Cliches
The Great Depression
Food & Drink Brands
Swear Words
Something to Wear
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Take a chance on something risky & you "throw caution to" this

the wind

100

The beginning of the Great Depression is often dated to the stock market crash in this month of 1929

October

100

From 1899 to 1920 the number of bottlers of this soda grew from 1 plant to more than 1,000

Coca-Cola

100

Both brides & nuns "take" these solemn promises

Vows

100

They have metal plates at heel & toe to increase sound

Tap shoes

200

Your plan sounds great, but how exactly will it work? After all, "the devil is" here

in the details

200

FDR addressed the crisis in part by creating this body, the SEC, to regulate the stock market

Securities and Exchange Commission

200

Cherry vanilla & java chip are flavors from this ice cream brand with an umlaut in its name

Häagen-Dazs

200

The Boy Scout oath begins, "On my" this "I will do my best..."

honor

200

Put this pretend-tious French word before "rabbit" or "fox" to keep yourself warm

Faux

300

"Get out of" here refers to a sometimes lawless cattle city founded in 1872

Dodge

300

Americans forgot their cares with this household item that was owned by 40% of families in 1930 & 90% in 1940

radio

300

This liquor brand is also the name of Alabama's state game bird

Wild Turkey

300

"____ ____ ____ and hope to die", a character promises in Elie Wiesel's "Twilight"

Cross my heart

300

In 1884 the U.S. Army introduced these tired-sounding casual clothes

Fatigues

400

Thomas Campbell rhymed up a cliche when he wrote, "My winged hour so bliss have been / like angel-visits, few and" this

far between

400

Many economists say this standard of fixed global exchange rates helped spread the Depression around the world

the gold standard

400

The name of this brand of frozen foods sounds like a veritable feast because it is

Banquet

400

To take the stand, or one-word title of a 1999 Rage Against the Machine song

Testify

400

GQ says these suits typified by an extra row of buttons don't have to be boxy, 1930s gangster-style

Double-breasted suits

500

To mean "it looks shady", people say these "are bad"; it can also mean the science of light

the optics

500

The 1934 NYC parade on this day, the 121st of the year, reportedly had over 100,000 marchers

May Day Parade

500

Named for a city in Japan & first brewed in 1876, it's the oldest beer brand in that country

Sapporo 

500

As a noun, it's a document empowering law enforcement; as a verb, it means to promise

Warrant

500

For Muslim women, a burqa covers the face; a niqab leaves the eyes uncovered; this five-letter word is a headscarf

Hijab

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