Bays
Historic Firsts
Idioms and Expressions
Going to the dogs
Booze Clues
100

This bay on the southern side of Cuba is home to a U.S. naval base

Guantanamo Bay

100

In 1993 cosmonaut Aleksandr Serebrov was the first to play a video game in space, this one created by a countryman

Tetris 

100

Check your work because "the devil's in" these

the details

100

Adjective for book pages turned down at one corner

dog-eared

100

About 95% of the world's bourbon is produced in this state


Kentucky 

200

Chesapeake Bay is an estuary that's home to this "colorful" crustacean that's best eaten on the bay with bae & with some Old Bay

a blue crab

200

In 1986 this man became the first pontiff to enter the Great Synagogue of Rome

John Paul II

200

This 4-word idiom meaning angry suggests a rope is needed

fit to be tied

200

A small canvas or nylon wedge-shaped dwelling with room for only one or 2 campers

pup tent

200

Reminiscent of the hard candies, Fireball whisky, which comes in 42 & 66 proof, tastes of this spice

Cinnamon 

300

A South Florida national park with this bay in its name is home to more than 500 species of reef fish

Biscayne

300

John Lombe stole silk secrets from Italy & built what's been called the 1st big factory in this period of 18th & 19th century Britain

the Industrial Revolution 

300

Alexander Pope said "To err is human", then these 3 words

to forgive divine

300

Idiom used of someone who appears fierce but is actually gentle

all bark, no bite (bark is worse than their bite)

300

A Bellini is typically made with this sparkling Italian wine that, like Bellini, has double letters in its name

Prosecco

400

In song, "The boys of the NYPD choir were singing" of this Irish place

Galway Bay

400

This man banned the traditional fez hat after becoming the first president of the Republic of Turkey

Ataturk 

400

In Rabelais' "Gargantua", a drinker demands that an empty cup be filled because of this scientific principle

Nature abhors a vacuum

400

Also a British game show title, this 3-word command means to let loose a pursuing pack

release the hounds

400

Calling itself "America's original craft vodka", it's been produced in Austin since 1995

Tito's

500

Originally named Rio de Janeiro Bay, this bay means "bosom of the sea" in the Tupi language

Guanabara

500

In 1992 this man from Egypt became the first African to be Secretary-General of the United Nations

Boutros Boutros-Ghali

500

JFK said it's a Cape Cod saying & added, "and a partnership, by definition, serves both partners"

A rising tide lifts all boats

500

A sidecar the morning after too many sidecars

The hair of the dog

500

Originally a celebratory drink among hunters, this German herbal liqueur features a stag on its bottles

Jägermeister