MEDDLING IN YOUR BUSINESS
ELEMENTAL
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SOLVE THE MYSTERY
"F"IVE-LETTER WORDS
Final Jeopardy!
200

Opposing a court order to help the FBI in 2016, its CEO said, "The govt. is asking" this company "to hack its own users"

Apple

200

This element's name is derived from the Greek for "water" & "born"

hydrogen

200

At a reported salary of $25 million, in 2017 Katy Perry took a judging gig on this show

American Idol

200

Time to interview one of these, someone who saw or heard what happened; one in court testifies under oath

a witness

200

Command to Fido to retrieve a ball

fetch

200

19th CENTURY NAMES

In the 1870s he wrote that "man is descended from a hairy, tailed quadruped, probably arboreal in its habits"

400

VZ on the Dow, this company took its new name after Bell Atlantic merged with GTE in 2000

Verizon

400

When you're talking about an organic compound, you're talking about one based on this element

carbon

400

On Netflix as a P.I. in Hell's Kitchen, this alliterative Marvel superhero wrestles with personal demons & very real ones too

Jessica Jones

400

Someone the police want to talk to is a person of interest; someone accused of the crime is this word

a suspect

400

It's a story that teaches a moral, like the one about "The Tortoise and the Hare"

a fable

400

In the 1870s he wrote that "man is descended from a hairy, tailed quadruped, probably arboreal in its habits"

Charles Darwin

600

This automaker drives in with its Sorento SUV

Kia

600

The first letter of the medication Klor-Con tells you that it's helping those with low levels of this element

potassium

600

In 2017 it was the end of a fairy tale for Emma Swan when Jennifer Morrison said she wouldn't be coming back to this drama

Once Upon a Time

600

Let's not go accusing Johnny Gilbert just yet; we haven't found this "M" word, the reason he did that

motive

600

It's located between your hip & your knee

the femur

800

"America's Diner", as of 2017 it put its slams & skillets on a new on demand app

Denny's

800

This element is alphabetically first among the noble gases

argon

800

Rebecca & Kate are 2 of the Pearsons who will make you sob uncontrollably on this NBC show

This Is Us

800

An Old Norse term for "tracking" gave us this 6-letter word for a detective who tracks down clues

a sleuth

800

These 2 5-letter words are used to refer to the plant & animal life of a particular region

flora and fauna

1000

Described as silver white, this precious metal, No. 78, is combined with iridium to make surgical pins

platinum

1000

In 2018 her new "Project" was playing Priya on "Champions", which she also co-created

Mindy Kaling

1000

Solve the case with this type of reasoning from the general to the specific; a kids' book is called this kind of "Detective"

deductive

1000

It's the official language of Iran; versions of it are spoken in Afghanistan & Tajikistan

Farsi