STATELY BODIES OF WATER
16-LETTER WORDS
THE MYTH BEHIND THE ZODIAC SIGN
(you'll name the sign)
REALITY TV
FINAL JEOPARDY
100

Major ports on this lake include Waukegan, Racine & Milwaukee  

Lake Michigan

100

Some news you can use about screws: turn 'em right to get 'em tight & in this direction to loosen things up

counterclockwise

100

For Egyptians, 2 goats; for Arabs, 2 peacocks

Gemini

100

Paris Hilton & Nicole Richie recently reunited for "Encore", a 3-part anniversary special of this series

The Simple Life

100

LANGUAGES IN HISTORY:

Holy Roman Emperor Charles V is said to have quipped, "to God I speak Spanish, to women Italian, to men French, & to my horse" this

German
200

Great Falls, Montana & Sioux City, Iowa are both found along this river

the Missouri

200

Happy 400th birthday, aka this, Gian Domenico Cassini! You don't look a day over 395

a quadricentennial

200

A harvest maiden--maybe Ishtar, maybe Persephone

Virgo
200

In 2025, this Bond girl & former Beverly Hills housewife starred with her daughters & husband in her own series

Denise Richards

200

FAMOUS BUILDINGS:

Opened in 1902, it's 87 feet in width on the 22nd Street side & less than 7 feet wide at its narrowest point on 23rd Street

the Flatiron Building

300

The coast of this large gulf is indented by fjords & inlets such as Cook Inlet & Prince William Sound

The gulf of Alaska 

300

If you're an Olympic sprinter, it's the unfortunate consequence of a false start, aka jumping the gun

disqualification

300

It had a Golden Fleece

Aries

300

Guy Fieri samples the food at these 3 types of places, per the title of the series known as "DDD" for short

diners, drive-ins & dives

300

THEORIES:

A version of this theoretical economic process was "horse & sparrow"; if you fed the horse enough oats, the sparrows fed afterwards

Trickle Down Economics

400

This bay that had a colony named for it extends southward over 40 miles from Cape Ann

Massachusetts Bay

400

At a Sierra Club meeting, avoid "tree hugger" & use this less disparaging synonym for someone concerned about conservation

environmentalist

400

Pinched Heracles whilst the hero was fighting a Hydra

Cancer

400

We'll spare you any videos but dermatologist Sandra Lee has gained a large following on TV under this nickname

Dr. Pimple Popper

400

20th CENTURY NAMES :

According to one obituary, in 1935 he owned 13 magazines, 8 radio stations, 2 movie companies & $56 million in real estate

William Randolph Hearst

500

Some call this bay the "Other Jersey Shore"

Delaware Bay

500

Unable to be broken down by microorganisms--like Styrofoam, which takes about 500 years to decompose 

nonbiodegradable

500

Pan, who jumped into a river & became a mer-Pan

Capricorn

500

When this show premiered in 2010, Kody Brown had 3 spouses, going on 4; today, he's down to 1

Sister Wives

500

MYTHOLOGICAL PLACES :

A 17th c. English translation of the "Aeneid" rhymes "my soul remains" & "perpetual pains" with this 2-word place

the Elysian Plains