Minnesota
Tennis
Amazon
French words in English
Sisters
100

This duo set two of their films - "Fargo" and "A Serious Man" - in their home state of Minnesota. 


The Coen Brothers (Ethan and Joel Coen)

100

In 2001 it was love all when Andre Agassi married this German tennis star

Steffi Graf

100

Most of the Amazon river's 4,000-mile course is in this country

Brazil

100

For movies, it's not just a first showing but a successful Mac-based editing program introduced by Adobe in 1991

Premiere

100

At the age of 3 in Salzburg, he began to mimic the keyboard playing of his 7-year-old sister Maria Anna

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

200

On "Truth Hurts", Lizzo rhymes "fresh photos with the bomb lighting" & "new man on" this team

Minnesota Vikings

200

It's zero in tennis, the last name of a Beach Boy & all you need

Love

200

It's said the Amazon basin provides the Earth with about 1/5 of this element that makes up 1/5 of the air

Oxygen

200

This word for an afternoon show means "morning" in French

Matinee

200

In books by Beverly Cleary, Ramona's older sister is Beatrice, nicknamed this

Beezus

300

Paisley Park, his home & recording studio, is in Chanhassen, a suburb of his hometown of Minneapolis

Prince

300

In '72, this tennis-like Atari video game debuted & kids went crazy--such cool graphics! They'll never get better than that!

Pong

300

This 3-toed arboreal mammal has extra neck vertebrae that allow it to turn its head 270 degrees

Sloth

300

Today's kids must wonder how to tear the online editions of newspapers into strips for this craft

papier-mâché


300

In Greek mythology this twin sister of Apollo is a goddess of the hunt

Artemis / Diana

400

Though this towering lumberjack is not what you'd call historical, he has a historical marker in Bemidji, Minnesota

Paul Bunyan

400

The Stan Smith collection of tennis shoes is from this company founded in Bavaria

Adidas

400

The Western Hemisphere's largest snake, it may live about 28 years--about a year a foot

Anaconda

400

Used colloquially to mean a mix of unrelated items, this word literally means "rotten pot"

potpourri

400

He followed the acting footsteps of his older sister Maggie, starring in films including Donnie Darko, Zodiac, and Brokeback Mountain. 

Jake Gyllenhaal

500

In 1984, this presidential candidate won the electoral vote for Minnesota, the only state he won. 

Walter Mondale

500

This French tennis player & shirt tycoon was "the Crocodile"

Lacoste

500

Manaus, Brazil became fabulously wealthy during the 19th century boom in this material that comes from trees

Rubber

500

It meant a plume of feathers worn on a hat, then came to signify style or swagger

panache

500

"Pride and Prejudice" follows 5 sisters: Jane, Mary, Lydia, Kitty & this main character who falls for Mr. Darcy

Elizabeth