SUMMER EVENTS
STARTS WITH 2 CONSONANTS
LITERARY NUMBER, PLEASE
DE-FENSE! DE-FENSE!
GEOGRAPHY "R" US
200

Fairbanks, Alaska famously hosts a Midnight Sun Festival featuring this sport played by the Alaska Goldpanners

baseball

200

Let me ask you this kind of question... do you want to make a quick $200 right now?

rhetorical

200

"Happily rescued in the month of January, 1853":
"____ Years a Slave"

12

200

Box & 1 & 1-1-3 zone (an 8'6" wingspan also helps)

basketball

200

The Gulf of Aqaba & the Gulf of Suez are arms of it

the Red Sea

400

In August you'll see lots of red as Buñol, Spain hosts the world's largest food fight, using these as projectiles

Tomatoes

400

"Since my baby left me / I found a new place to" do this, to live as a resident, like at that hotel on Lonely Street

dwell

400

By Louisa May Alcott, with twice the number of March sisters:
"____ Cousins"

Eight

400

Nickel & dime packages, which are totally legal, man

football

400

The Arve River has its origins on Mont Blanc & flows into this river near Geneva

the Rhône

600

Featuring dancers, elephants & more, Kandy, Sri Lanka's Esala Perahara festival honors the tooth relic of this enlightened one

the Buddha

600

I want to break down a rainbow, but Roy G. Biv isn't doing it for me as one of these--"Richard of York gave battle in vain"? Yes! classier

mnemonic

600

By Jay Asher & inspiring a Netflix series:
"____ Reasons Why"

13

600

Stuff block, digging & pancake, a flat hand sliding palm-down on the floor in a last-ditch effort to make a play

volleyball

600

George Vancouver named this peak that's southeast of Tacoma for his fellow naval officer Peter

Mount Rainier

800

On July 4 this orchestra performs on the Charles River Esplanade followed by a fireworks spectacular

the Boston Pops

800

A grave-robbing corpse eater, or a character whose face has seen better days on "Fallout"

ghoul

800

Where most of mankind has been wiped out in a flu pandemic:
"Station ____"

Eleven

800

Flat back four & park the bus, as directed by Nick Mohammed on a certain TV show

soccer

800

This city on the James River is home to the Robert E. Lee House & the home of Chief Justice John Marshall

Richmond

1000

2026 marks the 59th year of the famous Jazz Festival held in this Swiss town on Lake Geneva

Montreux

1000

We never tire of this type of heavy drill that busts up concrete with repeated hammering

pneumatic 

1000

Set way in the future, Arthur C. Clarke's
"____: The Final Odyssey"

3001

1000

Total chances & the wheel play, which is a chancy move but looks amazing when executed correctly

baseball

1000

This capital city at the junction of 2 wadis is home to more than 15,000 mosques

Riyadh