AFRICAN CITIES
MAMMALS
ASTRONOMY
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
CRIME
100

Throngs of people were trying to get into Tahrir Square in this African capital in February 2011


What is CAIRO

100

The Chinese call this native animal da xiong mao meaning great bear cat

What is A PANDA

100

This spiral galaxy is named for an Ethiopian princess in Greek mythology


What is ANDROMEDA

100

Her May 24 birthday first became a holiday in Canada in 1845 & it's still celebrated today


What is QUEEN VICTORIA

100

Descriptive term for the act of stealing wallets & other personal items in public places


What is PICKPOCKETING

200

Its situation on an island makes Mombasa the ideal place for this country's biggest port city


What is KENYA

200

Oh dear--this South American animal has been known to eat monkeys


What is OCELOT

200

On May 31 2013 a 1.9-mile-wide one of these skimmed by the Earth at a distance of 3.6 million miles


What is AN ASTEROID

200

Taking place about 6 weeks before Easter this day begins a season of fasting & prayer


What is ASH WEDNESDAY (FIRST DAY OF LENT)

200

Designated a crime in more & more states each year it's using the internet to threaten or harass others


What is CYBERBULLYING

300

This port is the southernmost of South Africa's 3 capitals


What is CAPE TOWN

300

You could say this Arctic mammal Odobenus rosmarus has a mustache


What is THE WALRUS

300

It's the main force that pulls things toward black holes


What is GRAVITY

300

On this March holiday the consumption of Guinness beer more than doubles to 13 million pints worldwide


What is ST. PATRICK'S DAY

300

Theft is the crime of stealing in general; this is specifically stealing from a residence or other dwelling


What is BURGLARY

400

This capital city's Grand Palace was once home to Haile Selassie


What is ADDIS ABABA

400

It's not a feline it's not a reptile it's the fossa the largest carnivore of this island off Africa


What is MADAGASCAR

400

In 2014 images of the surface of this largest Saturnian moon showed the Sun's reflection off its polar seas


What is TITAN

400

Father's Day is observed during this month


What is JUNE

400

Some states apply the Wild Beast Test to persons who try to use this defense


What is INSANITY

500

The city of Zanzibar now in this country was a major slave trading center


What is TANZANIA

500

The daily diet for this toothless mammal is some 30000 termites & the insect in its name


What is AN ANTEATER

500

These extremely hot eruptions in the Sun's atmosphere can cause communications problems on Earth

What is SOLAR FLARES

500

Meaning arrival it's the 4-week period before Christmas


What is ADVENT

500

The first documented case of the use of this crime-solving aid as evidence in Canada was in Alberta in 1921

What is FINGERPRINT KIT