THOSE WHO IGNORE HISTORY
OCCUPATIONS
DOOMED TO REPEAT "IT"
(Alex: The letters "I-T" will come up twice in a correct response.)

ANAGRAM THE LAST WORD

IN THE ORCHESTRA
100

Ignoring this commander's experience 129 years earlier, in the winter of 1941, the Germans attacked Moscow

Who is Napoleon?

100

Roughnecks, roustabouts & drillers all work on these structures

What is Oil Rigs?

100

A player who swings from both sides of the plate, like Mickey Mantle

What is a Switch Hitter?

100

Adjective for the chance of being struck by a meteor

What is Remote?

100

Called the player-coach of the orchestra, the concertmaster almost always plays this instrument

What is the Violin?

200

In 1968 Bernard Montgomery said the U.S. had broken the second rule of war:
"Don't go fighting with your land army" on this continent

What is Asia?

200

No secret handshake required these days to be this professional who uses bricks, blocks or natural stones to build structures

What is a Mason?

200

Uh-oh, my Visa's maxed out--I must've reached this

What is a Credit Limit?

200

It's time to be quiet & do this & not be so verbose

What is Observe?

200

This section in the back of the orchestra is sometimes referred to as the battery

What is the Percussion?

300

The Soviet Union invaded this "graveyard of empires" in 1979 & suffered 50,000 casualties before withdrawing in 1989

What is Afghanistan?

300

These 2 words come before "cook" to describe one in a diner making simple, quick meals

What is Short Order?

300

"To boldly go" is this grammatical construction

What is a Split Infinitive?

300

I will not shed this for the beast we just killed--after all, he was a predator

What is a Teardrop?

300

The Sousaphone, a type of this brass instrument, wraps around the player

What is the Tuba?

400

WWI leaders didn't learn from the terrible effect of these weapons, like the Maxim, in the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War

What is Machine Guns?

400

U.S. News included this mapmaking occupation one of its 25 Best Jobs of 2019, anticipating a rise in demand

What is a Cartographer?

400

Restaurants like Da Nico & Il Cortile line Mulberry Street in this section of Manhattan

What is Little Italy?

400


Who'd have imagined I'd catch one of these at the seaside?

400


Orchestra these are a lot less dome-y than the church types

500

In World War I Italy attacked this northeast neighbor in 12--yes, 12--battles of the Isonzo River & got whupped repeatedly

What is Austria?

500

Nurses can be RNs, registered nurses, or LPNs, this type

What is a Licensed Practical Nurse?

500

Dissociative identity disorder is more colloquially known as this psychological condition

What is Split Personality?

500

You consider me this adjective, I presume

What is Supreme?

500

This standard orchestral woodwind is about 4 1/2 feet long with a curved metal piece called a crook or bocal

What is the Bassoon?

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