IN THE NATO ALPHABET
____ OF ____
A VERY VERSATILE TOOL WORD
DUMPLINGS BY ANY OTHER NAME
HABITATS
FOR HUMANITY
200
A and D:
Greek letters
What are Alpha and Delta?
200
Because they hunt & feed on other animals, hawks & eagles are classified as these
What are birds of prey?
200
Proverbially, you get it if you're fired; then you have one to grind!
What's an axe?
200
These Chinese dumplings are typically served fried as an appetizer or boiled & served in a soup of the same name
What are wontons?
200
This, the world's largest rainforest, is home to several million species, including the jaguar & the capybara
What's the Amazon?
200
Beginning in 1901 5 of these were given to those who "have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind"
What are Nobel Prizes?
400
M and O:
The first names of 2 characters in 70s sitcoms, last names Brady and Madison
What's Mike and Oscar?
400
Before Jesus was crucified, he was made to wear this on his head
What's a crown of thorns?
400
When you're honest & sincere, you're "on the" this
What is level?
400
Chef Boyardee's mini micro beef ones of these cases of pasta are a kid favorite
What's ravioli?
400
These slow movers, like the 2-toed type, live up in the forest canopy; they do come down about once every 6 days
What are sloths?
400
This Scot believed a "man who dies rich dies disgraced" & devoted himself to philanthropy after selling his steel company
Who's Andrew Carnegie?
600
F and T:
Both are dances
What are foxtrot and tango?
600
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
For the last 900 years, British coronations have taken place at Westminster Abbey, conducted by this person
600
This drink with but 2 ingredients goes into a highball glass almost filled with ice cubes
What's a screwdriver?
600
The "talk" of Tibet are momos, dumplings filled with the meat of this wild Asian ox
What's a yak?
600
The state animal of Kansas is the American type of this that roamed the Great Plains
What is a buffalo (or bison)?
600
"Sierra Sam" was among the first of these mannequins used by engineers in 1949 to help improve car safety
What's a crash test dummy?
800
L and Q:
A South American capital and a North American Province
What's Lima and Quebec?
800
Used as an antacid or laxative, Mg(OH)2 is better known as this
What's milk of magnesia?
800
A fast swimmer can do this "sharply" through the water
What is knife?
800
Knaidlach are matzo balls & these similarly named items are Jewish noodle dumplings
What is kreplach? (Triple Stumper!!!)
800
The white winter coat of the Arctic fox lets it sneak up on prey in its natural habitat, these treeless plains of the Arctic
What's the tundra?
800
In 1909 the wireless wonder invented by this Italian saved 1,500 lives as a ship rammed off Nantucket made a distress call
Who is Guglielmo Marconi?
1000
S:
a long and jagged mountain range
What's sierra?
1000
More than half the world's active volcanoes above sea level are located in this belt along the Pacific
What's the Ring of Fire?
1000
6-letter verb meaning to cheat or swindle someone out of something
What's chisel?
1000
These dumplings, the Japanese equivalent of potstickers, start with the letter "G" & end up in a dipping sauce--& my mouth 
What is gyoza?
1000
In the African savanna, dried grass & dead wood are decomposed by these insects to make mounds way taller than anthills
What are termites?
1000
In 1963 Dr. Maurice Hilleman's daughter got this disease; he used a swab from her to create a vaccine for it, measles & rubella
What is the mumps?