MERRIAM-WEBSTER DEFINES IT AS...
"To make four times as much", like one's money in an investment... a really, really good investment
quadruple
These were first recorded in Greece in 776 B.C. & Greece led the medal standings with 1 as Coroebus of Elis won the only event
the Olympics
Grammar-wise, let's begin with this indefinite article used before a singular noun
A
The popular food fishes marketed as Chilean sea this are actually species of toothfishes
bass
"When the Moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's" this, that's love
amore
"A lower room in the keep of a castle... a close dark prison... commonly underground"
a dungeon
Hannibal brought 37 of these large animals over the Alps to help in his attack on Rome
elephants
"Greetings", Robert De Niro's film debut in 1968, was also the first movie in the U.S. to get this rating
X
This shark gets its name from the shape of a prominent body part
hammerhead
Rachael Ray says her very first word was this, the Italian word for wine
vino
Near the end of the alphabet: "any of various large raptorial birds... that subsist...on carrion" or a "predatory person"
a vulture
Title for Egyptian king Ramses the Great, remembered for his wars & building projects around 1250 B.C.
pharaoh
It's the 17th letter of the alphabet, & before you start counting on your fingers, it's also James Bond's gadget man
Q
Several small species of the herring family go by this name, particularly when they're canned in oil
sardines
Hopefully, you haven't had any bad encounters with these photographers who follow the famous to get their shots
paparazzi
"A unit of fineness... for gold equal to 1/24 part of pure gold in an alloy"
a karat
The first 3 kings of Israel were Saul, David & this wise ruler
Solomon
It precedes "Claudius" in the title of a 1934 historical novel by Robert Graves
I
Originally from the Indo-Pacific, this venomous fish with a big cat in its name has become an invasive species in the Atlantic
lionfish
Spelled as one word or 2, it means outdoors, as in dining outdoors
al fresco
"Favoritism shown to... relatives (as by giving them positions because of their relationship rather than on their merits)"
nepotism
By 2500 B.C. the Chinese were breeding a special "worm" in order to make thread & garments from this material
silk
A Roman 500, or a report card grade you'd prefer not to see
D
This name for a flatfish with both eyes on the same side of its head is also a verb meaning to struggle ineffectively
flounder
Italian for "baked earth", it's the type of pottery made of baked clay
terra cotta