LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES
Among landlocked countries, this war-torn Asian land is alphabetically first
Afghanistan
"You're not going to drown, Jack." "Why, Rose?" "I have an inflatable life raft. I probably should've said something earlier"
titanic
In 1795 John Playfair simplified Euclid's axiom about these, still saying they never meet
parallel lines
The "black" type of this, Africa's biggest venomous snake, hunts birds & rodents & can raise its head over a yard to strike
mamba
Let's change gears & give you a passage through a mine
shift and shaft
The 2 that are landlocked because they are completely surrounded by Italy
Vatican City & San Marino
"I see dead people, Dr. Crowe... but you're not one of 'em. You're very, very much alive & happily married"
sixth sense
A prism has the same relationship to a pyramid as cylinder does to this
cone
Some hold out hope that the ivory-billed species of this hole-making bird is not extinct
woodpecker
A sport where you might hit a ball into a partially landlocked sea that can be larger than a bay
golf and gulf
This large landlocked Asian country starts with the same 3 letters as a day of the week
Mongolia
Whoa...we're killing off Wolverine?! The film's made over $600 million! No! He heals up just fine, dusts himself off & makes a sequel
logan
Between 2 & 2:50 p.m., the minute hand on your watch covers this many degrees
300
This fish with the significant species name Gladius doesn't impale its prey (how would it then eat them?); it uses its long bill as a club
swordfish
A food often paired with "circuses" & to propagate animals
bread and breed
Ouagadougou, the capital of this country, is about 500 miles from the seacoast
Burkina Faso
"Hold the execution. John Coffey's been found innocent. He is a free man." "Phew. That was close"
the green mile
A scalenohedron is a crystal of 8 or 12 faces, each of which is one of these shapes
scalene triangle
Simba was kind to Pumbaa, but in real life, lions have been known to hunt these creatures, braving their tusks
warthog
It precedes "favor" when you ingratiate yourself to one in authority, perhaps when you tote or lug something for them
curry and carry
This landlocked African country was once called Nyasaland
malawi
"Forget it, Jake, it's... hold on--Evelyn's okay. The bullets missed her in the car. She's fine & the cops are letting her go"
chinatown
In the world of circles, it's the opposite of concentric; it's also used to describe people
eccentric
Named for our neighbors to the north, they can weigh 15 pounds & ruin a lawn fast by pecking & other activities
canadian goose
Kermit the Frog's group & cute young children who might enjoy Kermit the Frog's group
muppets and moppets