Cats Through Time
Biology
Holidays & Observances
Adverbs That Make Your Day
Variety
Hollywood Reporter
200
Bastet the cat goddess inspired these ancient people to fill cemeteries at Bubastis with mummified cats
What are the Egyptians
200
In the winter, some animals enter this dormant state in which body temperature lowers & breathing & heart rate slow down
What is hibernation
200
This U.S. federal holiday is observed on the last Monday in May
What is Memorial Day
200
You're going about your day in this carefree manner, sung 4-times in "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"
What is merrily
200
Even out of office, with more than 130 million followers, he gets the vote as the most followed person on X (formerly Twitter)
Who is Barack Obama
200
Reese Witherspoon plays field reporter Bradley Jackson, who becomes Jennifer Aniston's co-anchor on this series
What is The Morning Show
400
This big name in 19th century nursing cared for cats too--dozens, including Mr. Bismark, who ate rice pudding off china plates
Who is Florence Nightingale
400
Animals like frogs that can live on land or water are known as these, from the Greek for “both” & “life”
What is an amphibian
400
Legislation signed on June 17, 2021 made this the first new U.S. federal holiday since 1983
What is Juneteenth
400
Wimpy of Popeye fame used this adverb to describe the manner in which he'd "pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today"
What is gladly
400
This saint associated with Christmas has his feast day on December 6
Who is St. Nicholas
400
In 2013's "Man of Steel", Amy Adams played this reporter, Superman's gal pal
Who is Lois Lane
600
10 Downing Street, London home to the politician with this title, is also home to Larry, who has the cheeky title “chief mouser”
What is the prime minister
600
In 1996 one of these named Dolly was the first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell
What is a sheep
600
Many states now designate the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples’ Day rather than this
What is Columbus Day
600
You never want to be thought of behaving suspiciously, so change the first letter to get this forward-looking adverb
What is auspiciously
600
The name of this daily N.Y. Times vocabulary game is actually a play on the name of the software engineer who created it
What is Wordle
600
This funnyman played a reporter who got to fill in for God in the movie "Bruce Almighty"
Who is Jim Carrey
800
A feline named Trim kept explorer Matthew Flinders company after his boat got stuck on a big mass of this near Australia
What is coral
800
As part of metamorphosis, some caterpillars create this “C” structure similar to a cocoon & live in it until their next phase
What is a chrysalis
800
This Jewish day of atonement comes 10 days after Rosh Hashanah, the new year
What is Yom Kippur
800
A body part starts for this word meaning "cordially"; in a more exuberant sense, it's the way we welcomed you to the stage
What is heartily
800
Merriam-Webster's unappetizing description of this fermented tea includes "gelatinous mass of symbiotic bacteria"
What is kombucha
800
In the classic "Citizen Kane", following Kane's death, a reporter is sent out to uncover the meaning of this, his final word
What is Rosebud
1000
Legend says the maneki-neko, or “lucky cat”, raised a paw, an invitation to one of these warriors to enter a temple during a storm
What is a samurai
1000
The 2 strands of this stuff that codes genetic information are said to resemble a twisted ladder
What is DNA
1000
This holiday is a symbol of summer's end in the U.S. but in Europe, its equivalent is celebrated on May 1
What is Labor Day
1000
"A" is for this adverb, from the Latin for "carefully prepared"; we hope you've responded that way
What is accurately
1000
In 1962, he became the first American to orbit the Earth; in 1998, he became the oldest person, at 77, to travel into space
Who is John Glenn
1000
Redford & Hoffman played Woodward & Bernstein in this film about the reporters who uncovered Watergate
What is All the President's Men