WORD PLAY
Remove the first letter from a six-letter breed of hunting dog, and you'll get a five-letter predatory bird. What are the two words?
Beagle, eagle
Room 214 of what Washington, DC hotel has been converted to "The Scandal Room," with decor that includes newspaper headlines about Richard Nixon's resignation?
The Watergate Hotel
In a 1965 TV cartoon special for what comic strip character does he get small Christmas tree with almost no leaves on it?
Charlie Brown Christmas Special
According to an urban legend, what type of animal caused the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 by knocking over a lantern?
Cow
Red, Chuck, and Bomb are the three protagonists of what smartphone-app-turned-movie that earned over $100 million at the box office in 2016?
Angry Birds
Sounding striking similar to another zoological term for a bobcat, what five-letter word is a slang term for a golf course, or a pile of rings within a chain?
Links
What is the name of the town that is the county seat of Skagit County, Washington? It shares its name with that of President George Washington's famed Virginia estate.
Mount Vernon
Name the only dwarf in Snow White whose name doesn't include any of the letters in "Snow White."
Grumpy
In what European capital city would you find the landmark known as the Spanish Steps?
Rome
Far and away the most popular keyboard layout in the English language has what six-letter name after the letters in the top row read from left to right?
QWERTY
Named for a Nashville hotel and perfect for a pick-me-up, what American coffee brand anagrams to ME SEXUAL HOWL?
Maxwell House
Supposedly, John Hinkley Jr. was trying to impress Jodie Foster when he attempted to assassinate which president in 1981?
Reagan
What dangerous-sounding 2019 film starred Daniel Craig and Ana de Armas and largely revolved around the events of an 85th birthday party at a mansion in Massachusetts? Shooting for the movie was done in many Massachusetts towns including Boston, Easton, Marlborough, Natick, Wellesley, Waltham, and Medfield.
Knives Out
Designed by starchitect Renzo Piano, The Shard is a 72-story skyscraper known for its needle-like shape, in what world capital city?
London
And you thought they were just annoying little birds that pooped in public parks! But no, one of Queen Elizabeth's favorite hobbies was racing what type of bird that lends its name to a famous forge in East Tennessee?
Pigeons
What word, when pronounced differently, might refer either to a vehicle like the Yamaha FS1, or a past tense verb meaning "brooded" or "sulked?"
Moped
Serving as the 13th U.S. president from 1850 until 1853, Millard Fillmore was the last president to represent which now-defunct political party that sounds like a costume accessory used on one's head?
Whig Party
The first film in the Skywalker Saga, which Star Wars movie (Episode I) was released in 1999 and starred Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, and Natalie Portman?
The Phantom Menace
El Prat airport is located in which city on the Mediterranean Sea, which held the 1992 Summer Olympics?
Barcelona
I wrote this question right after I woke up: What is the only word in the English language that ends in "mt?"
Dreamt
What word, when pronounced differently, is an adjective meaning small or a pretty small unit of measurement?
Minute
What man turned down a Supreme Court appointment and became the sixth U.S. President 14 years later?
John Quincy Adams
The 1994 action movie "Speed", starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock, featured a bus rigged with a bomb that would explode if the bus dropped below ____ MPH.
50
The District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871 was an act of Congress that repealed the individual charters for the cities of Washington what other city? It also established a new territorial government for the whole District of Columbia.
Georgetown
Which snack is named after a title held by British statesman John Montagu, who is said to have invented this snack in order to avoid having to leave the gambling table?
Sandwich