Inland Bodies of Water
As if being a "Great Lake" wasn't enough, this lake's thinks it's better than its brothers with its pretentious name
Lake Superior
This book depicts a totalitarian future where every aspect of life is under constant surveillance, propaganda, and thought control by an authoritarian regime demanding absolute obedience.
1984
"Buzzer Beater"
Basketball
The NOAA says this, formed with one meaning "Wave", can have a wavelength in excess of 300 miles
Tsunami
Goddess of Love
Aphrodite/Venus
The English translation is Big River
Rio Grande
This book follows a little girl in the deep south as her father is defending a man wrongly accused of rape
To Kill a Mockingbird
"Jumped the gun"
Track
Your Uncle passes away and leaves his estate and fortune to you, making you one of these
Heir
Goddess of Wisdom, Handicraft, and Warfare
Athena/Minerva
This narrow passage is all that separates Europe from Africa, and is also where the Mediterranean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean
The Strait of Gibraltar
A plane full of school children crashes on an uncharted island. The kids celebrate their newfound freedom at first, but their struggle to create a functioning society presents dire consequences.
Lord of the Flies
"Drop the Gloves"
Ice Hockey
This kind of railway train is used to carry cargo
Freight
Goddess of the Harvest, Agriculture, and Fertility
Demeter/Ceres
This state claims that it is the land of 1000 lakes
Minnesota
the beautiful, spoiled daughter of a well-to-do Georgia plantation owner, must use every means at her disposal to claw her way out of the poverty she finds herself in after Sherman's March to the Sea.
Gone with the Wind
"Make the cut"
Golf
Thyme
Goddess of Victory
Nike/Victoria
The Scottish-English word for Lake, the most famous one hiding a large monster
Loch
During the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s an Oklahoma farm family is driven from their homestead and forced to travel west to the promised land of California
Grapes of Wrath
"Win by a nose"
Horse Racing
Following the French pronunciation, both the "Z" and "S" are silent in this word for an appointed place
Rendezvous
God of Sleep
Hypno/Somnus