LSU
NYU
BU
100

Short, uncommunicative, using only words that are necessary

What is laconic 

100

Not everyday is a banner day.  Most days are ordinary.  Most days are...

What is prosaic
100

paltry 

What is meager

200

This is NATO 

meaning ... 

North Atlantic Treaty Organization 

(Ukraine wants to join this alliance - badly)

200
Olympic gold winner in downhill ski - more than one.  Recently underwent surgery but made a comeback this weekend in Austria.

Who is Michaela Shiffron 

200

The township/neighborhood  where the worst of the LA fires occured. 

What is Pacific Palisades 

300

Peeling 100 pounds of potatoes 

Assemby line work 

What is tedious 

300

Picasso, pointalism, Steve Jobs, the designer of the Eiffel Tower.

Flowers, summer vacation, and even youth 

What is avant - garde 

What is ephemeral 

300

The cobbler's children have no shoes 

The use of ... is called an ... and is used for ...

What is irony 

What is  an ellipses and words that are left out

400

with respect to The Little Prince as an allegory 

The snake is the snake in the story but also represents death. 

The planets that the Prince visits before earth represents this 

what are the various absurdities in life.

400

The pilot is the pilot but also represents this kind of person 

The rose is the rose and also this 

what is an adult who still has a lot to understand about life - that which is most important. 

What is a love interest//wife// Exupery's wife

400

When something is calmed, made better, relieved. 

The president of France 


what is assuaged?  

Who is Macron?