BANDS BIGGER IN BRITAIN
CONTRONYMS
BEFORE & AFTER ("Typhoid Mary" + "Mary Poppins" into "Typhoid Mary Poppins")
FLOWERS
TV SITCOMS
ALL KINDS OF MUSIC
400
Spin magazine put Teenage Fanclub's "Bandwagonesque" ahead of this band's "Nevermind" on their best of 1991 list
Nirvana
400
To add decorations to a tree, or to cut bits off it
to trim
400
Reed Richards' superhero quartet considered an organic omen of good luck
Fantastic Four-leaf clover
400
A climbing rose with numerous flowers is called this, like a person who talks on & on & on at length
a rambler
400
In the U.K. version of "The Office", this comedian played David Brent, a character similar to Steve Carell's Michael Scott
Ricky Gervais
400
The name of this music form is actually an abbreviation of an Italian phrase meaning "work in music"
opera
800
With songs like "A Message To You Rudy" & "Ghost Town", The Specials heralded the second wave of this Caribbean genre
ska
800
To remove fine particles from something, or to sprinkle them onto something
dust
800
Residential area of mobile homes where you can safely leave your car & catch a bus into town
a trailer park & ride
800
This cheerful yellow flower is the national flower of Wales; wear it on St. David's Day
daffodil
800
It was on this sitcom that Cory & Topanga first got together
Boy Meets World
800
In 1899 a critic wrote, "If" this "was called tempo di raga... it might win honor more speedily"
ragtime
1200
2024 saw Oasis announcing a reunion while Damon Albarn said this rival band could be done with live shows
Blur
1200
It can mean to promote, perhaps an idea for a TV show, or to discard as trash
pitch
1200
Translation of carpe diem that became a novel about an attempt to kill Charles de Gaulle
Seize the Day of the Jackal
1200
Ironically, the pollen of this flower seen here is toxic to cats
tiger lily
1200
From 2010 to 2016 Melissa McCarthy starred opposite Billy Gardell on this sitcom
Mike & Molly
1200
Aubades were sung in the morning; these courtship tunes, like Mozart's "Oh, Come To The Window", were meant to be sung at night
serenades
1600
This band's "Common People" opens with Jarvis Cocker singing "She came from Greece / She had a thirst for knowledge"
Pulp
1600
Watchful supervision or care, as by a congressional committee, or an inadvertent error or omission
oversight
1600
Turns out the frontwoman of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs is a universal blood donor
Karen O negative
1600
In "You've Got Mail", Meg Ryan says, "Don't you think that" these "are the friendliest flower?"
daisies
1600
Bronson Pinchot, who played Balki Bartokomous on this comedy, says he remains close to his TV cousin & co-star Mark Linn-Baker
Perfect Strangers
1600
Experts in this "anatomical" form of singing practiced in Central Asia can produce 2 tones simultaneously
throat singing
2000
This former member of Take That is portrayed by a CGI chimp in the biopic "Better Man"
Robbie Williams
2000
To give official approval to, or to impose an official penalty upon, perhaps an economic one
sanction
2000
Deceptive Greek "gift" found near a high-pressure belt known for calm winds
Trojan Horse latitudes
2000
These flowers named for the shape of their snout are a favorite in gardens
snapdragons
2000
On "30 Rock" Tracy Jordan is the star of "TGS", which originally stood for this
The Girlie Show
2000
Francesco Landini composed this type of vocal chamber piece that, like him, originated in the 14th c.; "Deh, dimmi tu" is one
a madrigal
