A SEMESTER ABROAD
GETTING YOUR LOOK TOGETHER
APPROXIMATE WEIGHTS & MEASURES
DO ME A SOLID
ALL SORTS OF BOOKS
FANCIFIED PROVERBS
200
Sail from Tasman Bay & the South Island of this nation & swing around to the Bay of Plenty
New Zealand
200
This store, UO for short, started in 1970 on Locust Street near the University of Pennsylvania
Urban Outfitters
200
I didn't try to call you because my phone only had 1 of these, which are related to decibels
bars
200
This gas is liquefied & frozen to make dry ice
carbon dioxide
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200
In a David Hazan graphic novel, the Sheriff of Nottingham is after a serial killer & terrorists lurk in this forest
Sherwood Forest
200
A plethora of chefs ruins bouillon
too many cooks spoil the broth
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400
You might climb this mountain, named for being the second peak measured in the Karakoram Range
K2
400
This company that sells prescription glasses was named for 2 Jack Kerouac characters
Warby Parker
400
A book you can read in one this, literally without getting up, is one under about 300 pages
sitting
400
The solid inner core of the Earth is mostly made up of this metal along with nickel
iron
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400
Anchee Min's "Wild Ginger" is set against the backdrop of this revolution launched by Mao in his final years
the Cultural Revolution
400
In the absence of any fracture, refrain from repair
if it ain't broke, don't fix it
600
This biological reservoir is 2.3 million square miles in area & stretches to the Andes; when there, feel free to save it
the Amazon
600
This "Off the Wall" brand of skate shoes began in 1966
Vans
600
It's a word for layers of thickness; paper towels & face masks can each be 2- or 3-
ply
600
While liquid at room temperature, this metal does freeze to a solid below minus 38 degrees
mercury
600
A tale of immigrants from Africa is Imbolo Mbue's "Behold" these people, also a term for DACA recipients
Dreamers
600
Inquisitiveness eliminated Fluffy
curiosity killed the cat
800
Get your anagram travel on by visiting these 2 Japanese cities, one a capital for 1,000 years & the other, not quite as long
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Tokyo & Kyoto
PICKLE PARTY ANSWER!!!!
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800
Get cosmetics at Sephora or this rival with a 4-letter name & about 1,300 U.S. locations
Ulta
800
3-letter word for very small or very early, as in these "hours of the morning"
wee
800
Originally, our pennies were made of solid copper; today, they're copper-coated this metal
zinc
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800
In "The Code Breaker" we learn of Jennifer Doudna & her work on this gene-editing technology
CRISPR
800
Pulchritude constitutes an observational aspect within the percipient
beauty is in the eye of the beholder
1000
Off you go to this capital of Azerbaijan to see the centuries-old Palace of the Shirvanshahs
Baku
1000
In 2006 J. Crew launched this sister brand that specializes in denim
Madewell
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1000
In many high schools 1 credit equals 120 hours in a classroom--a "unit" named for this 19th c. steel tycoon & philanthropist
(Andrew) Carnegie
1000
It's the 12-letter name for a solid figure with twelve faces, as seen here
dodecahedron
1000
The title character in this Paulo Coelho novel turns lead into gold for young Santiago
The Alchemist
1000
A spinning mineral rejects the retention of any Bryophyta
a rolling stone gathers no moss