Ancient Legends
Starts with "V"
One Small Step For Ham
Medical Breakthroughs
In This Economy?
100

King of Phrygia who received the golden touch from Bacchus.

Who is Midas?

100

From Spanish for "let's go", used when a cowboy hits the trail in a hurry.

What is vamoose?


100

In 2022 France passed a law that reduces nitrites, the chemicals that make cured ham this color inside instead of gray

What is pink?

100

Around 1851 Hermann von Helmholtz invented the ophthalmoscope, used to examine these body parts.

What is eyes?


100

This Far East country has been hurt by sanctions like those imposed by the U.N. starting in 2006 for its nuclear tests.

Where is North Korea?


200

Daedalus & Icarus escaped from prison this way.

What is by flying?

200

In "The Honeymooners", what Ed Norton said when he saw a racy "Esquire" magazine.

What is "va va voom!"?

200

Italian for "ham", this meat precedes cotto when cooked

What is prosciutto?



200

In an operation in 1846, William Morton employed ether in the first successful public use of this

What is anesthesia?


200

Whether you choose pipes of plastic or this for plumbing a new house matters to Zambia; its economy depends on exporting the metal.

What is copper?


300

As Venus was to the Romans, she was to the Greeks.

Who is Aphrodite?


300

A female fox or a Russ Meyer film about a "fox".

What is vixen?


300

A children's story tells us despite severe reservations, this colorful breakfast item goes very well with ham.

What is green eggs?


300

Sir Martin Evans shared a 2007 Nobel Prize for his discoveries with these undifferentiated biological units.

What are stem cells?


300

Surrounded by Belgium, Germany & France, this banking center sometimes leads the world in GDP per capita 

What is Luxembourg?


400

The principal river of the nether world.

What is the river Styx?


400

More than a baron, but less than an earl.

What is a Viscount?


400

Harry J. Hoenselaar patented the spiral ham slicer & later built this sweet-sounding company into a household name.

What is honey baked?


400

2022 brought the first transplant of a heart from this farm animal into a person

What is a pig?



400

Late 19th century Greece depended heavily on exports of these fruits, which get their name from Corinth.

What are currants?


500

Shaw named a play for this woman-hating sculptor who came to love the statue he created.


What is Pygmalion?

500

Tradition says after she wiped the face of Jesus, he left his imprint on her veil.

Who is Veronica?


500

One country-cured ham is this brand that comes from the same-named Virginia town; hickory-smoke 'em if you got 'em!

What is Smithfield?


500

Derived from the foxglove plant by William Withering in the 1700s, this drug is still prescribed in treating heart conditions.

What is digitalis (digoxin)?



500

A coffee plant is on the emblem of this country where coffee remains an economic bright spot amid a brutal Saudi-Iranian proxy war.

Where is Yemen?