Crossword Clues "B"
Around The US
Awards
Common Bond
Miscellaneous
100

Classical dance often associated with tutus; (6)

What is Ballet

100

After 3 separate earthquakes in the 1800s, this river began flowing backwards.

What is Mississippi River

100

Chief art director at MGM, Cedric Gibbons, not only designed this award, but won 11 of them.

What is Oscar

100

Green, Fava, Lima.

What is Beans

100

In 1802, he declared he would "Take fate by the throat" & continue composing despite his deafness.

Who is Beethoven

200
A lavish meal or ceremonious dinner; (7)

What is Banquet

200

It is the westernmost capital in the contiguous US.

What is Salem

200

In 1921, Edith Wharton became the first woman to win the fiction prize named after this news publisher.

What is Pulitzer

200

Lupus, Orion, Big Dipper.

What is Constellations

200

1930 marked the first time this sporting event that's held once very 4 years was played.

What is World Cup

300

Small retail shop that specializes in gifts, fashionable clothes, accessories, etc; (8)

What is Boutique

300

This NYC borough has 46 separate buildings with their own ZIP code.

What is Manhattan

300

In 1964, Dorothy Hodgkin became the third woman to win a Nobel Prize in chemistry, and the first woman to not have this name.

Who is Marie Curie

300

A player at bat, Your dog, The plank.

What is Walk

300

Dr Chris Bernard performed the first ever human to human transplant of this.

What is Heart

400

Place behind the performance space; (9)

What is Backstage

400

These 2 states host the land where Washington DC sits.

What is Maryland & Virginia

400

When "Death of a Salesman" opened in 1949, it earned this playwright a Tony.

Who is Arthur Miller

400

Farmer Hoggett, Paul Bunyan, the 1920s Yankees.

What is Babe

400

In Roman Numerals, C represents this number.

What is 100

500

Device used for seeing large distances; (10)

What is Binoculars

500

Despite Minnesota being known as "Land of 10,000 Lakes" this other state actually has the most water within it.

What is Alaska

500

It is the final award given out at the Westminster Kennel Dog Show.

What is Best In Show

500

Basie, Dracula, Monte Cristo.

What is Count

500

The name of this medieval sport on horseback comes from the Latin for "to bring together."

What is Jousting

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