U.S. Government
Birds of Prey
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The Natural World
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The prosecutors in a Senate impeachment trial are called the "House" these.

Managers

200

These birds of prey are largely nocturnal, but the snowy type often hunts by day.

Owl

200

In the 1930s Solomon Harper invented the electric curlers now called "hot" these.

Rollers

200

Though it resembles an anteater, this African animal, the only member of order Tubulidentata, is actually related to the elephant.

An aardvark

200

It can mean melancholy or refer to indecent material.

Blue

400

The person in this job, currently Gretchen Whitmer, has an official summer residence overlooking the Straits of Mackinac.

The Governor of Michigan

400

Found in South America, the harpy is a crested variety of this bird of prey with a wingspan that can reach seven feet.

An eagle

400

A massive atmosphere produces an enormous greenhouse effect, making this second planet the hottest in the solar system.

Venus

400

The brook & lake types of this freshwater fish are sometimes crossbred to make "splakes"

Trout

400

Amy Ray & Emily Saliers perform as these girls.

Indigo

600

Lucile Lomen, daughter of a reindeer meat salesman, was the first female one of these, helping Justice Douglas.

A (Supreme Court) clerk

600

The largest bird of prey is this Western Hemisphere vulture that can fly 18,000 feet high & weigh 30 pounds.

The Condor

600

Regarded as one of the hottest of these, the Carolina reaper is rated at more than 1.6 million Scovilles.

A pepper

600

From the Latin for "pouch", it's any member of a group of various non-placental animals.

Marsupials

600

"To scorch slightly in cooking" is one Random House Dictionary definition.

To brown

800

One task of this government commission opened in 1915 is to protect consumers from con games.

The FTC (Federal Trade Commission)

800

One of the only terrestrial birds of prey is this species whose name seems more suited for an office than it's home in Africa.

The secretary bird

800

In this book of the Bible, Shadrach, Meshach & Abednego are thrown into a furnace, but the intense heat does not harm them.

The book of Daniel

800

You see females a lot more often than males of this North American venomous spider, hence its name.

the Black Widow

800

Close to russet, it's also a policeman in old-timey slang.

A copper

1000

In the wake of WWI, it was organized as a bureau; then it was an administration & in 1989 got a new name & cabinet status.

Veterans Affairs

1000

Reaching speeds of 200 miles per hour, this bird of prey is not only the world's fastest bird, it's also the world's fastest animal.

The Peregrine Falcon

1000

Scientists at CERN using this device have created perhaps the highest recorded temperature ever, 9.9 trillion degrees Fahrenheit. 

The Large Hadron Collider

1000

Sheep wool is mainly composed of this form of fibrous protein that also makes up hair & fingernails.

Keratin

1000

A color, or a princely dynasty important in the Netherlands.

Orange