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MAINELY MAINE
CRITTERS
CRITTER SKINS (actually just leather)
VEGETATION INFORMATION
4-LETTER WORDS
100
Name the Maine town that was once called "Eden" because of its beauty.
What is Bar Harbor?
100
How many legs does a Lobster have?
What is eight?
100
From the French for "Sweden", this leather has a soft, napped surface
What is suede?
100
Some of these fruit & oil producing trees in Mediterranean countries are more than 2,000 years old.
What are olive trees?
100
Christmas, or a large log traditionally burned at that time
What is yule?
200
I'm hearing wedding bells! This is the age required to tie the knot in Maine.
What is sixteen?
200
This mammal, common in New England, is the only one that flies.
What is a bat?
200
Placing hides in a solution of sodium sulfide & limewater for about 18 hours removes this
What is the hair?
200
Specifically used to support some legume plants, Archie's pal Jughead is as thin as one
What is a beanpole?
200
To do this involves the respiratory muscles & may be caused by watching other do it
What is yawn?
300
This town is the site for Maine's largest agricultural fair each fall, which was first held in 1851.
What is Fryeburg?
300
Name the famous animal that has a statue in Marine Park in Rockport, Maine.
What (who?) is Andre the Seal?
300
Until the 14th C. introduction of paper into Europe, this specially-treated leather was used for writing
What is sheepskin (parchment)?
300
These fronded plants were the most common type on Earth 300 million years ago, and found in many Maine woods
What are ferns?
300
It means sad or listless; when tripled, it means "and so on"
What is "blah"?
400
In Wilton, Maine there's a cannery that imports and cans only this unique type of greens.
What are dandelion greens?
400
"Fry" and "fingerling" are the names for this type of animal's young.
What are fish?
400
This leather, the most highly polished, can get its glossy finish by successive coats of heavy oil varnish
What is patent leather?
400
When it's time to harvest this crop, you'll probably pick a "picker-sheller"
What is corn?
400
To push your wares in the streets, or a bird of prey of the order Falconiformes
What is hawk?
500
Maine is responsible for producing 90% of the country's supply of this common object - often found on restaurant counters.
What are toothpicks?
500
The porcupine is a member of this family.
What is rodent?
500
It's a place in which hides are converted into leather
What is a tannery
500
The twigs of this plant now used for liniment were once used for divining rods in water witching
What is witch hazel?
500
"To run" this way means to run viciously, frenzied for blood; originally the term referred to a crazy malay
What is "amok?"