4-LETTER HOMOPHONES
THERE WILL BE A TEST ON THIS
CHOCOLATE
GIVE AND "NCH"
THE SIXTH SENSE
HAPPENS TONIGHT 6/27/2024
100

Money paid to release one from the hoosegow
&
a large bundle of goods

bail/bale

100

This standardized test widely used in college admissions since 1926 is introducing a digital version in March 2024

SAT

100

These "lip-smacking" treats were introduced by Hershey's in 1907

Kisses

100

Lug, monkey, or pipe

wrench

100

A language of the Middle East, it was added as the sixth language of the U.N. General Assembly in 1973

Arabic
100

City where debate is being held.

Atlanta

(Peach State)

200

An adjective meaning twofold
&
a deadly contest

dual/duel

200

An evasive maneuver test for cars in Sweden bears the name of these deer you would definitely want to avoid when driving

Moose

200

This original Herman Munster on TV wrote the children's book "A Chocolate Moose for Dinner"

Fred Gwynne

(judge in My Cousin Vinny)

200

It's the office or position of a judge, or where he sits

bench

200

This sixth planet from the Sun was first visited by Pioneer 11 in 1979

Saturn

200

Age of both candidates added together.

159

300

A warning on the links
&
what Vier means in German

fore/four

300

The NCAA's drug testing program covers stimulants, masking agents & these, such as androstenedione

steroids

(andro-stee-nuh-deone)

300

Chocolate for eating is divided into 3 tastes: sweet, semisweet & this, which has little sugar

Bittersweet

300

A deep ditch or furrow

a trench

300

Number corresponding to 10 to the sixth power

a million

300

How they determined who gets the final closing argument.

Flip of a coin

(heads or tails)

400

To quote an author
&
the location of a proposed building

cite/site

400

Used to determine if a computer can "think", the Turing test was originally known as this, also the name of a 2014 movie about Turing

the imitation game

400

Introduced in 1896, these chewy chocolates were the first wrapped penny candy

Tootsie Rolls

400

It can mean to make white, or to boil fruit or vegetables briefly, then plunge them into cold water

blanch

400

From the Latin for "sixth hour", it's an early afternoon rest or nap

a siesta

400

What each candidate is given to bring to podium during the debate

pen-paper-bottle of water

(notes and thirst quencher)

500

An insect
&
to hurry away

flea/flee

500

In 1915 Emil Truog developed a test to measure the level of this property in soil, leading to restored fields & increased yields

pH (acidity)

500

This British company makes about 300 million creme eggs a year, exporting about 1/3 of them

Cadbury

500

In mythology Triton could calm or stir the waters by blowing this shell

conch

500

Per the text of the Sixth Amendment, the accused must know the charge & "be confronted with" these

witnesses against him

500

Two significant changes in this debates structure.

No audience muted microphones

(I can't hear you!)

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