DISAPPEARING LAKES
SOUP-ER COOL
CROSSWORD CLUES “A”
UNION JACKED VEXILLOLOGY
WHAT'S COOKING?
RIVER NAMES IN OTHER WORDS
400

SINCE ITS LARGEST POINT IN THE 1980S, THIS SALINE UTAH LAKE HAS LOST ABOUT 60% OF ITS SURFACE AREA

WHAT IS THE GREAT SALT LAKE?

400

THIS DEEP-RED SOUP, NATIVE TO UKRAINE AND KNOWN FOR ITS TIES TO HUNGARY, CAN BE EATEN HOT OR COLD

WHAT IS BORSCHT?

400

(9 LETTERS) ATHEN’S VERSION OF “TOP OF THE ROCK”

WHAT IS ACROPOLIS?

400

A BLUE FLAG WITH THE UNION JACK IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER AND THE SOUTHERN CROSS IN RED STARS OUTLINED IN WHITE

WHAT IS NEW ZEALAND?

400

IT'S A POT OF THE NEW ENGLAND STYLE OF THIS CHUNKY SEAFOOD SOUP, MADE WITH FRESH LITTLENECKS

WHAT IS CLAM CHOWDER?

400

JACK BLACK VOICES THIS CHARACTER IN THE “KUNG FU PANDA” MOVIE FRANCHISE

WHO IS PO?

800

THIS AFRICAN LAKE, WHICH SHARES ITS NAME WITH A COUNTRY GOVERNED FROM N'DJAMENA, HAS SHRUNK ROUGHLY 90% SINCE THE 1990S

WHAT IS LAKE CHAD?

800

THIS EASTERN EUROPEAN SOUP THAT INCLUDES A LARGE BREAD DUMPLING  IS A STAPLE OF THE ASHKENAZI JEWISH COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD

WHAT IS MATZAH BALL SOUP?

800

(9 LETTERS) WHERE PEOPLE KISS IN THE TULIPS

WHAT IS AMSTERDAM?

800

A FLAG WITH EIGHT RED, WHITE, AND BLUE STRIPES AND THE UNION JACK IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER

WHAT IS HAWAII?

800

GET 'EM WHILE THEY'RE HOT - THESE MEXICAN TREATS FOR DESSERT (SHOW PIC)

WHAT ARE CHURROS?

800

LAST NAME OF THE SCOTTISH TENNIS PLAYER WHO WON THE WIMBLEDON SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2013 AND 2016

WHO IS [ANDY] MURRAY?

1200

THIS COUNTRY'S SHRINKING LAKE URMIA LIES IN ITS WESTERN BORDER, IN THE ZAGROS MOUNTAINS

WHAT IS IRAN?

1200

ORIGINALLY BROUGHT TO JAPAN FROM CHINA, THIS NOODLE SOUP CAN COME IN SHOYU, SHIO, AND MISO VARIETIES

WHAT IS RAMEN?

1200

(6 LETTERS) “WAT” YOU GO TO CAMBODIA TO SEE

WHAT IS ANGKOR?

1200

A BLUE FLAG WITH THE UNION JACK IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER AND THE SOUTHERN CROSS IN WHITE STARS TOPPED BY ST. EDWARD'S CROWN

WHAT IS VICTORIA?

1200

WE'RE MAKING CAPELLI D'ANGELO, WHICH IS ITALIAN FOR THIS EXTREMELY FINE PASTA

WHAT IS ANGEL HAIR?

1200

IT’S THE “GOLD” STANDARD WHEN IT COMES TO POTATO VARIETIES

WHAT IS YUKON?

1600

THIS LARGEST LAKE IN CHINA, HAS SHRUNK BY OVER 500 KM^2 IN THE 20TH CENTURY, BUT HAS SINCE EXPERIENCED A REBOUND

WHAT IS QINGHAI LAKE?

1600

THIS THICK STEW, MADE WITH CELERY, ONIONS, AND MEAT OR SEAFOOD, IS A LOUISIANA STAPLE WITH WEST AFRICAN, FRENCH, AND CHOCTAW INFLUENCES

WHAT IS GUMBO?

1600

(5 LETTERS) A MOUNTAIN RANGE THAT CONTAINS A BUNCH OF MAPS

WHAT IS ATLAS?

1600

A FLAG SPLIT IN TWO WITH THE UNION JACK WITH A GOLDEN CROWN ON THE TOP AND THREE WAVY LINES WITH THE SETTING SUN ON THE BOTTOM

WHAT IS BRITISH COLUMBIA?

1600

WE'RE GOING GREEK WITH BURGERS TOPPED WITH TZATZIKI SAUCE & THIS CRUMBLY 4-LETTER GREEK CHEESE

WHAT IS FETA?

1600

IN A CLASSIC KNOCK-KNOCK JOKE, THIS WORD COMES BEFORE “YOU GLAD I DIDN'T SAY BANANA”.

WHAT IS ORANGE?

2000

AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIONS FROM THE TRUCKEE RIVER HAVE LED TO LOSS IN PYRAMID LAKE, SITTING ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTH OF THE BLACK DESERT IN THIS STATE

WHAT IS NEVADA?

2000

THIS FAMOUS THAI SOUP, KNOWN FOR ITS BALANCE OF SWEET, SPICY, SOUR, AND SALTY FLAVORS LITERALLY TRANSLATES TO "BOILING" AND "MIXING" IN THAI

WHAT IS TOM YUM?

2000

(5 LETTERS) THE ISLAND THAT THE BEACH BOYS WANNA TAKE YA BEFORE JAMAICA

WHAT IS ARUBA?

2000

A SKY BLUE FLAG WITH THE UNION JACK IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER AND NINE YELLOW STARS

WHAT IS TUVALU?

2000

IT'S HUNGARIAN GOULASH FLAVORED WITH THIS RED HUNGARIAN SEASONING, OF COURSE

WHAT IS PAPRIKA?

2000

A COSMETICS COMPANY WHO EMPLOYED DOOR-TO-DOOR SALESWOMAN KNOWN COLLECTIVELY AS THEIR “LADIES”.

WHAT IS AVON?