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Bottom Feeders
A Quick Category
100
This chewy snack is meat that has been cut thin & dried; Native Americans added berries to it to make pemmican
What is jerky?
100
1940s Big Boys were the largest locomotives ever in regular service powered by this, soon replaced by diesel
What is coal (or steam)?
100
A bunch of pigs (5)
What is swine?
100
The long-necked species of this bivalve is also known as the steamer
What is a clam?
100
This plural word means a part of a river where the current runs very quickly
What is rapids?
200
Kaiser Wilhelm II & Albert Einstein were fans of these chewy "ursine" sweets
What are gummy bears?
200
In 1956 one of these railway systems was built in Houston, Texas; Disney's came 3 years later
What is monorail?
200
Wise herb (4)
What is sage?
200
In the Pacific & Atlantic halibuts, both of these organs are usually on the right side
What are eyes?
200
Long associated with Lipton tea, this 5-letter synonym for quick & lively is now its own PepsiCo brand
What is brisk?
300
Fannie Farmer's 1896 recipe for these chewy little baked treats didn't include chocolate; that came later
What are brownies?
300
This car once served as the conductor's office on a freight train but is now rarely seen
What is caboose?
300
Surgeon's stitch (6)
What is suture?
300
Although this echinoderm usually has 5 arms, some may have more than 40
What is a starfish?
300
This synonym for quick is also the name of a fast-flying bird that resembles the swallow
What is swift?
400
It's said an ocean wave drenched a candy stand on the boardwalk in Atlantic City, giving rise to this chewy confection
What is salt water taffy?
400
Chartered in 1859, the railroad we know by the names of these 3 places didn't get to the New Mexico capital until 1880
What is Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe?
400
Biblical Hercules (6)
Who is Samson?
400
This animal has no head, arms or internal organs & belongs to the phylum Porifera, meaning "pore-bearer"
What is sponge?
400
Arson is suspected when this type of substance, used as a catalyst to spread a fire, is found
What is accelerant?
500
How about some nice, chewy squid? it sounds more appetizing when you order it by this Italian name
What is calamari?
500
Conceived by Czar Alexander III, it was completed in 1916 & stretches from Moscow to Vladivostok
What is Trans-Siberian Railroad?
500
Dear sir or madam (10)
What is salutation?
500
The tube type of these live near deep-sea hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor & can reach 6' in length
What are worms?
500
This 6-letter Italian musical direction means to play quickly
What is presto?
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