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Animals
Sayings
100

Double this letter to get a room in a private home with accommodations & a morning meal

"B" (B&B - bed & breakfast)

100

The isolation of this hormone in the 1920s led to the first effective treatment for diabetes

Insulin

100

The title character of this musical shows up at 17 Cherry Tree Lane, London & works her magic

Mary Poppins

100

This largest animal also produces one of the loudest sounds, up to 180 decibels that can be heard 100 miles away

Blue whale

100

Even a broken one of these on your wall is right twice a day

Clock

200

Tahiti's black sand beaches were created by the flowing of this hot material into the cool sea; it solidifies & then bursts into bits

Lava

200

This triangular object can make a mini-rainbow because different colors in light travel at different speeds in it

Prism

200

The musical "Les Mis" didn't debut on Broadway but in this city, its setting

Paris

200

 One of 20 species of this fish found in the Amazon, the red-bellied has razor-sharp teeth & hunts in groups that sometimes exceed 100

Piranhas 

200

If you're one of these capable fellows, you're unfortunately "master of none"

Jack of all trades
300

A snowman named Bonhomme is the official representative of this Canadian city's Winter Carnival

Quebec City

300

Term for a process with no assistance like gas expanding into a vacuum, or for one who does crazy things on the spur of the moment

Spontaneous 

300

Sally Bowles is a singer at the Kit Kat Club in this musical set in Berlin

Cabaret

300

Every year in the Yukon, 200,000 of these deer embark on the longest land mammal migration on Earth, sometimes up to 1,300 miles

Caribu

300

Familiarity is said to breed this, from the Latin for "despise"

Contempt

400

Today it's a place providing cheap food & lodging for traveling youth; in medieval times it was a medical facility

Hostel
400

These eye parts shrink up to .4 millimeters per decade, helping explain why it gets harder to see in dim light as you age

The pupils

400

The cast of "Wicked" sings about spending one short day in this place, a major metropolis in the land of Oz

The Emerald City

400

While young rabbits are called kits, this slightly larger animal's babies are called leverets

Hares

400

Done by sailors of yore, "following" this has come to mean using your inner compass to get direction in life

Following the North Star

500

Several varieties of orchids can be seen while hiking the Inca trail from Cuzco to this "lost city"

Machu Picchu

500

This condition occurs when a human's body temperature falls below 95 degrees Fahrenheit

Hypothermia

500

Much of this musical about a man-eating plant is set at Mr. Mushnik's flower shop

Little Shop of Horrors

500

Some of these mammals give birth hanging upside down, with the mothers catching the baby in their wings as it drops

Bats

500

It's a poor workman who blames these

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