Fill In The Proverbial Blank
Colleges & Universities
Spice Things Up
Measure Up
Grammar
400

"A leopard can't ____ its spots".

What is change?

400

In 1982 this university in New Haven, Connecticut first admitted women to its graduate school.

What is Yale?

400

This spice that flavors a popular non-alcoholic ale is also the name of a spice girl. 

What is Ginger?

400

The weight of one of these bundles of cotton is about 500 pounds.

What is a bale?

400

An apostrophe & this letter are typically added to a word to show possession.

What is S?

800

"A stitch in time saves ____".

What is nine?

800

Auburn, Clemson & Princeton all have this cat as a mascot. 

What is the tiger?

800

This major ingredient in curry powder also starts with "CU".

What is Cumin?

800

In surveying, 100 links equals one of these units in measure, or about 66 feet.

What is a chain?

800

"Schoolhouse Rock!" noted that many of these modifiers end with the letters "ly".

What are adverbs?

1200

"He who ____ is lost".

What is hesitates?

1200

Originally, the colors of Syracuse were Pea Green & Pink, but in 1890 this one color was chosen. 

What is orange?

1200

This fragrant spice comes from tree bark that forms tight rolls when dried.

What is Cinnamon?

1200

There are this many teaspoons in a tablespoon.

What is 3?

1200

In grammar, they're a pair of curved lines used to indicate interjected explanatory material.

What are parentheses?

1600

"Big words seldom go with good ____".

What are deeds?

1600

DAILY DOUBLE 

This university in East Lansing was the first state school to offer agriculture courses for credit.

1600

The Scarlet, Lacy covering of the nutmeg provides this 4-letter spice. 

What is Mace?

1600

1 astronomical unit is about 93 million miles, the average distance between these 2 objects.

What are the Earth & The Sun?

1600

Because it's not a complete sentence, "As the sun set." is known as a "Sentence" this.

What is a fragment?

2000

"The proof of the pudding is in the ____".

What is eating?
2000

This Charleston school is also known as the military college of South Carolina. 

What is the Citadel?

2000

It takes thousands of hand-picked flower stigmas to produce just one ounce of this expensive spice. 

What is Saffron?

2000

Many horse races are measured in these units that are each equal to 1/8 of a mile.

What are furlongs?

2000

DAILY DOUBLE

It's the preposition in the following sentence: "The cabin beside the lake is unfortunately dilapidated."