A MEASURED RESPONSE
In ancient Rome 1,000 paces equaled one of these
What is a Mile?
You can go green & power up with these panels on the roof of your house, as well as your RV or boat
What are Solar Panels?
It used to be called the AFL-NFL World Championship Game
What is The Super Bowl?
Tidy or not, it's the room where the crew takes meals
What is The Galley or Mess?
To sling ales & cocktails
What is Bartend?
The arpent, a French measure slightly less than an acre, was once used in Canada & in this "Creole State"
What is Louisiana?
Baking a cake at high altitude? Use less of this leavener from Arm & Hammer
What is Baking Soda?
What is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious?
A Chinese port, or to kidnap a sailor from another vessel & force him to work on yours
What is Shanghai?
To fuse or integrate
What is to Blend?
Expect winds over 200 MPH with an EF5 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, a rating of intensity for these
What is Tornadoes?
This ceremony, AKA brit milah or bris, usually occurs on the eighth day of a Jewish boy's life
What is Circumcision?
Per Freud, this part of the personality develops during the first 5 years of life
What is The Superego?
It can be a publication or a storeroom for gunpowder & other explosives
What is a Magazine?
What you do with "the hand of friendship"
What is Extend?
If the European recipe tells you to add 250 milliliters of milk, don't worry--it's just a bit more than a single one of these
What is Cup?
What is Costa Rica?
In 1984 the Democratic Party created a category of these, who are not pledged to any candidate
What is a Superdelegate?
This term for the forward section of the upper deck can be shortened & spelled with 3 apostrophes
What is Forecastle (or Fo'c's'le)?
To exceed or eclipse
What is to Transcend?
A 4-year period; in 2016 we watched "The Games of the 31st" one
What is the Olympiad?
The name of this mausoleum is derived from that of the woman it honors; she was "the chosen one of the palace"
What is The Taj Mahal?
This adjective means disdainful or scornful
What is Supercilious?
As a verb it means to sink your own vessel deliberately; as a noun, it's a small hatchway fitted with a lid
What is Scuttle?
To foreshadow or presage
What is Portend?