PLENTY OF FISH
THE 5O STATES
OFFICIAL STATE STUFF
PHILOSOPHY
LETTER PERFECT
100

THE POPULAR FOOD FISHES MARKETED AS CHILEAN SEA THIS ARE ACTUALLY SPECIES OF TOOTHFISHES

WHAT IS BASS ?

100

ARIZONA'S SAGUARO NATIONAL PARK IS NAMED FOR A CANDELABRA-SHAPED TYPE OF THIS PLANT

WHAT IS CACTUS ?

100

ITS STATE MONUMENT IS THE 76-FOOT GOLDEN DRILLER IN FRONT OF TULSA'S EXPO CENTER

WHAT IS OKLAHOMA ?

100

IN PLATO'S DIALOGUE "PHAEDO", SOCRATES ARGUES THAT THIS NON-PHYSICAL PART OF A HUMAN BEING MUST BE IMMORTAL

WHAT IS THE SOUL ?

100
GRAMMAR-WISE LET'S BEGIN WITH THIS INDEFINITE ARTICLE USED BEFORE A SINGULAR NOUN

WHAT IS "A" ?

200

This fish is a group of species named for their shimmering, silver look and sharp teeth

WHAT ARE PIRANHAS ?

200

CREATED TO SERVE THE FORMER NORTHWEST TERRITORY, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY IS IN EVANSTON IN THIS STATE

WHAT IS ILLINOIS ?
200

ORIGINALLY PERFORMED TO HONOR THE GODS, IT'S THE STATE DANCE OF HAWAII

WHAT IS THE HULA ?

200

IN THE 17th CENTURY RENE DESCARTES INTRODUCED HIS DICTUM COGITO, ERGO SUM: "I" DO THIS, "THEREFORE I AM"

WHAT IS "I THINK" ?

200

"GREETINGS", ROBERT DE NIRO'S FILM DEBUT IN 1968, WAS ALSO THE FIRST MOVIE IN THE U.S. TO GET THIS RATING

WHAT IS "X" ?

300

SEVERAL SMALL SPECIES OF THE HERRING FAMILY GO BY THIS NAME, PARTICULARLY WHEN THEY'RE CANNED IN OIL

WHAT ARE SARDINES ?

300
IN "FIELD OF DREAMS" A QUESTION IS ASKED, "IS THIS HEAVEN?"-- NO, IT'S THIS MIDWESTERN STATE ALSO KNOWN AS "THE CORN STATE"

WHAT IS IOWA ?

300

ARIZONA'S STATE REPTILE IS THE RIDGE-NOSED ONE OF THESE VENOMOUS CREATURES KNOWN MORE FOR ITS SOUND THAN APPEARANCE

WHAT IS A RATTLESNAKE ?

300

EXISTENTIALIST PHILOSOPHY LARGELY GREW IN THE MID 20th CENTURY IN THIS EUROPEAN CAPITAL

WHAT IS PARIS ?

300

IT'S THE 17th LETTER OF THE ALPHABET & BEFORE YOU START COUNTING ON YOUR FINGERS, IT'S ALSO JAMES BOND'S GADGET MAN

WHAT IS "Q" ?

400

This long, snake-like fish is a sushi favorite and can be found in both freshwater and saltwater.

WHAT IS EEL ?

400

CONNECTICUT IS BORDERED TO THE WEST BY NEW YORK & TO THE EAST BY THIS, ANOTHER 2-WORD STATE

WHAT IS RHODE ISLAND ?

400

UTAH'S STATE WINTER SPORTS ARE SKIING & THIS NEWER, SIMILAR ONE

WHAT IS SNOWBOARDING ?

400

This existentialist philosopher and writer is famous for his work "The Myth of Sisyphus," where he explores the absurdity of life.

WHO IS ALBERT CAMUS ?

400

IT PRECEDES "CLAUDIUS" IN THE TITLE OF A 1934 HISTORICAL NOVEL BY ROBERT GRAVES

WHAT IS "I" ?

500

THIS NAME FOR A FLATFISH WITH BOTH EYES ON THE SAME SIDE OF ITS HEAD IS ALSO A VERB MEANING TO STRUGGLE INEFFECTIVELY

WHAT IS FLOUNDER ?

500

HELLS CANYON & SNAKE RIVER SOUND DAUNTING, BUT SUN VALLEY & ITS SKI LODGES IN THIS STATE OFFER RESPITE

WHAT IS IDAHO ?

500

THIS NEW ENGLAND STATE THAT PRODUCES A LOT OF THEM HAS THE LOBSTER AS ITS OFFICIAL STATE CRUSTACEAN

WHAT IS MAINE ?

500

THIS -IST 

IS ONE WHO BELIEVES THAT PLEASURE IS THE HIGHEST GOOD, WHETHER YOU GET IT BY HELPING OTHERS OR BY EATING COOKIES

WHAT IS A HEDONIST ?

500

A ROMAN 500, OR A REPORT CARD GRADE YOU'D PREFER NOT TO SEE

WHAT IS "D" ?