ANIMALS BY
LATIN NAME
LATIN NAME
Canis Lupus Familiaris
Dog
I'm gonna tell! It means to turn informer or let out secrets
Tattle
"I was in the Virgin Islands once. I met a girl. We ate lobster, drank pina coladas...why couldn't I get that day over & over?"
Groundhog Day
Sherlock Holmes describes this foe as the "Napoleon of crime"
Professor Moriarty
Nickname for Britain's flag that's also a type of cheddar
Union Jack Cheese
Dory in "Finding Dory"
Ellen DeGeneres
Don't put off naming this, the postponement of a task
Procrastination
Pol Pot was the despotic leader of this Asian country from 1975 to 1979
Cambodia
Equus Caballus
Horse
French word for proper conduct in a social setting
Etiquette
"Donny was a good bowler. And a good man"
Simon Legree is murderous slave owner in this 19th century bestseller
Uncle Tom's Cabin
"24K Magic" singer who is a type of robotic vehicle that explored the surface of the red planet
Bruno Mars Rover
Master Shifu in "Kung Fu Panda"
Dustin Hoffman
Throwing a punch is this type of bad conduct that'll earn you a 15-yard penalty on a football field
Unsportsmanlike
Weather.com calls Oymyakon in this country the world's coldest city, with -90 temps & bonfires needed at winter funerals
Russia
Panthera Leo
Lion
This word can precede "step" to mean a hesitation that fakes out a defender
Stutter
Oscar's Best Picture of 2000:
"At my signal, unleash hell"
Gladiator
She's the nurse that rules over the asylum with an iron fist in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Nurse Ratched
Akron-born NBA great who wrote "Shooting Stars" while hosting & creating "Inside the Actors Studio"
LeBron James Liption
Mr. Incredible in "The Incredibles"
Craig T. Nelson
This quality of small cars makes them easy to handle, particularly in small spaces
Maneuverability
China shares the Gobi Desert with this country that's 1/70 as densely populated as China
Mongolia
Carcharadon carcharias
Great White Shark
Last name of Martin Sheen's "The West Wing" President
Bartlett
"This is... impossible."
"Those pajamas are impossible. This actually happened."
The Mask
This "Jungle Book" tiger schemes to defeat the wolf pack & claim the life of young Mowgli
Shere Khan
Quilted item under bedsheets that's an Asian dish of rice noodles, bean sprouts & chopped peanuts
Mattress Pad Thai
Mr. Fox in "Fantastic Mr. Fox"
George Clooney
Oxfam is this type of international voluntary organization, NGO for short
Nongovernmental
2013 saw the first meeting of Lionel Messi & Pope Francis, perhaps the 2 most famous men from this country
Argentina
Alces Alces. (They have antlers)
Moose
To reply & offset an enemy's hostile move
Counterattack
"And, uh, it was tragic, really. He exploded on stage."
This Is Spinal Tap
It's the ancient Babylonian demon who possesses Regan in "The Exorcist"
Late 19th century circus siblings who are the subject of Dostoyevsky's last, & some say greatest, novel
Ringling Brothers Karamazov
The Iron Giant in "The Iron Giant"
Vin Diesel
It's the propensity for asking a lot of questions, whether out of curiosity or nosiness
inquisitiveness
In 2017 Haider al-Abadi, this country's prime minister, declared victory over the Islamic State
Iraq