"V"OCABULARY
WHERE IS THAT MOUNT?
A DAY IN JUNE
PUNCTUATION
Final Jeopardy!
200
Title for the student with the highest academic ranking who delivers a speech at graduation
valedictorian
200
Fuji
Japan
200
On June 30, 1859 a French acrobat became the first daredevil to cross these falls on a tightrope
Niagara Falls
200
It marks an ending; Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, even puts one at the end of her signature
a period
200
THE CALENDAR
In the U.S. it's the latest date in November on which Thanksgiving can fall
400
It's a household appliance, or a space devoid of matter
vacuum
400
Denali
United States
400
King John sealed this "in the meadow...called Runnymede...on the 15th day of June in the 17th year of our reign"
the Magna Carta
400
The "air" version of these usually signals that a speaker is being sarcastic
quotes
400
In the U.S. it's the latest date in November on which Thanksgiving can fall
November 28th
600
Hazy or unspecific
vague
600
Parnassus & Helicon
Greece
600
The first day of the Allied invasion of Normandy, June 6, 1944 is known as this letter-perfect name
D-Day
600
It was Ladislav Sutnar who put telephone area codes inside these
parentheses
800
This 8-letter word is a synonym for neighborhood
vicinity
800
Zion & Sodom
Israel
800
He sent a war message to Congress June 1, 1812; on June 18, Congress declared war on Great Britain
Madison
800
Commas separate phrases in a series; when the phrases contain commas, separate using these
semicolons
1000
It's a member of the camel family, seen here
vicuña
1000
Phnom Aoral
Cambodia
1000
The first section of this city's famed Boardwalk along the New Jersey shore opened on June 26, 1870
Atlantic City
1000
An em one is longer than an en one
dash