CLICHES
STARTS WITH 3 CONSONANTS
1960s AMERICA
OFFICIAL STATE FOODS
DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS
100
Contestants, to quote a rhyming cliche, "It's my way or" this, & PCH is just a few miles away
What is the Highway?
100
A ceremony for naming an infant or launching a ship
What is a Christening?
100
Thanks to a gift from Nikita Khrushchev, this president enjoyed a litter of dogs nicknamed "pupniks"
Who is John F. Kennedy (JFK)?
100
In 2003 second & third graders in Illinois had the kernel of an idea to get this voted the state snack food
What is Popcorn?
100
One of the 7 deadly sins, it's excessive eating & drinking
What is Gluttony?
200
What is Methuselah?
200
An adjective in the Boy Scout law, it means not wasteful with money
What is Thrifty?
200
These 2 health insurance programs went into effect as Titles 18 & 19 of the Social Security Act
What is Medicare and Medicaid?
200
Start spreading the news: New York has an official muffin that's made with this state fruit
What is Apple?
200
Monarch, a word for a king or queen, is also slang for this old British coin meaning a monarch
What is a Sovereign?
300
The image here illustrates this cliche about a gift unappreciated
What is Pearls Before Swine?
300
Before adapting "A Few Good Men", Aaron Sorkin said not only had he never written one of these, he'd never read one
What is a Screenplay?
300
He formed a Harvard psychedelic drug research program; he was dismissed by Harvard in 1963
Who is Tim Leary?
300
This tangy dessert is a state food of Florida
What is Key Lime Pie?
300
7-letter word for a precociously talented child
What is a Prodigy?
400
"Cut to the chase" means "get to the point"; you've hurt someone deeply if you've "cut to" this other speedy word
What is Quick?
400
As a noun, it can be a small strip of paper; as a verb, it's slang for rocking out on your guitar
What is Shred?
400
In 1969 the trial regarding this "numeric" group began at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Who are the Chicago Seven (or Chicago Eight)?
400
What is King Salmon?
400
The probably course & outcome of a disease
What is Prognosis?
500
"Go pound the pavement" means start looking for work; "go pound" this substance means get lost
What is Sand?
500
From the Latin for "opening a vein", it's a medical removal of blood as a therapeutic treatment
What is a Phlebotomy?
500
On March 2, 1965 the campaign known as "Rolling" this began bombing North Vietnam
What is Thunder?
500
Soft-shelled after molting, this "colorful" creature is Maryland's state crustacea
What is the Blue Crab?
500
It is "a quarrel or squabble" as well as a plant of the buckwheat family "used in making pies"
What is a Rhubarb?