40
RATED "PG"
(letters side by side)
(letters side by side)
THE OLYMPICS
IT'S SOME KIND OF LAW
A LITLE WORD MATH
100
In this sport, 40 is the third point reached in a game
tennis
100
An improvement in a hotel room or airline seat
upgrade
100
The Olympic medley swimming events has what 4 strokes in one race
butterfly, breaststroke, freestyle & backstroke
100
A 1925 Geneva protocol forbade the use of bacteriological weapons or this stuff in war
(poison) gas
100
The opposite of out
+
to serve drinks at a bar
= this, to have in mind
intend (in + tend = intend)
200
In Venice, plague caused ships to be isolated in harbors for 40 days, leading to this modern word
quarantine
200
A good place to pitch a tent
a campground
200
This 18-year-old from Louisville won the light heavyweight boxing gold medal in 1960
Muhammad Ali
200
Newton's first law, which says a body at rest will remain at rest unless acted on by an outside force, is also called the law of this
inertia
200
An individual edition of a periodical
-
a form to be =
this litigious verb
sue (issue - is = sue)
300
If you make it to 40 years of marriage, know that it's termed this gem anniversary (a variety of corundum)
Ruby
300
This cork-firing child's toy makes a particular sound
a pop gun
300
Denmark's Ellen Osiier foiled many of her opponents in 1924 to become the 1st woman to win a gold medal in this sport
Fencing (foil, the épée, and the sabre)
300
The first 5 books of the Old Testament are called simply "The Law" or, in Hebrew, this
the Torah
300
A fixture with a shade +
Spanish for "king"
=
this aquatic sucker
lamprey (lamp + rey = lamprey)
400
In the "Arabian Nights", this poor woodcutter discovers 40 thieves & their treasure hidden in a cave
Ali Baba
400
Many a Victorian tale featured one of these young women employed in a retail store
a shop girl
400
During the opening ceremony's parade of nations, this country traditionally goes first
Greece
400
A 1968 U.N. agreement requires states to rescue & assist these people & "promptly return them to their launching state"
astronauts
400
A no-fooling state of mind you might be "in"
-
an external organ =
this animal abode
nest (earnest - ear = nest)
500
As told in chapter 16, verse 35 of this book of the Bible, the Israelites wandered for 40 years in the desert after leaving Egypt
Exodus
500
Ahoy, mateys! Scurry aloft & haul in these sails high, high up on the masts
the topgallants
500
Reminiscent of witches, it's the bowl-like structure that holds the flame in the host stadium; Torino's was placed 190 feet up
the Olympic cauldron
500
The 2018 Genocide & Atrocities Prevention Act is named for this Holocaust survivor & Nobel Peace Prize winner
Elie Wiesel
500
A religious residence
+
a charged atom =
this big assembly
convention (convent + ion = convention)