OCTOBERFEST
AMAZING ANIMALS
GEOGRAPH"E"
THE "WORLD" SERIES
SOUNDS SPOOKY
FAMOUS PHOTOGRAPHS OF 20th CENTURY
DDs+FJ
400
This baseball player is known as "Mr. October" (Matthew Agostino's dad also laid down in front of his car in parking lot once)
Reggie Jackson
400
This largest animal also produces one of the loudest sounds, up to 180 decibels that can be heard 100 miles away
Blue Whale
400
It has a 440-mile border with Colombia
Ecuador
400
This 1995 film with Kevin Costner as The Mariner became a Universal Studios "tidal wave of explosive action"
Waterworld
400
A British kid might use this 5-letter word instead of mother
Mummy
400
1969: The first lunar footprint was photographed by this man (who was actually the 2nd person to walk on the lunar surface).
Buzz Aldrin
400
Morro Bay features one of these, defined as a partly enclosed coastal body of water where river or creek water mixes with sea water
Estuary
800
Led by Orson Welles, the Mercury Theatre panicked the U.S. with a live radio dramatization of this work on October 30, 1938
War of the Worlds
800
The foveal area in this part of a buzzard's eye has 1 million photoreceptors per square millimeter
Retina
800
Seen here is the view from Queens looking over this body of water
The East River
800
This 2006 book inspired a movie:
"An Oral History of the Zombie War"
World War Z
800
This spooky type of author writes a book but gives credit to another
Ghostwriter
800
1999: Brandi Chastain ripped her jersey off to reveal her sports bra after scoring the winning penalty kick at this stadium located just 20 miles from Glendora
The Rose Bowl
800
This critically endangered bird with a stately and alliterative name is the largest flying land bird of North America
California Condor
1200
In October 1936 power from this massive project on the Colorado River began turning on lights & radios in the Western United States
Hoover Dam
1200
The Sumatran type of this predator is still around, but the Javan & Bali subspecies are no more
Tiger
1200
You can attend the Sun City Music Festival out in this West Texas town
El Paso
1200
In the even-numbered years of 2010, 2012 & 2014 this team won the World Series
San Francisco Giants
1200
There are 3 species of this mammal, which uses echolocation & feeds on livestock
Vampire Bat
1200
1932: It still remains unclear who actually took this photograph aptly titled "Lunch atop a ________"
Skyscraper
1600
She joined the Supreme Court as its second female justice October 4, 1993
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
1600
Some animals are highly resistant to snake venom, like the mongoose & this sweet-sounding creature also called a ratel
Honey Badger
1600
DAILY DINGER #1
PLEASE MAKE A WAGER
1600
In 2005, making only their fifth World Series appearance ever, this team swept the Houston Astros and haven't returned since
Chicago White Sox
1600
Sanguinelli is a variety of this citrus fruit whose flesh can be deep red
Blood Orange
1600
1989: Tank Man is the title of the photo taken at this square within Beijing
Tiananmen Square
1600
20th CENTURY SCIENCE TERMS
This 4-letter word was introduced in London in 1905 by Dr. H.A. des Voeux of the Coal Smoke Abatement Society
2000
In the first united action by the 13 colonies (well, 9 of them), in Oct. 1765 delegates met to work to repeal this British law
The Stamp Act
2000
DAILY DINGER! #2
MAKE YOUR WAGER
2000
Found on the North Saskatchewan River, this petroleum & meatpacking city was established as a fort in 1795
Edmonton
2000
Each time you enter LAX and battle traffic and drive around that death circle with all of the terminals you are driving along this numerically named street
One World Way
2000
This synonym for ghost comes from the Latin for "to look"
Specter
2000
1954: Marilyn Monroe's white dress was famously captured blowing upwards in a scene from this movie that has a number in its title.
The Seven Year Itch
2000
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
Of the 10 U.S. states with 2-word names, this one stretches the farthest south