DOUBLE "P" WORDS
EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY
AN ECO-CATEGORY
THE 21st CENTURY
HODGEPODGE
200

Rivaling the goldfish as the most popular aquarium pet, it's native to Venezuela & adjacent islands

Guppy

200

Go ahead, hike & ski Vitosha Mountain near this Bulgarian capital & don't worry that it's a volcano

Sofia

200

Adjective used officially to describe a species that is more than threatened with going extinct

Endangered

200

He died on April 2, 2005 & was canonized a little more than 9 years later

Pope John Paul II

200

She's appeared on every cover of O magazine since it was launched in 2000

Oprah

400

This highly spiced pork & beef sausage is often used on pizzas

Pepperoni

400

This country's northernmost point is a strip of beach on Jutland

Denmark

400

Old-growth types of these are typically older than 200 years & have dense canopies

Trees (or Forests)

400

After 13 years & $2.7 billion, in 2003 scientists finished the project of fully mapping this

The Human Genome

400

A muscular membranous sac, this internal organ stores and concentrates bile produced by the liver

The Gallbladder

600

Pliant or limber

Supple

600

 This capital that shares its name with its country lies about 12 miles inland from Italy's Adriatic coast

San Marino

600

This term used of settlers in the Old West is also used for members of the first species to populate a new area

Pioneers

600

This Wikileaks founder avoided extradition to Sweden by staying in the Ecuadorian embassy in London beginning in 2012

(Julian) Assange

600

Rubber & duplicate are the 2 main types of the contract version of this card game

Bridge

800

One who learns a trade as a member of a labor union

Apprentice

800

The River Thjorsa, this island country's longest, originates in the Hofsjokull Glacier

Iceland

800

These "feminine" beetles come inside for winter & excrete a yellow residue when scared, so leave them be till spring

Ladybugs

800

Colloquial name for the Massachusetts health system signed into law in 2006

Romneycare

800

You can become a master of molding & trim with this type of saw that resembles a hacksaw

A Coping Saw

1000

Meaning the reestablishment of cordial relations between 2 nations, it's from the French for "bring together"

Rapprochement

1000

The Rhine River forms the southern & western borders of this large wooded region

The Black Forest

1000

This trout species name for a small body similar to a stream has battled back from acid rain deposition in U.S. streams

Brook Trout

1000

A 2011 tsunami caused a disaster at this Japanese nuclear power plant

Fukushima

1000

Since her marriage to Prince Charles, Camilla Parker Bowles uses the title Duchess of this place

Cornwall