3 "S"es
A HISTORY LESSON
THINGS THAT GO BLOOM
MEASURE FOR MEASURE
VERY SUPERSTITIOUS
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To jump a fence & illegally enter a person's property

trespass

100

A monarch sometimes known as A-Ha was Egypt's first one of these rulers

a pharaoh

100

Folklore says blowing the seeds off this weedy herb carries your dreams to a loved one

a dandelion

100

It's the number of degrees in half a circle

180

100

It was believed gods lived in trees; to ward off bad luck, do this to wood

knock on wood

200

To aid, or a play that helps your hockey teammate score a goal

assist

200

Nicholas Gilman, a signer of this historic document, helped get it ratified in his home state of New Hampshire

the Constitution

200

The "hips" on these red flowers are chock full O' vitamin C

roses

200

Number of karats in pure gold

24

200

It was believed that this animal's foot could keep away all forms of rheumatism

a rabbit

300

To let a classroom of kids go home

dismiss

300

Prussian Field Marshal Gebhard von Blucher helped defeat this French leader at Waterloo in 1815

Napoleon

300

These beautiful blooms commonly come in Easter & tiger varieties

lilies

300

One of these metric units equals 2.2 pounds

kilogram

300

It was thought breaking this damages one's soul; since vampires have no soul, they can't be seen in one

a mirror

400

A woman who entertains guests at her home, perhaps with Twinkies made by this brand

hostess

400

The Civil Rights Act & the Watts Riots happened during this decade of hope & tragedy

the '60s

400

In the 1880s near Zanzibar, John Kirk discovered the African type of this flower that's also a reddish-blue color

a violet

400

In a square mile there are 640 of these

an acre

400

Using this object, symbolic of a solar wheel & originally a sun shade, when there was no sun was sacrilegious

an umbrella

500

When doling out justice, a court of law is "in" this

session

500

Louis XIV turned this building into a royal palace & the official residence of the court of France

Versailles

500

This flower can come in a number of colors, & its name sounds like it's a country full of autos

a carnation

500

A 150-ton blue whale weighs this many pounds

300,000

500

As shown in "The Dresser", it's Shakespeare's not-to-be-quoted-from, bad luck play

Macbeth