UNIVERSAL TRUTH
SYNONYMS
INTERNATIONAL SPORTS STARS
THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS
PENINSULAS
200
'Telescopes detected Big Bang remnants as this type of radiation; we use it to cook a hot dog in a minute'
microwave
200
'"Supposing" can mean the same as this 2-letter conjunction'
if
200
'Matt Burke played fullback for the Qantas Wallabies in the Australian League of this sport similar to football'
rugby
200
'The White Queen has a really baaaaaaaad day when she starts bleating & turns into one of these'
a sheep
200
'Israeli troops occupied this peninsula from 1967 to 1982'
the Sinai
400
'This Pole's sun-centered universe theory explained why Mars appeared to move backwards across the sky'
Copernicus
400
'This synonym of "coarse" is an area of a golf course'
rough
400
'Seen here, this young Russian-born tennis star has been turning heads and winning tournaments'
Maria Sharapova
400
'This egghead egg-splains that the beautiful cravat he's wearing was an un-birthday present'
Humpty Dumpty
400
'The Seward Peninsula is on the western part of this state'
Alaska
600
'Observations from this, launched in 1990, revealed galaxies older than astronomers expected'
the Hubble (Space) Telescope
600
'This word can mean "now" or "a gift"'
present
600
'Hu Jia & Peng Bo are Olympic stars for China in this sport that features springboard & platform'
diving
600
'These two chubby little men resent Alice staring at them: "If you think we're wax-works, you ought to pay, you know"'
Tweedledum & Tweedledee
600
'This peninsula is made up of Spain & Portugal'
the Iberian Peninsula
800
'Galaxies are grouped in to regions called this, like the tungsten conductor in a lightbulb'
filaments
800
'Directional word that's a synonym for "to gulp" or "to swallow"'
to down
800
'Jan Ulrich, a German standout in this sport, has been nicknamed "Der Tourminator"'
cycling
800
'This single-horned beast is stunned to meet Alice because he always thought children were "fabulous monsters"'
a unicorn
800
'Qatar, Kuwait, & Yemen are all on this peninsula'
the Arabian Peninsula
1000
'Discovery of this colorful "shift" led to the conclusion that the universe was expanding'
the redshift
1000
'We dig this word, a synonym of "trench" & "abandon"'
ditch
1000
'Led by top player Chaminda Vaas, Sri Lanka has a powerful team in this sport that uses bats, balls, wickets & stumps'
cricket
1000
'This feline flower tells Alice most flowers don't talk because their beds are too soft & they're always asleep'
the Tiger Lily
1000
'The Apennines form the backbone of this European nation'
Italy
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