K Words
A killick is a small, simple type of this object used to hold boats in place.
What is an anchor?
Last Seen is an investigation into the theft of 13 masterpieces from this Boston Museum.
What is the Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum?
90 degrees.
What is a right angle?
Before moving to the US in 1973, Alex Trebek lived here, the capital of Canada.
What is Ottowa?
Also called a pedestal cloud, this is the lowering of a cloud under a storm system which rotates around a vertical axis, sometimes spawning tornados.
What is a wall cloud?
Elaborate costumes and makeup and stylized acting, music and dancing, characterize kabuki, a theater style originating in this country.
What is Japan?
Wild Thing, created by NPR producer Laura Krantz, is about a renowned anthropologist relative of hers who believed in this bipedal cryptid.
What is Big Foot?
This is usually earned before entering college to pursue a degree.
What is a diploma?
His first job, at 13, was as a ___ in a hotel, helping with luggage, opening doors, and assisting guests.
What is a bellhop (or bellboy or porter)?
One of the rarest weather phenomena is a "medicane," which is a portmanteau of Mediterranean and ____.
What is hurricane?
Klaberjass is a card game played with only 32 cards, instead of the usual ____.
What is 52?
Wooden Overcoats, Arden, and Wolf 359 are examples of audio fiction podcasts, the modern equivalent of this pre-television entertainment.
What are radio plays?
The three temperature scales in use today are Fahrenheit, Celsius, and ____.
What is Kelvin?
On April Fools' Day 1997, he traded places with Pat Sajak, the host of this other popular game show.
What is Wheel of Fortune?
A severe storm with low temperatures, winds 35mph or stronger, and enough snow in the air to reduce visibility to less than 1/4mile for 3 hours.
What is a blizzard?
Krumping is a dance style which imitates this aggressive physical activity between opponents.
What is fighting?
The first season of this popular podcast hosted by Sarah Koenig examined the murder of 18-year-old Hae Min Lee.
What is Serial?
Entered Apprentice, Fellowcraft, and Master are the degrees of membership in this secretive fraternal organization.
What is Freemasonry?
He guest starred as a "Man in Black" during season 3 of this popular sci-fi television series.
What is The X-Files?
A widespread, long-lived, straight-line wind storm that is associated with a fast-moving group of severe thunderstorms which can cause hurricane-force winds, tornadoes, heavy rains, and flash floods.
What is a derecho?
To be extraordinarily pleased or bursting with pride is to kvell; you would feel the polar opposite if you needed to do this k-word action.
What is kvetch?
This "marital tour of misguided medicine" from the podcast-famous McElroy family of shows is named for the slang term used for surgeons during the Civil War.
What is Sawbones?
It's sold as Rexona in Australia; Rexena in Japan and South Korea; Sure in the UK, Ireland, and India; Shield in South Africa; and ___ in the US and Canada.
What is Degree deodorant?
In 1991, he made television history by becoming the first person to host this number of American game shows at the same time.
What is three?
The equatorial region of light winds between the trade winds of the two hemispheres. Also used for a state or period of inactivity, stagnation, or depression.
What is doldrums?