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100

A plant's ___ take in nutrients through soil.

What are roots?

100

This product is applied to the underarms to keep them from smelling bad.

What is deodorant/antiperspirant?

100

This word rhymes with candy and means convenient.

What is handy?

100

This is the color of the rainbow that Ames CSD uses.

What is orange?

100

This accidental is notated as #

What is a sharp?

200

This is what we call a plant with a thick trunk that usually grows far taller than humans.

What is a tree?

200

DAILY DOUBLE

What is 0 degrees Celsius?

200

This candy's slogan is "you're not you when you're hungry."

What is Snickers?

200

This is the color of the Ames High marching band uniforms.

What is gray?

200

Including accidentals, an octave has this many unique notes.

What is twelve?

300

Botanically, avocados and pumpkins are considered fruits because they contain these.

What are seeds?

300

Five cats are playing in a sandbox in the backyard. Cat 1 bites Cat 2, so Cat 2 dies and is thrown out of the sandbox by Cat 3. This many cats remain in the backyard.

What is five?

300

Reese's candy was originally called "penny cups" because in the 1930s, they cost this amount.

What is one cent?

300

The Ames Middle School weights room is located on this floor.

What is the second floor?

300

DAILY DOUBLE

What is G?

400

This plant can grow up to 35 inches daily, making it the fastest-growing woody plant worldwide.

What is bamboo?
400

A crossword's clues are usually divided into these two categories, based on which way the word is oriented on the page.

What are across and down?

400

In 1995, the blue MnM replaced this color.

What is tan?

400

At Ames High, the green pod primarily contains classes in this subject.

What is social studies?

400

Bob is playing "Euphonium Concerto in F" on the euphonium. He will play this note if he sees it marked on the second line (from the bottom).

What is Bb?

500

Flowering plants form a clade called ___.

What is Angiospermae/Angiosperms?

500

These two words are homophones (multiple possible answers).

What are ___ and ___? (any two words that sound the same)

500

The Jolly Rancher Fruity Bash product has five flavors. These are the names of three of them.

What are [three of the following] lemon, mountain berry, strawberry, pineapple, and orange?

500

These are the five public elementary schools in the Ames CSD.

What are Fellows, Meeker, Sawyer, Edwards, and Mitchell?

500

Evan plays G# on the trumpet. To match his pitch, Bethany must play this note on alto saxophone.

What is Eb?