TENNESSEE HISTORY
ANAGRAMMED OCCUPATIONS
FISHING FOR VOCABULARY
ICELAND
COLLEGE SPORTS
MYTHOLOGY
WOMEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC
THE MUSIC OF CANADA
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Barbara Jo Walker from Memphis won this distinction in 1947 & was the last to be crowned in a swimsuit
Miss America
200
A beastly specialist:
NAIVE TERRAIN
a veterinarian
200
Tell the theater troupe it's a single toss of a fisherman's line & bait
a cast
200
Iceland's capital, it was founded on a site settled by Ingolfur Arnarson in the 9th century
Reykjavík
200
In college football's title game in 2017, Clemson sent this SEC team home red-faced, 35-31
Alabama (or the Crimson Tide)
200
This Greek god of wine gave Midas his "golden touch"
Dionysus
200
In 2021 Taste of Country named as country music's Most Powerful Woman of All Time this beloved Tennessee titan
Dolly Parton
200
You oughta know Flea & Dave Navarro played on this Ottawa singer's "You Oughta Know"
Alanis Morissette
400
A donation of $1 million in 1873 helped establish Vanderbilt University, whose sports teams sail with this name
the Commodores
400
A dose dispenser:
CHAIR STAMP
a pharmacist
400
You might be enticed by this general name for any artificial bait used to attract fish
a lure
400
Icelandic people like to eat skyr, which is similar to this fermented dairy product
Yogurt
400
Since 1950 Omaha has hosted what might be called the summer classic, the college version of this baseball event
the World Series
400
As you would expect, Morpheus, the god of these, is the son of Hypnos, the god of sleep
dreams
400
Among those joining this icon for her 50th anniversary at the Grand Ole Opry were Miranda Lambert, Lee Ann Womack & sister Crystal Gayle
Loretta Lynn
400
This country star from Windsor sang "The Woman In Me (Needs The Man In You)" & "(If You're Not In It For Love) I'm Outta Here!"
Shania Twain
600
In 1945 this atomic research city had a population of 75,000 but it wasn't open to walk-in visitors until 1949
Oak Ridge
600
(the anagram is its own clue)
MOON STARER
astronomer
600
By gum, it's a fishing spear with a 3-pronged point
a trident
600
The only land mammal native to Iceland is the Arctic type of this vulpine animal
Fox
600
Alliterative nickname for just the last 2 rounds of the NCAA basketball championship, featuring a quartet of teams
the Final Four
600
Island on which Theseus slew the Minotaur
Crete
600
Daily Double 1
600
We'll give you more than 5 cents if you know this Alberta band hit No. 1 in 2001 with "How You Remind Me"
Nickelback
800
An epidemic of this waterborne disease hit the state in 1849 & claimed many lives, including that of former President Polk
cholera
800
April is the cruellest month:
CUT A CANTON
accountant
800
Hey, good buddy, it's ground-up bits of bait discarded into the water to attract game fish
chum
800
So many people in Iceland have the same names that telephone books list these along with their names & addresses
their occupations
800
Shortly after she dominated the 2016 Olympics, she set 2 Stanford pool records at her first home swim meet
Katie Ledecky
800
With 2 faces, this Roman god had an eye on both the past & the future
Janus
800
She said of "Stand By Your Man" that she spent 20 minutes writing it & over 20 years defending it
Tammy Wynette
800
This Ontario rocker ruled the '80s with hits like "Cuts Like A Knife"
Bryan Adams
1000
The 1982 World's Fair was held in this eastern city, "The Gateway to the Smoky Mountains"
Knoxville
1000
Habitat for Humanity needs you:
TRACER PEN
a carpenter
1000
It might be a social blunder to use one of these long poles with a hook on the end to land large fish
a gaff
1000
In Iceland at Christmas, kids put their boots by a window & either get candy if they're good or rotten these tubers if not
Potatoes
1000
Fundamentally, Tim Duncan was a Demon Deacon hooping it up for this school, as was Chris Paul
Wake Forest
1000
The venomous blood of this serpent was used to make Hercules' poison arrows
the Hydra
1000
Breaking barriers in country music, she was Grammy-nominated for her song "Black Like Me" & in 2021, co-hosted the ACM Awards
Mickey Guyton
1000
This "Fly By Night" power trio formed in Toronto in 1968; Neil Peart joined in '74 (cue the drum solo
Rush