DANCE
U.S. STATES
FOOD
SUPERSTITIONS
6-LETTER WORDS
100

Its popular calls include "promenade" & "swing your partner"

square dancing

100

Both South Dakota & Florida have this same nickname

"The Sunshine State"

100

Spicy, icy Spanish tomato soup

gazpacho

100

They say it's bad luck to put this shoe on 1st

the left

100

An Easton, or a Queen of the Jungle

Sheena

200

Nationality of Nijinsky & Pavlova

Russian

200

State usually called 1st at presidential conventions because it's 1st in alphabetical order

Alabama

200

Term for pasta that remains firm "to the teeth's" touch

al dente

200

Supposedly, a bee can't do this while you're holding your breath

sting you

200

French for "again"

encore

300

Originally called the "weller" or "spinner", this dominated 19th c. ballroom dancing

the waltz

300

With NYC & Philadelphia in mind, Ben Franklin called this state "a rum keg tapped at both ends"

New Jersey

300

Meat-in-pastry combo named for Napoleon's nemesis

beef Wellington

300

Placing this beneath the bed will cut the pain of childbirth

a knife (or an axe)

300

It can be found in a mixing bowl or a baseball box

batter

400

Musical for which Agnes DeMille created a dream sequence danced by doubles of Curly & Laurey

Oklahoma!

400

State with highest average wage, $9,000 higher than 2nd-highest state

Massachusetts (as of today, I looked it up)

400

The "poivre" in steak au poivre

pepper

400

Sticking a piece of this on the top of a baseball cap brings good luck to the team

bubble gum (or chewing game)

400

6-letter word in the title of the following:

"Every single day /
Every word you say /
Every game you play /
Every night you stay /
I'll be watching you /
Oh, can't you see /
You belong to me?..."

breath

(Every Breath you take) 

500

He designed decor for ballet "The 3-Cornered Hat" in 1919, before painting the "3 Musicians" in 1921

Picasso

500

State in which this song takes place:

"And I dreamed about them cottonfields 'n' home /
I dreamed about my mother /
Dear old sister and papa and brother /
Dreamed about that sweetheart who's been waitin' for so long /
I wanna go home..."

Michigan

500

Main dish ordered most often in American soul food restaurants

fried chicken

500

Dark-colored socks with this color toes protect you from being tripped by elves

white

500

A niche in the wall, or a pause in the class

recess