U.S."A". ROAD TRIP
DRY SPELLS
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE
THE FAULT IN OUR TSARS
TRIPLE RHYME TIME
HAVE SPIRITS, WILL TRAVEL
100

BESEIGED BY GENERAL SHERMAN AND TOM BRADY ALIKE, THIS SOUTHERN U.S. STATE CAPITAL IS HOME TO THE WORLD'S BUSIEST AIRPORT

ATLANTA

100

WHILE THE RED SOX MAY HAVE BROKEN THE CURSE OF THE BAMBINO AFTER 86 YEARS, TWO MLB TEAMS SUFFERED LONGER WORLD SERIES DROUGHTS. NAME EITHER.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX OR CHICAGO CUBS

100

THIS POWERHOUSE OF THE CELL PRODUCES ATP ENERGY

MITOCHONDRIA

100

RESPONSIBLE FOR MODERNIZING RUSSIA, THIS GREAT TSAR ALSO FOUNDED A NAMESAKE CITY IN 1703.

PETER THE GREAT (PETER I)

100

A FRIGHTENING AND HIRSUTE SPRITE

SCARY HAIRY FAIRY

100

ORIGINATING IN THE CARIBBEAN, THIS SPIRIT'S LIGHT VARIATIONS ARE OFTEN SERVED IN COCKTAILS, WHILE ITS DARK POURS ARE COMMONLY CONSUMED STRAIGHT OR ON THE ROCKS

RUM

200

BREAKING BAD WAS SET AND FILMED IN THIS NEW MEXICO CITY

ALBUQUERQUE

200

HOPEFULLY GREENER MEADOWS ARE ON THE HORIZON FOR THIS NORTHEASTERN TEAM BOASTING THE NFL'S CURRENT LONGEST PLAYOFF DROUGHT OF 14 YEARS.

NEW YORK JETS

200

THIS RIGID OUTER LAYER GIVES PLANT CELLS THEIR DEFINED SHAPE

CELL WALL

200
MAYBE THE FAULT WAS TRUST - THIS MYSTIC CHARMED THE ROMANOVS IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY BY TREATING THEIR SON ALEXEI

RASPUTIN

200

A RUDE 12-YEAR OLD FEMALE MONARCH

MEAN TWEEN QUEEN

200

DESPITE ITS LATIN NAME, MEANING WATER OF LIFE, THIS LIQUOR IS PRINCIPALLY PRODUCED IN SCANDINAVIA

AQUAVIT

300

FOUNDED BY GERMAN IMMIGRANTS, THIS CITY IN ORANGE COUNTY IS HOME TO A MAGICAL LAND ALL ITS OWN

ANAHEIM

300

ONE OF CALIFORNIA'S FOUR NBA TEAMS, THIS TEAM HOLDS THE NBA'S LONGEST ACTIVE TITLE DROUGHT, A ROYALLY LONG 74 SEASONS

SACRAMENTO KINGS

300

ALSO KNOWN AS "WATER BEARS," THESE MICROSCOPIC CREATURES ARE NEARLY INDESTRUCTIBLE AND CAN SURVIVE BOILING HEAT AND THE VOID OF SPACE.

TARDIGRADES

300

IN 1917, THIS LAST TSAR OF RUSSIA ABDICATED DURING THE FEBRUARY REVOLUTION

NICHOLAS II

300

AN ATHENIAN NERD'S SCREAM

GREEK GEEK SHRIEK

300

A CLEAR, COLORLESS LIQUOR TYPICALLY MADE FROM RICE AND HAILING FROM KOREA

SOJU

400

THIS SKI TOWN NESTLED PITKIN COUNTY, CO. IS HOME TO A HANDFUL OF AUSTIN-BASED RESTAURANTS, INCLUDING SWAY, CLARK'S, PERRY'S AND SWEDISH HILL

ASPEN

400

THOUGH THEY HAVE A PRE-SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP IN '57, THIS MIDWEST NFL TEAM HAS YET TO MOTOR TO A BIG GAME APPEARANCE - 59 SEASONS AND COUNTING.

DETROIT LIONS

400

IT'S A FACT! THIS OPTIC PART IS CLOSEST TO THE SPECIMEN TRAY ON A MICROSCOPE AND OFFERS DIFFERENT MAGNIFICATIONS

OBJECTIVE LENS

400

ALSO THE KING OF POLAND AND GRAND DUKE OF FINLAND, HE EMANCIPATED RUSSIA'S SERFS AND WAS ASSASSINATED IN 1881

ALEXANDER II
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A HARD-TO-FIND URSIDAE'S GAZE

RARE BEAR STARE

400

PRODUCED IN THE WINEMAKING REGIONS OF PERU AND CHILE, THIS SPIRIT IS BEST KNOWN IN AN EPONYMOUS COCKTAIL MADE WITH EGG WHITES AND BITTERS

PISCO

500

NO NEED FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL - YOU CAN VISIT THIS "BIRTHPLACE" OF DEMOCRACY IN MORE THAN 20 U.S. STATES

ATHENS

500

UNLIKE THEIR NFL NEIGHBORS LED BY JOSH ALLEN, THIS NHL TEAM HAS MISSED THE POSTSEASON FOR THE LAST 14 YEARS, A LEAGUE RECORD

BUFFALO SABRES

500

STUDENTS VIEWING POND WATER ARE OFTEN TREATED TO VIEWS OF THIS SLIPPER-SHAPED PROTOZOAN, PROPELLED BY TINY HAIRS CALLED CILIA

PARAMECIUM

500

CATHERINE THE GREAT'S PERSONAL ART COLLECTION IS THE FOUNDATION OF THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM, WHICH IS HOUSED IN THIS FORMER ROMANOV ABODE

WINTER PALACE

500

A WEIRD AND HEAVENLY FISHING TOOL

ODD GOD ROD

500

ORIGINALLY AN ITALIAN CREATION, THE BRANCA BRAND OF THIS AMARO IS IMMENSELY POPULAR IN ARGENTINA AND SOUTHERN BRAZIL

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