Taking the Driving Test
ART SUPPLIES
NEWER WORDS AND PHRASES
HANGOUTS
"P"LACES ON THE MAP
100

This state agency, the DMV for short, administers the test

the Department of Motor Vehicles

100

Art supplies humor, as in this type of drawing that exaggerates certain features

a caricature

100

2-word term meaning to make an unresponsive program set you free; on a Mac it's command-option-escape

force quit

100

Let's chill at the New York public one; it has 92 locations & more than 55 million items, including DVDs

the library

100

On some journeys, this artificial waterway can save ships 8,000 nautical miles

the Panama Canal

200

This alliterative method to get your car alongside the curb just might be on the test

parallel parking

200

...inspiration, as in "Prince of Peace", a vision of him by then 8-year-old Akiane Kramarik

Jesus

200

Meaning overhyped, this word suggests a grilled meat sandwich without anything inside it

a nothingburger

200

Be it Bondi in Sydney or Redondo in Cali, it's always a fun day at this geographic feature

the beach

200

There are 35-foot-tall replicas of Heinz ketchup bottles at Heinz Field in this U.S. city

Pittsburgh
300

To take the test in most states, you'll need this proof of financial responsibility in case anything goes wrong

insurance

300

Art supplies fashion ideas--here's what 18th-century women wore for this outdoor activity (sidesaddle, of course)

riding

300

It's a less-than-chiseled paternal physique

a dad bod

300

Sometimes it's fun to relax at home with your pals & listen to hits like "Natural" & "Believer" by this beastly band

Imagine Dragons

300

Lieutenant Joseph Ives gave this name to a brilliantly colored Arizona desert, now partly within Petrified Forest National Park

the Painted Desert

400

Mirrors aren't enough--look over your shoulder to check these areas before changing lanes

blind spots

400

...a new perspective, as in "Ma Jolie", his 1911 portrait of his girlfriend as a heap of triangles

Picasso

400

Double-talk way of saying something or someone is insane or beyond understanding

cray-cray

400

In the '80s, teen gamers hung in arcades to see ghosts named Blinky, Pinky, Inky & Clyde chase this guy around a maze

Pac-Man

400

Confederation Bridge connects New Brunswick with this Canadian province

Prince Edward Island

500

Failing to give this 3-word clearance to pedestrians can be an automatic failure

right of way

500

...history lessons, as in Benjamin West's depiction of a 1755 battle in this North American war

the French and Indian War

500

A 2018 conference on computational linguistics included 4 papers on detection of this untrue stuff you read & hear

fake news

500

Nowadays, teen gamers hang using voice & text chat on this app with a name meaning strife or lack of harmony

Discord

500

This South African city was the capital of the Transvaal

Pretoria

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