WAY BACK IN 2012
THE STATE OF THINGS
3-LETTER WORDS
THE COUNTRY'S MAJOR RELIGION

A GAME OF H‑O‑R‑S‑E
(Alex: Notice the separation on the letters. The first clue in that category, the correct response will begin with the letter "H", then "O", "R", as we go down.)
100

This once & future president of Russia was elected to the job after 4 years as prime minister

(Vladimir) Putin

100

The Grand Ole Opry,
Watts Bar Nuclear Plant

Tennessee

100

In this informal session, musicians gather to play improvised music

jam

100

India

Hinduism

100

Asking for this vehicle that conveys the dead turns the category into a game of...

hearse

200

This Internet giant's IPO raised $16 billion in one day in May

Facebook

200

The National Constitution Center,
Betsy Ross House

Pennsylvania 

200

As a noun, it's something you chew; as a verb, it means to chew without teeth

gum

200

Algeria

Islam

200

Six-letter term describing the figure seen here

oblong

300

It turned out this Olympic sport was a racket as 8 competitors were disqualified for losing on purpose

badminton

300

The World of Coca-Cola,
Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest

Georgia

300

This popular music of Jamaica originated in the 1950s & has elements of R&B, jazz & calypso

ska

300

In Denmark:
Evangelical this  

Lutheranism

300

To steal livestock, or to cause soft sounds

rustle

400

These 2 states legalized recreational marijuana use

Colorado & Washington

400

Lake Bonneville,
George S. Eccles Dinosaur Park

Utah

400

It's the egg of a louse; add "wit" to it & you get a stupid person

a nit

400

Chile

Catholicism

400

It's the study of the patterns by which sentences & phrases are formed

syntax

500

From February to August, U.N. & Arab League envoy Kofi Annan tried to solve this country's civil war

Syria

500

The Exhibition Coal Mine,
Appalachian Lake Dam

West Virginia

500

It's a baglike structure in an animal or plant, sometimes filled with fluid

a sac

500

Mongolia

Buddhism

500

It means occurring in an abnormal position or place & describes a serious pregnancy complication  

ectopic

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