Famously Orphaned or Adopted
That's So Metal
Pizza Toppings
Eponymous
Imprisoned Writers
"T" "L" "C"
Board And Card Games
100
This fictional character was orphaned and lives with her Uncle Henry and Aunt Em before a tornado takes her and her little dog on a magical adventure.
Who is Dorothy Gale?
100
At room temperature, all of the metals on the periodic table of elements are solids except for this.
What is mercury?
100
These two meats are the first and second most popular pizza toppings in the U. S. .
What are pepperoni and sausage?
100
John Montagu was the 4th earl of this location. When he decided that two slices of bread would keep his meat-grease covered fingers from messing up his card game, we named his creation after in.
What is Sandwich?
100
Alexandr Solzhenitsyn was born during the first year of this country's 20th century revolution, and became a famous dissident writer about life in the gulag.
What is the USSR?
100
This is a symbol of plenty (and often the Thanksgiving holiday) consisting of a goat's horn overflowing with flowers, fruit and vegetables, one of which is part of its name.
What is a cornucopia?
100
If you don't like loud games, you should skip this game where you take an electric tweezer and remove items from Cavity Sam. But if you have a steady hand, you can try it at taking out his Adam's Apple, Wish Bone, Broken Heart, Funny Bone, Spare Ribs, Butterflies in Stomach, Writer's Cramp, Bread Basket, Charlie Horse, Water On the Knee, Wrenched Ankle, & a rubberband connecting the ankle to the kneebone
What is Operation?
200
In this novel, both Pip and Estella are orphans. But where Pip was raised by his sister and her husband to become a blacksmith, Estella was adopted and raised by the wealthy and eccentric Miss Havisham to become a lady
What is Great Expectations?
200
Iron is the most abundant metal on earth—and it also makes up much of the Earth’s core. However, the most common metal found in the Earth’s crust is this.
What is aluminum?
200
Whether they're the main ingredient in your sauce or you enjoy some them diced as a pizza topping, this ingredient is 94% water.
What are tomatoes?
200
This is the physicist for whom the non-centigrade temperature measurement is named.
Who is Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit?
200
Best known for this novel, Miguel de Cervantes was arrested and served time in Spanish prisons for economic crimes.
What is Don Quixote?
200
This clue uses two of the letters - this children's breakfast cereal has a leprechaun mascot. The candy marshmallows in it represent Hearts, Stars, and Horseshoes. Clovers and Blue Moons. Unicorns, Rainbows, and Tasty Red Balloons
What are Lucky Charms?
200
I bet you would never guess that the police officer in this game is named Edgar Mallory.
What is Monopoly?
300
In this book first published in 1881 by Johanna Sypri, our titular character lives with her grandfather in the Alps after the death of her parents
Who is Heidi?
300
This element, chemical signal W, is the metal with the highest melting point at 3422°C.
What is Tungsten?
300
Usually sold canned and in filet form, this fish is the least popular or traditional pizza toppings in the US. They are, however, very popular in Spain, Italy and Greece.
What are anchovies?
300
James Brudenell was the 7th Earl of this place, leading to the name of an open knitted sweater that fastens in the front, as his soldiers wore them in battle.
What is Cardigan?
300
This media icon reported to prison in October 2004 for insider trading and lying to investigators. Released in March 2005, they then spent two years in supervised release, five months of which were spent in home confinement.
Who is Martha Stewart?
300
This country used to be part of the Soviet Union. Its known for tall women, Europe's oldest language and the first Christmas tree. Its capital is Riga.
What is Latvia?
300
This game uses a full deck (excluding jokers) and pieces of cutlery. You can play with as many players as you like but each player must have 4 cards, the object is to get a complete set and pick up this certain piece of cutlery
What is Spoons?
400
This orphan a spirited young girl who lost her parents in a fire. Hopeful nature and determination eventually lead her to find a loving home with the wealthy Oliver Warbucks, transforming her future.
400
Exposure to this precious metal can change a snail to a slug, basically by altering them in their embryonic stage to develop an internal shell instead of an external shell.
What is platinum?
400
The classic Hawaiian pizza, made of ham and pineapple is very polarizing; some people just don't appreciate the salty/sweet combination. It was invented in this country by Sam Panopoulos
What is Canada?
400
Ambrose Burnside was an American railroad executive, soldier, industrialist, and politician who had this distinctive facial hair.
What are sideburns?
400
This Irish writer of The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest was sentenced to two years imprisonment for homosexuality, which in his day was a crime under gross indecency.
Who is Oscar Wilde?
400
This is the long fancy word for the sound that ringing bells make. It has the same root as the medical term for a ringing in the ears.
What is Tintinnabulation?
400
To get a large straight in this game, you have to roll 5 consecutive numbers on 5 dice. To should the name of the game, you have to get five of the same number.
What is Yahtzee?
500
Orphaned as a baby, this character struggles through her nearly loveless childhood and becomes a governess at Thornfield Hall. She is ten at the beginning of the novel, and nineteen or twenty at the end of the main narrative. In the last chapter, we learn that she has married Mr Rochester, the master of Thornfield Hall.
Who is Jane Eyre?
500
Feel free to grab any doorknobs you like made of this alloy (a mix of copper and tin). The metal is naturally antibacterial.
What is Brass?
500
Created in 1734, this pizza sauce was made with tomato sauce, garlic, oregano, and extra virgin olive oil. It was named after its popularity with fishermen.
What is Marinara?
500
This novel gave birth to the adjective Orwellian to describe something dystopian, potentially totalitarian and threatening to free society.
What is 1984?
500
His book, Letters from Birmingham Jail was a defense of civil disobedience, the letter makes argument that people have a moral responsibility to break unjust laws. As he said “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr?
500
This is a tropical cyclone forming in the western Pacific/South China Sea and posing a hazard to SE and East Asia.
What is a typhoon?
500
The card game Canasta is named for the Spanish word for this item
What is a basket?