Named By Lit Lovers
Shortened Words
Let's Run the Numbers
It Was All Orange
Stevie Wonder
Sir Duke
200
In 2002 an ankylosaurus species was named after this author of a dino-mite 1990 novel
Who is Michael Crichton?
200
Sugars or starches--keep 'em low in a keto diet
What are carbs?
200
There are this many officially recognized constellations, same as the number of keys on a standard piano
What is 88?
200
This root veggie was first domesticated in Asia around the 10th c.; in the 17th c., Dutch painters popularized the orange variety
What is a carrot?
200
The title of Stevie Wonder's song "Sir Duke" references this member of music nobility
Who is Duke Ellington?
200
Since 2000 Grand Duke Henri has been the head of state of this European country, the world's only grand duchy
What is Luxembourg?
400
The team overseeing the Curiosity rover named a "landing" after this author of "The Martian Chronicles"
Who is Ray Bradbury?
400
It's a quick way to say you want, say, the 2021 Caymus Vineyards with its notes of black cherry
What is zin or cab?
400
In 2024 West Conshohocken borough in Pennsylvania celebrated its sesquicentennial, this many years
What is 150?
400
This Chinese-American fast food restaurant says it served over 100 million pounds of orange chicken in 2021
What is Panda Express?
400
In 1961 Stevie was introduced to Berry Gordy, founder of this record label, & many of his albums were issued by its Tamla subsidiary
What is Motown?
400
At around age 8 in 1035, future English King William I succeeded his father as Duke of this in France
What is Normandy?
600
Found in the name of a bewitching Disney show with Selena Gomez, this street or "Place" in NYC was named for a Walter Scott novel
What is Waverly?
600
Short for your longtime pal, it first appeared pre-WWII; it's also D. name of a clown in an "In Living Color" sketch
What is homey?
600
4,189 (hits) & 2,130 (consecutive games) fell, but this hitting streak by Joe DiMaggio endures
What is 56?
600
The color international orange can be seen on the Tokyo Tower & this California bridge completed in 1937
What is the Golden Gate Bridge?
600
Stevie wanted to add a Swahili phrase on this charity single, causing Waylon Jennings to bail (good ole boys don't sing in Swahili)
What is "We are the World?"
600
In 2021, after 5 decades, the Duke of Kent stepped down as a presenter of the trophies for this sporting tournament
What is Wimbledon?
800
A species of fish with a long snout is named for this character with a big ol' nose from an 1897 play
What is Cyrano de Bergerac?
800
In the streets it's your rival; Maxo Kream rhymes the word with "drop"
What is opp?
800
General Sherman's special field orders, No. 15 reserved land for freed families in tracts of up to this many acres
What is 40?
800
The use of these orange flowers to adorn altars called ofrendas during Day of the Dead festivals dates from Aztec times
What are marigolds?
800
Stevie's music evoked the circus for Smokey Robinson, who wrote the lyrics for what became this hit for Smokey & The Miracles
What is "Tears of a Clown?"
800
In 1869, a royal with this title, later bestowed on Prince Philip, visited Hawaii; that's how Duke Kahanamoku got his name
What is Duke of Edinburgh?
1000
A type of trapdoor spider with blue eyes has this spicy fictional desert planet in its name
What is Arrakis?
1000
Iivestrong.com notes it's better to relax your chest & then twitch the muscle under your collarbone to make these fellas bounce
What are pecs?
1000
As the word for this number sounds like it means "certainly death", Cantonese speakers have a collective case of tetrakaidekaphobia
What is 14?
1000
A shade of orange bears the name of this Ivy League university where "The Orange & The Black" is a traditional song
What is Princeton?
1000
Title line that precedes "That's why I'll always stay around, you are the apple of my eye, forever, you'll stay in my heart"
What is "you are the sunshine of my life?"
1000
Victory by the Duc de Richelieu at Mahón on this island not the largest of the Balearics may have given mayonnaise its name
What is Menorca?