EXTREME ANIMALS
THE 50 STATES
THE TOTAL NUMBER
THEY COME IN THREES
WORD "PLAY"
200

The Antarctic fur variety of this animal has the longest whiskers of any animal, up to about 20 inches long

a seal

200

"America's Dairyland", it produces about 1/4 of our nation's butter & cheese

Wisconsin

200

Cellos in a string quartet

1

200

New York Avenue, Tennessee Avenue & St. James Place are the 3 orange properties in this game

Monopoly

200

A recreation area containing seesaws & swings

playground

400

Able to speak & learn human language, the most talkative bird is the African gray this

the parrot

400

To visit the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, you have to go to this state

Ohio

400

Maximum individual score in a single game of tenpin bowling

300

400

In literature Athos, Porthos & Aramis were this title trio

the Three Musketeers

400

A game or series of games to decide a championship

a playoff

600

Humans each have one of these, also called the backbone; hedgehogs are covered with them

spine

600

This state's only public university is located in Laramie

Wyoming

600

Events in a heptathlon

7

600

The 3 rivers in Pittsburgh's nickname are the Allegheny, the Monongahela & this "stately" river

the Ohio

600

A radio station's music catalog

the playlist

800

One of the slowest & sleepiest animals is the 3-toed species of this mammal that can sleep 16 hours a day

sloth

800

In September bring your appetite to Las Cruces in this state for the Whole Enchilada Fiesta

New Mexico

800

Lines in a Shakespearean sonnet

14

800

During WWII the Allied leaders known as the "Big Three" were Joseph Stalin, Franklin Roosevelt & him

Churchill

800

No plan--we're just doing this, a phrase that originated with musicians who don't use sheet music

play it by ear

1000

In the greatest mass egg laying, 500,000 of these sea creatures come ashore in Northeast India to nest

sea turtles

1000

It's the only New England state that doesn't have a coastline on the Atlantic Ocean

Vermont

1000

Hours in a standard week

168

1000

Belgium, France & Germany are the 3 countries that border this European monarchy

Luxembourg

1000

The reproduction of a sound after it's been recorded

playback