The Zodiac
Words That Are Tough To Pronounce
London
Sour
Video Games
200

The fourth astrological sign of the zodiac, this sign is represented by a crab.

What is Cancer?

200

This fermented liquid condiment sauce bears the name of the county in which it originated.

What is Worcestershire sauce?

200

This popular tourist attraction is also known as the Millennium Wheel.

What is the London Eye?

200

The "sour" in a Sour cocktail consists of this type of fruit.

What is citrus?

200

This astronomer, who described the rings of his newly discovered planet Saturn as "ears of a teacup", died 369 years too early to have played Portal 2.

Who is Galileo?

400

This is your sun sign if you are born on a day that only occurs every leap year.

What is Pisces?

400

With friends like these, who needs this genus of flowering plants in the buttercup family and the namesake of a marine predator that often enters symbiotic relationships with creatures who dare to live amidst its stinging cells.

What is anemone?

400

London has hosted the Olympics three times: 1908, 1948, and most recently in this year.

What is 2012?

400

With the slogan "Sour. Sweet. Gone.", this candy was originally known as Mars Men in the early 1970s.

What are Sour Patch Kids?

400

I never had a playstation so I never got to play the video game version of The Two Towers for the PS2 and XBox, which is a shame because it had 3 unlockable characters. Anyway, this "The Lord of the Rings" author founded a literary club called "The Inklings" while at Oxford.

Who is Tolkien?

600

Aries, Cancer, Libra, and this sign are considered the four Cardinal signs of the zodiac.

What is Capricorn?

600

This geographical word describes a narrow strip of land with sea on either side.

What is isthmus?

600

During the infamous "craze" between 1720 and 1751, the average consumption of this drink was 2 pints per week for every person in the city-- including children.

What is gin?

600

If this fermented, lightly effervescent, sweetened black or green tea drink has turned overly sour, its yeasts and bacteria have run out of food.

What is kombucha?

600

If you are this 12-letter word meaning "having the ability of using both hands with equal skill or ease", you could probably, like, use two controllers and play a fighting game against yourself or something.

What is ambidextrous?

800

This is the only sign of the zodiac represented by an inanimate object.

What is Libra?

800

Buzz, hiss, splash, meow-- these are all examples of this act of naming something similar to the sound associated with it.

What is onomatopoeia?

800

Every November 5th, on a holiday also known as Bonfire Night and Fireworks Night, London celebrates the foiling of this man's plot to bomb Parliament.

Who is Guy Fawkes?

800

These fruits follow "sour" in an expression meaning an attitude in which someone adopts a negative bearing towards something because they cannot have it themselves. 

What are grapes?

800

While unable to play video games due to its hooves, this desert ungulate is the only mammal whose blood corpuscles are oval rather than circular.

What is a camel?

1000

This many zodiac signs are represented by animals.

What is 7?

1000

This intimidating-looking German noun refers to enjoyment derived from others' misfortunes.

What is Schadenfreude?

1000

The 1666 Great Fire of London, which destroyed the homes of more than 70,000 of the city's 80,000 inhabitants, was famously started on this sweet or savory-sounding "Lane".

What is Pudding Lane?

1000

Olivia Rodrigo cited Alanis Morrisette, Kasey Musgraves, and this singer as the main influences on her 2021 debut studio album Sour.

Who is Taylor Swift?

1000

The Entertainment Software Ratings Bureau requires that any game that depicts blood receive a rating no lower than T for Teen. What blood type is known as "universal recipient"?

What is AB?