Quiz Bowl
Part of a tea set, or a college football game first played in 1935
Sugar Bowl
In 1474 at the age of 23, this queen began her rule of the Spanish kingdom of Castile
Isabella
As a noun, it helps keep your hair in check; as a verb, it means to exhaustively search
Comb
The largest drop on a wood-tracked one of these is 180 feet on Goliath at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois
roller coaster
During World War II about 12,000 of these, German & Italian, were held in camps in Nebraska
POWs
For decades this venue has been the summer home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic
Hollywood Bowl
China pledged to leave this region's system in place for 50 years after 1997
Hong Kong
To give way gradually to injuries or despair
Succumb
1.5 million high school students took this test in 2021, with an average score of 1060
the SAT
Baa baa, Kara Koyunlu, i.e. these, have you any land? Yes, in 1410 our alliance conquered from Azerbaijan south to Baghdad
black sheep
It's Team Ruff vs. Team Fluff & a whole lot of cuteness when Animal Planet presents this competition
Puppy Bowl
In 1453 the fall of the city then called this marked the end of the Byzantine Dynasty
Constantinople
This French word means a takeover of the government; the longer phrase it comes from also ends with a silent letter
A Coup
A 2022 count of living U.S. veterans included about 170,000 from this war
WWII
Though Geneva is pretty low as Swiss cities go, a Cold War meeting there was the first one called this top-level type
a summit
Winning a Pulitzer Prize in 1940, "The Grapes of Wrath" has been called "the greatest novel about" this subject
Dust Bowl
During this 1870-71 war, Napoleon III was captured & eventually deposed & Paris fell to a neighboring nation's army
Franco-Prussian War
You & I have such a good this, meaning a close connection & understanding
rapport
These organs accounted for nearly 60% of all U.S. transplants in 2022
Kidneys
At the age of 10 in 1651, Tokugawa Ietsuna became the fourth of the Japanese rulers known by this title
shogun
This holiday drink whose name derives from an Old Norse toast to health is traditionally served in a large bowl of the same name
Wassail
This 5th century B.C. leader of Athens strengthened its leadership of Greece's city-states & had the Parthenon built
Pericles
A compote involves slow-cooked fruit & syrup while this sauce has been pureed & strained
a coulis
The conifers cry, "Come back" to those who left this Arkansas city's metro area--from 2010-2020 it lost 1/8 of its people
Pine Bluff
This king whom Robin Hood took on in stories was known as "Lackland"
King John