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200

Part of the Ionian Sea, the Gulf of Corinth separates the Peloponnese from the central part of this nation

What is Greece?

200

Paronomasia is a fancy word for this type of wordplay

What is a pun?


200

To conceal the existence of new radar tech, the U.K. government spread a myth that eating these improved pilot eyesight

What are carrots?


200

Nautiluses are different from other living cephalopods in still having this protective feature be external

What is their shell?

200

You can learn a new one of these from websites like Babbel & Rosetta Stone

What is a language?

400

An inlet of the Pacific, this other Gulf of Mexico bears the name of a U.S. state

What is the Gulf of California?

400

Slang for tattoo

What is Ink?

400

The crunchy green stalks of this parsley cousin are what we usually eat, though the seeds can add flavor to soups & pickles

What is celery?


400

These pinnipeds have been hunted for their blubber, hides & tusks, used as ivory

What are walruses?

400

Fair Isle is a style of this that uses 2 colors in the same row to create a pattern

What is knitting?

600

The northern part of this sea, the Gulf of Bothnia is almost blocked off from the rest of it by the Aland Islands of Finland

What is the Baltic Sea?

600

Betty Grable was popular as this type of girl featured on posters during World War II

What is a pin-up?

600

These peppery root vegetables in the mustard family are low in calories & a favorite food of Fraggles

What are radishes?

600

These big South American rodents have become popular in Japan, partly due to their habit of straight chilling in hot springs

What is a capybara?

600

When you go wine tasting, you should know the 5 S's: this one comes between see & sniff, to release the aromas

What is swirl?

800

West of Hainan, this gulf gave its name to a resolution presented by LBJ to Congress in 1964

What is Tonkin?

800

Carnations are part of this family of flowers

What is (the) pink (family)?

800






In "Big" Tom Hanks comically chewed the kernels off this, which is eaten whole, not off the cob

What is baby corn?

800

Stag, rhinoceros & elephant are not just animals in themselves, but also species of this insect in the order Coleoptera

What are beetles?

800

Shodo is the Japanese name for this art form & uses ink-dipped brushes to write instead of pens

What is calligraphy?

1000

This Middle Eastern country's only sea access is through its 16 miles of coastline on the Gulf of Aqaba

What is Jordan?

1000

Shorthand for a type of bond, or last name of Paul, an Oscar winner in the '30s as Louis Pasteur

What is a Muni, or Municipal?

1000

This tuber with a name beginning with "J" is also known as the Mexican turnip & packs a watery crunch

What is jicama?

1000

Poaching these small songbirds is illegal in France, where they were formerly eaten as a delicacy

What are Ortolan?

1000

In days of old, whalers on their long voyages passed the time doing this craft of engraving pictures on whalebones & teeth

What is scrimshaw?