NEW WORDS & PHRASES
CIVIL ENGINEERING
FEATURE FILM DEBUTS
WILD THINGS
THE WEST INDIES
200
'A variation of couch potato, a mouse potato is someone who spends a lot of time with this'
Computer
200
'John Smeaton, the first to call himself a civil engineer, built one of these ship-guiding structures near Plymouth'
Lighthouse
200
'Before "The Matrix" he debuted as a goalie in the hockey film "Youngblood"'
Keanu Reeves
200
'This nosy, long-tailed critter is the only marsupial found in the U.S.'
Opossum
200
'The trident on Barbados' flag stands for this Roman god of the sea'
Neptune
400
'Like Carson Daly of MTV, a TV host who plays musical clips or images is known by this "initial" term'
VJ
400
'Name shared by a tunnel-digging machine & a mammal with poor eyesight'
Mole
400
'He was just 14 (& not yet married to Uma Thurman) when he debuted in "Explorers" in 1985'
Ethan Hawke
400
'While true buffaloes have 13 pairs of ribs, this American counterpart has 14'
Bison
400
'This nation's area consists of about 44% of all the land area in the West Indies'
Cuba
600
'Also a term in census taking, it's borrowing an old piece of music & using it in a new song; try it!'
Sampling
600
'Malaria killed many workers on the Rideau one of these, though it's in Canada, not Panama'
Canal
600
'She debuted as a lovesick teen in 1991's "The Man in the Moon"; in 1999 she was up for "Election"'
Reese Witherspoon
600
'The basilisk, which can run short distances over water, is a type of this creature'
Lizard
600
'Duarte Peak, the highest point in the West Indies, rises 10,417 feet in this nation that occupies 2/3 of Hispaniola'
Dominican Republic
800
'From the title of a 1990 Martin Scorsese film, it's a popular term for mobsters'
Goodfellas
800
'The 40-mile-long Old Croton one of these was completed in 1842 -- but that's all water over the bridge'
Aqueduct
800
'This talk show host was a student at Ithaca College when she won the lead in "Hairspray"'
Ricki Lake
800
'The 2 African species of the mammal seen here have these contrasting names'
Black & White rhinoceros
800
'The College of the Bahamas, that nation's only school of higher learning, is located in this capital city'
Nassau
1000
'For politicians this medical-sounding spokesperson makes the bad news all better'
Spin doctor
1000
'Beginning in 1824 Congress allowed this military group to take on civilian projects'
Army Corps of Engineers
1000
'"Purple People Eater" introduced this young star who played Kevin Spacey's daughter in "American Beauty"'
Thora Birch
1000
'The rough skin of these fish that make up the order Selachii was once made into a type of sandpaper called shagreen'
Sharks
1000
'Once known as St. Christopher and Nevis, it's now known by this slightly shorter name'
St. Kitts and Nevis
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