Mammals
"Mom" & "Dad"
Food
TV Pets
3 Letter Words With 2 Syllables
200

This mammal's name is from the Greek for "nose-horn"

What is Rhinoceros

200

It's defined as an embarrassing, unoriginal attempt at humor -- wanna hear one?

What is a dad joke

200

The Brits say "sweetcorn" to refer to edible kernels; the growing plant is this 5-letter stuff

Maize


200

Sabrina the Teenage Which had a talking black cat with this name, a city synonymous with wiches

Salem


200

One or some, it matters none

any

400

The San Diego Zoo welcomed its first pair of these from Australia, Snugglepot & Cuddlepie, in 1925

What is a Koala

400

Merriam-Webster defines this as "a typically suburban mother who accompanies her children to their...games"

What is a soccer mom

400

This N'awlins version of a sub is made with French bread

a po'boy


400

At Christmastime one year, the Simpsons adopted a greyhound with this 3-word name

Santa's little helper

400

It can mean unfriendly or hostile as well as bitterly cold

Icy

600

Pan troglodytes is the scientific name for this close relative of humans and & bonobos

What is a chimp

600

This parental name for a rich benefactor comes from "Little Orphan Annie"

What is Daddy Warbucks

600

Melt some Gruyere, add cornstarch, some spices & a little white wine & it's time for this

fondue


600

SpongeBob's pet Gary meows like a cat but is actually one of these

a snail

600

By way of, from the Latin for "road"

via

800

Like its relative, the meerkat, the banded type of this snake killer bands together to make a strand

What is a mongoose

800

Cripes! It's time to scram! To beat it! To do this, originally Civil War-era slang for retreating in haste

what is to skedaddle

800

It's another name for the garbanzo bean

a chickpea

800

If you think Astro on this show & Scooby-Doo sound alike, "rat's right"--Don Messick voiced them both

The Jetsons

800

For example, the Cenozoic or the Paleozoic

an era


1000

According to Britannica, though called "naked", these rodents actually "have about 100 fine hairs on their skin"

What is a (naked) mole rat

1000

This spice of the ginger family is popular in Indian food

Cardamom

1000

This soft cow's "C"heese from Normandy resembles brie but has a more intense flavor & a bit less fat

Camembert

1000

This TV android once wrote a poem to this pet cat named spot & she even appeared in this dreams

Data

1000

Extinct, flightless Down Under creature depicted here

a Moa