ANY FIRST WORDS?
OLD VIRGINIA
WHAT'S YOUR BEEF?
VARIE-TEAS
TALES OF THE WINDY CITY
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Meaning "first", it can precede color, election or health care

primary

100

He was cornered & fatally wounded by federal troops on a farm near Port Royal, Virginia on April 26, 1865

John Wilkes Booth

100

If you can't stand the heat, there's always this raw dish that includes onions, capers, egg yolks & beef tenderloin

steak tartare

100

This meal is found after Irish & English in the names of teas

breakfast

100

Frank Norris' 1903 novel about the Chicago board of trade is just called this--no "& the Pendulum"

The Pit

200

Aussies are familiar with this term for native inhabitants that once referred to pre-Roman Italians

aborigines

200

President Jefferson sent this fellow Virginian, later our 5th president, to negotiate the Louisiana Purchase

James Monroe

200

A New England boiled dinner is traditionally made with this cured deli meat

corned beef

200

The name of this Indian tea made with milk & spices like cinnamon & cardamom is one syllable & rhymes with "pie"

chai

200

In 1898's "A Yankee from the West", Chicago's Opie Read used the phrase "There's" one of these "born every minute"

a sucker

300

An adjective meaning "first", or a letter like "F" in F. Murray Abraham

an initial

300

In 1699 the capital of Virginia was moved from Jamestown to this city

Williamsburg 

300

A New York steak is also known as this alliterative steak

strip steak

300

This herbal tea is made with a daisylike flower; Peter Rabbit was put to bed with some

chamomile tea

300

Henry Fuller's 1893 novel "The Cliff-Dwellers" deals with "The Tribe" inhabiting a lofty Chicago one of these

a skyscraper 

400

Something that's leading in every respect is "first &" this superlative adjective

foremost

400

In 1763 this gifted orator & lawyer presented the "Parson's Cause", an early test case of royal authority

Patrick Henry

400

The second word in the French name of this boneless steak means "dainty"

filet mignon

400

Earl Grey tea gets its flavor from this citrus fruit, sort of an acidic orange

bergamot 

400

This Richard Wright work about a racially charged murder trial was the first best-selling novel by an African American

Native Son

500

Jung was fond of this word, an original pattern from which all similar things are based

an archetype

500

In 1716 Virginia's governor claimed possession of this scenic valley for England

the Shenandoah Valley

500

To make this dish, beef is topped with pate de foie gras & a mushroom paste before it's wrapped in pastry & cooked

beef Wellington 

500

This strong tea is named for a place in the foothills of the Himalayas whose name means "land of the thunderbolt"

Darjeeling

500

A Hispanic girl grows up in cold Chicago in Sandra Cisneros' "The House on" this tropical-sounding street

Mango Street