EXPRESS-ING THEMSELVES
HOME ROOM
THE DAWN OF THE RAILROADS
SHUT UP
SUMMER JOB IDEAS
SPRING MEDLEY
100
The Jacobite played this train in the Harry Potter films
THE HOGWARTS EXPRESS
100
In a real estate listing, FDR stands for a formal this, probably only used a few times a year
A FORMAL DINING ROOM
100
Seguin locomotives in Germany had so much trouble maintaining steam in the 1830s, a team of these animals accompanied them
HORSES
100
This 4-letter button on your phone prevents your coughing from affecting the conference call
MUTE
100
Try being a lifeguard, like this man did, long before his presidency in the 1980s
RONALD REAGAN
100
A Polish tradition, on the first day of spring, is saying goodbye to a doll representing this season
WINTER
200
In Express Yourself, she sang "Don't go for second-best... put your love to the test"
MADONNA
200
Like pad, this 3-letter word for a room, was once often used after "bachelor"
DEN
200
In 1868, George Westinghouse, introduced air these for trains, making greater speed less risky
BRAKES
200
On your neck this makes it less cold; on your car it makes it less noisy
MUFFLER
200
Taking this movie theater job is different today--the switch to digital means no messing with reels
A PROJECTIONIST
200
Limit alcohol is No. 1 of the CDC's health & safety tips for this student hiatus
SPRING BREAK
300
This children's book series by W. Awdry inspired Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, Starlight Express
THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE
300
It can mean just a room or a gathering of intellectuals, like that of Madame de Stael in the 1790s
SALON
300
In 1897, Baldwin Locomotives introduced an engine to Japan, named this for the emperor, not an operetta
MIKADO
300
A type of car on Amtrak trains, where you lower your voice & don't talk on the phone
QUIET
300
If you live in the Midwest, perhaps you could try detasseling this crop
CORN
300
A little fun for the season; in the movie Mean Girls, it's the rhyming name of a school dance
A SPRING FLING
400
This actor played Santa Claus, the conductor, the father, a hobo & more in The Polar Express
TOM HANKS
400
About 19th century female writers, a 1979 classic of literary criticism is titled The Madwoman in this room
THE ATTIC
400
At first, this measure of the space between the 2 rails, varied quite a bit & trains had trouble switching tracks
THE GAUGE
400
We once said button your lip; now we use a slide fastener to hush people with this phrase
ZIP IT
400
In Massachusetts, these are illegal, meaning your stand will be very quiet, especially in early July
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FIREWORKS
400
Each spring, half a million sandhill ones hang out in Nebraska, as they migrate
CRANES
500
This 3-word phrase, often heard in sports copyright disclaimers, is the title of an MLB podcast
EXPRESS WRITTEN CONSENT
500
The kitchen named for this man is long & narrow, just like the kind you would find on one of his train cars
PULLMAN
500
In 1851, a contest was held to design a train to traverse the Semmering Pass in these European mountains
THE ALPS
500
I'm going to grab some this, meaning sleep
SHUT-EYE
500
Apply to be a counselor--I mean crew trainer--at NASA's space camp in this Alabama city
HUNTSVILLE
500
Spring training baseball in Florida is known as this league
THE GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE