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DON'T BE SO SHELLFISH!
MATERIALS, GIRL
"EASY CATEGORY": STATE CAPITOLS
CRITTERS PLAYING DEAD
"L"THY FOODS
100
A group of these "pearl" bivalves is called colony, bed or reef
What are oysters?
100
Nubuck is a type of this; you might see a Harley owner wearing a nubuck jacket
What is leather?
100
This state's capitol in Harrisburg contains more than 600 rooms
What is Pennsylvania?
100
We couldn't do the category without this critter, the only North American marsupial, known for being a big faker
What is an opossum?
100
We'll start with a not-so-healthy "L" food: O.D. McKee named this brand of snack cakes for his granddaughter, & its logo bears her image
What is Little Debbie?
200
In 2004 the city of Reggio Emilia, Italy passed a law banning the killing of this shellfish by dropping it in boiling water
What is lobster?
200
Drop "IA" from the name of a Hawaiian nut & you get this form of pavement
What is macadam?
200
Designed by Charles Bulfinch, the state house in this city was once sheathed in copper from Paul Revere's foundary
What is Boston?
200
A male nursery web spider offers a female an insect wrapped in this; if snubbed, he deads up & gets dragged off with the gift
What is silk?
200
This pasta is 2-to-3-inch wide noodles with straight or rippled edges
What is Lasagna?
300
Some of these shellfish, such as genus Crangon, change color to fit surroundings; maybe to cocktail-sauce red?
What is shrimp?
300
Invented as a synthetic rubber, it was introduced to the public in a plastic egg at Easter
What is Silly Putty?
300
The Rhode Island state house in this city boasts the world's 4th-largest unsupported dome
What is Providence?
300
When confronted, the hognose snake can play dead or spread its skin around its head & neck like a king this snake
What is a cobra?
300
This super-stinky cheese originated in Belgium but now mostly comes from Germany
What is Limburger?
400
The name of this fan-shaped shellfish is from the French for "shell"
What is a scallop?
400
The original S.O.S & Brillo pads married soap & this material
What is steel wool?
400
This state's capitol building, dating from 1969, has legislative chambers shaped like volcanic cinder cones
What is Hawaii?
400
Found in the Southwest, the 9-banded type of this plays dead if captured, but if that fails, kicks like crazy
What is an armadillo?
400
This kind of soup is made from the lens-shaped seeds of Lens esculenta, a good source of protein
What is Lentil?
500
Each year over 100 million of the red species of this shellfish on Christmas Island mass migrate to spawn in the sea
What is crab?
500
This type of foam is used for soundproofing, as its name suggests
What is acoustic foam?
500
This state's capitol building has a round kiva-like design that resembles the Zia sun sign
What is New Mexico?
500
Fire-bellied toads say "don't eat me" by showing their red bellies, a warning of this
What is poison?
500
To make the popular Chinese dish chicken this, use boiled noodles mixed with stir-fried vegetables
What is Lo Mein?