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PLANT POTPOURRI

100

This addicting chemical in tobacco is a poisonous alkaloid that is also used as an insecticide.

Nicotine

200

According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, this is “any plant that is growing where it is not wanted.”

Weed

300

This spice, first cultivated in Mexico and used widely as flavoring in baking, is derived from orchids.

Vanilla

400

This plant art, which originated during ancient Roman times, involves training and trimming the foliage of trees and shrubs to resemble shapes of any kind.

Topiary

500

Given its wide range of food uses and high nutritional value, economically, this is the most important bean in the world.

Soybean

TWO DOUBLE LETTERS(Each answer contains a word with two double letters.)

100

Crickets, katydids, and locusts all belong to this family of insects.

Grasshopper

200

In the animated feature film UP, the main character lifts off for an adventure after tying thousands of these to his house.

Balloons

300

A period of one thousand years.

Millennium

400

This beverage bean is cultivated across tropical equatorial regions. Its largest producing nation by far is Brazil, followed by Vietnam and Colombia.

Coffee

500

The name of this native North American mammal most likely comes from the Algonquian phrase ah-rah-koon-em, meaning “[the] one who rubs, scrubs and scratches with its hands.”

Raccoon

WOMEN'S NAMES ON THE MAP

100

This resort island is located in the Atlantic Ocean, just south of Cape Cod.

Martha's Vineyard 

200

A section of London, a neighborhood in Manhattan, and a town bordering Boston all share this name.

Chelsea

300

Canada’s “Garden City” is also the capital of British Columbia.

Victoria

400

This fourth-most populous city in New Jersey was not named for a British Queen, but for the wife of one of the early settlers of the colony of New Jersey.

Elizabeth

500

This Italian city, the capital of the Tuscany region of Italy, is considered the birthplace of the Renaissance.

Florence 

PLURALS THAT DON’T END IN “S” (We provide the singular; you give us the plural.)

100

Fungus 

Fungi

200

Shrimp

Shrimp

300

Mother-In-Law

Mothers-In-Law

400

Medium

Media

500

Stigma

Stigmata

COMPOSERS

100

This British composer’s first notable musical was Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in 1968. Two of his many other musicals, Cats and Phantom of the Opera, are among the top five longest-running musicals on Broadway.

Andrew Lloyd Webber

200

This American composer’s best known works include Rhapsody in Blue (1924), An American in Paris (1928), and Porgy and Bess (1935), which included the classic hit “Summertime.”

George Gershwin

300

In 1969, this composer was named Conductor Laureate for Life of the New York Philharmonic orchestra.

Leonard Bernstein

400

“The Blue Danube” is one of the most famous works of this composer, known as “The Waltz King” for popularizing the dance in 19th century Vienna.

Johann Strauss

500

The 2019 film about this British musician and composer’s life was titled Rocketman, taken from his 1972 double-platinum hit song with the same title.

Elton John