HOMOPHONES
SPECIAL "K" PLACES
THIS YEAR'S HEADLINE!
BIOLOGY
DON'T LISTEN TO THEM!
200
'A baby may do this when this plaything bounces away'
bawl/ball
200
'Lots of places have an Oktoberfest, but the town of Liberal in this state has an Oztoberfest'
Kansas
200
'Nixon Resigns as President!'
1974
200
'Round, wrinkled, green seed or yellow seed are differences in the 7 traits of these plants Mendel studied'
peas
200
'An Actors Studio founder once said of this play, "Who wants to see a play about an unhappy traveling salesman?"'
Death of a Salesman
400
'The crust end of a loaf of bread, or to make well'
heel/heal
400
'Snowy peaks surround Bishkek, the capital of this country (hint: most of the people speak Kyrgyz)'
Kyrgyzstan
400
'Soviets Send First Man Into Space!'
1961
400
'A father contributes an X chromosome to create a daughter & this chromosome to create a son'
a Y chromosome
400
'Just before its fateful 1912 voyage began, a deckhand asserted, "God himself couldn't sink this ship"'
the Titanic
600
'Possess, or divide into 2 equal pieces'
have/halve
600
'Seen here in all its glory, Waimea Canyon on this island is known as the "Grand Canyon of the Pacific"'
Kauai
600
'Joe Namath & the Jets Win the Super Bowl!'
1969
600
'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew cracks the case.) It's the total number of cells in this yellow egg yolk'
1
600
'About this film Irving Thalberg predicted, "Forget it, Louis. No Civil War picture ever made a nickel"'
Gone with the Wind
800
'Makes noise like a donkey, or to cook fat-browned meat slowly in a small amount of liquid in a covered pot'
brays/braise
800
'When visiting this London palace that was home to Princess Di, stop for a spot of tea at the Orangery'
Kensington Palace
800
'Bolsheviks Kill the Czar & His Family!'
1918
800
'Oxygen is a waste product of this metabolic process in green plants'
photosynthesis
800
'In 1839 French painter Paul Delaroche said, "From today painting is dead" after an exhibition of these'
daguerreotypes (or photographs)
1000
'Maybe, just perhaps, this small arachnid will attack your plant'
might/mite
1000
'The 2 "K" towns--one in Florida & one in Idaho--that were home to Hemingway'
Key West & Ketchum
1000
'Hong Kong Returned to China!'
1997
1000
'Chitin is the main component in this supportive outside covering of lobsters & insects'
the exoskeleton
1000
'Returning from Munich in 1938 he predicted, "I believe it is peace in our time"'
Neville Chamberlain
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