STATE'S LEFTS
SWEET STUFF
19TH CENTURY AMERICA
PLANES & TRAINS
WORD ORIGINS
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THE STATE TO THE LEFT OF LOUISIANA

WHAT IS TEXAS

400

YOU DON'T NEED A CAMPFIRE FOR THESE--PUT MARSHMALLOWS & CHOCOLATE BETWEEN GRAHAM CRACKERS & HEAT IN THE OVEN

WHAT ARE S'MORES

400

THE 1ST BROADWALK IN THE U.S. WAS COMPLETED IN 1870 IN THIS NEW JERSEY CITY 

WHAT IS ATLANTIC CITY

400

THIS MAN, WILBUR'S BROTHER, PILOTED THE 1903 WRIGHT FLYER FOR ITS HISTORY-MAKING FLIGHT

WHO IS ORVILLE (WRIGHT)

400

THIS OTHER WORD FOR A GRADUATION CEREMONY COMES FROM THE LATIN FOR "TO BEGIN"

WHAT IS COMMENCEMENT

800

THE STATE TO THE LEFT OF MONTANA

WHAT IS IDAHO

800

A HEAVILY ORNAMENTED STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE IS NAMED FOR THIS FOOD OFTEN USED TO MAKE "MEN" & "WOMEN"

WHAT IS GINGERBREAD

800

AN ONLINE, INTERACTIVE MAP SHOWS THE "TRAIL OF" THESE TAKEN BY NATIVE AMERICANS IN HE 1830s

WHAT ARE TEARS

800

ROOFED CARS ON A FREIGHT TRAIN, OR A ROLL OF 12 ON A PAIR OF DICE

WHAT ARE BOXCARS

800

THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN PLAY CHARACTERS, ITS FROM GREEK WORDS FOR "ACROSS" & "SPEECH"

WHAT IS DIALOGUE

1200

THE STATE TO THE LEFT OF INDIANA

WHAT IS ILLINOIS

1200

IT'S SUGAR COOKED UNTIL IT MELTS A TURNS BROWN; BUTTERSCOTCH IS SIMILAR, BUT WITH THE ADDITION OF BUTTER

WHAT IS CARAMEL

1200

HE WAS THE 1ST U.S. PRESIDENT INAUGURATED IN THE 19TH CENTURY

WHO IS THOMAS JEFFERSON

1200

RETIRED IN 2003, THIS SUPERSONIC JET COULD FLY AT MORE THAN TWICE THE SPEED OF SOUND

WHAT IS THE CONCORDE

1200

THIS LIQUID PORTION OF BLOOD GETS ITS NAME FROM THE GREEK FOR "TO MOLD"

WHAT IS PLASMA

1600

(DOUBLE JEOPARDY)

THE STATE TO THE LEFT OF MAINE

WHAT IS NEW HAMPSHIRE

1600

IF FANCY FUNGI AREN'T YOUR THING, PERHAPS YOU'D ENJOY THESE CHOCOLATES OF THE SAME NAME

WHAT ARE TRUFFLES

1600

THIS 363-MILE WATERWAY OPENED ON OCTOBER 26, 1865

WHAT IS THE ERIE CANAL

1600

JAPAN UNVEILED THE FIRST HIGH-SPEED RAIL IN 1964, JUST IN TIME FOR THIS INTERNATIONAL EVENT THEY HOSTED

WHAT ARE THE OLYMPICS

1600

THE GENERAL AGREEMENT IS THAT THIS WORD MEANING A MAJORITY OF OPINION IS FROM THE LATIN FOR "TO FEEL TOGETHER"

WHAT IS CONSENSUS

2000

THE STATE TO THE LEFT OF KANSAS

WHAT IS COLORADO

2000

THE FRENCH NAME OF THIS AIRY DESSERT MEANS "FOAM" OR "FROTH"

WHAT IS MOUSSE

2000

THIS TERM FOR A REPUBLICAN WHO SUPPORTED THE DEMOCRATS IN 1884 MADE ITS WAY INTO THE HARRY POTTER UNIVERSE

WHAT IS MUGWUMP

2000

THIS DEFUNCT AIRLINE'S 4-ENGINE PLANES WERE FIRST CALLED CLIPPERS IN 1931

WHAT IS PAN AM

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THIS BAN, AS ON TRADE, COMES FROM THE SPANISH FOR "TO HINDER"

WHAT IS EMBARGO