HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
UTAH
SPORTS CUPS
NATURE
CLOTHING
200
'Palm Sunday occurs this number of days before Easter'
7
200
'Having saved early Mormon settlers from an invasion of katydids, it's now the state bird'
the seagull
200
'The Davis Cup'
tennis
200
'Like whales, manatees have a layer of this fat under their skin'
blubber
200
'Principal body part covered by a busby, bernoose, or babushka'
the head
400
'The Jewish 10 Days of Penitence begin & end on these two holy days'
Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur
400
'This river linking the Great Salt & Utah lakes is named for a river linking the Dead Sea & the Sea of Galillee'
the River Jordan
400
'The Stanley Cup
'
hockey
400
'Species of these include the mouse-eared, disk-winged, and fruit'
bats
400
'In 1987, New York City imposed a dress code on the 39,000 licensed drivers of these'
taxicabs
600
'United Nations Day
falls on the anniversary of its founding, the 24th of this month'
October
600
'The Mormons called the region of Utah this: the Book of Mormon's word for honeybee'
Deseret
600
'The Breeders Cup'
thoroughbred racing
600
'On giraffes, this prehensile muscle can be 20 inches long'
the tongue
600
'In the military, it's clothing designed for work and field duty; you know, the stuff that tires you out'
fatigues
800
'The two U.S. federal holidays in November on which there is no mail delivery'
Veterans Day & Thanksgiving
800
'Brigham Young's famous 4-word quote uttered when he first saw the Great Salt Lake Valley'
This is the place
800
'The Ryder Cup'
golf
800
'If you spot a snipe, you've seen this type of creature'
a bird
800
'Worn by women in Rio, it's called "floss dental" or dental floss, cause
it's mainly a string'
bikini
1000
'Mother's Day is in May; Father's Day is in June; and Grandparent's Day is in this month'
September
1000
'It's the world's largest natural stone arch, though it sounds like it's made from light'
Rainbow Bridge
1000
'The Grey Cup'
Canadian football
1000
'Members of this, genus papio, are the largest of all monkeys'
baboons
1000
'The uniform worn by male servants, its name is from the Old English for "something given"'
livery