State Capitals
It's the only 3 word state capital.
What is Salt Lake City?
To annoy perhaps with an insect (3)
What is bug?
There are 3 main types of these in the body--smooth striated & cardiac. You can usually exercise to make some of them larger!
What are muscles?
With the Ghost of Christmas Past he remembers a holiday party hosted by Mr. Fezziwig his former employer
Who is Ebenezer Scrooge?
At the Crossroads of Central Asia is a chapter in a history of this trade route named for a fabric
What is the Silk Road?
This city is the capital of Texas
What is Austin?
Witches' concoction or a beer (4)
What is brew?
By definition bacteria called anaerobes don't need this to live
What is oxygen?
This beloved children's character of A.A. Milne’s said, "The only reason for making honey is so as I can eat it"
Who is Winnie the Pooh?
The first event in history recorded by the ancient Greeks were these contests that took place in 776 B.C. The modern day version is held every four years.
What are the Olympics?
Among state capitals, it’s first alphabetically
What is Albany?
Biblical tower town (5)
What is Babel?
Of DNA's bases this one was first discovered in guano hence its name
What is guanine?
This Dickens orphan takes pickpocketing lessons from the Artful Dodger but gets caught the 1st time he tries it
Who is Oliver Twist?
Called the Father of History he wrote a long account of the Greco-Persian Wars
Who is Herodotus?
1 of 3 state capitals that begin with P
What is (1 OF) Phoenix, Arizona; Providence, Rhode Island; Pierre, S. Dakota?
Fasten your seat belt (6)
What is buckle?
Insert 2 letters into melanin to get this hormone that helps make you sleepy
What is melatonin?
Per his creator Edgar Rice Burroughs, this man of the apes could spring twenty feet across space at the dizzy heights of the forest top and eventually married Jane Porter
Who is Tarzan?
The 3rd & last Punic War ended with the destruction of this city & the enslavement of its people
What is Carthage?
1 of the 3 state capitals that lie on the Missouri River
What is Bismarck, Pierre, or Jefferson City?
It precedes dance laugh or flop (5)
What is belly?
In an earthworm pairs of nephridia similar to these bean-shaped human organs filter & remove waste
What are kidneys?
In The Mysterious Island a semi-sequel to 20000 Leagues Under the Sea he dies & is buried at sea in his submarine
Who is Captain Nemo?
De Tocqueville called this event which began in 1789 an event that changed world history “Inevitable yet... completely unforeseen”
What is the French Revolution?