Spanish:
It's how to say "river";
some are "Grande"
What is rio?
100
From 1917 to 1991 a federation of Russia & other Communist republics was known by this collective name
What is the USSR?
100
Its name is related to the words "day" & "eye" because of its eye-like yellow center
What is a daisy?
100
Word for the result you get when you divide one number by another
What is a quotient?
100
Air Pegasus sneakers
What is Nike?
200
Chemistry:
The atomic number of this element is 92, but numbers we tend to associate with it are 235 & 238
What is Uranium?
200
Nikita Khrushchev was premier during the 1962 crisis over missiles in this country very near the United States
What is Cuba?
200
A family of about 3,000 species, including cilantro, is named for this herb you know as a little green garnish on food
What is parsley?
200
"Quixotic", meaning capricious or impulsive, goes back to a literary character created by this author
Who is (Miguel de) Cervantes?
200
The Kindle Paperwhite E-reader
What is Amazon?
300
Phys Ed:
As Patches said, if you can do it to a wrench, you can do it to a ball, so time to play this game, kids! Neo from the Matrix would be really good at this game
What is dodgeball?
300
Crowned in 1896, Russian ruler Nicholas II was the last monarch to hold this imperial 4-letter title
What is the czar?
300
The wood of choice for butcher blocks & bowling pins is this tree whose xylem sap you might drizzle on pancakes
What is maple?
300
Don’t confuse these 2 words--one’s a substance that counteracts a poison & the other, a short amusing story
What are an anecdote and an antidote?
300
Krackel candy bars
What is Hershey's?
400
English:
In the sentence "Writing is difficult", "writing" is this 6-letter type of noun
What is a gerund?
400
In the 13- & 1400s the fur trade helped this city beat out Novgorod to become the most important in Russia
What is Moscow?
400
This carnivorous plant's name, Dionaea muscipula, means "the goddess Dione's mousetrap"
What is the Venus Fly Trap?
400
From the Greek for "inscription", it's a short poem with a witty turn of thought
What is an epigram?
400
Switch
What is Nintendo?
500
Music:
Take a break, throw in your two bits & name this squiggly music symbol known to the British as a crotchet rest
What is a quarter rest?
500
In the 1980s this feared 3-letter spy agency employed Vladimir Putin
What is the KGB?
500
In most flowers, this long, slender tube connects a stigma with an ovary
What is the style?
500
It's the correct name for a person who eats fish, but no other meat