A Common Defense
The General Welfare
Lizards
A Word In Spanish
Common Bonds
What A Week!
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Air Travel
Literary Terms
Money Idioms
100
This traditional excuse for why you don't have your homework is in the original "Saved by the Bell" theme song
My dog ate it.
100
One good way to avoid colds & flus is to get some of this vitamin, formed by sunlight in your skin
Vitamin D
100
The Florida worm lizard has no ear openings or visible eyes but somehow preys on these wood-eating insects also called white ants
Termites
100
A Spanish idiom for "Don't worry about it", literally "nothing happens", is no pasa this word
Nada
100
Driver,
wedge,
putter
Golf Clubs
100
The 31st of this month is the last day of Bat Week (of course)
October
100
I am so sorry that I didn't RSVP to your party, RSVP meaning respondez, this polite phrase
s'il vous plait
100
This airline launched its frequent-flyer AAdvantage program in 1981
American Airlines
100
"Sign that kid up! He runs like a thoroughbred" is one of these comparative figures of speech
A simile
100
Dropping one of these on another person means you're informing on his criminal activities
Dime
200
Webmd.com put "I'm too tired" on its list of excuses for not doing this, but says doing it actually gives you energy
Exercising
200
Seen here is the logo for this community program; bad guys, beware.
The Neighborhood Watch
200
Sounding like an ornamental edging, it's the membrane that an Australian lizard raises to appear larger when threatened.
Frill
200
Lionel Richie sang of celebrations in many languages: "We're going to party, karamu," this Spanish word
Fiesta
200
The bucket,
bad habits,
a football
Things you kick
200
National Aviation Week takes place the week of August 19, the birthday of this younger & first airborne brother
Orville Wright
200
Your best time in a race is your PR, short for this
Personal Record
200
This happens to you figuratively when you lose your seat on an overbooked plane or literally when the drink cart hits your elbow
Bumped
200
"And then a million people started screaming at me at once" is an example of this exaggeration for effect
Hyperbole
200
This rhyming term refers to the output of a counterfeiter
Funny Money
300
It may be a defense for dropping a fly ball, but judges say not for rear-ending another car; be prepared if driving west at 5 PM
The sun was in your eyes
300
SABs are these safety devices that are designed to provide protection during a side-impact crash
Side Airbags
300
The name of this lizard known for its ability to climb vertical surfaces is from a Malay word imitating the sound it makes
Gecko
300
This fish in the tuna family is also a masculine adjective for "pretty" in Spanish
Bonito
300
A violin,
a marionette,
a tennis racket
Things with strings
300
Once National Secretaries Week, the last full week in April is now called these "Professionals Week"
Administrative
300
The CFPB, this Financial Protection Bureau, makes sure you are treated fairly by banks, lenders & financial companies
Consumer
300
For years a sign painted on a roof in this Wisconsin city said "Welcome to Cleveland" to prank airline passengers
Milwaukee
300
A sheet of thin metal shares its name with this, a character who contrasts with the hero
Foil
300
Something that has no value is said to be "not worth a plugged" this
Nickel
400
He just left a relationship? He doesn't want to ruin a friendship? Nope, this title of a "no excuses" bestseller
He's Just Not That Into You
400
The department of HHS urges people to cut down on trans fats & these other fats; pizza & ice cream are high in them
Saturated Fats
400
The 5-lined this 5-letter lizard is also known as the blue-tailed type.
Skink
400
Stand down, Sir Francis Drake; Spanish-speaking countries such as Argentina use this to mean their navy
Armada
400
Birds,
angels,
the stage in a theater
Wings
400
One sponsor of Banned Books Week, which opposes censorship & celebrates the right to read, is the ALA, short for this
American Library Association
400
The cosmetics brand e.l.f. is an acronym for these 3 areas where its products are used
Eyes, Lips, Face
400
In 2019, the biggest new terminal opening in the U.S. in a decade was celebrated at this city's airport with a second line parade.
New Orleans
400
Juliet's "Good night, good night!" is followed by these 5 words that include an oxymoron
Parting is such sweet sorrow
400
Makes cents! These 2 words begin the idiom that ends "pound foolish"
Penny wise
500
This meteorological term for a chilly mass of air is a common reason given by fishermen when the bass aren't biting
A Cold Front
500
Trimming your nails is part of "good" this, sometimes called sanitary science
Hygiene
500
The world's biggest lizards, Komodo dragons are native only to Komodo Island & the Sunda Islands of this country
Indonesia
500
In Spanish it's not someone taking the law into his own hands, it's just a watchman, like a night watchman
Vigilante
500
Cuban,
banh mi,
po' boy
Sandwich
500
Late June brings Awareness Week for the big ants named for this occupation; they damage homes by removing wood for their nests
Carpenter
500
When talking about dates, B.C.E. stands for this
Before the Common Era
500
Only the "B" in the middle of this airline's colorful name is capitalized in its logo
jetBlue
500
"The ancient door groaned when I opened it" makes use of this device giving human attributes to nonhuman things
Personification
500
Cash that you are eager to spend is figuratively said to do this to your clothes
Burn a hole in your pocket