State Capital Nicknames
"The Mile High City".
Instead of "zero", this sport calls it "Love".
Tennis.
This cake was named for being made with 16 ounces each of flour, butter, sugar & eggs.
Pound cake.
In this board game you must solve the case of millionaire Samuel Black, murdered in his own mansion.
Clue.
Dogs with this desease may "foam at the mouth" because saliva builds up in their paralyzed throats.
Rabies.
"The Big Peach".
Atlanta.
In Darts, it may seem counterintuitive that you should aim for 'triple 20' to win instead of this spot in the middle of the board.
Bullseye.
"The proof is" here likely referred to a meat dish back in the day; to us, it sounds much sweeter.
It's "the classic naval combat game".
Battleship.
2 types of this disease are insulin-dependent & non-insulin-dependent.
Diabetes.
"Crabtown".
Annapolis.
In American Football, this somewhat unusual 2 point play where a team downs the ball in their own endzone is known as this.
Safety.
Literally "lightning" in French, this long, thin chocolate-covered pastry really gives me a charge.
Eclair.
Good deeds allow you to climb up, but watch out for the slides in this game where you try to reach the 100 square.
Chutes and Ladders.
Ratborne diseases include typhus, rabies & this type of plague AKA the "Black Death" of medieval times.
Bubonic Plague.
"The Cradle of the Confederacy" & "The Birthplace of Civil Rights".
Montgomery.
In this sport getting 120 down in a game gets you a score of 300.
Bowling.
Appropriately, the name of this frothy dessert means "froth" in French.
Mousse.
Use your skull in all of the activities of this game whose name is a synonym for "skull".
Cranium.
Conveniently for bacteria that cause most human diseases, this is the temperature for optimum growth.
98.6ºF.
"The Almond Capital of the World".
Sacremento.
In Golf, it's the name of a rare 3-under par score.
Albatross or Double-Eagle.
It's the 2-word French name for a custard dessert with a hard, caramelized sugar topping.
Crème-Brûlée.
In 2016 news an A.I. program beat a champion of this 2-letter game with 361 pieces.
Go.
This inflammatory digestive disease was named after one of the 3 men who published a paper on it in the 1930s.
Crohn's Disease.