BODIES OF WATER
WEIGHTS & MEASURES
AN ANCIENT LIFETIME AGO
A COLORFUL CATEGORY
"POP" CULTURE
200
'Scientists believe this sea was formed when the Arabian Peninsula was torn from Africa 20 million years ago'
Red Sea
200
'The amount of this per liter determines if champagne is brut, sec or doux'
sugar
200
'The top choice for sweetening food or medicine, the Hymettus type from Attica was famous'
honey
200
'As a sign of respect, sailors will "strike the colors" by lowering this'
the flag
200
'Fruit-flavored ice on one or 2 sticks'
popsicle
400
'Islands in this gulf include Bahrain, Kharg & Bubiyan'
Persian Gulf
400
'A calendar month is an arbitrary number; a synodic month or a sidereal month is based on the movement of this'
the moon
400
'The Roman gladiators only worked funerals until this leader instituted some games for them in 46 B.C.'
Julius Caesar
400
'This U.S. military decoration is awarded to all armed forces personnel wounded or killed in action'
Purple Heart
400
'Happy-go-lucky "naked" guy seen here'
Poppin\' Fresh
600
'A small portion of Russia is separated from the motherland & lies between Poland & Lithuania on this sea'
Baltic Sea
600
'This measure of water depth was originally the distance between your fingertips with your arms outstretched'
fathom
600
'The monster Typhon, the giant Enceladus & the workshop of Vulcan have been called sources for its eruptions'
Mount Etna
600
'This "dark" epidemic that swept medieval Europe killed millions, including Laura, the beloved of Petrarch'
Black Plague/Black Death
600
'She's the high-flying nanny of Jane & Michael Banks'
Mary Poppins
800
'In the mid-1970s an oil pipeline was built between this Alaskan bay & the city of Valdez on Prince William Sound'
Prudhoe Bay
800
'A seed of this tree that gives us a chocolate substitute is the original "carat"'
carob
800
'Ptolemy X, a little short of funds, replaced this Macedonian's fancy gold coffin with an alabaster one'
Alexander the Great
800
'The Buddhist Gelukpa sect, which this man heads, is also known as the Sect of the Yellow Hat'
Dalai Lama
800
'You'll often find them sprinkled on top of kaiser rolls'
poppy seeds
1000
'In 1957 a deep channel was completed allowing ocean ships to reach this largest Venezuelan lake'
Lake Maracaibo
1000
'150 MHz is in this band that falls between HF & UHF'
VHF
1000
'At 15, Ovid's "Metamorphoses" topped the length of this poet's "Aeneid" by 3 books'
Virgil
1000
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew) Paired with colors that produce white or gray when combined are called this'
complementary
1000
'It was the nickname of Eddie Egan, the cop whose life was the basis of "The French Connection"'
"Popeye"
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