Triple Rhyme Time
In the NATO Phonetic Alphabet
Bridge
I Bid
5 Hearts
200
A clever, short song about a young cat
What is a witty kitty ditty?
200
In Ancient Rome it was the ninth month
What is November?
200
Bridges can cross rivers, roads, or as in the London one seen her, these man-made waterways
What are canals?
200
In a 2019 charity sale in Geneva, a $31 million bid won a Patek Philippe one of these
What is a watch?
200
Once an agricultural paradise, the “Valley of Heart’s Delight” is now this tech-centric California valley
What is Silicon Valley?
400
To rent a group of singing Franciscans
What is to hire a friar choir?
400
A nymph deprived of speech
What is an Echo?
400
In “The Merchant of Venice”, Solanio asks, “Now, what news on“ this bridge & shopping area
What is the Rialto?
400
In 2020, an unnamed bidder spent $4.2 million for the so-called EID MAR coin, minted by this assassin
Who was Brutus?
400
This military decoration was first awarded for bravery in action but later came to honor those wounded or killed serving their nation
What is a Purple Heart?
600
Faster Anglican priest who scores field goals
What is a quicker vicar kicker?
600
Unit of measure equal to about 2.2 pounds
What is a Kilo
600
Opened in 1920, the bridge originally named for this avenue helped it become Chicago’s famous shopping street
What is Michigan Avenue?
600
In 2018 Vineyard Wind, based in this state, successfully bid $135 million for a lease on a wind power area off the coast
What is Massachusetts?
600
He’s the much-traveled medieval king seen here
Who was Richard the Lionheart?
800
A paladin engaged in a joust, a perilous situation
What is a knight fright fight (or plight or blight)?
800
NBA shooting guard Oladipo or actor Mature
What is Victor?
800
Magdalene Bridge, also called the Great Bridge, crosses this 3-letter river in a British university city
What is the Cam River?
800
At a 2020 documents auction, the winning bid was $45,000 for the 1947 title transfer of the Flamingo Hotel to this mobster
Who was (Bugsy) Siegel?
800
In a novel by this man, Tolbooth Prison in Edinburgh is known as “The Heart of Midlothian”
Who was (Sir Walter) Scott?
1000
A dealer working on commission selling yellowish, tight-fitting necklaces
What is an ochre choker broker?
1000
4 letters—a potato in Puebla or Peru
What is a Papa?
1000
It’s the river flowing beneath Bangkok’s Rama VI Bridge
What is the Chao Phraya?
1000
Bayer’s acquisition of this U.S. seed giant was not without headaches, as the bid had to go up to $66 billion
What is Monsanto?
1000
Here’s this basilica that looms over Paris
What is Sacré-Cœur (Sacred Heart)