SAY "AH"
LETTUCE BEGIN
NO. 1 U.S. BABY NAMES
AMERICAN BUSINESS
D PLUS
Each response is two words, one with a single and one with a double "D".
100

It precedes "humbug"

bah

100

We'll begin by washing the lettuce & drying it in this alliterative item

a salad spinner

100

Hail this name, full of grace; from the 1880s all the way through the 1950s, it was the No. 1 baby girl name

Mary

100

Johnson & Johnson has been "stuck on" this product for 85 years

Band-Aids

100

TV's Ms. Falco & music's Mr. Van Halen

Edie & Eddie

200

Exotic water pipe

Exotic water pipe

200

Lettuce begin with a wedge salad, traditionally made with a hunk of this crisp, cold lettuce

iceberg

200

About 4 1/4% of 1960s baby boys were named this, whether they rowed the boat ashore or not

Michael

200

In 1962 the Dayton Company hit the bull's-eye when it opened the first of these discount stores

Target

200

What you're doing to time when waiting patiently; what you're doing on an auction item when you're tired of waiting

biding & bidding

300

It's used to hail a fellow sailor

ahoy

300

We'll dress our lettuce with extra virgin olive oil & this vinegar from Modena, Italy

balsamic

300

Perhaps a "Giant" acting icon helped this be the most popular name for 1950s boys

James

300

The first brand of frozen orange juice concentrate undoubtedly took more than 60 seconds to develop

Minute Maid

300

More discourteous & a ship steering item

ruder & rudder

400

Genus of the family Asteraceae with many ornamental ray-shaped flowers

the dahlia

400

The owner of the Brown Derby in Hollywood got his name on this salad with lettuce, bacon, chicken, eggs & blue cheese

a Cobb salad

400

So far, the fave name for girls in the 2000s is this; we're sure an etiquette expert would approve

Emily

400

In 2004, after a century as a household name, its last model rolled off the assembly line in Lansing, Michigan


Oldsmobile

400

Slang for an in-line skater adds the letter D to become a fluid-storing organ

blader & bladder

500

In Judaism, a good deed

a mitzvah

500

Here's a bunch of this lettuce named for its soft texture

butter lettuce

500

This name of Shylock's daughter was the favorite name for 1980s & '90s girls

Jessica

500

Once known for its bib overalls, this 2-word Wisconsin firm is now a leader in casual clothes for kids

OshKosh B'Gosh

500

A word found before "pool" & a use for a big armful of cotton

wading & wadding