALMORAL?

1000

In season 2 one of these burst's of energy fries the electronics & communications of the town settlers had built on Mars.

What is a SOLAR FLARE?

1000

A 19th century poem begins "Will you walk into" this room said the spider to the fly.

What is MY PARLOR?

1000

440 feet below sea level the Qatarra Depression in Egypt halted this field marshal's attack  on British defenses in 1942.

Who was ROMMEL?

1000

Over 4 straight Super Bowls it was the rest of the NFL 139 this team 73

What was the BUFFALO BILLS?

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