Sounds Criminal, But Isn't
Let's Get Ordinal
Aca"d"mia
National Parks
Flappers
100
You may have a lithium-ion one in your phone
battery
100
In baseball, it's the hot corner
third base
100
I surmise that this process is the logical derivation of a conclusion from prior statements
deduction
100
This national park has 5 entrances, hundreds of waterfalls & more than 300 active geysers
Yellowstone
100
During courtship certain varieties of this bird can beat their wings 200 times per second
hummingbirds
200
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That segment Jay Leno used to do where he quizzed people on the street
Jaywalking
200
.757 liters of Scotch
a fifth
200
It can be done to an idea, a plant or an animal & means cutting it apart to analyze it
dissect
200
Alphabetically, our national parks run from Acadia in Maine to this one in Utah
Zion
200
With males growing to over 5 feet, the world's tallest flying bird is the sarus species of this
crane
300
That bracelet or scarf that totally completes your killer outfit
accessory
300
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My intuition tells me you know this phrase for an extra level of perception
a sixth sense
300
Form of education focused on methods to help students not on site but attending via the internet or other means
distance learning
300
Known for its cliff dwellings, the name of this Colorado park is Spanish for "green table"
Mesa Verde
300
When it dives, this species of falcon goes faster than any other bird
a peregrine falcon
400
It's wielded by Novak Djokovic & Caroline Wozniacki
a racket
400
Andre the Giant & the Astrodome have been touted as this, adding to an ancient list
the eighth wonder of the world
400
The influential books "Sexual Politics" & "Sexual Personae" both grew out of these, written to earn a Ph.D.
dissertations
400
Of these 2 California parks, Ken Burns said one offers the biggest trees; the other, the tallest
Sequoia and Redwood
400
Found in the northern U.S. during winter, it's the bird seen here making a touchdown 
the snowy owl
500
A group of crows
a murder
500
The press inherited this ordinal nickname from the stratified class system of old Europe
the fourth estate
500
This rhyming phrase means that learning by repetition causes lack of interest
drill and kill
500
Located in Oregon, this deepest U.S. lake is in a national park of the same name
Crater
500
This endangered vulture with a state in its name has a wingspan of up to 10 feet
the California condor