3 TO GET READY
One of these poems is arranged in 3 lines of 5,
7 &
5 syllables
a haiku
Cupid's mom is this Roman goddess
Venus
Coffee with milk
cafe au lait
This team's mascot Wally the Green Monster is named for the team's famous left field wall
the Boston Red Sox
Beaten in battle, or a town paired with Lexington
conquered/Concord
A river in Germany gave its name to this shiny artificial gem that's often cut to look like a diamond
a rhinestone
The hop & the step are the first parts of this track & field event
**PICKLE PARTY**
the triple jump
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This race of gods includes the 12 children of Uranus & Gaia
the Titans
My God!
mon dieu
This NHL team's mascot Wild Wing descends from the rafters of Honda Center at the start of home games
the Anaheim Ducks
Your brother's daughter, or a town on the French Riviera
niece/Nice
Since the 1980s this country has had a shiny gold coin called the nugget; one version shows a wallaby
Australia
On Columbus' first voyage, this one of a trio didn't make it back to Spain, having run aground off Hispaniola
the Santa Maria
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2 stars in the constellation Gemini are named for these twins of myth
Castor & Pollux
Great prize
grand prix
This Padres mascot was the first mascot featured on a baseball card
the San Diego Chicken
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Spooky, or a Pennsylvania Great Lake city
eerie/Erie
**DOUBLE JEOPARDY**
This 9-letter adjective can mean both showing great intelligence or shining brightly
brilliant
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Of the 3 major varieties of rock, the type that limestone is
sedimentary
Iolaus helps his uncle Hercules slay this many-headed water monster
the Hydra
Literally, white card
carte blanche
In 2005 the San Antonio Spurs mascot got ejected, ref Jess Kersey saying, "I want the wolf gone!"--he's really this creature
a coyotea coyote
A person's animating spirit, or city that's headquarters to Hyundai
soul/Seoul
In Reagan's 34th & final speech from the Oval Office, he reflected on a favorite saying about a "shining city upon" this
a hill
In England the only 3 kings of this name ascended in the 1100s, 1300s & 1400s
Richard
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In art from the 400s B.C., Odysseus is offered a drink by this sorceress who had already turned his men into swine
Circe
That's life
c'est la vie
The Cleveland Browns' Chomps, a Labrador retriever, is said to live in this bleacher section in the east end zone
the Dawg Pound
4-letter low-carb diet, or Andean capital
keto/Quito
Headlights using this noble gas, atomic number 54, are said to shine brighter than those using halogen
xenon
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