START ME "UP"
TRASH TALK HALL OF FAME
STATE GOVERNMENT
THERE'S AN APP FOR THAT
ONE PIECE
200
If you're a fast learner, you're said to be "quick on the" this
uptake
200
Before the 1988 3-point contest, this Celtics legend recalls asking his competitors, "Who's coming in second?"
Larry Bird
200
In every U.S. state & commonwealth, this head of the executive branch is directly elected by the people
The governor
200
If someone IRL says they're "swiping left" on you, blame this dating app that spawned a whole new way to say "nope"
Tinder
200
The man who invented the flying trapeze act wore this tight-fitting one-piece that would later bear his last name
Leotard
400
In a challenging situation, you might find yourself here "without a paddle" (please keep it clean)
up a creek
400
This tennis great was said to be dissing rival Maria Sharapova when she said, "She's... not going to be invited to the cool parties"
Serena Williams
400
This state's constitution, based largely on one drafted in Montgomery in 1901, is thought to be the longest in the world
Alabama
400
Over 150 billion messages are sent daily on this Meta-owned platform, the world's most widely used messaging service
400
You've got your choice between a Snuggie & this competitor that its creator made from a sleeping bag in his drafty dorm room
Slanket
600
A difficult struggle is this type of "battle", also the type of charge Teddy Roosevelt led the Rough Riders on in 1898
DAILY DOUBLE
uphill
600
Steph Curry popularized this gesture with a double-talk name; it means the game is over, & the other guys lost
Night-night
600
This state has civil law based on French & Spanish law, a holdover from its colonial past
Louisiana
600
Were you recently ignored by someone under 14? They may have been busy with an "experience" on this game-building app launched in 2006
Roblox
600
The Orlan spacesuit used for EVAs by these Russian spacemen & women is a semi-rigid one-piece suit
Cosmonauts
800
It's one of the 4 basic boxing punches
uppercut
800
During 2023 March Madness, Angel Reese & Caitlin Clark both made headlines with this 4-word taunting gesture made famous by John Cena
You can't see me
800
Washington & Maine each have a state one of these officials to examine accounting records
Auditor
800
Maladjusted? Explore mindfulness & meditation with this "mental wellness" app whose name literally means "mindset"
Headspace
800
On '60s TV Diana Rigg & Eartha Kitt helped popularize this oft-leather onesie
Catsuit
1000
The title of this classic British TV series & its later revival refers to the living quarters of the wealthy versus the servants
Upstairs, Downstairs
1000
This boxer known as "Pretty Boy" called then-unbeaten Ricky Hatton "nothing but a fat man", & said he'd punch him in his beer belly
Floyd Mayweather
1000
Local governments mostly have 2 tiers: cities & towns, aka municipalities, & counties, which in Alaska are called these
Boroughs
1000
This online marketplace with a Chinese parent company had the most downloaded app in the U.S. in 2024
Temu
1000
The name of this one-piece bathing suit is a variation on the name of a bathing suit that caused a stir in the '50s
Monokini or Burkini