Landlocked States By Cities
Mineralogy
That Food Is Fire
Letter Perfect
Court
Marshall
100
Keokuk,
Ames
Iowa
100
Used in a dusting powder, this 4-letter mineral is a 1, meaning the softest, on the Mohs hardness scale
Talc
100
Coat the freshly sliced bananas in a caramelized sugar sauce & ignite dark rum in this dessert
Bananas Foster
100
In U.S. movie ratings, a film with this letter requires an accompanying parent or adult guardian for anyone under 17
R
100
In the '90s the NBA briefly shortened the distance of this line on the court to a uniform 22 feet around the basket
3 Point Line
100
Director Penny Marshall cast her daughter, Tracy Reiner, as Betty Spaghetti in this beloved baseball movie
A League of Their Own
200
Beckley,
Morgantown
West Virginia
200
Term for the tendency of some minerals to break along irregular lines; it sounds like what can happen to a bone
Fracture
200
3 little French words, this dish is chicken braised in wine, mushrooms & lardons, often with cognac flambé action
Coq au vin
200
In an emergency or not, in Morse code 3 dashes represent this letter
O
200
Per the FIVB, the court for the indoor type of this sport is 59 feet long with an attack line 9 feet, 10 inches from the net
Volleyball
200
In 1890 Alfred Marshall published "Principles of" this field of study & expounded upon the elasticity of demand
Economics
300
Rugby,
Grand Forks
North Dakota
300
When clear & colorless, this common mineral is known as rock crystal
Quartz
300
A food blogger thought that turning 30 "calls for blowing up an ice cream cake in flames" & detailed a recipe for this
Baked Alaska
300
NFL players Bart Starr & LeRoy Butler proudly wore this letter on their helmets
G
300
The Tournament of Champions for this sport is held in a glass court in the middle of Grand Central Terminal
Squash
300
James Marshall made an 1848 find "beneath the surface of the water" at property owned by this man
John Sutter
400
Choctaw,
Broken Arrow
Oklahoma
400
A gem, or for that matter, a romance or an activity can "lose its" this, the way a mineral reflects light
Luster
400
The entree called steak her dates to the 1930s & includes a filet, cream, shallots, Worcestershire & flambéed cognac
Diane
400
Therese Anne Fowler's novelized life story of the wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald has this title
Z
400
U.S. Open blue is the color of the court at the main stadium in Flushing named for this tennis star
Arthur Ashe
400
While juggling multiple court terms a year, this Chief Justice had time to write "The Life of George Washington" between 1801 & 1835
John Marshall
500
Jacksonville,
Texarkana
Arkansas
500
Almandine is a type of this gemstone that's been favored by lapidaries since ancient times & lends its name to a very dark red
Garnet
500
Legend has the Prince of Wales asking the creator of this dessert that gets lit to end it with a female name instead of princesse
Crepes Suzette
500
he flag of the alma mater of actor Moroni Olsen & historian Brigham Roberts bears this letter, or 2 of them
U
500
The Boston Celtics' home court has this type of pattern flooring, originally made from scraps of Tennessee red oak
Parquet
500
We hope you know of the work of this Canadian communications theorist who said, "The medium is the message"
Marshall McLuhan