Jeopardy 4

Hodge-podge

100

Pickled pods of this have been called "a standard hors d'oeuvre at... every Southern cocktail party"

Okra

200

It can mean to have a strong offensive smell, or to cause something, like havoc

reek/wreak

300

Rarely or never enforced, the Reed Amendment says that if you renounce this for tax evasion reasons you cannot return to the U.S.

Citizenship

400

This book will help you avoid overusing the word "important" and substitute "salient" or "momentous."

Thesaurus

500

Sushi connoisseur Shigo Ito refreshes her palate with pickled strips of this root

Ginger

Analogies

100

Joke : Laugh :: Fight : _________

Appease

200

Explicit : Instructions :: Delicious : __________ 

Hors d'oeuvres

300

Graceful : Awkward :: Unimportant : ___________

Salient

400

Atlas : Maps :: _________ : Words

Lexicon

500

Quit : Job :: ________ : Political Affiliation

Renounce

In the Vineyard

100

This is a large container, like a barrel, typically made of wood and used to store liquids, typically wine or whisky.

Cask

200

This is a amber-colored, nutty-flavored sherry from Spain.

Amontillado

300

This is a sparkling white wine hailing from the NE region of France, associated with celebration and regarded as a symbol of luxury.

Champagne 

400

This is a room below ground level in a house, typically one used for storing wine, coal, or dry goods. 

Cellar

500

This is the name for a expert judge in matters of taste, especially art, food, or wine. 

Connoisseur

Poe-purri

100

"It was many and many a year ago", begins a poem by Edgar Allan Poe about this maiden

Annabel Lee

200

Montresor seeks revenge on this wine connoisseur in Poe's 1846 tale "The Cask of Amontillado"

Fortunato

300

This lung disease claimed the life of Poe's 24-year-old wife.

Tuberculosis

400

In “Annabel Lee,” Poe’s repeated use of the long “E” sound in words like “kingdom” and “sea” is an example of this poetic device, which creates musicality through vowel repetition.

Assonance

500

Poe's wife, who passed away at age 24, had this name, like the state at whose university Poe studied.

Virginia

Animal Farm

100

This is the pen name of the author of Animal Farm. 

George Orwell

200

At a meeting of the animals, this prized "Old" boar claims, "Man is the only real enemy we have."

Old Major

300

Among the animals' 7 commandments are bans on sleeping in a bed & drinking this

Alcohol

400

The politically active critters of "Animal Farm" include the pigs Snowball & this one named for an emperor

Napoleon

500

Animal Farm uses anthropomorphism while "the walls have ears" is an example of this similar literary device

personification