Show:
ANIMALS
THE BEST LITTLE "WARE"HOUSE
ENERGY
INAPPROPRIATE TEAM NAMES
IN TEXAS
200
'This bird's whooping call is said to carry 2 miles, & its courtship displays include a leaping dance'
whooping crane
200
'Plastic containers for leftover food that are fit for a "party"'
Tupperware
200
'Of northeast, northwest, southeast or southwest, the area that has 3/4 of the USA's oil-heated homes'
northeast
200
'This NBA team name made sense when they were in Minnesota; they should now change their name to "The Smog"'
L.A. Lakers
200
'The USA's first domed sports stadium opened in this city in 1965'
Houston
400
'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew poses next to a cow at Old World, Wisconsin.) This is the name of a cow that is less than 3 years old that hasn't given birth; Zeus turned Io into a white one'
a heifer
400
'One-word term for computer programs distributed without charge'
freeware
400
'Kazakhstan & Australia combine to mine half of the world's production of this element needed for nuclear power'
uranium
400
'This NBA team name worked for New Orleans; they should now consider calling themselves the "Salt Lakers"'
Utah Jazz
400
'A group of about 155 rebels in Texas confronted by Mexican forces retreated into this stronghold February 23, 1836'
the Alamo
600
'We'd like to see David Blaine vs. this flightless bird in a breath-holding contest (some can go 22 min. underwater)'
penguin
600
'One of the original 13 colonies'
Delaware
600
'The EPA is cleaning up truck & bus exhaust by cutting the sulfur content in this fuel by 97%'
diesel
600
'This MLB team was given its name because teams had to elude trolleys; since moving, they should be called "The Gridlocks"'
Los Angeles Dodgers
600
'At 825,000 acres, Texas' King Ranch is bigger than this U.S. state!'
Rhode Island
800
'This "demonic" marsupial is extinct from the Aussie mainland but still lives close by'
Tasmanian devil
800
'Warning! It precedes "the Jabberwock" in a Lewis Carroll poem'
beware
800
'This type of proposed "Farm" off Nantucket has opponents concerned that it'll ruin the view'
wind farm
800
'In Atlanta this NHL team's fiery name harked back to Gen. Sherman; all Canadians should now call them "The Ice"'
Calgary Flames
800
'Texas' state insect is this "royal" flyer'
the monarch butterfly
1000
'It's the amused African mammal heard here'
hyena
1000
'Not conscious of'
unaware
1000
'2/3 of the world's steel is produced using this as fuel'
coal
1000
'This NBA team had that type of bear in Canada; now that they moved, they should be called "The Elvises"'
Memphis Grizzlies
1000
'The expedition of this Spanish conquistador crossed the Rio Grande & explored Texas in 1541'
Coronado