Back to Basics
This word for "basic" is also a 3rd grade type of school
What is Primary (or elementary)?
What six-letter hairstyle is popularly associated with the semi-ironic phrase "business in front, party in the back"?
What is a Mullet?
Curtains made of carbon fiber rods are specifically designed to help buildings withstand these
What are Earthquakes?
With one T, it's the roof of the mouth; with 2, it's a board for mixing paints
What is Palate or Palette?
It's short for the agreement some couples sign before they get married
What is a prenup?
RIF, short for "Reading is" this, has aided children's literacy since 1966
What is Fundamental?
This 3-letter memorandum of debt is a strong but not legally binding promise to pay
What is an I.O.U?
Pesticides called neonicotinoids are under an E.U. ban, primarily to save these insects
What are Honeybees?
As opposed to the reverse, it's the front or heads side of a coin
What is Obverse?
Who's up for a game of jumping around on colourful squares?
What is Hopscotch?
The timeless line "when in doubt, go basic" this appeared in a 2017 Vogue feature
What is Black?
In 2007 Forbes reported that this TV personality was "America's sole black female billionaire"
What is Oprah Winfrey?
When unveiled in 1886, the Statue of Liberty looked something like this, but by 1920, the copper exterior had turned completely green because of weathering, as well as this chemical process & the copper's exposure to the air
What is Oxidation?
Pertaining to wedlock with one person at a time, & a word meaning tedious repetition
What is Monogamy or Monotony?
No "N" in the middle, please--it's the term for a person who owns an eating establishment
What is Restaurateur?
"Watery" term for the dominant trend, perhaps describing big media
What is Mainstream?
Corn is traded at this sort of exchange as well as, of course, frozen concentrated orange juice
What is a Commodity?
Many invertebrates comprising this 1,400-mile structure off Australia died in 2016
What is the Great Barrier Reef?
Pertaining to wedlock & pertaining to war
What is Marital and Martial?
It's the doctrine that there is only one god
What is Monotheism?
"R" you ready? This 11-letter word means "basic", like skills everyone should have
What is rudimentary?
In the C-Suite, the CEO is the Chief Executive Office, the COO is the Chief Operating Officer, and the CFO is...
What is Chief Financial Officer?
A new bacterium, Ideonella sakaiensis, could soon help degrade these polymers in landfills
What is Plastic?
Related to the word "respect" is this word for a delay that brings relief
What is Respite?
From "T" to shiny "T", it's a small item of little value, especially a piece of jewelry
What is a Trinket?