Starts & Ends with "T"
Starts with Double "O"
Starts with
"V"
"V"
Starts with
"A"
"A"
April 27, 1995
200
It's a 5-letter word meaning a distinguishing characteristic
Trait
200
This type of tea is said to date from around the end of the Ming Dynasty
Oolong
200
Though its name means "sour wine", it can be made from berries, melons & cereal, not just grapes
Vinegar
200
From the Latin word for "tree", it's a place where many kinds of trees & plants are exhibited
Arboretum
200
FAIRY TALES: Object that is asked the question "Who is the fairest of them all?
Mirror
400
A pad of writing paper, or a pill
Tablet
400
It precedes "I did it again" in a song by Ms. Spears
Oops
400
Either of two lower chambers of the heart that pump blood into the arteries
Ventricles
400
Polynomials & coefficients are used in this branch of math
Algebra
400
INSECTS: One of the Passover plagues brought upon Egypt was swarms of these cricket-like insects
Locusts
600
An area of land; you also have a digestive one
Tract
600
It's a repetitious accompaniment in music provided by brasses (also precedes Loompa)
Oompah
600
A good place to take dead soldiers, if you're a Valkyrie
Valhalla
600
"Fiddler on the Roof" takes place in this village
Anatevka
600
ISLANDS: Key West, Florida is only about 90 miles from this island country
Cuba
800
Proverbially, it's where you'll find a "tempest"
Teapot
800
We need some energy! Vitality! Enthusiasm! We need some this 5-letter word!
Oomph
800
Hindus believe this g-d descended from heaven in several forms, including Krishna
Vishnu
800
Formerly the sixth month, it was originally called Sextilis
August
800
FURNITURE: In ancient Egypt some of these sloped downward & a footboard kept the sleeper from falling out
Bed
1000
It's a person with no fixed residence
Transient
1000
Meaning to exude moisture slowly, this word often follows "primordial"
Ooze
1000
In this 1958 Alfred Hitchcock film, James Stewart played a former police detective afraid of heights
Vertigo
1000
The fleece of this mammal, seen here, can be used for wool
Alpaca
1000
VIOLINISTS:
Isaac Stern called the talent of this Israeli-American violinist "Utterly limitless"
Yitzhak Perlman