NOT QUITE STUPID ANSWERS
THE COMICS
ODD STATE FACTS
TOUGH VOCABULARY
MUSIC "C"LASS
NOT AN EVERYDAY WORD ANYMOR
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This scientist's will provided the funds that established the Smithsonian Institution; his crypt is here in the Smithsonian Castle & the institution he endowed has grown around him, exceeding anything he could have envisioned
Smithson
100
Odie is a drooling dog in the comic strip named for this feline
Garfield
100
An amendment to have court psychologists dress as wizards was jokingly proposed in this state; it is the "Land of Enchantment"...
New Mexico
100
Antediluvian refers to a time in Genesis before this event occurred
the flood
100
It has 4 strings, 5 letters & 6 Bach solo suites written just for it
cello
100
A quadragintireme was an ancient ship powered by 40 rows of these implements
oars
200
Humphry Davy suggested magnium for this element's name so it wouldn't be confused with manganese
magnesium
200
In this comic, Gary Larson had a fish named Carl "embedded in Styrofoam shoes", sent to sleep with the humans
The Far Side
200
The only state with a one-syllable name, it's also the closest to Africa
Maine
200
A gourmet is a connoisseur; this related foodie starts with the same 5 letters & prizes quantity over quality
a gourmand
200
The Benedictine monks of Santo Domingo de Silos had a surprise 1994 international hit with an album of Gregorian these
chants
200
An archiloquy was the initial part of one of these
speech
300
In Italian, "erta" is a lookout--the phrase "all'erta", meaning on the lookout, led to this 5-letter term for a warning
alert
300
Stephan Pastis' strip about a rat, a pig & some other critters is called "Pearls Before" these
Swine
300
Kentucky has a population of about 4.4 million people & almost twice as many barrels of this
bourbon
300
This word containing a synonym for "big" means "generosity" & was shouted in France when lords were giving gifts to the people
largesse
300
Italian for "tail", this 4-letter word is a concluding part of a piece of music
coda
300
Betimes meant this, as in "I must get up betimes or verily, I shall miss the bearbaiting"
early
400
This is the Latin way of saying the Greek phrase "theos ek mechanes"
Deus ex Machina
400
A 1930s comic strip starring a woman named Fritzi Ritz introduced this 8-year-old girl
Nancy
400
Berryville, Arkansas is home to a giant papier mache one of these feral hogs named for the ridge on its spine
a razorback
400
It was a music education system developed by a Swiss composer before it was a pop duo
eurythmics
400
Joan Sutherland was one of these sopranos who decorated her arias with a "rainbow" of musical hues
a coloratura
400
Like gin blossoms, grog blossoms refer to this part of the face
the nose
500
Italian chemist Ascanio Sobrero created this in 1846 by mixing glycerol with sulfuric & nitric acid
nitroglycerin
500
Patrick McDonnell's comic strip has this canine name even though Mooch the cat is often seen with Earl the dog
Mutts
500
The oddly named town of Chicken Bristle is south of Champaign in this state
Illinois
500
It means measuring the amount of space & describes the flask seen here
volumetric
500
A male alto voice is also known as this 12-letter word
a countertenor
500
A nepheliad was a cloud one; you've probably heard of the dryad, a wood one
a nymph