U.S. GEOGRAPHY
FAUX PAS
THESE ARE DAYS
BBQ
A BLANK EXPRESSION
"D.C." POWER
100
This state capital is known as The Big Pineapple
HONOLULU
100
Time magazine published a 2009 article about why it's uncouth to wear white after this holiday
LABOR DAY
100
On Facebook & Instagram, "TT" can stand for Transformation Tuesday; 2 days later, "TBT" is this glimpse at the past
THROWBACK THURSDAY
100
After it's spent a long time on the grill, the flavorful and crispy outer layer of meat is called this, like part of a tree
BARK
100
Cited by Machiavelli & used as a political weapon: Divide & ____
CONQUER
100
A milk-giving bovine
DAIRY COW
200
Sometimes called the Panhandle State, it has 2 panhandles -- with Wheeling in one & Martinsburg in the other
200
Say "best wishes" to this person; "congratulations" implies she's won something -- rather than being won
THE BRIDE
200
A belief held in the Middle Ages that bears & badgers interrupted their hibernation on a particular day, led to this observance
GROUNDHOG DAY
200
KCBS is the barbeque society of this U.S. city, & the standard setter of many competitive BBQ rules
200
Associated with architect Mies van der Rohe: Less is ____
MORE
200
We love Dirk Taubert M.D. & the other researchers who've reported in medical journals on the benefits of this treat
DARK CHOCOLATE
300
Though it's the fourth-largest state in area, barely 1 million people live there
MONTANA
300
Avoid giving this when unsolicited, like George W. Bush did to Angela Merkel, at a conference in 2006
A SHOULDER MASSAGE
300
Read Across America Day is held on March 2nd, the birthday of this beloved author & illustrator of kids' books
DR. SEUSS
300
"GBD" should be the goal every time you BBQ, meaning the meat is this shade & delicious
GOLDEN BROWN
300
While one good turn deserves another, be warned that no good deed goes ____
UNPUNISHED
300
If you were one of these stupid chicken sounds, you wouldn't be here
DUMB CLUCK
400
Once called Derryfield, this largest New Hampshire city was renamed in 1810 for a British city
MANCHESTER
400
A study at Clemson found that this George Costanza move really does add thousands of bacteria to the salsa
DOUBLE-DIPPING
400
The 1865 arrival of Union troops in Galveston, Texas, is remembered on this Southern holiday with a portmanteau name
JUNETEENTH
400
This shrub produces an aromatic wood used in Texas barbeque, like in the Dallas suburb of the same name
MESQUITE
400
Give it a try: Nothing ventured nothing ____
GAINED
400
Once upon a time, theatergoers in this arcing row of seats, were expected to wear formal clothes
DRESS CIRCLE
500
The Colorado & Yuma Deserts are subdivisions of this Mojave neighbor, known as the home of the saguaro cactus
THE SONORA
500
Per Emily Post's Etiquette, a woman dancing may not refuse to change partners when another does this
CUTS IN
500
A state holiday in Massachusetts & Maine, Patriots' Day, is the third Monday in April in honor of these 2 battles
LEXINGTON AND CONCORD
500
Also a supervisor in a casino, it's the 2-word person presiding over the coals & grill to give you BBQ perfection
PIT BOSS
500
No way, no how -- not for all the tea in ____
CHINA
500
Italian for from the head, it means to repeat a piece of music from the beginning
DA CAPO