Before & After
State Capitals
THE SANDWICH GENERATION
ONE-WORD SONG TITLES
Oxymorons
400

Ice cream with chocolate, marshmallows & nuts that's a journey, perhaps along Route 66

a rocky road trip

400

This southern capital is known as "The Big Peach"

Atlanta

400

Hey, youse guys! U.S. News raved about this sandwich from John's Roast Pork in Philadelphia

cheesesteak

400

This No. 1 hit by Rihanna includes the apt lyric "let it rain"

Umbrella

400

At the meeting, my big idea went over like one of these water-pipe-metal inflatables

lead balloon

800

Simple wooden furniture for lunch in a park that outlines what's contained in a book 

a picnic table of contents

800

It's home to the American Hockey League's Iowa Wild

Des Moines

800

This corned beef & Swiss sandwich bearing a man's name can be served cold or grilled

Reuben

800

Lorde topped the charts with this song, her first single

Royals

800

You're not telling us anything we haven't heard before; your story is this dated type of information

old news

1200

 It's "your old" home turf where you really put your foot down about having that hamburger meat

stomping ground beef

1200

DAILY DOUBLE!!

The capitol building in this North Dakota capital is home to the Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Hall of Fame

Bismarck

1200

Down in Miami try this nationality named grilled sandwich with ham, pork, cheese & pickles

Cuban

1200

Elaborate hand gestures are part of the dance that Madonna brought to the mainstream with this 1990 No. 1 hit

Vogue

1200

This type of fill-in was once common on late-night TV; in March 2020 Pete Buttigieg was one for Jimmy Kimmel

guest host

1600

DAILY DOUBLE!!

Harry Potter novel involving Arizona's NBA squad

Order of the Phoenix Sun

1600

Ransom Eli Olds created 2 major car companies in this city

Lansing

1600

Sliced meat, torpedo sandwich rolls (split) & cans of beef consomme are keys in a "French" this

dip

1600

A song by Sia says, "I'm gonna swing from the" this, the song's title

Chandelier

1600

That person seems to do everything himself--he's this type of solo musical combo

one-man-band

2000

Spielberg movie about an effort to save a World War II soldier who's also a 12-medal-winning U.S. Olympic swimmer

Saving Private Ryan Lochte

2000

Founded around 1610, it once served as the seat of power for the Spanish empire north of the Rio Grande

Santa Fe, NM

2000

Arby's says it put this sandwich filling on the map

roast beef

2000

Though quoted, the songwriters of "Eye Of The Tiger" didn't get credit on this No. 1 hit by Katy Perry

Roar

2000

This phrase literally means a lack of noise that leaves you without one of your senses

deafening silence