U.S. GEOGRAPHY
FAUX PAS
THESE ARE DAYS
BBQ
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"D.C." POWER
100


This state capital is known as The Big Pineapple

HONOLULU

100


Time magazine published a 2009 article about why it's uncouth to wear white after this holiday

LABOR DAY

100

On Facebook & Instagram, "TT" can stand for Transformation Tuesday; 2 days later, "TBT" is this glimpse at the past

THROWBACK THURSDAY

100

After it's spent a long time on the grill, the flavorful and crispy outer layer of meat is called this, like part of a tree

BARK

100

Cited by Machiavelli & used as a political weapon: Divide & ____

CONQUER

100


A milk-giving bovine

DAIRY COW

200

Sometimes called the Panhandle State, it has 2 panhandles -- with Wheeling in one & Martinsburg in the other


200

Say "best wishes" to this person; "congratulations" implies she's won something -- rather than being won


THE BRIDE

200

A belief held in the Middle Ages that bears & badgers interrupted their hibernation on a particular day, led to this observance


GROUNDHOG DAY

200

KCBS is the barbeque society of this U.S. city, & the standard setter of many competitive BBQ rules

200

Associated with architect Mies van der Rohe: Less is ____

MORE

200

We love Dirk Taubert M.D. & the other researchers who've reported in medical journals on the benefits of this treat


DARK CHOCOLATE

300


Though it's the fourth-largest state in area, barely 1 million people live there

MONTANA

300

Avoid giving this when unsolicited, like George W. Bush did to Angela Merkel, at a conference in 2006


A SHOULDER MASSAGE

300


Read Across America Day is held on March 2nd, the birthday of this beloved author & illustrator of kids' books

DR. SEUSS

300

"GBD" should be the goal every time you BBQ, meaning the meat is this shade & delicious

GOLDEN BROWN

300

While one good turn deserves another, be warned that no good deed goes ____

UNPUNISHED

300

If you were one of these stupid chicken sounds, you wouldn't be here


DUMB CLUCK

400


Once called Derryfield, this largest New Hampshire city was renamed in 1810 for a British city

MANCHESTER

400


A study at Clemson found that this George Costanza move really does add thousands of bacteria to the salsa

DOUBLE-DIPPING

400

The 1865 arrival of Union troops in Galveston, Texas, is remembered on this Southern holiday with a portmanteau name

JUNETEENTH

400


This shrub produces an aromatic wood used in Texas barbeque, like in the Dallas suburb of the same name

MESQUITE

400

Give it a try: Nothing ventured nothing ____

GAINED

400


Once upon a time, theatergoers in this arcing row of seats, were expected to wear formal clothes

DRESS CIRCLE

500


The Colorado & Yuma Deserts are subdivisions of this Mojave neighbor, known as the home of the saguaro cactus

THE SONORA

500


Per Emily Post's Etiquette, a woman dancing may not refuse to change partners when another does this

CUTS IN

500

A state holiday in Massachusetts & Maine, Patriots' Day, is the third Monday in April in honor of these 2 battles

LEXINGTON AND CONCORD

500


Also a supervisor in a casino, it's the 2-word person presiding over the coals & grill to give you BBQ perfection

PIT BOSS

500

No way, no how -- not for all the tea in ____

CHINA

500


Italian for from the head, it means to repeat a piece of music from the beginning

DA CAPO

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