ROCK N ROLL HISTORY
TOUGH 6 LETTER WORDS
STATE NAME STUFF
MATH ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS
MOVIE REFRESHMENTS
200

Clapton said, "You never told me he was that...good!" after this lefty guitarist got on stage to jam with Cream

Jimi Hendrix

200

This alchemical potion could supposedly turn base metals into gold

Elixir

200

The one state named for a person born in America

Washington

200

The symbol for a right angle looks like this letter

L

200

"Tampopo", about a woman's adventures in her noodle shop in this country, has been called a "Ramen Western"

Japan

400

This group's fourth album had no title or name on the cover but did sell millions ("Stairway To Heaven" helped)

Led Zeppelin

400

It can refer to territory governed by another, a set of values in math or a group of linked computers on a network

Domain

400

They're the 2 states whose names contain the exact name of another state

West Virginia & Arkansas

400

This trigonometric function is abbreviated csc 

Cosecant

400

Eva Longoria directed 2023's "Flamin' Hot", about Richard Montanez, who claims to have invented these flamin' hot snacks

Flamin' Hot Cheetos

600

"So Sad About" this band that played its first farewell tour in 1982 & played the Super Bowl halftime in 2010

The Who

600

"D" is for this crown-like adornment, sometimes a cloth headband affixed with jewels.  One of Voldemort's horcruxes was on of these.  

Diadem

600

It's the newest state with "New" in its name

New Mexico

600

3 x 2 x 1 can also be expressed as 3!, & the ! refers to this

Factorial

600

Dishes made by Remy, an animated gourmand of the garbage, include an omelet, a roasted mushroom & this title dish

Ratatouille

800

Needing time to do laundry on tour, this early rock giant chartered a fatal flight

Buddy Holly

800

This mathematical tool was invented around 2700 BC.

Abacus

800

One of the 2 states that end with the postal abbreviation of the "Peace Garden State"

Maryland or Rhode Island

800

2 positive integers are considered relatively prime if their GCD, short for this, equals 1

Greatest Common Denominator

800

As Harold & Kumar in a 2004 film can attest, this fast food chain hits different after riding a cheetah & hang gliding

White Castle

1000

 They trucked through more than 2,300 shows, from a 1965 Bay Area pizza parlor gig to a 2015 farewell at Soldier Field

The Grateful Dead

1000

Veal is etymologically related to this word for calfskin used for writing

Vellum

1000

Territorial governor James Duane Doty favored spelling this Midwest state's name with the 4th letter "K" instead of "C"

Wisconsin (Wiskonsin)

1000

In logic, IFF stands for this phrase that begins & ends with the same word

If and only if

1000

At the start of this 1973 sci-fi film, Edward G. Robinson wants more of the title food; by the end, he becomes the title food

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