Bird Bits
Almost all male members of the genus Sula, or boobies, have radical pigmentation in this part of the body for the purpose of attracting mates
What are the feet?
'The Abode of Peace', 'House of Holiness', 'Oasis of Justice', and 'City of David' are all titles given to this historic Levantine capital
What is Jerusalem?
This 1998 feature was released in direct competition with DreamWorks' Antz, which came out a month later
What is A Bug's Life?
Defined in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, this river defines the southern border between Texas and Mexico
What is the Rio Grande?
Three strikes in a row in a game of bowling; or, a country referenced twice in the Middle Eastern Cities category
What is a turkey?
As opposed to vaned feathers, this type of plumage serves primarily to regulate temperature and, for human needs, stuff pillows
What are down feathers?
This city succeeded Constantinople (not yet Istanbul) as the capital of Türkiye in 1923, following the Turkish War of Independence
What is Ankara?
This once-doting fanboy turned technological genius is the primary antagonist of The Incredibles
Who is Syndrome?
This nation is one of the 'Six Flags' that have flown over Texas; France, Spain, Mexico, the Republic, the United States, and _____
What is the Confederate States of America
A basketball term for a shot that thuds against the backboard; or, a common unit of measurement for cocaine
These special feathers, known officially as 'remiges' and 'rectrices', are critical for the ability of most birds to generate thrust and lift
What are flight feathers / primary and secondary feathers?
Often overshadowed by Mecca as Islam's holiest site, this other Saudi Arabian city was the political center of Muhammad's Islamic Caliphate
What is Medina?
This movie was Pixar's first, and arguably only, foray into the spy-thriller genre in a major project
What is Cars 2?
These two presidents, 34 and 36 respectively, both come from Texas: the former from Denison, the latter, Stonewall (half points for one, can be stolen for two)
Who are Dwight D. Eisenhower and Lyndon B. Johnson?
A football defensive formation that uses five defensive backs; or, a unit of currency between a penny and a dime
What is a nickel?
The proper name for this keratinized structure is the rostrum, from the Latin root rōdō, meaning 'to gnaw'
What is a beak / bill?
This Syrian city is associated nominally with a specific type of folded metal forging, though this process was likely imported from India
What is Damascus?
This shepherd is the main love interest of Woody in the Toy Story pentology
Who is Bo Peep?
Who was Sam Houston?
A left-handed pitcher in baseball; or, a 2015 boxing movie starring Jake Gyllenhaal
What is a southpaw?
On hawks and raptors, this digit is used for piercing and skewering prey in a dive; it is synonymous with a 'dewclaw' on mammals
What is a hallux / 'kill claw'?
Istanbul is to Türkiye, and Karachi is to Pakistan, what this city is to the United Arab Emirates
What is Dubai?
This corporation is attributed as one of the leading causes of the environmental destruction of Earth in Wall-E
What is the Buy'n'Large Corporation / BnL?
The decade in which Texas gained its independence from Mexico, and in which the Battle of the Alamo occurred
What were the 1830s?
A term used to refer to an assist in ice hockey; or a fruit one might have to 'bob' for at a fair
What is an apple?