AS QUICK AS YOU CAN SAY...
COUNTRY NAME ETYMOLOGY
SCHOOL MOTTOES
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ANN(E)-TASTIC!
200
'This word is paired with "lickety" to mean "quickly"'
split
200
'From an explorer, Mr. Vespucci'
America
200
'Many schools use this motto from Genesis 1:3, God's first spoken command'
"Let there be light"
200
'Rhyming name of the dim bedtime illuminant in your child's room, possibly to ward off monsters'
a night light
200
'She announced that 2003's "Blood Canticle" will be her final vampire novel'
Anne Rice
400
'Speedy plural term for a quickly-moving section of a river'
rapids
400
'After seeing stilt houses on Lake Maracaibo, explorers named this country after Venice'
Venezuela
400
'Harvard University's motto is simply Veritas, meaning this'
truth
400
'Unit of power equal to 1 ampere flowing across a 1-volt potential difference (big definition, little word)'
a watt
400
'Her 16th c. cottage in Shottery, England is kept as a memorial (she never danced at the Oscars with Hugh Jackman)'
Anne Hathaway
600
'In a TV cartoon Spritle & Chim Chim often stowed away in the trunk of this title thrill-seeker's car, the Mach 5'
Speed Racer
600
'This Central American country is named for "The Savior", Jesus Christ'
El Salvador
600
'Amor omnia vincit, or this "conquers all", is on the seal of William Woods University in Fulton, Missouri'
love
600
'It's the "E" in laser'
emission
600
'This advice columnist said "Truth is Stranger"; at least she did when she wrote that book in 1968'
Ann Landers
800
'From the Latin for "prompt", it's the Spanish word for "soon"'
pronto
800
'This African country is named from the Portuguese for "lion mountains"'
Sierra Leone
800
'Montclair State College in New Jersey uses the motto Carpe diem, which means this'
seize the day
800
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew manipulates a pro light fixture.) Used to manipulate light, the shutters on a stage lamp go by this farm name; don't let them hit you on the way out'
a barn door
800
'This college town is the seat of Michigan's Washtenaw County'
Ann Arbor
1000
'In Newton's equation F=ma, it's what "a" stands for'
acceleration
1000
'This new Balkan nation is named for the appearance of Mt. Lovcen or perhaps the dark forests around it'
Montenegro
1000
'The University of Guam shares this motto with the State of New York; it means "higher"'
Excelsior
1000
'"Unlock" this 3-letter term for the principal light illuminating an actor's face'
key (light)
1000
'She delivered a sparkling keynote address at the 1988 Democratic National Convention'
Ann Richards
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